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00:00Good afternoon, everyone, and welcome back to the 2026 Kootenai Region Championships.
00:28Our next event is the Star 5 Group 1 Artistic, and I invite the following skaters to the ice for their three-minute warm-up.
00:35From the Nelson Skating Club, Alexis Vankio.
00:38From the Fernie Skating Club, Elise Gorecki.
00:42From the Kimberly Skating Club, Jasmine Blake.
00:46From the Kimberly Skating Club, Katya Mariniak.
00:49From the Columbia Valley Skating Club, Anna McCormick.
00:53From the Elkford Skating Club, Aaliyah Campbell.
00:56And from the Kimberly Skating Club, Lila Bates.
00:59The officials for this event, the referee is Laura Slip.
01:04The judges, Leslie Runzer, Robin Summers, Nicole Keeks.
01:09Tell me the love away, tell me the love away, tell me.
01:26The star, I stand to let you down.
01:55Here alone, I can't seem to dream of you no more, no more, no more.
02:10I am tired of waiting, I'm tired of waiting, I'm tired of waiting, I'm tired of waiting, I'm tired of waiting, I'm tired of waiting, I'm tired of waiting.
02:37Skaters, there's one minute remaining in your warm-up.
03:07Skaters, there's one minute remaining in your warm-up.
03:37Time is now ended. I ask that you please leave the ice. Thank you.
03:53Our first competitor is representing the Nelson Skating Club. Please welcome Alexis Vankio.
06:07From the Nelson Skating Club, Alexis Vankio.
07:01The scores, please.
07:04The unofficial artistic score for Alexis Von Kio, 10.88.
07:10Our next competitors representing the Fernie Skating Club, please welcome Elise Gorecki.
08:01It's hard to look right at you, baby, but here's my number, so call me baby.
08:09Hey, I just met you, and this is crazy, but here's my number, so call me baby.
08:17And all the other boys try to chase me, but here's my number, so call me baby.
08:25Before you came into my life, I met you so bad, I met you so, so bad.
08:33Before you came into my life, I met you so bad, I met you know that I met you so, so bad.
08:41It's hard to look right at you, baby
08:53But here's my number, so call me maybe
08:57Hey, I just met you, and this is crazy
09:01But here's my number, so call me maybe
09:05And all the other boys try to chase me
09:09But here's my number, so call me maybe
09:13Before you came into my life, I met you so bad
09:17I met you so bad, I met you so, so bad
09:21Before you came into my life, I met you so bad
09:25And you should know that, so call me maybe
09:39From the Fernie Skating Club, Elise Gorecki
09:43Do it
09:46Pull me up on my knees
09:49Yeah, get back
09:52Come on, you're all free track
09:54Come on, I lose, you're loose
09:57Everybody cut, everybody cut
10:00Everybody cut, everybody cut
10:03Everybody cut, everybody cut
10:05Everybody, everybody cut, you're loose
10:08I've been walking these streets so long.
10:20The scores, please.
10:21The unofficial artistic score for Elise Gorecki, 14.97.
10:28Elise is currently in first place.
10:32Our next competitor is representing the Kimberley Skating Club.
10:35Please welcome Jasmine Blake.
10:38I'll see you next time.
11:09And even in your case, you will be popular.
11:19You're gonna be popular.
11:22I'll teach you the proper poise when you talk to boys.
11:26Little ways to flirt and browns.
11:28I'll show you what shoes to wear.
11:30How to fix your hair.
11:31Everything that really counts to be popular.
11:34I'll help you be popular.
11:36I'll help you be popular.
11:39You'll hang with our right cohorts.
11:41You'll be good at sports.
11:42Know the slang you've got to know.
11:45So let's start.
11:46Because you've got an awfully long way to go.
11:51Don't be offended by my frank analysis.
11:53Think of it as personality dialysis.
11:56Now that I've chosen to become a power sister and advisor.
12:00There's nobody wiser.
12:01Not when it comes to popular.
12:04I know I'm a popular.
12:06It's not about aptitude.
12:09It's the way you do.
12:10So it's very shrewd to be.
12:14Very, very popular.
12:16Like me.
12:17And though you protest
12:20Your disinterest
12:22I know clandestily
12:27You're gonna grin and bury
12:32You need some popularity
12:34La, la, la, la
12:40You'll be popular
12:42Just not quite as popular
12:44From the Kimberley Skating Club
12:56Jasmine Blake
12:58To the places where the wine is
13:05We can flow
13:07Will you wait to be somebody else, baby
13:13Forget the truth I've ever known
13:20I never knew there were more
13:26The score is please
13:43The unofficial artistic score for Jasmine Blake
13:4712.88
13:49Jasmine is currently in second place
13:51Our next skaters
13:55Representing the Kimberley Skating Club
13:56Please welcome Katya Mariniak
13:59When I am a wasteland
14:02When I am a wasteland
14:07You are the water
14:09I am a wasteland
14:11When I am a wasteland
14:14When I am a wasteland
14:27You are the water
14:32When I am the winter
14:37You are the fire
14:42That burns
14:46Your voice like a whisper
14:57Breaking the silence
15:02You say there's a treasure
15:07And you look till you find it
15:12You search
15:14To find me
15:20What have I done to teach
15:27Of love like this
15:31What have I done to teach
15:37Is your love like this
15:41I can't matter
15:46But you're so brave
15:48Breaking the silence
15:52What have I done to teach
15:57Of love like this
16:00From the Kimberly Skating Club
16:26Katja Mariniak
16:28Southern Sky
16:35Southern Sky
16:37It's precious beauty
16:41Just beyond the eye
16:43It goes
16:44Running through the soul
16:46Like the stories told
16:48The old, old man
16:51He and his dog
16:53That walked the old land
16:56Every flower touched
17:01His cold hand
17:03As he slowly walked by
17:06A weeping willow
17:08To cry for joy
17:09Joy
17:10Joy
17:15It feels so good
17:21It feels so good
17:24It's right in me
17:25The scores please
17:28The unofficial artistic score
17:31For Katja Mariniak
17:3316.49
17:35Katja is currently in first place
17:37Our next competitor
17:42Representing the Columbia Valley Skating Club
17:44Please welcome
17:45Anna McCormick
17:46To be continued
18:16I am messages from the stars
18:25Must be from another galaxy
18:28When I'm out there all alone
18:36I'm feeling far from home
18:40I'm fading into blue
18:44And there's nothing I can do
18:49And out of the sky
18:53Like a flash
18:56Sending me high
18:58You'll rescue me
19:03You'll save me from a sudden tragedy
19:07I am messages from the stars
19:13You must be from another galaxy
19:16challenged me
19:18You must be from another galaxy
19:23As soon as I am
19:23To be continued
19:23There's nothing I can do
19:28You must be from another galaxy
19:29Marry
19:33It's a 2018
19:34Metatric
19:35ago
19:36Amen
19:37Yahoo
19:38ium
19:38Us
19:39ygen
19:40Boy
19:40You
19:41From the Columbia Valley Skating Club, Anna McCormick.
20:41I know we'll be together because everywhere I go, get a smile I see.
20:50I know you are there, smiling back at me.
20:54Dancing in the moonlight, I know you are free.
20:58I see your star shining down on me.
21:02The scores, please.
21:04The unofficial artistic score for Anna McCormick, 9.35.
21:10Anna is currently in fifth place.
21:12Our next competitor, representing the Elkford Skating Club, please welcome Aaliyah Campbell.
21:20Aaliyah Campbell.
21:27Hold my hand, everything will be okay.
21:34I heard from the heavens that clouds have been gray.
21:39Pull me close, wrap me in your aching arms.
21:44I see that you're hurting, why'd you take so long to tell me you need me?
21:51I see that you're bleeding, you don't need to show me again.
21:58But if you decide to, I'll run in this life with you.
22:04I won't let go till the end.
22:08So cry tonight
22:12But don't you let go of my hand
22:17You can cry every last year
22:22I won't leave till I understand
22:27Promise me, just hold my hand
22:32Raise your hand
22:34Look into my wishful eyes
22:37That fear that fear that's inside you
22:40Will lift, give it time
22:42I can see
22:43Everything you want to now
22:46Your prayers will be answered
22:49Let God whisper how
22:52So cry
22:56Tonight
22:59But don't you let go of my hand
23:04You can cry every last year
23:09I won't leave till I understand
23:14Promise you, just hold my hand
23:18I heard from the heavens
23:22From the Elkford Skating Club
23:30Aaliyah Kembo
23:31Might as well jump
23:40Might as well jump
23:44Go ahead and jump
23:47Jump
23:48Go ahead and jump
23:52Oh, hey, who said that
23:56Baby, how you been?
24:00You say you don't know
24:02You won't know
24:04Until you begin
24:06Can't you see me standing here
24:10I got my back against the neck and the cheek
24:13I ain't the worst that you see
24:17How can't you see what I mean?
24:22The score is please
24:24The unofficial artistic score for Aaliyah Campbell
24:279.31
24:29Aaliyah is currently in sixth place
24:32Our next skater representing the Kimberly Skating Club
24:38Please welcome Lila Bates
24:40Just like the sea
24:57I don't know where to go
25:02Through dirt and shadow I grow
25:06I'm reaching light through the struggle
25:10Just like the sea
25:13I'm chasing the wonder
25:16I unravel myself
25:20All in slow motion
25:25You cannot eat money or not
25:41You cannot eat money or not
25:45When the last tree has fallen and the rivers are falling
25:50You cannot eat money or not
25:52You cannot eat money or not
25:56You cannot eat money or not
25:59When the last tree has fallen and the rivers are falling
26:04You cannot eat money or not
26:07Oh, Lord
26:08You cannot eat money or not
26:11You cannot eat money or not
26:12You cannot eat money or not
26:13You cannot eat money or not
26:14You cannot eat money or not
26:15You cannot eat money or not
26:16You cannot eat money or not
26:17You cannot eat money or not
26:18You cannot eat money or not
26:19You cannot eat money or not
26:20You cannot eat money or not
26:21You cannot eat money or not
26:22You cannot eat money or not
26:23You cannot eat money or not
26:24You cannot eat money or not
26:25You cannot eat money or not
26:26You cannot eat money or not
26:27You cannot eat money or not
26:28You cannot eat money or not
26:29You cannot eat money or not
26:30You cannot eat money or not
26:31You cannot eat money or not
26:32You cannot eat money or not
26:33You cannot eat money or not
26:34You cannot eat money or not
26:35You cannot eat money or not
26:36You cannot eat money or not
27:07From the Kimberley Skating Club, Lila Bates.
27:21I ask the following skaters to please take to the ice for their three-minute warm-up.
27:25From the Castle Guard Skating Club, Rebecca Profili.
27:29From the Elkford Skating Club, Iora Rae Fairservice.
27:32From the Sparwood Skating Club, Cassidy Stewart.
27:36From the Creston Valley Skating Club, Janessa Palmer.
27:40From the Sparwood Skating Club, Hadley Sitko.
27:44From the Nelson Skating Club, Vienna Ferguson.
27:48From the Sparwood Skating Club, Skylar Boris.
27:52And from the Fernie Skating Club, Caitlin Strecker.
27:54There's something about her hand on her mind.
28:01It's a feeling that's fine.
28:03And I just gotta say, hey.
28:06She's really got a magical spell.
28:09The scores, please.
28:10The unofficial artistic score for Lila Bates, 11.09.
28:15Lila's currently in fourth place.
28:18He fell her and I just gotta tell her
28:22That I love her endlessly
28:24Because love grows where my road's where it goes
28:30And nobody knows like me
28:36Lord, if you don't let her, you'll never forget her
28:57And nobody knows like me
29:00Lord, if you don't let her, you'll never forget her
29:06And nobody knows like me
29:39Skaters, there is one minute remaining in your warm-up
29:46Burn, baby, burn
29:48Burn, baby, burn
29:51Burn, baby, burn
29:55To my surprise
29:59This is 100 stories high
30:04People are getting loose, y'all
30:07We're getting down on the roof to here
30:11Fuck the flaming
30:14Out of control
30:18It was so entertaining
30:22When the boogie started to explode
30:25I heard somebody say
30:27Burn, baby, burn
30:28It's going final
30:30Burn, baby, burn
30:32Burn, baby, mother now
30:33Burn, baby, burn
30:34Skaters, your warm-up time has now ended.
30:36I ask that you please leave the ice
30:38Thank you
30:39Our next competitor is representing the Castlegar Skating Club
30:55Please welcome Rebecca Profili
30:57There I was again tonight
31:27Forcing laughter
31:28Forcing laughter, faking smiles
31:30Same old tired, lonely place
31:33Walls of insincerity
31:38Shifting eyes in vacancy
31:41Vanished when I saw your face
31:45All I can say is it was enchanting to meet you
31:51Your eyes whispered, have we met?
32:02Crossed the room your silhouette
32:04Starts to make its way to me
32:08The playful conversation starts
32:14Counter all your quick remarks
32:16Like passing notes in secrecy
32:20And it was enchanting to meet you
32:21And it was enchanting to meet you
32:27All I can say is I was enchanted to meet you
32:39This night is sparking
32:46This night is sparking
32:50Don't you let it go
32:52I'm on the stride
32:55Blushing all the way home
32:58I've spent forever
33:01Wondering if you knew
33:04I was enchanted to meet you
33:07From the Castlegar Skating Club
33:20Rebecca Profili
33:21So just blow your mind
33:29So just blow your mind
33:30If you didn't imagine
33:43Come along with me
33:46We'll dance until morning
33:48There's just you and me
33:49And maybe
33:50If the music is right
33:53I'll meet you tomorrow
33:55Scrolling it at night
33:56And we'll go dancing
33:58The scores please
34:00The unofficial artistic score
34:02For Rebecca Profili
34:0410.18
34:06Rebecca is currently in 6th place
34:09Our next competitor
34:12Representing the Elkford Skating Club
34:14Please welcome
34:15Iore Fair Service
34:28Life's a balloon
34:41That tumbles or rises
34:44Depending on what is inside
34:47Fill it with hope
34:50And playful surprises
34:53And now dearie ducks then
34:55You're in for a ride
34:58Look inside the balloon
35:01And if you hear a tune
35:03There's nowhere to go
35:05But up
35:06Choose the secret we know
35:10Before life makes us grow
35:12There's nowhere to go
35:14But up
35:15If your selection feels right
35:18Well then dearie hold tight
35:21If you see your reflection
35:23Your heart will take flight
35:25If you pick the right string
35:27Then your heart will take wing
35:29And there's nowhere to go
35:32But up
35:33I said sail
35:49Charge a cross Mr. Binnacle
35:52That I will sail
35:54But up
35:56Is your age of the start
36:01Well there isn't a doubt
36:03There's nowhere to go
36:05But up
36:06And if you don't
36:08We need to stand
36:09But to my skin
36:10For there's no way
36:12To go
36:12But up
36:13To massive fly
36:15Over town
36:16It gets harder to ground
36:18And we'll all lift our heights
36:20If we never look down
36:21Let the past take a bow
36:23Forever is now
36:25And there's nowhere to go
36:27But up
36:28Up
36:29There's nowhere to go
36:31But up
36:32From the Elkford Skating Club
36:39Iore Fair Service
36:41Iore Fair Service
36:45Music
36:46Oh wow
36:48Let's do the music
36:50Oh wow
36:52Let's do the music
36:55For the town
36:58Iore Fair Service
37:16The unofficial artistic score
37:19For Iore Fair Service
37:2110.15
37:22Iore is currently
37:24In 7th place
37:25Our next competitor
37:29Representing the
37:30Sparwood Skating Club
37:31Please welcome
37:32Cassidy Stewart
37:33To
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38:02Thought I found a way
38:09Thought I found a way
38:13But you'll never go away
38:17So I guess I gotta stay now
38:22Oh, I hope someday I'll make it
38:28Oh, I know that even if it takes all night
38:35Oh, I may need a place to hide
38:41But I can't find one
38:46And I wanna feel alive outside
38:51I can't find my thing
38:56Who's in a lovely home?
39:01Hold me a glass, my mind of stone
39:05Tell me the pieces, skin a bone
39:09Hello, welcome home
39:14Walking out of town
39:20Hello, welcome back to bed
39:38From the Sparwood Skating Club, Cassidy Stewart.
40:08The scores, please.
40:34The unofficial artistic score for Cassidy Stewart, 12.06.
40:41Cassidy is currently in fourth place.
40:45Our next skater, representing the Creston Valley Skating Club, please welcome Janessa
40:49Palmer.
41:15Hey, big spender, good-looking, so refined.
41:20Say, wouldn't you like to know what's going on in my mind?
41:24So let me get right to the point.
41:27I don't pop my cork for every guy I see.
41:33Hey, big spender, spend a little time with me.
41:49Wouldn't you like to have fun, fun, fun?
41:54How's about of you?
41:56Laughs, laughs.
41:58I can show you a good time.
42:02Let me show you a good time.
42:07The minute you walked in the joint, I could see you were a man of distinction.
42:15A real big spender, good-looking, so refined.
42:21Say, wouldn't you like to know what's going on in my mind?
42:25So let me get right to the point.
42:28I don't pop my cork for every guy I see.
42:34Hey, big spender.
42:38Hey, big spender.
42:42Hey, big spender.
42:46A little time with me.
43:02From Christian Valley Skating Club, Janessa Pullmer.
43:06She's a trusting soul
43:13She's put her trust in you
43:16But a girl like that won't tell you what you should do
43:22Tell her about it
43:25Tell her everything you feel
43:27Give her every reason
43:30To accept that you're for real
43:33Tell her about it
43:35Tell her all your crazy dreams
43:38Let her know you need her
43:40Let her know how much you need
43:43Tell her about it
43:46Tell her how you feel right now
43:49The score is please
43:50The unofficial artistic score for Janessa Palmer
43:5414.46
43:56Janessa is currently in third place
43:59Our next competitor representing the Sparwood Skating Club
44:05Please welcome Hadley Sitko
44:07We'll see you next time
44:09Later on
44:11Yeah
44:13We'll see you next time
44:13Bye
44:44Oh, somewhere over the rainbow, way of hiding, and the dreams that you dream of,
45:12once in a lullaby.
45:18I, oh, somewhere over the rainbow, bluebirds fly.
45:30Oh, somewhere over the rainbow, way of hiding, and the dreams that you dream of,
45:37dreaming really do come true.
45:41Oh, somewhere over the rainbow, way of hiding, and the dreams that you dream of,
45:48don't stop, wake up where the clouds are far behind.
45:54We will travel much like lemon drops, high above the too many puppets where,
46:04you'll find me, oh, somewhere over the rainbow.
46:14From Smallwood Skating Club, Hadley Sitko.
46:30You know that I'm falling and I don't know what to say.
46:37Come along, baby, we better make a start.
46:41You better make it soon before you break my heart.
46:44Oh, I want to be with you everywhere.
46:56Oh, I want to be with you everywhere.
47:01The score is please.
47:05The unofficial artistic score for Hadley Sitko, 9.96.
47:10Hadley is currently in 10th place.
47:16Our next competitor, representing the Sparwood Skating Club,
47:19please welcome Skylar Boris.
47:40When you try your best, but you don't succeed.
47:46When you get what you want, but not what you need.
47:56When you feel so tired, but you can't sleep.
48:03Stuck in reverse.
48:09And the tears come streaming down your face.
48:19When you lose something you can't replace.
48:24Lies will guide you home and ignite your bones.
48:44And I will try to fix you.
48:50When you feel so tired, I'm going to start to film with you.
48:54I'll try to establish a new personality.
49:00Maybe you should get a new personality.
49:02You may have a new personality.
49:04I've got a new personality.
49:06Stay from my heart, and I'll try to fix you.
49:08In my heart, I'm a new personality.
49:10You may be so tired, man.
49:12You may be so tired.
49:14I'll try not to be so tired.
49:16You may have a new personality.
49:18Lights will guide you home
49:33And ignite your bones
49:41And I will try to fix you
49:48From Sparwood Skating Club, Skylar Boris
50:11And the lights started leaving
50:14Cause they all stopped breathing
50:18And the man at the back said
50:21Everyone attack and he turned into a ballroom blitz
50:24And the girl in the corner said
50:25Boy, I want to run and turn into a ballroom blitz
50:28Ballroom blitz
50:30The score is pleased
50:40The unofficial artistic score for Skylar Boris, 12.67
50:46Skylar's currently in fifth place
50:49Our final competitor representing the Fernie Skating Club
50:53Please welcome Caitlin Strecker
50:55Uno, dos, tres
51:10It's been a really, really messed up week
51:12Seven days of torture, seven days of bitter
51:15And my girlfriend went cheated on me
51:17She's a California Don, but it's time for me to quit her
51:20La, la, la, whatever
51:22La, la, la, it doesn't matter
51:24La, la, la, oh well
51:27La, la, la
51:28We're going at it tonight
51:30Tonight
51:31There's a party on the rooftop top of the world
51:34Tonight
51:35Tonight
51:36And we're dancing on the edge of the Hollywood sun
51:39I don't know if I'll make it
51:41But watch out, good, I'll fake it
51:43It's alright
51:44Alright
51:45Tonight
51:46Tonight
51:47Tonight
51:48Just don't stop, let's keep the beat pumping
51:51Keep the beat up, let's drop the beat down
51:53It's my party, dance if I want to
51:55We can get crazy, let it all out
51:57Just don't stop, let's keep the beat pumping
51:59Keep the beat pumping, keep the beat up, let's drop the beat down
52:02It's my party, dance if I want to
52:04We can get crazy, let it all out
52:05It's you and me and we're running this town
52:07And it's me and you and we're shaking the ground
52:09And ain't nobody gonna tell us to go
52:11Cause this is our show
52:12Everybody
52:13Oh
52:14Come on
52:15Oh
52:16Oh
52:17Oh
52:18Oh
52:19Oh
52:20Oh
52:21Oh
52:22Oh
52:23Oh
52:24Oh
52:25Oh
52:26Oh
52:27Tonight
52:28Tonight
52:29Tonight
52:30There's a party on the rooftop top of the world
52:31Tonight
52:32Tonight
52:33Tonight
52:34And we're dancing on the edge of a Hollywood sign
52:36I don't know if I'll make it
52:38But watch out, good, I'll fake it
52:40It's alright
52:42Alright
52:43Tonight
52:44Tonight
52:45Tonight
52:46It's alright
52:47Alright
52:48Tonight
52:49Tonight
52:50Yeah, it's alright
52:51Alright
52:52Tonight
52:53Tonight
52:54Tonight
52:55Just singin' like
52:56Oh
52:57Come on
52:58Oh
52:59Oh
53:00Are you party people?
53:01Oh
53:02Are you single players?
53:03Oh
53:04Oh
53:05From the Fernie Skating Club, Caitlin Strecker
53:35Yeah
53:36Say ooh
53:37Baby ooh
53:38Say ooh
53:39A reminder to the spectators
53:40If you wish to take photographs
53:42Please ensure your flash has been turned off
53:44Tomorrow
53:47Yeah, yeah, yeah
53:48Well the music there
53:50Well it was hauntingly familiar
53:57When I see you do it
53:59When I try to do it for me
54:01The scores please
54:03The unofficial artistic score for Caitlin Strecker
54:0611.37
54:08Caitlin is currently in 7th place
54:11This concludes the Star 5 Group 1 Artistic
54:15The unofficial rankings in 3rd place with a score of 14.46
54:19Janessa Palmer
54:21In 2nd place with a score of 14.97
54:25Elise Gorecki
54:27And in 1st place with a score of 16.49
54:31Katya Mariniak
54:33Our next event is the Star 5 Group 2 Artistic
54:43And I invite the following skaters to please take to the ice for their 3 minute warm up
54:47From the Columbia Valley Skating Club, Noah Morrison
54:51From the Ferney Skating Club
54:53From the Ferney Skating Club
54:54From the Ferney Skating Club
54:55From the Ferney Skating Club
54:57From the Ferney Skating Club
54:58From the Ferney Skating Club
54:59From the Ferney Skating Club
55:00From the Ferney Skating Club
55:01From the Ferney Skating Club
55:02From the Ferney Skating Club
55:03From the Ferney Skating Club
55:04From the Ferney Skating Club
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