It was great seeing you too Marie!

I'll just add my own impressions, although I don't think they'll differ very much from Marie's;)

I confess to being a little disappointed in not seeing Johnny's tux costume, but it was very sparkly and I do love purple. I also wish he would not improvise this program so much because I'm always expecting to see it the way he performed it at Nationals, so I have very high expectations;) But it was still beautiful! Overall, Johnny was gorgeous, sweet, cute, intoxicating, silly, um, well he was Johnny! He did look beautiful -- he got his hair cut, which while it might not please everyone, I was very happy:) . I also noticed how much more comfortable Johnny seemed in the group numbers. He really seemed to be having a great time and was really getting into it. He made a funny smile while performing a trick in between the arches, as if to say, "Whoa!" He was laughing at Max too at one point.

I also swear he made a swan-like flutter at the very end of the finale! An ode to Camille, perhaps?:swan

And for those who like to say he doesn't relate to the audience (nobody here of course!), I caught Johnny smiling sweetly to members of the audience more than once while skating My Way.

Overall, my favorites of the night (besides Johnny) were Sasha, Tatiana & Max, and of course, Michelle. You're absolutely right Marie -- she doesn't need the jumps. I couldn't have said that any better.

I was also very impressed with Kimmie. I haven't been much on the bandwagon this season, but I really enjoyed this program. She showed much improved artistry, and I was pleasantly surprised.

It was a great show. No one fell, and there were only a few minor mistakes. Sasha is jumping again, so she must be feeling better. I really did enjoy the finale. Beautiful music and great choreography, but once again, the props on the ice completely obliterated my view of Johnny's spin sequence! I had to crane my neck almost onto the ice to see any of it :blue (we were also in the front row).

Oh, and just one more Johnny observation: he really looked happy. That was the biggest thrill of the night for me:D

Here are some pictures, but most of them are blurry (gotta get hubby to read that manual!). There are one or two good ones though:

pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/mc.../my_photos

Janice

(LOL Marie, I thought Plushy was molesting you over there for a minute!)