[SkateDC] SkateDC Weekend May 21-23! Cone Plan
Bill English
english60 at yahoo.com
Thu Apr 29 19:48:27 PDT 2010
Jeremy,
The skate I am leading during Skate DC Weekend is the Late Skate, which starts at 10:30 pm on Friday, May 21st. It is a relatively short easy route to take in some of the city's nightlife hot-spots. I already plan to bring along an FM transmitter and some boom boxes and my iPod with dance music, plus my own cones. We will stop at the riverside park in Georgetown which is a good place to dance and do cones. May fit in another cone stop or two along the way, play it by ear and see what kind of audiences we can work.
I have led this same skate on a similar route a couple of times, and I bring out the music system a few times a year and it works pretty reliably.
I would be most pleased to have lots of extra coneheads coming along on this skate. And extra boom box mules too.
I am improving the route a little bit to take one of the steep hills out of it since it caused a bit of trouble for some skaters last time. Should be an unqualified success for 2010.
Sometimes people talk about a pajama skate. We don't actively encourage pajamas for this skate anymore, but the late skate evolved out of the old pajama skate which we did occasionally.
Cones can be a part of Skate DC Weekend in other ways besides during the Late Skate.
Bill
240-988-5471
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From: Jeremy LaCivita <jlacivita at me.com>
To: Carl Ford <ford at dcaccess.net>
Cc: Bill English <english60 at yahoo.com>; cliffanck2001 at yahoo.com; George Marinkovich <skatewash at yahoo.com>; Phil Welsh <philw at vacoxmail.com>; Deb Lea <meetindeb at yahoo.com>; Joe Reyes <jomreyes at gmail.com>; Naomi Grigg <cadet_3 at hotmail.com>
Sent: Thu, April 29, 2010 8:47:26 PM
Subject: Re: SkateDC Weekend May 21-23! Cone Plan
Hi guys,
Just emailing again to see if we can come to a final decision on the location and time.
Also added Naomi to the email who is eager to start promoting this once its solid.
-Jeremy
On Apr 13, 2010, at 8:40 AM, Carl Ford wrote:
Just to stir the pot, I will put out there that if the surface is good, any of the following could be good for a cone demo:
>-closed off streets
>-parking lots
>-paved school yards or basketball courts
>I think we should throw it to the skatedc list and see what kind of feedback we get.Quoting Bill English <english60 at yahoo.com>:
>
>> Cliff,
>>
>> I better go check the two proposed areas out and then report back to
>> you. Have really not coned there yet but they seemed nice on casual
>> inspection.
>>
>> By the way, the pavement in front of the White House is not perfect
>> for coning. We found that the granite blocks were better than the
>> regular pavement, even though they have joints.
>>
>> Bill
>>
>>
>>
>> ________________________________
>> From: "cliffanck2001 at yahoo.com" <cliffanck2001 at yahoo.com>
>> To: Bill English <english60 at yahoo.com>; George Marinkovich
>> <skatewash at yahoo.com>; jlacivita at me.com
>> Cc: carl ford <ford at dcaccess.net>; Phil Welsh <philw at vacoxmail.com>;
>> Deb Lea <meetindeb at yahoo.com>; Joe Reyes <jomreyes at gmail.com>
>> Sent: Mon, April 12, 2010 1:41:53 PM
>> Subject: Re: SkateDC Weekend May 21-23! Cone Plan
>>
>> Bill,
>>
>> How is the surface of these 2 areas? -- parking lot by the tidal
>> basin pedal boats
>> -- new park by the river near Georgetown
>>
>> Are they smooth and flat? Also, I thought the idea was that Jeremy
>> and crew would put on a demonstration (so it wouldn't matter if
>> folks were tired. Of course folks could join in).
>>
>> Cliff
>> Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile
>> ________________________________
>>
>> From: Bill English <english60 at yahoo.com>
>> Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2010 10:32:47 -0700 (PDT)
>> To: George Marinkovich<skatewash at yahoo.com>; <jlacivita at me.com>;
>> <cliffanck2001 at yahoo.com>
>> Cc: carl ford<ford at dcaccess.net>; Phil Welsh<philw at vacoxmail.com>;
>> Deb Lea<meetindeb at yahoo.com>; Joe Reyes<jomreyes at gmail.com>
>> Subject: Re: SkateDC Weekend May 21-23! Cone Plan
>>
>> George, Jeremy, & Cliff,
>>
>> I think the best place for some slalom would be in the parking lot
>> by the tidal basin pedal boats during the Friday Night Late Skate. I
>> will have music with me then anyway and it will give some skaters
>> time for a break during the middle of a skate route if they need
>> rest. That is a place where we could be rather loud without
>> bothering anyone. The new park by the river near Georgetown is also
>> a good option during the Late Skate. Two coning stops during the
>> Late Skate would be fun.
>>
>> I am not sure there is enough room to set up cones near the hotel or
>> next door at the church, but it would be nice to have cone activity
>> while we are waiting around for a skating departure time. I will
>> take cones to the church to see what we could fit in there near the
>> stairs.
>>
>> Somehow I just don't have enthusiasm for the Skate Pavilion. We
>> might be too tired to cone after a 5 mile skate to get there. I also
>> can't imagine having legs fresh enough for coning on Sunday after
>> all the earlier skating. The Skate Pavilion is something to consider
>> to fill the schedule if we have a rainy day.
>>
>> Bill
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ________________________________
>> From: George Marinkovich <skatewash at yahoo.com>
>> To: jlacivita at me.com; cliffanck2001 at yahoo.com
>> Cc: cliffanck2001 at yahoo.com; carl ford <ford at dcaccess.net>; Bill
>> English <english60 at yahoo.com>
>> Sent: Mon, April 12, 2010 10:38:04 AM
>> Subject: Re: SkateDC Weekend May 21-23!
>>
>>
>> Cliff,
>>
>> Quick answer to your question as to our schedule is this:
>> http://skatedcweekend.info/Schedule.htm
>>
>> I had been thinking the Anacostia Skate Pavilion was the best venue
>> given the surface and other reasons outlined before.
>>
>> I had also been thinking that the Sunday Breakfast skate at 9:30 am
>> would be the best skate in which to integrate the slalom demo. The
>> basic plan was for this skate to leave the White House at 9:30 am
>> skate directly to the Anacostia Skate Pavilion (approx. 5 miles
>> away) have the slalom demo, skate directly back to the White House.
>>
>> This was all before I remembered that the Sunday Breakfast skate is
>> a special skate in the sense that we need to get people back to
>> their hotel in time for check-out (which I believe is noon). Which
>> means a practical target of getting skaters back to the hotel of
>> 11:30 am (get out of skates get back to the room, get out of the
>> room, go through check out, etc.)
>>
>> I think it would be prudent to allow 1 hour for getting all the
>> skaters from the White House to the Anacostia Skate Pavilion and 1
>> hour for getting back. Which, of course, would leave no time for
>> the slalom demo at the Anacostia. I also have a concern with taking
>> a large group of skaters to Anacostia on the most direct route
>> because the descent off of the bridge is less than perfect (Carl,
>> can correct me on this point if I'm remembering it wrong).
>>
>> And yet doing the Slalom demo on Sunday morning is probably the best
>> time schedule-wise (that is, given the other skates planned for the
>> weekend). So I'm led to conclude that we must find a venue for the
>> slalom demo that is closer to the White House (if not at the White
>> House itself).
>>
>> What I propose is that we find a suitable location much closer to
>> the White House. This would enable us to meet all our time
>> constraints and probably ensure a larger audience at the same. We
>> need to investigate some possibilities and the upcoming Sunday
>> Intermediate Skate may be an excellent opportunity to do that. The
>> first candidate that comes to mind is the skate park at Cardoza
>> Playground at the corner of 11th and Q Sts. NW (about a mile and a
>> half from the White House, even closer to the hotel). How bad a
>> surface could a skate park have? But this would need to be
>> investigated in person. Using Cardoza Playground as an example, we
>> could leave the White House at 9:30 as scheduled, build a nice
>> little skate to get to the playground at 10 am, allow one hour for
>> the slalom demo, and have a nice little skate back to the hotel in
>> time for 11:30 am. Another nearby possibility is Seaton Elementary
>> School, at 1503 10th Street NW, across the
>> street from Cardoza Playground. We can know much more about these
>> locations after we skate to them on this coming Sunday.
>>
>> You all can provide me with some useful information. What time
>> frame do you need for the slalom demo? 30-40 mins? 45-60 mins?
>> What minimum space do you need? Length and width?
>>
>> Finally, I suggest that if the investigation into suitable venues
>> close to the White House fails to find a good location, we can fall
>> back to the White House location. There have been roller hockey
>> games there for years and they seem to be able to pull it off. We
>> should be able to do the same for the slalom demo. It may mean we
>> can't have music, but we can try and with a degree of flexibility
>> cope with the conditions as they exist. My only concern with the
>> White House location is that the pavement is not as smooth as it
>> could be. Note that I am not a slalom skater so I don't really have
>> the knowledge to determine what is smooth enough for a slalom
>> surface. There is nowhere else in the city where we will have a
>> larger audience.
>>
>> Please get back to me with answers to the time and space
>> requirements for the slalom demo before next Sunday's skate.
>> Basically, I'll be looking at neighborhood schools near to the White
>> House where we might find a stretch of nice pavement that would be
>> suitable for the demo. Please send me any ideas you may have for
>> places near the White House that we should investigate. Some nice
>> alleys? Anything we can check out next Sunday.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> George
>>
>>
>> --- On Mon, 4/12/10, cliffanck2001 at yahoo.com <cliffanck2001 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>> From: cliffanck2001 at yahoo.com <cliffanck2001 at yahoo.com>
>>> Subject: SkateDC Weekend May 21-23!
>>> To: skatewash at yahoo.com, jlacivita at me.com
>>> Cc: cliffanck2001 at yahoo.com
>>> Date: Monday, April 12, 2010, 1:02 AM
>>>
>>>
>>> George,
>>>
>>> Do you have the schedule yet for Sat and Sun skates as I am
>>> coordinating the slalom demo that Jeremy and crew will put on. I
>>> would like to do this earlier on Sat or any time on Sun. I also
>>> have an event in Arlington later Sat afternoon. What events end
>>> (or start) at the Anacostia Park pavilion (as I understand the
>>> surface is excellent for slalom)?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Cliff
>>> 703-944-7211
>>>
>>> ------Original Message------
>>> From: Jeremy LaCivita
>>> To: cliffanck2001 at yahoo.com
>>> Subject: Re: [LS] SkateDC Weekend May 21-23!
>>> Sent: Apr 6, 2010 9:16 AM
>>>
>>> Hi Cliff. Its valuable to have you involved. do you want to
>>> propose a different time to the group? it'll need to be adjacent to
>>> one of their skates to maximize audience. Mid-Saturday is easiest
>>> for me so i can fly back sunday, but early sunday could also work.
>>> -Jeremy On Apr 6, 2010, at 6:13 AM, cliffanck2001 at yahoo.com wrote:
>>> Jeremy, I'll give you a detailed update and want to help, however
>>> I'm busy on Sat. May 22 from 4-6 (and can't get out of it). Could
>>> you do the demo on Sunday or earlier on Sat? The Arlington, W&L
>>> location is too far to drive (15 minutes) and surface is not that
>>> good. Cliff Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile
>>> From: Jeremy LaCivita <jlacivita at me.com> Date: Sat, 03 Apr 2010
>>> 00:41:24 -0700 To: <cliffanck2001 at yahoo.com> Cc: Carl
>>> Ford<ford at dcaccess.net>; George Marinkovich<skatewash at yahoo.com>;
>>> <susan at burgerman.net>; Naomi Grigg<cadet_3 at hotmail.com> Subject:
>>> Re: [LS] SkateDC Weekend May 21-23! Hi guys, Just wanted to
>>> jumpstart this conversation again. I've been soo busy and neglected
>>> it. Are you guys still open to doing a demo/mini competition? I've
>>> also added Naomi Grigg to the email since she's helping me organize
>>> events in the USA. -Jeremy On Feb 9, 2010, at 5:36 PM,
>>> cliffanck2001 at yahoo.com wrote: Hey Jeremy, What's the original
>>> question? Cliff Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile
>>> From: Jeremy LaCivita <jeremy at jlacivita.com> Date: Tue, 9 Feb 2010
>>> 17:01:32 -0800 To: Carl Ford<ford at dcaccess.net> Cc: George
>>> Marinkovich<skatewash at yahoo.com>; <susan at burgerman.net>; Cliff
>>> Anckaitis<cliffanck2001 at yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [LS] SkateDC
>>> Weekend May 21-23! Have you guys heard from Cliff? -Jeremy On Feb
>>> 1, 2010, at 8:29 PM, Carl Ford wrote: Thanks, George!
>>> After thinking about it for a few hours, it seems that several
>>> possibilities exist. Arlington has the Washington & Lee HS parking
>>> garage. In DC, we have the pavilion at Anacostia Park and the RFK
>>> parking lots, and probably even more.
>>> Cliff, thoughts?
>>> Quoting George Marinkovich <skatewash at yahoo.com>: > Sounds
>>> awesome! Not sure if the White House is the best
>>> Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile
>>
>>
>>
>
>
>--
>Carl Ford
>ford at dcaccess.net
>
>It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues. -
>Abraham Lincoln
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