[SkateDC] SkateDC Weekend May 21-23! Cone Plan

Thu Apr 29 20:31:31 PDT 2010

   We will be doing the cone demonstration on the Sunday morning  
skate.  Georgetown may work just fine as a location, but we should  
scout it to double-check.  Cones on the late Friday skate are fine,  
but many skaters will likely be out getting dinner or a beer. Quoting  
Bill English <english60 at yahoo.com>:

> 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
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> 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[1]
>>>
>>> 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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