Michelle Skated in Public on Christmas Day!

**teach23** · December 26th, 2018, 01:18 PM

First of all, I hope and pray that each of you had a great Christmas! And, may the New Year bring joy, peace, love and happiness to you all. This forum has become a major part of my life and I appreciate each one of you!

Now, about our "child"---

Michelle skated at a downtown Santa Monica rink on Christmas! I was overjoyed by the news. It seems she skated for 90 seconds to "Rise Up"--one of my favorite songs ever! She received high marks from those who were there.

Link to Tai Babilonia's Instagram message re:the event-- https://www.instagram.com/p/Br1Pkl4nhDb/

Other photos here: https://twitter.com/KevinKawai/statu...82340439404544 and---
https://www.instagram.com/p/Br1MEK2Hzu8/

I also surmise that a "documentary" is being made that will feature Michelle:

https://www.instagram.com/p/Br1h5yKHgU5/

https://twitter.com/blogstradamus/st...59210782425088

Later that day, Michelle posed with some of the skaters at her rink:

https://www.instagram.com/p/Br1pPEAjK_D/ (several photos in this post with a beautiful little girl)
https://www.instagram.com/p/Br1k7uDDoNv/
https://www.instagram.com/p/Br1kbP-jOqW/

I am searching for footage of her performance, but I believe the documentary staff might have control of that!

**teach23** · December 26th, 2018, 01:37 PM

More photos from Christmas Day 2018:

https://www.instagram.com/p/Br2tzXllhrr/ (several pics in this post)

https://www.instagram.com/p/Br1Z-GKl4IK/

**Rick In San Jose** · December 26th, 2018, 02:03 PM

Thank you, teach23, for this wonderful Day-After-Christmas gift, and for all that you do throughout the year in keeping us so well updated on Michelle's appearances.

**SamChez** · December 26th, 2018, 02:10 PM

Awesome! Brilliant assembly of information teach, we really appreciate it

**teach23** · December 26th, 2018, 02:10 PM

You are so welcome, Rick!

**teach23** · December 26th, 2018, 02:13 PM

Hey, SamChez ! Thanks for the compliment.

**teach23** · December 26th, 2018, 09:43 PM

Here's some video of Michelle's performance from the downtown Santa Monica Rink:

https://www.instagram.com/p/Br3xxZhH1dd/ (that videographer had to have some moves to get it right--a bit distracting, but Michelle is awesome and the audience reacts at appropriate moments)

**billob** · December 26th, 2018, 11:34 PM

That was really interesting...for many reasons.

I would love to see the edited video

**Herr Drosselmeier** · December 27th, 2018, 12:49 AM

Thanks, teach!
You Rach!

**SamChez** · December 27th, 2018, 09:52 AM

Awesome-er!

**michellesmom** · December 27th, 2018, 07:01 PM

This is the documentary. It's about Randy Gardner, so it wouldn't surprise me if Michelle is involved.

https://www.instagram.com/gofiguredocumentary/?hl=en

**kittyjake5** · December 27th, 2018, 10:23 PM

Thank you teach23 for all of the Michelle updates! No one skates like the Kween!

**Stumble Bunny** · December 31st, 2018, 01:36 PM

She just floats across the ice -- so effortlessly … that was always her "style" … made the very difficult look so easy … beyond thrilled and delighted to see Michelle skate again anywhere … and she is still in peak condition despite being "retired."

This is a fantastic Christmas present for everyone who has followed Ms. Kwan for all these years … Thank you, Michelle, for this memorable gift.

Wish Michelle would consider putting together a "seniors" tour of skating greats … or a Cable TV special … would love to see her skate with Kurt Browning … their styles would mesh beautifully.