By Paula (SKATECAT)

Hi everyone.. just got home and settled in after seeing Ilia in Cincinnati. He was magnificent, but would you expect anything less?? Strangely enough, I am thinking that Ilia could actually skate pairs - he handles some of the simpler lifts with such ease.


Anyway, thanks for the passes - it was really nice and there were hardly any people backstage. Although Ilia looked tired, he was very obliging and seemed to actually be looking for us - which was very nice. Of course, I couldn't meet Ilia without having a somewhat ridiculous moment - first when my friend went to take my photo with him, she didn't open the shutter and Ilia commented that perhaps she should open the shutter first, LOL!!!


Then, my camera battery was kind of low and wouldn't snap again for the photo of my friend with Ilia, so we had to drag out her big 35 mm professional type camera and then I couldn't find the button to push to take the photo, LOL!!!! Still, Ilia smiled and was very obliging!


It was a great show and nice to see that Ilia really enjoys performing so much.