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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Well, her name is Abigail, but she's actually Asia from
the Disney movie Wish.
Speaker 2 (00:04):
She is going to be a part of Disney on Ices.
Speaker 1 (00:07):
Let's dance and we are going to walk through well, no,
let's say skate through the life of Asia.
Speaker 2 (00:14):
And what does a Disney ice skater do.
Speaker 1 (00:17):
I just have to say that, you guys, when you
come out on the ice, do you realize how excited
us parents are, forget.
Speaker 2 (00:25):
The little kids.
Speaker 3 (00:28):
Well, I know, I love seeing how excited everyone gets.
You can always hear it in the hiz, especially when
Mickey comes on stage. Everyone's like, you know, it's so true.
Speaker 1 (00:37):
I've been taking my kids are big kids with little
kids now, but I've been taking, like in car seats
to Disney on Ice.
Speaker 2 (00:45):
I don't care what state we're in.
Speaker 1 (00:47):
The minute we get into your arena, when you all
come out in your beautiful costumes and you're skating finesse
and you're jumps, it's like we all want to be you.
Speaker 4 (01:00):
That's so good. No, I love that so slow.
Speaker 2 (01:04):
Well, tell us how you got started.
Speaker 1 (01:05):
Tell us give us a little glimpse of your journey
to a Disney on ice phenom.
Speaker 3 (01:11):
Okay, Well, I started skating when I was really young.
I was three years old. I started skating with my
brother actually, and we were just doing it for fun initially,
and then we got into lessons and into competing, and
then Matthew, my brother, he switched to shows after having
competed for like a while, and then he was like,
I think you'll really love it, like you'll have fun,
(01:32):
so you should do it too. And so then now
when I like auditioned, I was like, okay, yes, I'm
ready for this, and like he's also with Disney, actually, Matthew.
So that's how we got into it, like a family affair,
right now.
Speaker 1 (01:46):
Did mom and dad or I mean grandma? Was it
someone who kind of even got you on the ice?
It's not a very typical thing to become an ice skater, No.
Speaker 4 (01:55):
It's not.
Speaker 3 (01:56):
And actually no, my mother was a dancer. She wasn't
she wasn't a biggert skate at all. She could skate,
but she she was the one who like really got
us into it and she loved watching the sport. But
where I'm from, I'm from South Africa, it's not very popular,
so like it's really hard to get into at home.
But my mom was like, if you guys want to
(02:17):
do this, like I'll help you, like get as far
as you want to go with it.
Speaker 4 (02:21):
So that's what happened for us.
Speaker 2 (02:23):
It's funny. I'm from New York.
Speaker 1 (02:25):
I moved to Houston, and again, not a typical ice
skating place, right, you play golf, you don't play ice hockey.
But I got the boys into ice hockey. Then my
daughter got into figure skating, and I'm telling you, all
other sports went to the wayside once they got on
that ice.
Speaker 4 (02:40):
No, it's it happens like that. It happened for us
as well because I was doing other sports.
Speaker 3 (02:45):
I was dancing as well, and then as soon as
I started that, I said, I don't want your inn else.
I was like, I'm leaving that all behind, Like I
want to do this, and it's something I feel like
that happens that a lot of skatess they really get
into it, and I don't know what it is. It's
just like one of those sports that just like something
will click your head and you're like, this is what
I want to do. This is it?
Speaker 1 (03:02):
What's your day like when you when you started out
really becoming a competitive skater. I mean to the point
where Disney would would pick you what what type of
give give our audience a glimpse of of what your
day would be like my.
Speaker 3 (03:15):
Day, and like my day is a Disney skater, well,
my day as a competitor back.
Speaker 1 (03:19):
Well, when as you started, like I'm sure your DNA
changed because you were on the ice all the time.
It became by the time you got to be a
Disney skater, you're like, oh, this is a piece of cake.
Speaker 3 (03:29):
Yeah, okay. So I would I would wake up really
early to go skate, like five am sometimes four im
depending on how far I had to drive to go
to the ice rink. And then I would skate for
like an hour. I would go to school. At school,
I would like normal school day stuff. I would be
really tired, but I would move And my mom was
(03:51):
very much like get good grades still, so if you're skating,
you still have to get good grades.
Speaker 4 (03:54):
So I would have to like bluck in at school,
and then.
Speaker 3 (03:58):
After that I went back to the ice drink where
I would skate for more, and then I would go
to bed and then I would start it all over again.
Speaker 4 (04:06):
So it was like really like.
Speaker 3 (04:09):
I had to like balance like my school life and
skating life in general to get to where I am now.
Speaker 1 (04:15):
But it's almost a blessing when you think about it, Abigail,
because you did really well in school, Because if you
didn't do really well in school, there's no ice.
Speaker 4 (04:22):
Yeah right, yes, yeah, like the grades have to keep.
Speaker 2 (04:27):
Up exactly, so you fast forward.
Speaker 1 (04:30):
What was the process of getting to be a Disney
skater though, What did you have to go through?
Speaker 3 (04:36):
Well, it's like extensive training. So competitive skating and show
skating is completely different. Like the tricks and the tricks
and show moves. I would say that you would need
for shows, you don't really need in competitive skating. It's
good to have, but you don't need it. So for me,
I had to like start like training different elements and
different moves and working more on the performance side of
(04:57):
things as opposed to the technical side of things. And
I don't know, I was just training and training and
training for like competitive skating, and then I just wasn't
into it anymore. And I was like, my brother suggests
that I try different avenues to try and like have
more fun with it again and like find my love.
Speaker 4 (05:14):
For the sport again.
Speaker 3 (05:15):
So I was like, okay, So I sent in an
audition tape because no auditions come to South Africa, so
I had to send in an audition tape and from
there it just like took off and now I know I'm.
Speaker 2 (05:28):
Here, unbelievable, unliable.
Speaker 1 (05:31):
Tell me all the characters you've played and your favorites.
Speaker 3 (05:35):
Oh well, currently I'm portraying the role of Asher in
the Wish segment like the movie, and I would say
that that is my favorite role to portray because she's
so full of life, and she's so energetic, and she's
strong and determined, and I.
Speaker 4 (05:48):
Feel like I relate to her in a lot of ways.
Speaker 3 (05:50):
Also, the music from the Wish movie is beautiful, Like
I love skating to it. It's fun to skate to.
The ensemble numbers are so like upbeat and lively. So
it's just like I would say that is my favorite
for those reasons.
Speaker 2 (06:05):
And let's talk about outfits.
Speaker 1 (06:07):
Yeah, do the Disney costume designers are they taking Are
they like former.
Speaker 2 (06:12):
Skaters that they understand that there's you know, this could
get in my way. I mean I've watched.
Speaker 1 (06:17):
You closely, you Disney skaters, and yeah, I'll never forget
it was the Little Toy Soldiers and one of their
little little foot covers flopped and I'm like, how is
he going to skate with this fabric on the ice hat?
And so he was marching instead of gliding just so
he would trip and fall.
Speaker 2 (06:34):
It was amazing.
Speaker 4 (06:36):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (06:36):
No, we're like, we like costume malfunctions happen, and we're like,
you know, the show must go on, so we're trained
to like just do whatever we need to do to
like not disrupt the integrity of the show. And how
costume design is. They work very closely with us, Like
when we're designing costumes and stuff like that, they're like, Okay,
does this work for you? Can you do these jumps,
(06:58):
these spends, these elements in the stress while still trying
to keep the costumes in character and follow like the guidelines.
Speaker 4 (07:07):
So they work with us. They try their best.
Speaker 3 (07:10):
To help us to make everything easy for us in
general with all our costumes.
Speaker 2 (07:15):
It's amazing. And what about the day of the performance.
Speaker 1 (07:18):
I mean, I think you're coming to Energy April twelfth,
what would your day be like?
Speaker 3 (07:25):
Well, we would start on opening night is when we
do all of our practice ices and rehearsals.
Speaker 4 (07:31):
And if you have there's a lot of aerial.
Speaker 3 (07:33):
Acts in the show, and when they have the flies
and the acts, we'll come in and we'll warm that
up on the opening night, which would be Thursday. And
so I me personally, I would go in really early
practice my flies and then just warm up get ready
for the show, and then I have warm up ice,
(07:53):
which you get to practice all your tricks and everything
like that, and then I eat anytime I could.
Speaker 2 (08:00):
Well, let me tell you, what do you eat? What
do you eat?
Speaker 4 (08:02):
What do I eat? I eat.
Speaker 3 (08:04):
I try to keep it like healthy, but I do
eat mostly whatever I want.
Speaker 4 (08:09):
Lucky. Yeah.
Speaker 3 (08:10):
I try to keep it light on show days though,
so that I don't like so there's nothing like heavy
in my stomach and I don't really like to eat
the boy skate, so like I'll have to time it
really good so that I'm like, it's not like sitting
in my stomach when I've like right before I have
to go out and perform. But yes, and then I'll eat,
and then we'll have like notes and we'll get ready
(08:32):
with the whole cost like I'll performance director will give
us notes and stuff and then warm up and then
the show stops.
Speaker 2 (08:40):
Yeah, So as a group, how many how many are
in this particular show, Abigail.
Speaker 4 (08:46):
Cost I believe the number is thirty six, but.
Speaker 2 (08:51):
I can So you're kind of like a classroom.
Speaker 1 (08:54):
You know, it's potential for a school to have a
classroom of thirty six students. How do you are there
rules you from all around the world? Are their rules
that your bosses say, here's what we are going to
stick to, and I need you to follow this so
we can have an amazing time.
Speaker 4 (09:11):
Well, I think.
Speaker 3 (09:13):
Because we're all from like all over the world and
we're all from different places, like, we get along really
well in general. And it's I've never I don't think
i've ever had like a boss who has who's had
to be like, this is what we're doing and we're
going to stick to it.
Speaker 4 (09:29):
Like it's all very like they let us go our
own way.
Speaker 3 (09:32):
They let us like set the tone and the pace,
and if there are any issues, which they're not, I
we really haven't had any, then they would say something.
But we're all like adults and we all want to
get along and we're all just trying to put out
a good show, so we all have that in common.
So I think we all get along really well for
(09:52):
that reason.
Speaker 1 (09:53):
What is your mantra that you maybe whether it combats
nerves anxiety? What are you thinking the minute you put
your skate on the ice?
Speaker 4 (10:03):
Okay, the only.
Speaker 3 (10:05):
Thing like, and I do this all the time, I
used to do it when I compete, is literally just breathe.
I always tell myself to breathe like over and over
again because you can forget. And then I also remind
after remind myself, don't just breathe in my chest. I'll
always be like breathe like all the way through my
body so that I can be calm and relax and
so that I'm not like frantic, because I feel when
(10:25):
I don't breathe all the way through, I've start to
get a bit frantic and it's tiring. So I have
to like remind myself, you need to lost till the
end of those whole segment, so you have to breathe
through everything, like my thing has always just been breathed.
Speaker 2 (10:40):
Amazing. Okay, the show's done. The crowd is going crazy.
Speaker 1 (10:44):
You are so elated to see such an excited audience
respond because Disney gives the whole stadium a chance to respond.
Speaker 2 (10:52):
Yeah, what do you eat after the show? What do
you do after.
Speaker 1 (10:55):
The show you binge watch Netflix? I mean, how do
you decompress?
Speaker 3 (11:00):
Okay, my favorite thing to do is I'll put music
on and i'll read.
Speaker 4 (11:04):
And that's how I do compress.
Speaker 3 (11:05):
And usually after a show because I if we have
a three show day, we like will eat before the
final show because it's late and I don't like to
eat too late. So I am hungry after a show though,
so I'll always have a snack. I'll always do like
a little I don't know, I'll do fruit or i'll
do cheese. Sometimes if I'm really really hungry, I'll just
order something because I don't like to I'm lazy after
(11:27):
a show.
Speaker 4 (11:27):
I don't want to cook, so.
Speaker 3 (11:29):
I'm like, okay, I'll just I'll just order something. But
I like to read to do decompress. And then I
do love a good Netflix binge not gonna lie. I
do love that I and it really brings like my
mood down, and then I can just down.
Speaker 2 (11:44):
What's your favorite Netflix? Bin share it with us?
Speaker 3 (11:47):
Oh my goodness, right now, grays and asks me what
is it?
Speaker 4 (11:50):
Grays and asks me, okay, all right, yeah, it's super basic,
but I love it.
Speaker 3 (11:56):
Like that's just like the one thing that I can
fall asleep to it too, So it's not like to
heavy on my mind, Like I don't I can't really
after a show. I can't watch something that I have
to follow, right, Like I need to find like different
times for that.
Speaker 4 (12:08):
Like so if I can watch something that I can
just like kind of watch and I don't have to
fully follow it, then I'm good.
Speaker 1 (12:15):
So this is your i'd imagine your dream job. Now,
this is like your dream life. Yeah, once you're done,
or you could do this for years and years. What
what is your goal with life? What are you going
to do with this Disney experience?
Speaker 3 (12:29):
Well, I would really love to teach like skating and
stuff like that. So everything that I'm learning here, I'm
like trying my best to retain all the information so
that I can take it home and help kids in
South Africa like also realize that they can do more.
They don't have to stay at home, Like if you want,
you can go out, then do more. So I'm trying
(12:50):
to like that's just like my goal with all of this.
So I would hopefully coach one day after this.
Speaker 1 (12:56):
Well, I just want you to know we are giving
away tickets to see you guys. Okay, and there is
a little girl named Tally. Her mom Dyah got in
this morning, won the tickets. Tally was in the car.
It was right before school.
Speaker 4 (13:09):
You.
Speaker 2 (13:09):
She is so excited to see you. She can't even
stay in this.
Speaker 4 (13:13):
I'm so excited.
Speaker 3 (13:14):
No, I love hearing stories like that, especially if people
are excited to come, because it's a really good show
and I'm very proud of the show, so I can't.
I want everyone to see it because it's honestly one
of the best things I've done, Like when I met
seven on.
Speaker 1 (13:29):
When I say that, us parents, we just we get
just as excited when you get We're just like.
Speaker 2 (13:35):
Like, you're not even real. Honestly, we just need to
touch you because you're not.
Speaker 1 (13:39):
It's just incredible, the amazing movements and jumps and the
joy that you bring to nrgy. We're so looking forward
to you, Abigail.
Speaker 3 (13:48):
No, I'm looking forward to you guys as well. I'm
so excited. Thank you so much.
Speaker 1 (13:52):
Well, thank you for taking some time out of your schedule.
We will see you in the middle of the month,
and safe travels and we'll see you then, eat well, sleep,
and we'll see you on the ice perfect.
Speaker 4 (14:02):
Yes, I'm so excited. I'll see you guys.
Speaker 3 (14:04):
Thank you for having me, Take care, Bye bye love
bye
Well, her name is Abigail, but she's actually Asia from
the Disney movie Wish.
Speaker 2 (00:04):
She is going to be a part of Disney on Ices.
Speaker 1 (00:07):
Let's dance and we are going to walk through well, no,
let's say skate through the life of Asia.
Speaker 2 (00:14):
And what does a Disney ice skater do.
Speaker 1 (00:17):
I just have to say that, you guys, when you
come out on the ice, do you realize how excited
us parents are, forget.
Speaker 2 (00:25):
The little kids.
Speaker 3 (00:28):
Well, I know, I love seeing how excited everyone gets.
You can always hear it in the hiz, especially when
Mickey comes on stage. Everyone's like, you know, it's so true.
Speaker 1 (00:37):
I've been taking my kids are big kids with little
kids now, but I've been taking, like in car seats
to Disney on Ice.
Speaker 2 (00:45):
I don't care what state we're in.
Speaker 1 (00:47):
The minute we get into your arena, when you all
come out in your beautiful costumes and you're skating finesse
and you're jumps, it's like we all want to be you.
Speaker 4 (01:00):
That's so good. No, I love that so slow.
Speaker 2 (01:04):
Well, tell us how you got started.
Speaker 1 (01:05):
Tell us give us a little glimpse of your journey
to a Disney on ice phenom.
Speaker 3 (01:11):
Okay, Well, I started skating when I was really young.
I was three years old. I started skating with my
brother actually, and we were just doing it for fun initially,
and then we got into lessons and into competing, and
then Matthew, my brother, he switched to shows after having
competed for like a while, and then he was like,
I think you'll really love it, like you'll have fun,
(01:32):
so you should do it too. And so then now
when I like auditioned, I was like, okay, yes, I'm
ready for this, and like he's also with Disney, actually, Matthew.
So that's how we got into it, like a family affair,
right now.
Speaker 1 (01:46):
Did mom and dad or I mean grandma? Was it
someone who kind of even got you on the ice?
It's not a very typical thing to become an ice skater, No.
Speaker 4 (01:55):
It's not.
Speaker 3 (01:56):
And actually no, my mother was a dancer. She wasn't
she wasn't a biggert skate at all. She could skate,
but she she was the one who like really got
us into it and she loved watching the sport. But
where I'm from, I'm from South Africa, it's not very popular,
so like it's really hard to get into at home.
But my mom was like, if you guys want to
(02:17):
do this, like I'll help you, like get as far
as you want to go with it.
Speaker 4 (02:21):
So that's what happened for us.
Speaker 2 (02:23):
It's funny. I'm from New York.
Speaker 1 (02:25):
I moved to Houston, and again, not a typical ice
skating place, right, you play golf, you don't play ice hockey.
But I got the boys into ice hockey. Then my
daughter got into figure skating, and I'm telling you, all
other sports went to the wayside once they got on
that ice.
Speaker 4 (02:40):
No, it's it happens like that. It happened for us
as well because I was doing other sports.
Speaker 3 (02:45):
I was dancing as well, and then as soon as
I started that, I said, I don't want your inn else.
I was like, I'm leaving that all behind, Like I
want to do this, and it's something I feel like
that happens that a lot of skatess they really get
into it, and I don't know what it is. It's
just like one of those sports that just like something
will click your head and you're like, this is what
I want to do. This is it?
Speaker 1 (03:02):
What's your day like when you when you started out
really becoming a competitive skater. I mean to the point
where Disney would would pick you what what type of
give give our audience a glimpse of of what your
day would be like my.
Speaker 3 (03:15):
Day, and like my day is a Disney skater, well,
my day as a competitor back.
Speaker 1 (03:19):
Well, when as you started, like I'm sure your DNA
changed because you were on the ice all the time.
It became by the time you got to be a
Disney skater, you're like, oh, this is a piece of cake.
Speaker 3 (03:29):
Yeah, okay. So I would I would wake up really
early to go skate, like five am sometimes four im
depending on how far I had to drive to go
to the ice rink. And then I would skate for
like an hour. I would go to school. At school,
I would like normal school day stuff. I would be
really tired, but I would move And my mom was
(03:51):
very much like get good grades still, so if you're skating,
you still have to get good grades.
Speaker 4 (03:54):
So I would have to like bluck in at school,
and then.
Speaker 3 (03:58):
After that I went back to the ice drink where
I would skate for more, and then I would go
to bed and then I would start it all over again.
Speaker 4 (04:06):
So it was like really like.
Speaker 3 (04:09):
I had to like balance like my school life and
skating life in general to get to where I am now.
Speaker 1 (04:15):
But it's almost a blessing when you think about it, Abigail,
because you did really well in school, Because if you
didn't do really well in school, there's no ice.
Speaker 4 (04:22):
Yeah right, yes, yeah, like the grades have to keep.
Speaker 2 (04:27):
Up exactly, so you fast forward.
Speaker 1 (04:30):
What was the process of getting to be a Disney
skater though, What did you have to go through?
Speaker 3 (04:36):
Well, it's like extensive training. So competitive skating and show
skating is completely different. Like the tricks and the tricks
and show moves. I would say that you would need
for shows, you don't really need in competitive skating. It's
good to have, but you don't need it. So for me,
I had to like start like training different elements and
different moves and working more on the performance side of
(04:57):
things as opposed to the technical side of things. And
I don't know, I was just training and training and
training for like competitive skating, and then I just wasn't
into it anymore. And I was like, my brother suggests
that I try different avenues to try and like have
more fun with it again and like find my love.
Speaker 4 (05:14):
For the sport again.
Speaker 3 (05:15):
So I was like, okay, So I sent in an
audition tape because no auditions come to South Africa, so
I had to send in an audition tape and from
there it just like took off and now I know I'm.
Speaker 2 (05:28):
Here, unbelievable, unliable.
Speaker 1 (05:31):
Tell me all the characters you've played and your favorites.
Speaker 3 (05:35):
Oh well, currently I'm portraying the role of Asher in
the Wish segment like the movie, and I would say
that that is my favorite role to portray because she's
so full of life, and she's so energetic, and she's
strong and determined, and I.
Speaker 4 (05:48):
Feel like I relate to her in a lot of ways.
Speaker 3 (05:50):
Also, the music from the Wish movie is beautiful, Like
I love skating to it. It's fun to skate to.
The ensemble numbers are so like upbeat and lively. So
it's just like I would say that is my favorite
for those reasons.
Speaker 2 (06:05):
And let's talk about outfits.
Speaker 1 (06:07):
Yeah, do the Disney costume designers are they taking Are
they like former.
Speaker 2 (06:12):
Skaters that they understand that there's you know, this could
get in my way. I mean I've watched.
Speaker 1 (06:17):
You closely, you Disney skaters, and yeah, I'll never forget
it was the Little Toy Soldiers and one of their
little little foot covers flopped and I'm like, how is
he going to skate with this fabric on the ice hat?
And so he was marching instead of gliding just so
he would trip and fall.
Speaker 2 (06:34):
It was amazing.
Speaker 4 (06:36):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (06:36):
No, we're like, we like costume malfunctions happen, and we're like,
you know, the show must go on, so we're trained
to like just do whatever we need to do to
like not disrupt the integrity of the show. And how
costume design is. They work very closely with us, Like
when we're designing costumes and stuff like that, they're like, Okay,
does this work for you? Can you do these jumps,
(06:58):
these spends, these elements in the stress while still trying
to keep the costumes in character and follow like the guidelines.
Speaker 4 (07:07):
So they work with us. They try their best.
Speaker 3 (07:10):
To help us to make everything easy for us in
general with all our costumes.
Speaker 2 (07:15):
It's amazing. And what about the day of the performance.
Speaker 1 (07:18):
I mean, I think you're coming to Energy April twelfth,
what would your day be like?
Speaker 3 (07:25):
Well, we would start on opening night is when we
do all of our practice ices and rehearsals.
Speaker 4 (07:31):
And if you have there's a lot of aerial.
Speaker 3 (07:33):
Acts in the show, and when they have the flies
and the acts, we'll come in and we'll warm that
up on the opening night, which would be Thursday. And
so I me personally, I would go in really early
practice my flies and then just warm up get ready
for the show, and then I have warm up ice,
(07:53):
which you get to practice all your tricks and everything
like that, and then I eat anytime I could.
Speaker 2 (08:00):
Well, let me tell you, what do you eat? What
do you eat?
Speaker 4 (08:02):
What do I eat? I eat.
Speaker 3 (08:04):
I try to keep it like healthy, but I do
eat mostly whatever I want.
Speaker 4 (08:09):
Lucky. Yeah.
Speaker 3 (08:10):
I try to keep it light on show days though,
so that I don't like so there's nothing like heavy
in my stomach and I don't really like to eat
the boy skate, so like I'll have to time it
really good so that I'm like, it's not like sitting
in my stomach when I've like right before I have
to go out and perform. But yes, and then I'll eat,
and then we'll have like notes and we'll get ready
(08:32):
with the whole cost like I'll performance director will give
us notes and stuff and then warm up and then
the show stops.
Speaker 2 (08:40):
Yeah, So as a group, how many how many are
in this particular show, Abigail.
Speaker 4 (08:46):
Cost I believe the number is thirty six, but.
Speaker 2 (08:51):
I can So you're kind of like a classroom.
Speaker 1 (08:54):
You know, it's potential for a school to have a
classroom of thirty six students. How do you are there
rules you from all around the world? Are their rules
that your bosses say, here's what we are going to
stick to, and I need you to follow this so
we can have an amazing time.
Speaker 4 (09:11):
Well, I think.
Speaker 3 (09:13):
Because we're all from like all over the world and
we're all from different places, like, we get along really
well in general. And it's I've never I don't think
i've ever had like a boss who has who's had
to be like, this is what we're doing and we're
going to stick to it.
Speaker 4 (09:29):
Like it's all very like they let us go our
own way.
Speaker 3 (09:32):
They let us like set the tone and the pace,
and if there are any issues, which they're not, I
we really haven't had any, then they would say something.
But we're all like adults and we all want to
get along and we're all just trying to put out
a good show, so we all have that in common.
So I think we all get along really well for
(09:52):
that reason.
Speaker 1 (09:53):
What is your mantra that you maybe whether it combats
nerves anxiety? What are you thinking the minute you put
your skate on the ice?
Speaker 4 (10:03):
Okay, the only.
Speaker 3 (10:05):
Thing like, and I do this all the time, I
used to do it when I compete, is literally just breathe.
I always tell myself to breathe like over and over
again because you can forget. And then I also remind
after remind myself, don't just breathe in my chest. I'll
always be like breathe like all the way through my
body so that I can be calm and relax and
so that I'm not like frantic, because I feel when
(10:25):
I don't breathe all the way through, I've start to
get a bit frantic and it's tiring. So I have
to like remind myself, you need to lost till the
end of those whole segment, so you have to breathe
through everything, like my thing has always just been breathed.
Speaker 2 (10:40):
Amazing. Okay, the show's done. The crowd is going crazy.
Speaker 1 (10:44):
You are so elated to see such an excited audience
respond because Disney gives the whole stadium a chance to respond.
Speaker 2 (10:52):
Yeah, what do you eat after the show? What do
you do after.
Speaker 1 (10:55):
The show you binge watch Netflix? I mean, how do
you decompress?
Speaker 3 (11:00):
Okay, my favorite thing to do is I'll put music
on and i'll read.
Speaker 4 (11:04):
And that's how I do compress.
Speaker 3 (11:05):
And usually after a show because I if we have
a three show day, we like will eat before the
final show because it's late and I don't like to
eat too late. So I am hungry after a show though,
so I'll always have a snack. I'll always do like
a little I don't know, I'll do fruit or i'll
do cheese. Sometimes if I'm really really hungry, I'll just
order something because I don't like to I'm lazy after
(11:27):
a show.
Speaker 4 (11:27):
I don't want to cook, so.
Speaker 3 (11:29):
I'm like, okay, I'll just I'll just order something. But
I like to read to do decompress. And then I
do love a good Netflix binge not gonna lie. I
do love that I and it really brings like my
mood down, and then I can just down.
Speaker 2 (11:44):
What's your favorite Netflix? Bin share it with us?
Speaker 3 (11:47):
Oh my goodness, right now, grays and asks me what
is it?
Speaker 4 (11:50):
Grays and asks me, okay, all right, yeah, it's super basic,
but I love it.
Speaker 3 (11:56):
Like that's just like the one thing that I can
fall asleep to it too, So it's not like to
heavy on my mind, Like I don't I can't really
after a show. I can't watch something that I have
to follow, right, Like I need to find like different
times for that.
Speaker 4 (12:08):
Like so if I can watch something that I can
just like kind of watch and I don't have to
fully follow it, then I'm good.
Speaker 1 (12:15):
So this is your i'd imagine your dream job. Now,
this is like your dream life. Yeah, once you're done,
or you could do this for years and years. What
what is your goal with life? What are you going
to do with this Disney experience?
Speaker 3 (12:29):
Well, I would really love to teach like skating and
stuff like that. So everything that I'm learning here, I'm
like trying my best to retain all the information so
that I can take it home and help kids in
South Africa like also realize that they can do more.
They don't have to stay at home, Like if you want,
you can go out, then do more. So I'm trying
(12:50):
to like that's just like my goal with all of this.
So I would hopefully coach one day after this.
Speaker 1 (12:56):
Well, I just want you to know we are giving
away tickets to see you guys. Okay, and there is
a little girl named Tally. Her mom Dyah got in
this morning, won the tickets. Tally was in the car.
It was right before school.
Speaker 4 (13:09):
You.
Speaker 2 (13:09):
She is so excited to see you. She can't even
stay in this.
Speaker 4 (13:13):
I'm so excited.
Speaker 3 (13:14):
No, I love hearing stories like that, especially if people
are excited to come, because it's a really good show
and I'm very proud of the show, so I can't.
I want everyone to see it because it's honestly one
of the best things I've done, Like when I met
seven on.
Speaker 1 (13:29):
When I say that, us parents, we just we get
just as excited when you get We're just like.
Speaker 2 (13:35):
Like, you're not even real. Honestly, we just need to
touch you because you're not.
Speaker 1 (13:39):
It's just incredible, the amazing movements and jumps and the
joy that you bring to nrgy. We're so looking forward
to you, Abigail.
Speaker 3 (13:48):
No, I'm looking forward to you guys as well. I'm
so excited. Thank you so much.
Speaker 1 (13:52):
Well, thank you for taking some time out of your schedule.
We will see you in the middle of the month,
and safe travels and we'll see you then, eat well, sleep,
and we'll see you on the ice perfect.
Speaker 4 (14:02):
Yes, I'm so excited. I'll see you guys.
Speaker 3 (14:04):
Thank you for having me, Take care, Bye bye love
bye
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