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Just a few of the many colorful characters...

Leroy Donahue has every medal a story book figure skating champion could desire, but his life's a mess. Leroy's stuck in a bad marriage. Every day, he lives a lie. Leroy has a secret the fans must never know.

For ages 16 and up.

Larissa Lubovsky is lucky to be alive after years of sexual abuse by her figure skating coach and self-abuse after she defected from the old Soviet Union. She's finally at peace. Will Larissa find true love with Mia, the young Israeli beauty?

Igor is a bad man with a bad reputation. After years of womanizing and destroying his marriage and figure skating partnership, Igor is ready for a change—but is everybody else ready for Igor to change?

Seven year old Brittania Donahue has talent. She adores Leroy, her step-father. But her mother Cassandra, a former figure skating champion, hates everything about figure skating--and she's determined about one thing; Brittania will not be a figure skater!

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Summer 1997
Rec.sport.skating.ice.figure deployed flame throwers regarding what could and couldn't be discussed. All the most interesting things were toast: figure skaters' sexual orientation, abusive parents and figrue skating coaches, drinking, drugging and eating disorders. The Strong and the Sequined: A Figure Skating Soap Opera was born...

Winter 2006
What began nine years ago as an exploration of the unmentionable has blossomed into a 280+ chapter epic. The Strong and the Sequined: A Figure Skating Soap Opera has a following among figure skaters, figure skating fans, and figure skating officials.

The Strong and the Sequined: A Figure Skating Soap Opera

Past Seasons

Season 1 1997 - 1998Part 1 to Part 62Season 62002 - 2003Part 239 - 251
Season 21998 - 1999Part 63 to Part 126Season 72003 - 2004Part 252 - 260
Season 31999 - 2000Part 127 to Part 177Season 82004 - 2005Part 261 - 273
Season 42000 - 2001Part 178 to Part 212Season 92005 - 2006Part 274...
Season 52001 - 2002Part 213 to Part 238   
 

Season 1

Part 1: The New ArrivalsPart 32: Back Seat of a Chevy
Part 2: "A Late Night Call"Part 33: Discoveries
Part 3: The Aftermath of Pepto-BismolPart 34: Babies and Big Kids
Part 4: SpiesPart 35: Getting Dreamy
Part 5: At the Pool HallPart 36: Fear of the Future
Part 6: Here Comes TroublePart 37: About Rainbows
Part 7: Anxiously AwaitingPart 38: More Mothers, More Problems
Part 8: Defense MechanismsPart 39: One Tenth of a Point
Part 9: Devious PlansPart 40: Role Models
Part 10: Mothers and DaughtersPart 41: The Tables Turned
Part 11: A Night in the Life of Helga Von DamePart 42: Bon Voyage
Part 12: Support SystemsPart 43: Saving Sonja
Part 13: More SecretsPart 44: Judge Number Seven
Part 14: DecisionsPart 45: The Truth Revealed
Part 15: The Witch GamePart 46: For the Love of Gold
Part 16: CrisisPart 47: The Old Days Revisited
Part 17: Taking CarePart 48: Seagulls and Sailboats
Part 18: Meanwhile, at Skate America...Part 49: Taken Away
Part 19: AftermathPart 50: The New Coach
Part 20: On TVPart 51: The Beard
Part 21: Melody Seafoam's GodPart 52: From Unlikely Sources
Part 22: Tales From the HotelPart 53: Night-Night Pills
Part 23: After LaliquePart 54: Homecoming
Part 24: Dmitra's DeterminationPart 55: Beyond Control
Part 25: Ice WarsPart 56: In Broad Daylight
Part 26: The NannyPart 57: The Voice of Experience
Part 27: Forever LandoverPart 58: Laundry
Part 28: A Mission in Progress, A Mission CompletePart 59: Learning the Business
Part 29: The Christmas ShowPart 60: Leroy's Choice
Part 30: Home for the HolidaysPart 61: Instincts
Part 31: On the RoadPart 62: Remembering Things