Mao news - as we head into the 2009-10 season

Ok, so since all these articles talk about future things, I thought I would start a new news thread. flower

1) Mao will study ballet in Russia
http://www.daily.co.jp/general/2009/04/20/0001841214.shtml

This article says Mao is going to go to to Russia to study ballet and polish her expression. Mao said, "Russia is the best place for ballet. I want to learn from Sensei [TAT, I think?] and also do ballet.
I definitely approve of this! After all, Mao is our ballerina on ice! Many Hearts

2) Mao won't reveal her music choices until the last minute
http://www.sponichi.co.jp/olympic/news/2009/04/20/12.html

According to this article, Mao is not going to reveal her music choices until the last minute, so as to not give Team Yu-Na any hints about what she's doing. A different article said that it would be after the skating training camp in Japan at the end of the summer - so sometime in August?

Bummer!! That means we have to wait 4 months! The suspense will be killing me! affraid

I do hope that even if Mao doesn't reveal her choices, she keeps tabs on what the others are doing, so that we don't have another Battle of the Giselles like this year!