ARCOLA - The ERA Tour was presented by the Arcola Skate Club on March 14 at the Arcola Prairie Place Arena.
Opening ceremonies began with the entrance of the entire group of skaters to the song Enchanted. As they left the ice, Rylee Brady, the daughter of Todd and Dawn Brady and big sister to Khloe, was one of the guest skaters who took to the centre of the arena.
Rylee skated in Star 5 Freeskate and brought home many medals from Virden, Man., Minot, N.D., Regina and Kindersley. She performed her Star 5 program.
CanSkate Group 1, Mac Hislop, Owen Hislop and Zaidee Weber performed to Shake it Off. With a coach at their sides, they were the youngest group to take to the ice.
CanSkate Group 2 was next in line with Bella Jung and Calder Duhamel skating to the song 22.
New Romantics was played when Group 3 came out. Henrietta Ippolitto, Sadie Clarkson and Ryker Sarasas took their turn performing for the crowd.
Group 4 included Mikaya Weber, Victoria Paton, Rory Gordon, Mikaiha Kulyk and Sally Jung when they danced on the ice to Cruel Summer.
While Welcome to New York played, Group 5 came to perform. Emryn Lang, Autumn Carter and Heidi Heidinger glided across the arena to display their talents.
The StarSkate group – Emily Almey, Lily Sheridan, Katelyn Mitchell, Isobella Hislop and Avayah Duhamel – did an impressive performance with Love Story.
Guest skater Khloe Brady is Rylee’s younger sister. She is in Star 2 free skate and also received four medals from the Minot competition, which she was extremely excited to bring home.
Seven-year-old Juri Kim was also a guest skater who lives in Estevan. She noticed the skating program in Arcola when she came to watch her brother play hockey.
Brynn Chapman is 13 years old and skates in Carlyle. She recently won the Saskatchewan Champion Star 5 U13 award for her free skate.
Rory Greenwood is 17 years old and was another guest skater at the show. She goes to high school in Moosomin and does all her training in Virden.
Greenwood was selected to be on the Saskatchewan Elite Team as a novice skater. She currently is Saskatchewan’s Novice Ladies Champion.
She was excited to be back in Arcola and skate for everyone at the ice show.
Lily, Avayan, Emily, and Katelyn all attended competitions in Virden and Minot, bringing home several medals.
The evening was filled with performances by all the skaters, who received flowers and teddy bears that were tossed on the ice from the crowd to show them appreciation.
When the show had its closing act, awards were handed out and the season came to an end.
They now wait in anticipation for the next season to begin.
