CARLYLE - It was an afternoon of excitement for the Carlyle Figure Skating Club as they held their Candy Land Carnival on March 16 at the Carlyle Sports Arena.
Twenty-three CanSkate performers and 17 StarSkate performers were on the ice to show parents, grandparents, friends and others what they had learned over the past season, which began on in late October and continued until the end of March. It was completed with a testing.
CanSkaters are in the learn to skate program, which has six different levels to complete.
The StarSkaters have already completed this program and now have their own individual programs and work on different areas of figure skating, such as the free skate, which has jumps, spins, and dance.
During the season, these skaters go to competitions and they did very well.
The Candy Land Carnival is one of the final events of the season, and this is where all the skaters have a chance to highlight what they have learned with their dedicated coaches.
Megan Anderson was the carnival organizer, and she produced the Candy Land idea. The coaches came up with the group songs, and the parents of the skaters take care of the costumes for each of the groups.
It is a group effort to make the show happen, and through this all the skaters practise to get their moves together with the other skaters for the special event.
It takes a group of coaches to teach the skaters and Dawn Brady, Brittany Rowe, Marian Juce, Kait Babin, Tiana Delalleau and Shaelan Tripp worked hard to get these young stars learning and enjoying skating.
There is also a group that works behind the scenes and that is the Carlyle Skating Club's executive. Charlene Chapman, Katie Mryglod, Shayne Humphries, Roxann Waelchli, Elaine Aldred and Megan Humphries are always doing something to help the group succeed.
The afternoon began with Sloan Mryglod singing the national anthem, while Patrick Gatapia and Donivan Humphries carried the flags.
Throughout the afternoon, group and individual performance were done by the skaters.
Freya Waelchli, Rogan Mryglod, Isabella Aldred, Sloan Mryglod, Claire Winter, Kylie Winter and Magdalene Joe all performed a Star 2 free skate, while Vayda Humphries did a Star 2 free skate and a showcase. Each of these skaters did an individual skate.
An individual Star 3 free skate and showcase was done by Ellexah Humphries, Aril Anderson and Khloe Brady.
Kristen Gatapia and Shaelan Tripp dazzled the crowd with their individual Star 5 free skate and artistic skate.
Rylee Brady entertained the crowd with her Star 5 artistic skate and pre-juvenile free skate, while Brynn Chapman pleased the crowd with her Star 6 free skate and her Star 9 artistic skate.
A Star 6 free skate was done by Tiana Delalleau, but she also did her gold artistic performance.
These individuals were also program assistants to the CanSkate groups, and they delighted the crowd with their own StarSkate group skating to the songs Sugar Sugar and Life is Sweeter.
Four CanSkate groups had the full attention of the spectators when they skated to The Lollipop and Gummy Bear song, Candy Man, Lollipop and Never Had Chocolate Like This.
The CanSkate performers were Eumine Chung, William Hislop, Ayla Lonechild, Behati Louise Santos, Nixann Vermette, Eugene Chung, Hoyoon Lee, Dominick Maxay, Maverick Muehr, Emilia De La Cruz Sanchez, Jolie Englehutt, Archela Jacinto, Leah Lee, Chantilly Monkman-Cyr, Maisy-Marie Vermette, Ana Lilian Bautista, Simon Broccolo, Kendrick Dormuth, Weston Dormuth, Quincie Englehutt and Caitlin Murphy.
Awards were given throughout the afternoon after each group: program assistant, outstanding skater, CanSkate, artistry and two for StarSkate.
The finale of the day was when the entire group came onto the ice to bid farewell to the year and thank all those who attended the show.
