聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 The Carlyle Skating Club rocked the rink with their finale performance, Rock of Ages! Sunday, March 13 in the Carlyle Sports Arena.
听听听听听听听听听听听 Thirty-five skaters-some as young as four-years-old-showed the audience their skating skills with a show inspired by the rock-themed musical.
听听听听听听听听听听听 In addition to the club's skaters, guest skater-and Pre-Novice Men's Canadian Champion-Koen Kucher made the trip from his home in Regina to skate two solos for the show.
听听听听听听听听听听听 One of the Carlyle Club's StarSkate coaches, Dawn Brady says, 鈥淲e have four StarSkate coaches and 17 StarSkaters. We haven't had that many skaters at that level for a long time and most of them have achieved or surpassed the (skating) goals they made at the beginning of this year.鈥�
听听听听听听听听听听听 鈥淎nd they've travelled from Virden to Esterhazy to Kindersley for testing,鈥� adds StarSkate coach Katy Soroka. 鈥淓veryone has accpmplished at least one test this year, too.鈥�
听听听听听听听听听听听 鈥淲e've got a couple of CanSkate skaters ready to move up next year,鈥� says Soroka. 鈥淪o this is a growing club, for sure.鈥�
听听听听听听听听听听听 StarSkate rep and event volunteer, Anita Delalleau agrees, saying: 鈥淚t's been a fantastic year and all of our skaters worked really hard, which we saw on the ice today. And we are all so excited to have Koen Kucher here today as our show's guest skater.鈥�
听听听听听听听听听听听 鈥淲e have so many people to thank,鈥� says Delalleau. 鈥淚t's been a great year and that's all because of the efforts of so many people. The parents, our volunteers, the businesses who are so generous, our coaches and our rink caretaker, Brent Stillwell, who always works so hard on our behalf.鈥�
听听听听听听听听听听听 鈥淎nd of course, our skaters, who put on such a great show.鈥�
听听听听听听听听听听听 The Carlyle Skating Club's 'Rock of Ages!' will air on Access Television Tuesday, March 22 at 9:30 p.m., Wednesday, March 23 at 7 p.m. and Wednesday, March 30 at 9:30 p.m.
