听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 The Carlyle Skating Club hosted their annual skating carnival on Sunday, March 22. This year鈥檚 theme was 鈥淪o You Think You Can Skate?鈥� modelled after the popular television show 鈥淪o You Think You Can Dance?鈥�
听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 Coaches Dawn Dyer, Katy Soroka, and Grace Smyth were excited for their students to showcase their skills as CanSkaters and the STARSkaters demonstrated their abilities in their solo routines, as well as in group performances.
听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 Program Assistants Anna Doty, Halle Doty, Kyla Fischer, Jessica Moffat, Brittany Rowe, Katie Rowley, Halle Schutz, Payton Spry, Mackenzie Valentine, and Tarris Valentine were also pleased to see the youth they had been helping all season step on the ice to perform.
听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 The afternoon of skating was opened up by 鈥淥鈥機anada鈥� performed by Katie Wilson, with Hayden Miller and Riley Penney skating the Canadian and Saskatchewan flags around the rink.
听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 STARSkate solos then began with Halle Schutz, Payton Spry, and Tiana Delalleau each demonstrating their abilities on the ice. Other solos were strewn throughout the program with Ciara Corrigan, Tarris Valentine, Anna Doty, Katie Rowley, Jessica Moffat, Kyla Fischer, Mackenzie Valentine, Halle Doty, Jessica Szakacs, Nikki Lamb, Victoria Flynn, Brittany Rowe, and Grace Smyth all performing throughout the afternoon.
听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 This group also performed together as a group to 鈥淐elebrate,鈥� which had a lot of energy and was very entertaining. Additionally the Jr. STARSkaters performed 鈥淪hake it off鈥� and the Sr. STARSkate group performed to 鈥淯ptown Funk.鈥�
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听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 This year鈥檚 STARSkate award went to Jessica Moffat for her efforts in the rink.
听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 While STARSkater, Halle Doty, earned the Excellence in Artistry Award for her efforts this year.
听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 Four CanSkate groups performed at the carnival with Drazmine Palma, Rommy Garcia, Rory Miller, Tenley Gervais, and Thea Marzan skating to 鈥淟ocomotion鈥� assisted by Halle Schutz, Kyla Fischer, and Grace Smyth.
听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 The second group of Alanna Penney, Alix Rae, Dannie Eaton, Nevaeh Sweet, and Tori Wilson performed to 鈥淗appy鈥� and were helped on the ice by Anna Doty, Katie Rowley, and Payton Spry.
听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 Flint Coffey, Kayden Holonics, Brody Knelsen, David Kostal, Myles Lequyer, Nixon McArthur, Kirk Rutten, and Isaah Smith skated to 鈥淎nother One Bites the Dust,鈥� assisted by Brittany Rowe, Jessica Moffat, and Tarris Valentine.
听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 The final CanSkate group skated to 鈥淔ootloose鈥� as Ciara Corrigan, Katelyn Desjarlais, Katelyn Rutten and Makenna Slykhuis took to the ice with assistance from Halle Doty and Mackenzie Valentine.
听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 This year鈥檚 CanSkate award went to Katelyn Desjarlais, with Myles Lequyer and Alix Rae also receiving awards in the CanSkate category.
听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 The award for Program Assistant this year went to Kyla Fischer.
听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 Every year the Carlyle Figure Skating Club brings in a guest skater and this year Nicki Nagy of Melville, a Provincial Pre-Novice Champion and 2015 Canada Games competitor, took to the ice to perform.
听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 The rink was packed and it was overall a wonderful day for families to enjoy together.
听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 The figure skating club will now be entering Spring School and will be doing a bottle drive soon, contact [email protected] if you would like to donate.
