The Huntsville Skating Club hosted their annual year-end carnival on Sunday, March 25 at the Don Lough Arena. This season’s theme was “Celebrations,” with a focus on the many special celebrations in our lives.
At the end of every season the Huntsville Skating Club takes time to celebrate its skaters and have some fun with the annual Carnival. This year’s show included performances from skaters of all levels, set to costumes and music.
Skating fans enjoyed celebrating the achievements and successes of our local skaters, including our youngest Pre-CANSkaters who made their first strides on ice this season, to our upper level Junior and Senior STARskaters.
In addition to the choreographed group routines, a number of our club award recipients skated solo performances. These solo performances included Ainslie Vallentin (Senior Skater of the Year), Kaitlyn Brushey, (Recognition of Excellence), Carson Vallentin (Junior Skater of the Year), Lindsay Breakenridge (Program Assistant of the Year), and a special performance from StarSkater and CanSkate Coach Kaitlyn Belfry, who performed her farewell solo as she graduates from high school and begins university studies in the fall.
An event of this magnitude takes many volunteers. Many thanks to the parents who volunteered their time, created decorations and built backdrops to ensure the carnival was a success. The Huntsville Skating Club wishes to thank the facility staff of the Canada Summit Centre for their support of our carnival and skating programs throughout the year.
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The Huntsville Skating Club is a Skate Canada sanctioned club and offers both CanSkate and StarSkate programs with professional Skate Canada certified coaches. CanSkate is Skate Canada’s flagship learn-to-skate program for beginners of any age that teaches fundamental movements and basic skills for all skating based sports including figure skating, hockey, ringette and speed skating. Skaters that complete CanSkate move up to STARSkate which offers opportunities to develop figure skating skills in four different areas: Skills, Test, Achievement and Recognition. Visit huntsvilleskatingclub.ca for more information. Information, pricing, and on-line registration for the 2018-19 skating season will be available on the club website in early July.
The Huntsville Skating Club, which started in 1933, has hosted carnivals for more than 80 years to showcase our community’s skating talents.
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