Announcements February 2007

Congratulations to our skaters, who represented The Colonial Skating Club this year Keystone State Games at the York Ice Arena in York PA !

First Night

First Night, took place on December 31st,, 2006!!! This year we had 31 skaters participate to make this a phenomenal night! First Night is the clubs way of giving back to the community by putting on a spectacular show. This year’s theme was “The Season’s of Love”. Our performers ranged from Learn to Skate to Intermediate Level skaters
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Of course First Night wouldn’t be as successful without the dedication of our Coaches and the skater’s parents! Thank you for helping the children enjoy the wonderful sport of Figure Skating.

10th Annual Stars and Stripes

Quickly approaching is our 10th Annual Stars and Stripes Competition. This year’s competition is scheduled for April 14th and 15th Applications are available on our website, www.colonialsc.org

Skaters and Coaches: Now is the time to start thinking about new music and a new routine.
Parents: Now is the time to start thinking about volunteering and/or chairing a committee! Committees: Registration, Ice Monitors, Music, Announcing, Hospitality (food for judges), Awards, Ad Book, Vendors, Skaters Souvenirs, Runners.

Please contact Sue Dornblaser to let her know when you are available to volunteer.

You can reach Sue at: email: Susydee8@aol.com

You can also support Colonial Skating Club 10th Annual STARS AND STRIPES COMPETITION by putting an ad in our competition program! If you are interested the “ad form” is on our website

Off-Ice Training

How do you get better results on the ice???  You train off the ice, too.  Good News!!! Starting February 3rd, 2007 Colonial Skating Club started offering off-ice training.  Participation in the off-ice training program is an excellent way that skaters can maximize their performance and help avoid injury.  Jenny Shimberg, PSA Instructor and Senior Competitor, is the instructor.  For more information and application please visit the “Off-Ice Training” page on our website.

Club meetings

Club meetings are open to all club members. Any member interested in attending the board meetings is welcome.

Our next scheduled meeting date has not been set. The date will be emailed to you once it is scheduled. Meetings are held at Grundy Recreation Center, 475 Beaver St., Bristol, PA 19007

If any full member has an issue that they would like discussed please email or call Cheryl Wood approximately 3 days before the scheduled meeting so the topic can be put into the agenda.
You can reach Cheryl at: email: USFSANJ@aol.com

Test Session

Don’t forget the next test session is scheduled for Tuesday, March 27th, 2007. All levels of Free Style, Moves and Dance will be tested. Applications are available on our website at http://colonialsc.org/test_application.pdf

Meet the 2007 U.S. World Figure Skating Team

The following figure skaters from the United States have been selected to compete in the 2007 World Figure Skating Championships

Ladies
• Kimmie Meissner - 2007 U.S. Ladies Champion
• Emily Hughes - 2007 U.S. Ladies Silver Medalist
• Alissa Czisny - 2007 U.S. Ladies Bronze Medalist

Men
• Evan Lysacek - 2007 U.S. Men's Champion
• Ryan Bradley - 2007 U.S. Men's Silver Medalist
• Johnny Weir - 2007 U.S. Men's Bronze Medalist

Pairs
• Brooke Castile and Ben Okolski - 2007 U.S. Pairs Champions
• Rena Inoue and John Baldwin - 2007 U.S. Pairs Silver Medalists

Dance
• Tanith Belbin and Ben Agosto - 2007 U.S. Dance Champions
• Melissa Gregory and Denis Petukhov - 2007 U.S. Dance Silver Medalists
• Meryl Davis and Charlie White - 2007 U.S. Dance Bronze Medalists

Most of the members of the 2007 U.S. World Figure Skating Team will also be competing at the Four Continents Championships, which will take place from February 7 through February 10, 2007 in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Fun Stuff

A History of U.S. Ladies Figure Skating Champions

To see a great video montage that shows many U.S. Ladies Figure Skating Champion follow this link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKcM3pYLQ4A&eurl=

This video montage was put together by "Floskate," a YouTube user. It created in 2005, so Sasha Cohen and Kimmie Meissner are not included.

The Colonial Skating Club of Pennsylvania is a non-profit organization that is governed by a volunteer board of directors whose goal is to promote the understanding and appreciation of all forms of figure skating while helping skaters to achieve their individual goals in an atmosphere of good sportsmanship. These objectives are carried out in accordance with the policies of the USFSA