The Carlyle Skating Club rocked the rink with their finale performance, Rock of Ages! Sunday, March 13 in the Carlyle Sports Arena.
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.
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.
One of the Carlyle Club's StarSkate coaches, Dawn Brady says, “We 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.”
“And they've travelled from Virden to Esterhazy to Kindersley for testing,” adds StarSkate coach Katy Soroka. “Everyone has accpmplished at least one test this year, too.”
“We've got a couple of CanSkate skaters ready to move up next year,” says Soroka. “So this is a growing club, for sure.”
StarSkate rep and event volunteer, Anita Delalleau agrees, saying: “It'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.”
“We have so many people to thank,” says Delalleau. “It'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.”
“And of course, our skaters, who put on such a great show.”
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.
