The Blade's Edge

February2015 - The Gala Edition

President: Heather Patterson Vice President: Lauriel Wills inbox by the end of the month, please check your Past President: Chantelle Crete Secretary: Chantal Leblanc Treasurer: vacant Registrar: Tanya Allard spam folder before contacting our book keeper at Test Chair: Laurie Rail Communications: Stephen Karl [email protected] . Gala Committee: Alison Medeiros Awards Committee: Melissa Maunders Coaching Rep.: Stacy Duguay Webmaster: Chantal Leblanc Spring-Summer Skate

All Members News MSC will be offering online registration and program details for spring-summer skating sessions in the near Gala – Dates & Times future. The program will be run on Mondays and Thursdays for 10 weeks starting May 21 until July Our annual gala will take place on Saturday, March 7 at 20th at Fred Barrett Arena in Leitrim. the Metcalfe Larry Robinson Arena. The show begins at 2:00 pm (14:00) and runs approximately 1:45. We ask MSC Website - Offline that performers in the show be at the rink by 1:15 (13:15). More details to follow. If you have been trying to find out what is happening All skaters will be asked to participate on the ice in the at MSC or trying to access club forms through our grand finale. website since the latter part of January, you will have been redirected to a temporary Skate web FCCA Winter Carnival - February 22 page. Metcalfe Skating Club and a number of other skating clubs have had their websites hosted by Skate Canada for a number of years. Due to a serious The Metcalfe Skating Club is proud to partner with security issue Skate Canada was forced to discontinue the Findley Creek Community Association to host a this service. Metcalfe Skating Club's website is now Canskate and STARSkate demonstration on the back online due to the extraordinary efforts of the Findley Creek community's outdoor skating rink. The MSC webmaster! event will start at approximately 11:00 am with a STARSkate demonstration followed by a Canskate Volunteers Needed! demonstration at 11:45 am. Come out and be part of the fun! For registration and participant information The Metcalfe Skating Club is dependent on the work please check out the FCCA or Metcalfe Skating Club of volunteers. As we approach the latter part of the on Facebook. Fall/Winter skating season, we are asking our

members to consider joining us on the executive Tax Receipts committee. There are a number of vacancies that will need to be filled for the 2015/2016 year. For more

The MSC book keeper has begun the issuance of information on how you can volunteer, please send an receipts. If you have not received your receipt in your email to [email protected] with "Volunteer" in the subject line.

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STARSkate News The Extra Blade

February 2015 is a busy one on the STARSkate calendar! With a number of competitions and test days, MSC skaters and coaches have been working diligently to prepare for each entered event.

If there is an upcoming competition or test day that you wish to be part of please discuss your interest with your skating coach.

STARSkater’s Calendar

Event Location Dates Host Club Region 5 Interclub* Ottawa Feb 21-22 Rideau SC (Leitrim) Spring Festival Ottawa Apr. 10-12 Gloucester SC Skate Invitational** (Gloucester) RSC Test Day Manotick Apr. 22 Rideau SC

* Registration for Interclub 5 is now closed. ** Registration closes March 15th, 205 at 11:59 pm.

Stars on Ice will be coming to Canadian Tire Centre on 2015 Region 5 Interclub Invitational May 13th, 2015. Skating stars include Kurt Browning,

Tessa Virtue & , Joannie Rochette, Patrick Best of luck to all of our participating skaters in today's Chan, , & , Interclub competition, hosted by Rideau Skating Club at & Eric Radford and other national, Fred Barrett Arena. MSC has a number of entries this international and Olympic medalists. If interested in year in individual, pairs and team events. participating in a group ticket purchase, please send an email to [email protected] . Go MSC!!!!

EOSIC & MSC Test Day

A number of MSC skaters and their coaches participated in both the EOSIC competition hosted by Nepean Skating Club at Nepean Sportsplex and then days later at the MSC test day held on March 16 at Larry Robinson Arena. Congratulations to all of our skaters who took part in these events. A special thank you to our outgoing test chair Laurie Rail for organizing a superb test day and to her team of volunteers who helped with everything from managing the hospitality suite to announcing the test skaters and playing the music, and even applying a bit of last minute make-up on the face of a grateful contestant!

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