Welcome to March 2020! Calalta publishes a monthly update sharing information such as important dates, volunteer opportunities, safety issues and other items of interest. • Update on Jimmie Condon Ice • Congratulations on our 2020 Alberta Winter Games Athletes • Welcome new Board members • Stars on Ice on May 9 • Fundraising – Spolumbos & Spring Has Sprung Flowers All proceeds will go towards purchasing a $7,000 on ice track jump harness system for Jimmie Condon • Celebration of Skating Banquet • STAR 1-3 and Spring Event – Need raffle donations • Ice Show • Skaters must check in with rink chair • Important Dates for the Upcoming Month This document can also be found on our website at www.calalta.net Update on Jimmie Condon Ice- Back to Regular Schedule on March 16th!! Well we have had a chance to skate at 7 different City of Calgary arenas across all 4 quadrants since Jimmie Condon went down – many skaters have been able to take advantage of alternate ice options. A huge thank you to Nicole and Jaime Lyn for keeping the coaches well informed of all the alternate ice options! Skaters will receive a full program refund for all sessions missed during the closure. Your March 1st installment payment will still be processed and once we know the exact return date we will start working on refunds. We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience this caused; the City is doing everything possible to get Jimmie Condon back up and running and we expect to return to regular programming by March 16th. Calalta congratulates the Alberta Winter Games Skaters Well done everyone! Kieryn McHale – Bronze Medallist - Novice Addison Pehl – Bronze Medallist - Pre-Novice Isabel Barcenas-Squire - STAR 8 Olivia Rodzon - STAR 8 Atlee Graham - Juvenile Abbie Wiebe – Pre-Novice Brynley Gross - Novice Welcome to our new Board Members Three new faces at the Board room table! Calalta would like to welcome Dayle Drummond, Cami Balan and Janine Heiderick. Dayle Drummond I started skating at the age of 5 at the North Bay FS Club and stayed until I was 15. While volunteering for Skate Canada, I discovered Adult FS and have since become a huge part of the adult figure skating community at Calalta. I am currently working towards my free skate. I was with BMO for 44 years and most recently with BMO Private Banking as a lending specialist. I am married but no kids I have wanted to become a board member for a few years. I have come to a time in my life that I want to give back to society and am looking forward to helping out Calalta in any way I can. I feel honoured to have been asked to join this board. Cami Balan I'm a parent who's been watching figure skating from the stands for the last 7 years. My knowledge in this field grew alongside my daughter and although I still have to pay very close attention, I'm proud to be able to tell the jumps apart (can't tell if they were on the right edge or fully rotated, those are just details). I'm going to work on learning the ice dance terminology next. My daughter is 12 and started with Calalta in the CanSkate program. She is currently competing in Star 6 and Artistic events. Outside the rink I'm a Project Manager working with a consulting firm primarily on software development projects. I've been involved in sport activities all my life and am a huge fan of gymnastics and figure skating. For the past few years I participated in CrossFit. I am looking forward to working with the Calalta board members. I'm hoping to be able to help provide the best experience in figure skating for everyone, from pre-school age to adult and to help keep athletes in this field longer. Janine Heiderich I have a son Parker who skates as a Juvenile level skater at COP We come from a sports backgrounds-I was a synchronized swimmer who competed Nationally and in the USA, plus had my technical NCCP level 3 coaching certificate. My husband was a gymnast and holds an international judging license for Canada and has judged in Japan and Hungary as his hobby. I have sat on a few boards and am looking forward to joining Calalta’s. I firmly believe in good communication and transparency. I also hope to bring a good positive attitude and ideas. Stars on Ice - Saturday May 9, 2020 Kurt Browning, Elvis Stojjko, Patrick Chan and Kaetlyn Osmond are just some of the big names coming out this year for Stars on Ice on Saturday May 9 at the ScotiaBank Saddledome. Details and ticket purchase information can be found at https://www.starsonice.ca/ Calalta will be raffling off a few sets of tickets – stay tuned for more details in our April newsletter! Fundraising – Flowers for Mother’s Day and Spolumbos sausages! We will be kicking off our Spring fundraisers in April! All proceeds will go towards purchasing a cross ice jump harness at Jimmie Condon – Forms will be sent later this week for flowers, watch your emails! Celebration of Skating Banquet The social event of the season…..everyone will be there for good music, good food and good friends! Saturday June 6, 2020 Strathcona Christie Aspen Community Centre 277 Strathcona Drive SW Calgary AB Business Casual Attire 6:00 pm Cocktails 6:30 pm Dinner 7:00 pm Awards Presentation 8:00 pm Dancing and Photo Booth Fun for skaters of all ages and levels! Tickets can be purchased through our registration website under products. If your skater received a full set of Gold Tests this year be sure to order the “free” ticket (non transferable) Silent Auction items needed for year end Ice Show, and Spring Event/STAR 1-3 Competition Calalta will host a Silent Auction/Raffle Fundraiser at these events and we are looking for donations. For every $100.00 in value of your donation, you will earn 2 volunteer hours. Contact the event organizers for questions and more information. If you can share a donation with Calalta, please drop off any items to the office before April 1, 2020. Include the donor name, skater name and retail value of your donation. We are also looking for volunteers to approach local businesses seeking donations. Contact the office if you can help. Volunteer Opportunities – this experience looks great on a resume! Team Lead Ice Show (Saturday April 11) • Will work with our volunteer Kim Davie this year for training with the expectation to assume the role for the Ice Show in 2021 • Oversee the organization of the Ice Show under the direction of Jaime-Lyn Jackson • Oversee various committees • Chair committee meetings • There will be a call for volunteers to support this role Hospitality Coordinator for test days and other special events We like to feed officials, coaches and volunteers during test days and the Spring event. The Hospitality Coordinator will plan the menus (usually soup and sandwiches) and purchase food. You don’t have to be on- site during the entire test days or Spring Event, but you do have to ensure the food is ready 1 hour prior to the start of the event. There will be a call for volunteers to support this role. Ice Show “Icon-A-Mania” is Sunday May 31, 2020– WinSport Arena A Check your emails (Jan 2020) for information on how to sign up to participate (STAR 4 and up), order costumes or to audition for a guest role. All group program skaters are automatically signed up to skate a number in the ice show. Skaters must check in with rink chairs prior to getting on the ice • Train your skater to check in with the rink chair for every session! Remember the Rink Chairs are just parents and are trying to do their best and don’t always know all the kids getting on the ice. • Skaters are not allowed to overlap sessions. If you are registered to skate from 8:15-9:15 that is your session. You can’t get on at 8:00 and skate until 9:00 pm. You must skate the session you are registered for. • Skaters can switch from one session to another the same day. For example, if your skater is registered for 5:15-6:00 pm they can switch to 6:00-6:45 pm with coach approval and if that session is not full and the level is appropriate for the skater. The rink chair can note this in the attendance. • For safety reason please don’t wear bobby pins, they easily fall out and become a hazard to all skaters. Important Dates for March, April and May 2020 Please note these dates and times may change! Please contact your coach for details! March 2019 Tue Mar 4 COP – No 6:15 – 7:00 pm Int/Senior FreeSkate session Mar 6-8 South SSI -Lethbridge - Good luck Calalta skaters! Mar 13-15 Synchronized Skating Invitational – Carstairs, AB – Good luck Calalta skaters! Mar 16 Regular programming resumes at Jimmie Condon Mar 20-22 StarSkate and Adult Championships – Edmonton – Good luck Calalta Skaters! April 2019 Apr 6, 7, 8 Assessment Day -TBD Fri Apr 10 COP 6:30-8:00 am session running at COP & 8:45-10:45 am and 11:00-12:15 pm Dance sessions running JC No sessions - Good Friday Sun Apr 12 JC – No sessions – Easter Sunday Fri April 17-19 Sunsational begins in Edmonton! Good luck Calalta skaters! Sun Apr 19 to April 30 COP & JCA No sessions - Skating Break May 2020 Fri May 1 JC All sessions resume COP Resumes May 4 Fri May 15 to Mon May 18 COP & JCA No sessions – May Long Weekend Sun May 31 Calalta Ice show at COP – starts at 2:30 pm June 2019 Sat Jun 6 Celebration of Skating Dinner and Dance – Strathcona Community Hall Sat Jun 13 STAR 1-3 Spring Fling competition Sun Jun 14 Spring Event! Fun for the whole club! Sun Jun 21 Last day of regular skating Jun 22, 23, 24 JCA Test Day TBD Tue June 30 Summer School begins! Sunday Stroking and Off Ice Sessions Sessions running March 2 No Sessions March 9, 16, 23 Sessions running March 22, 29 No Session March 1, 8, 15 Session running April 5 No Sessions April 12, 19, 26 Sessions running May 3, 10, 24, 31 No Sessions May 3 & 17 Sessions running June 7, 14, 21 Please remember the sessions above are known cancellations and your registration has been prorated to reflect these cancellations.