A Publication of the Gate City Figure Skating Club
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Gate City Grapevine A Publication of the Gate City Figure Skating Club Gate City Figure Skating Club is a community Spring Issue Volume , Issue oriented skating club for Our Nationals’ Experience recreational, as well as By Karen Simms my picture taken with her. I loved Ashley Wagner competitive, figure skaters. The U.S. Figure Skating National Champion- GCFSC exists to encourage and Gracie Gold's performances. I also really ye a r -round instructions ships are every young figure skater’s dream liked Maia Shibutani and Alex Shibutani's Michael and individual development at some point. But even if you weren’t com- Jackson free dance and Meryl Davis and Charlie in the sport of figure peting at the recent championships, just by s k a t i ng . White's dance too. It was super exciting seeing virtue of being there you feel like part of the who won nationals. Everything was awesome and Inside this issue: action and sense the buzz. Many of our club all the skaters did great. I wish I could have gone members were fortunate enough to attend to all of the events. I had lots of fun with my Mom sessions of the Championships, which were and Grandmom.” National Champion- 1 held in January in Boston and hosted by the Gracie Dortona: ships Experiences Skating Club of Boston. "The best part was seeing my favorite skater, Attending the championships made you feel Gracie Gold skate, I even made a sign for her. I Picture This 1 like part of the larger skating community. loved it when all the Olympians were introduced at Walking along the concourse, you could catch the end of the show and they threw out auto- Spotlight on: 2 a glimpse of many famous skating icons. It graphed frisbees. My wish came true when I got one and it was signed by Gracie Gold. Go Team Coach Chrissy Silver wasn’t unusual to nearly brush shoulders with competitors at every level. USA!!" Happy Birthday! 2 Here’s what some of our members had to say: Allison Clark: Ashley McCrady: "The best thing about watching the Women's Short “I went to the pairs/dance and the ladies long Program was seeing Ashley Wagner perform. It Tests Passed 3 program. I got to meet Kimmie Messier and had was awesome to see the 2014 Olympic Team in- troduced at the Smuckers Spectacular too!" See more GCFSC Members’ Comments on P. 3 Synchro Stars 4 It’s Spring Show Season year, the group will be focusing their ef- Junior Inventor 4 At last count, there were more than 63 forts on a CRAFT SUPPLY DRIVE to ben- GCFSC skaters signed up to perform in the efit Girls, Inc. of Greater Nashua. Keep 11th Annual Spring Show. A Little Bit Country, a an eye out for flyers and emails in the Little Bit Rock n Roll”. While we’ve been anx- coming weeks for more details . The iously awaiting the start of rehearsals, the group will also be working hard on mak- MARK YOUR CALENDAR! Junior Activities Committee has been busy ing this year’s CAST PARTY bigger and thinking about their Spring Fundraiser. This better than ever! April 17 TEST SESSION May 3 Spring Show Fun and Games at the GCFSC Spring Party Rehearsals Start (Basic Lev- els) Saturdays 11:10 CheckPICTURE out our website for more greatTHIS! event photos May 9 Spring Show Rehearsals Start (Advanced Levels) Fridays 5:40 May 10 Picture Day May 24 Spring Show Run- through (11:10—12:10) May 30 Spring Show Mandatory Dress Rehearsal (5:40 p.m.) May 31 Gate City FSC 11th Annual Spring Show 1:00 pm Club Members at the Conway Arena 10th Anniversary Celebration Page 2 Gate City Grapevine SPOTLIGHT ON: Ga Ci SC Coa C is S Spotlight! By: Karen Simms Imagine Coach Chrissy Silver as a teenager, with ior, finally landing it a couple of times before she Lisa Langley and a gang of other girls stuffed into went off to college at Merrimack where she earned her little car, hitting MacDonald’s or someone’s her B.A. in Biology and went on to work in microbi- pool back in the days when they all spent their ology, with a little bit of coaching on the side. summers skating together at the rink in Winchester, Coaching turned into her primary occupation when MA. she was expecting her son and she’s been doing it ever since (that being 25 years). You might not believe it when she’s telling you what’s what during a moves lesson, but Chrissy is a Her most important advice for skaters: DON’T fun-loving, outdoorsy woman who, as a young GIVE UP ON YOURSELF! She knows what she’s tomboy really wanted to play ice hockey but set- talking about- she failed her seventh figures test tled for, and thrived on, figure skating. Growing three times, and ended up going to NYC to test it, up with brothers in a neighborhood full of boys, where she finally passed. she had to keep up and it shows in her enthusiasm We always love to hear about people’s most em- In each issue, for skating and for all outdoor activities. Snow- barrassing skating moments, and Chrissy has a we’ll introduce you mobiling, hiking, camping, canoeing, zip lining, spectacular one. During her first solo performance splitting wood, shoveling snow – it’s all right up her as a Winchester club member, she did a split jump to some of the alley. She’s also an ardent fan of the Irish folk too near the curtain and, flying through the curtain band the High Kings, and she has travelled all in mid-air, hit a coach, then the wall, narrowly miss- many familiar faces over to see them perform (11 times and counting), ing the skaters waiting their turn behind the curtain. and the band counts her as one of their personal Then she had to get up and go back out and try to around the rink friends. Her license plate even bears the name finish her routine! “HGHKNGS”. That’s serious fandom. What else do we need to know? Well, unlike many In her skating career, Chrissy was not as interested coaches, Chrissy truly likes moves – likes doing in competition as she was in conquering new and them, likes teaching them, likes the challenge of the more difficult moves or jumps or spins. She loved frequently changing expectations. the challenge of learning the next hardest thing. She finally ran up against her personal brick wall And last but not least – she has finally given in and with the triple toe when she was a high school sen- taken up texting….TAFN! Be Sure to Wish them HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Grace Jones 4/1 Carola Mandeville 4/30 Jess Hanifan 5/17 Megan Dugan 6/12 Hanna Jordan 4/10 Mannat Sidhu 4/30 Alexandra Benson 5/17 Julia Fellows 6/20 Kathryn Miele 4/12 Vivianne Snell 4/30 Anne DelSignore 5/19 Cassie Child 6/20 Nicole Lawyer 4/16 Merida Kepnes 5/2 Katelyn McCarthy 5/20 Maggie Fitzgerald 6/20 Dominique Dame 4/17 Sarah LaPointe 5/3 Ashley Stewart 5/21 Alison McGonagle 6/20 Courtney Tello 4/17 Avya Petrocelli 5/6 Jia Waterman 5/24 Emma Kelsey 6/23 Catherine Hovan 4/18 Skyler Goss 5/9 Lexy Powers 5/27 Sara Ducols 6/24 Jennifer Brady 4/21 Devon Dillon 5/14 Genevieve Gratton 5/31 Angelina Piscitello 6/25 Jackie Knight 4/25 Bethany Robbins 5/15 Jillian SansoucieEnright 6/2 Candace Sullivan 6/27 Louisa Petrocelli 4/25 Chris ne Silver 5/16 Sophia Tomasello 6/11 Danielle Shepard 6/29 Grace Lumley 4/28 Katya Johnson 5/16 Volume , Issue Page 3 CONGRATULATIONS! Please let us know when you have represented Gate City Figure Skating Club, either at a competition, or at another club’s Test Session. Please Email [email protected] or leave a note in the Skating Club Mailbox behind the front desk. MOVES-IN-THE-FIELD: FREESTYLE: Pre-Preliminary : Hannah Loomis, Emily Miller Pre-Preliminary : Isabelle Hallisey, Jia Waterman, Hannah Goldthwait Preliminary : Ashley Stewart, Julia Zhang Preliminary: Anne Nyland Pre-Juvenile: Jackie Knight, Emily Fleming, Ann Nyland Pre Juvenile : Kiara Chase Hannah Goldthwait ADULT MOVES: Juvenile Moves: Merida Kepnes, Eleanor Quarles Adult Gold: Ioana Jadic Novice Moves: Madelyn Hallisey The Next GCFSC Test Session is scheduled for April 17, 2014 . Our Nationals’ Experience Tara Lipinski sitting below our section. Her ters eyes.” Continued from page 1 favorite skater of the night was Gracie Gold.” Emily Langley: Eleanor Quarles: Emily is also a member of the SCOB, and Jackie Knight : “It was really inspiring to be right there and was one of the skaters in the opening cere- I liked everything about the nationals compe- see all the amazing skaters and really interest- mony, which took place on Thursday, Janu- tition. I thought that it was great to see the ing to see their reactions when they found out ary 9 at the TD Garden at the competition skaters in person. I thought that the "kiss and their scores. My favorite skater was Jason kickoff. cry booth" was very cool, and I thought that Brown.” “The energy was so big, and stepping on to the name was perfect for it. There wasn't Valerie Peters: the ice all of this energy and adrenalin and anything I didn't like about the competition. “I attended the senior men's free skate.