ISI District 5 (Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee) by Larry LaBorde, District Director, and Julia Hardin, Skating School Director, Chalet Ice Rinks

Te Scott Hamilton Skating Academy opened in August at the new Ford Ice Center in Antioch, Tenn., just outside of Nashville.

In addition to the 27th Annual

Nutcracker On Ice at the Ice Chalet, the Point Mallard Figure Skating Club spon-

sored “Whoville On Ice” and Ober Gatlinburg presented their annual Christmas Show. For the third year in a row, the Ice Chalet in Knoxville

will host the ProSkaters East Coast Live Auditions and Performance Camp April 11-12. After a day and a half of seminars on show skating skills, performance and prepara- tion tips, and a lot of on-ice choreography, the skaters will demonstrate what they have learned in a show. Professional auditions for the participants will follow the show. Last year’s producers represented Feld Entertainment, Willy Bietak Productions, Advanced Entertainment Group, Rand Productions and Ice-America.

Te Ice Chalet’s 46th Annual Robert Unger ISI Team

Competition, to be held March 27-29, will be the District 5 Championships for the first time in many years.

ISI District 6 (Michigan) by Julie Goddard, District Director

Just a quick update from District 6 and cold Michigan! I had the opportunity to travel to the ISI office in Dallas in January. What a GREAT experience, which I plan to share with all of our District 6 members. Tat office is full of rich history and everyone should try to visit at least once.

As this edition comes out, District 6 will be closing out our district competition season. We are looking forward to some new ideas in the hopes of expanding our competition season to include some new arenas in the upcoming year. Several of our synchronized skating team will be attend-

ing the ISI Synchronized Champs at the beautiful Goggin Arena at the University of Miami in Oxford, Ohio. We look forward to competing against teams from around the coun- try. And, of course, our teams can’t wait to meet Flip for the first time!

REWARDS for HOCKEY PLAYER Earn MEMBERSHIP

Registrations!

Did you know that hockey registrations earn your facility the same ISI Membership Rewards as skater registrations?

Here’s why you should register your players as well as your skaters: • It’s an easy and convenient way to boost your facility’s bottom line while providing your players and skaters with their own valuable ISI membership benefits.

• The Rewards program is simple and free. • In addition to immediate cash rewards, earn ISI Bucks to use for credits toward ISI programs, services and materials.

• Directors and coaches can earn big rewards, too, from ISI Bucks to free conference registration.

• ISI Hockey Membership includes insurance coverage (general liability, participant accident and catastrophic injury protection) for all registered hockey members, coaches, volunteer officials and referees during an ISI hockey event.

• NOT taking advantage of the Membership Rewards program is like throwing away cash!

For more information, go to skateisi.org/rewards or call the ISI office at (972) 735-8800

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