District & Association Updates
ISI District 1 (Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont) by Alane Swiderski, District Director
District 1 held a successful half-day seminar on Sunday, Aug. 21 at the Nashoba Valley Olympia Rink in Boxborough, Mass., followed by our annual awards luncheon, a Professional Skating Summit and finally, a competition director meeting. With close to 90 people in attendance, the seminar
presented the new rule changes; a live judging workshop and a panel testing session with Freestyle 7-9 skaters who had tested; and the introduction of our new panel test chair, Dawn DiMinico, and panel judges. During our luncheon, District 1 professional awards were
presented. Gigi Kerrigan from Elite Skating Academy received the Sky Full of Stars Coach Award; Robyn Arnold from FMC Natick received District 1 Coach of the Year; Mary Sullivan from Winterland Skating School received District 1 Director of the Year and the District 1 Merit Award was presented to Janet Black of FMC Ice Sports. Tank you to everyone who submitted nomination forms, and congratulations to our recipients. Everyone in District 1 is very grateful for your contributions to ISI and District 1. The summit resulted in great discussion among
professionals, centered on ways everyone could help bolster participation and grow the sport. I appreciate everyone who participated, and I’m most thankful for everyone’s willingness to work toward a common goal. With such an amazing segue, the competition director meeting concluded the day with a fabulous discussion focused on ways to encourage more competition entries, fuller flights and most importantly, how to make our competitions more fun. Tank you to everyone who participated in the Aug. 21 events! Our competition season began with a successful event, the
Halloween Classic, hosted on Oct. 29 by Winterland Skating School in Rockland, Mass. Tank you to Mary Sullivan, Ginger Crisp and all of the skaters and volunteers for kicking off the season on such a positive note. Te Icicle Invitational was our second competition of the
year, held on Dec. 3 by the Navin Ice Arena in Marlboro, Mass. Congratulations to Stefanie DeSimone, her staff and volunteers for continuing ISI enthusiasm and running a great event. Tank you also to Donna Rozon for piloting the use of EntryEeze. The following competitions, all being hosted in
Massachusetts, will continue in 2017: Natick Competition, March 4-5, FMC William Chase Arena, Natick; April 1-2,
ISI EDGE SPRING 2017 Sara Cote leads an on-ice session at the District 3 Fall Seminar. 29
Lower Cape, Charles Moore Arena, Orleans; April 23, Nashoba Competition, Boxboro; May 19-21, Sharper Edge Competition, Valley Sports Arena, Concord; June 4, Spring Fling, Bridgewater Ice Arena, Bridgewater; June 22-25, District 1 Championships, Nashoba Valley Olympia, Boxboro. On Dec. 3, we held a meeting with skating directors in
the area to continue the ideas generated on Aug. 21. It was a great meeting and some of the immediate initiatives include: to make a better effort to make judging less intimidating; continue the credentialing effort and look for ways to keep it simple and easy; alternate seminar dates between August and November every other year; have all competitions offer some event that allows for little preparation so that all teams can send skaters; and finally, for each competition and team entering skaters into competition to develop an activity that will encourage fun and camaraderie between all teams competing. As a final note, two special events are planned: On the
morning of Feb. 25 at the Asiaf Arena in Brockton, Mass., we will host a High-Level Panel Test Session and additionally, a High weSKATE Certification presented by Jane Schaber. Here’s to a wonderful New Year in District 1!
ISI District 3 (MIRMA) (Connecticut, New Jersey, New York) by Tiesha DiMaggio, District Director
Te District 3 Fall Seminar was held Nov. 20 at Danbury Ice Arena in Danbury, Conn.; twenty people were in attendance. Presenters included Haley Johnson, Sara Cote and Tiesha DiMaggio. Topics included special needs skaters, on-ice dance steps and on-ice drawing class for jumps.
Our Skating Trough the Decades Ice Show took place
Nov. 5. All program numbers were designed to be spotlight numbers for the ISI competitive season.
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