District & Association Reports District 2 will be offering two educational opportunities this
fall and is open to requests from facilities who wish to host additional education programs later in the season. Please contact me at
robynBSK8R@gmail.com or Liz Mangelsdorf, ISI director of skating programs, at
Liz@skateisi.org if you are interested.
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 Ice Chalet in Knoxville, Tenn., hosted the 4th Annual ProSkaters Performance Camp and Auditions March 19-20. Tirty- eight aspiring professional skaters from all over the United States attended the two-day workshop with presenters Richard Swenning, Adam Blake, Anna Cobb and Su Jackson-
Wagner, to learn the ins and outs of show skating. Producers from Feld Entertainment, Willy Bietak Productions, American Entertainment Group, and Ice MAXX Productions observed the skaters and gave them feedback following individual auditions. At the conclusion of the camp, skaters performed in a show — spotlights and all before a live audience — with “Mr. Debonaire,” Richard Dwyer, performing his signature routine with four of the skaters selected to be his “Dwyer girls.”
Skaters in East Tennessee joined together to present a Sk8 to Elimin8 Cancer fundraiser the weeks leading up to
“Scott Hamilton & Friends on Ice” Feb. 20 at Knoxville Civic Coliseum. Te coliseum hosted a special opportunity to meet and
greet many of Scott’s famous skating friends, including Katia Gordeeva, Yuka Sato, Paul Wylie, Sinead and John Kerr, Jeremy Abbott, Alissa Czisny, Ryan Bradley, Michael Weiss, Kim Navarro, Brent Bommetre and Steven Cousins, the night before they performed in the show. Skaters from the area were even privileged to skate in the “pre-show.” A celebration, featuring dinner and dancing for more than 870 guests, followed the show. Scott Hamilton’s Sk8 to Elimin8 Cancer event is a great
opportunity for kids of all ages to join together to raise money through a peer-to-peer fundraising program. Tis is sponsored by the Provision CARES Foundation, a non- profit organization dedicated to cancer research, education and survivorship. Teir vision is to have a Sk8 to Elimin8 Cancer event in every ice skating rink in the country. In December, the Pelham Skating School and the
Birmingham Figure Skating Club, both in Alabama, presented a special holiday show, “Christmas at the Movies,” at the Pelham Civic Complex and Ice Arena. Te Robert Unger & Larry LaBorde School of Ice Skating
in Knoxville, Tenn., beat its previous ticket sales records for the 28th Annual “Nutcracker on Ice” shows — 132 skaters performing in six shows over five days, Dec. 1-5.
ISI District 9 (Illinois, Kansas, Missouri) by Rachel Bruemmer, District Director
I have only been District 9 director for a short time now and I am taking the time to try to contact everyone in our area to increase involvement and communication in our district. My intentions are to develop an ISI District 9 website where we can post all competition information, job postings, event
news and hopefully some fun information about our district. Te Wayne C Kennedy facility in South County, St. Louis,
Miss., was closed for the entire season due to renovations. Tey intend to reopen the facility on Oct.1, according to the most current update from their skating director. 2015/16 competitions in our district, all held in Missouri,
Te 2017 ProSkaters event is scheduled for the last weekend
in April, and plans are in progress to expand the program to three days. Te “Blades of Decatur 2016 Ice Skating Competition” on
March 19 in Decatur, Ala., included several skaters from Alabama Special Olympics as well as many other amazing skaters of various skill levels. Te event was a cooperative effort of three different area clubs.
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included: City of Fountains Fall Fling, Nov. 7, Line Creek Community Center Ice Arena, St. Louis; Winter Blast District 9 Champs, Jan.15-17, St. Peters Rec-Plex, St. Peters; Meet Me in St. Louis, March 5-6, Webster Groves Ice Arena, Webster Groves; Capital City Classic, March 18-20, Washington Park Ice Arena, Jefferson City; and ISI Synchro Champs, April 8-10, St. Peters Rec Plex. 2015 shows and competitions included: Annual Winter
Wonderland, Ice, Dec. 11-12, St. Peters Rec Plex; and the 2015 Holiday Exhibition, Dec. 13, David S Palmer Arena, Danville, Ill.
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