Hope it's okay to post this here - I don't think as many people will see this if it's in "Announcements" section?
For the past couple of years I've been helping my old club in St. Louis invite guest skaters to perform in their Regionals send-off benefit show. The proceeds from the show (minus the club's expenses) are split evenly among all the participants going on to compete at Regionals, including the guest skaters and the lower qualifying level kids. Two years ago, Matt Savoie (from Peoria, IL, not too far away) debuted his short program in this show; last year Ryan Jahnke graciously consented to skate two programs (Grieg piano concerto FS and his "That's Life"/Sinatra show number) for a modest fee; and this year, Savoie is returning AND Rohene Ward is coming from Minneapolis to show his stuff. Ward plans to skate his competitive short program (electric blues guitar piece that he performed on the Italian tour in August and at the Mid-Altlantics club comp. in NYC in Sept.) and go for the maximum jumps -- quad toe-triple toe, forward spiral-turns into triple axel, and cantilever into triple lutz -- as well as showcase his unique spins and deft footwork.
I'm hoping to get the word out about this show to *skating fans* in the St. Louis and surrounding areas in Missouri, plus southern Illinois, and/or anyone that may also be considering attending the events at St. Louis Nationals this January.
SHOW: National Hopeful Figure Skaters Exhibition
DATE & TIME: Saturday, October 8, 5-7 p.m.
PLACE/RINK: The Summit Ice Arena in Chesterfield, MO (west of St. Louis) - web site: http://www.summit-center.com/
PARTICIPATING SKATERS include: MATT SAVOIE, ROHENE WARD, Karen Hutter Branson (4-time U.S. Adult Nationals champion), Kelsey Drewel (Senior Ladies, '03 National & '02 International competitor), Abigail Legg (Senior), Cara Kinney (Junior; 2004 Novice Nationals pewter medalist, '04 JGP competitor), 2005 Junior Nationals competitors Nathan & Molly Raymond (dance), Lauri Bonacorsi & Jonathan Cohn (dance), and Sean Hickey, plus many others. This year's group of skaters come from Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, and Minnesota.
Your $10 admission fee ($5 for under 12) will help the skaters with their Regionals expenses. The St. Louis Skating Club will also raffle a pair of all-event tickets to the 2006 U.S. Championships in St. Louis, worth $195 each. All profits will be split evenly among the participating competitive skaters. If you have any questions, or have any ideas re. how to publicize the show locally, feel free to PM me. Thanks!
For the past couple of years I've been helping my old club in St. Louis invite guest skaters to perform in their Regionals send-off benefit show. The proceeds from the show (minus the club's expenses) are split evenly among all the participants going on to compete at Regionals, including the guest skaters and the lower qualifying level kids. Two years ago, Matt Savoie (from Peoria, IL, not too far away) debuted his short program in this show; last year Ryan Jahnke graciously consented to skate two programs (Grieg piano concerto FS and his "That's Life"/Sinatra show number) for a modest fee; and this year, Savoie is returning AND Rohene Ward is coming from Minneapolis to show his stuff. Ward plans to skate his competitive short program (electric blues guitar piece that he performed on the Italian tour in August and at the Mid-Altlantics club comp. in NYC in Sept.) and go for the maximum jumps -- quad toe-triple toe, forward spiral-turns into triple axel, and cantilever into triple lutz -- as well as showcase his unique spins and deft footwork.
I'm hoping to get the word out about this show to *skating fans* in the St. Louis and surrounding areas in Missouri, plus southern Illinois, and/or anyone that may also be considering attending the events at St. Louis Nationals this January.
SHOW: National Hopeful Figure Skaters Exhibition
DATE & TIME: Saturday, October 8, 5-7 p.m.
PLACE/RINK: The Summit Ice Arena in Chesterfield, MO (west of St. Louis) - web site: http://www.summit-center.com/
PARTICIPATING SKATERS include: MATT SAVOIE, ROHENE WARD, Karen Hutter Branson (4-time U.S. Adult Nationals champion), Kelsey Drewel (Senior Ladies, '03 National & '02 International competitor), Abigail Legg (Senior), Cara Kinney (Junior; 2004 Novice Nationals pewter medalist, '04 JGP competitor), 2005 Junior Nationals competitors Nathan & Molly Raymond (dance), Lauri Bonacorsi & Jonathan Cohn (dance), and Sean Hickey, plus many others. This year's group of skaters come from Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, and Minnesota.
Your $10 admission fee ($5 for under 12) will help the skaters with their Regionals expenses. The St. Louis Skating Club will also raffle a pair of all-event tickets to the 2006 U.S. Championships in St. Louis, worth $195 each. All profits will be split evenly among the participating competitive skaters. If you have any questions, or have any ideas re. how to publicize the show locally, feel free to PM me. Thanks!