Marylin Grace House, who won the junior ice dance title in 1944, celebrated her 90th birthday on the ice in December.
The Cutting Edge Ice Stars juvenile synchronized skating team delivered fl owers and brought some holiday cheer to residents of the Grande Prairie Health and Rehabilitation Center in Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin. (l-r) Jordyn Norvell, Ava Preble, Mia Bella Frisco, Brooke Jen- sen, Macy Preble
The Dallas Figure Skating Club hosted its annual “Tis the Season” holiday party and exhibitions. Headliners included Team USA’s Vivian Le, who is the Mid- western Sectional junior ladies champi- on; Alyssa Rich, Midwestern Sectional in- termediate ladies champion; and Audrey Lu, Midwestern Sectional intermediate ladies pewter medalist. But it was 4-year- old Jude Butler who stole the show with his Christmas Snoopy program. Props included a lighted Snoopy house created by his grandmother, longtime club volunteer Chellie Bowden. Butler glided through the house and came out the other side with a hockey stick to imme- diately shoot the puck straight through the Snoopy house doorway. His mom and coach, Margaret Bowden Butler, is a longtime club member and skater since childhood.
Glenwood FSC forms a Basic Skills competition team
The Glenwood Figure Skating Club in Flossmoor, Illinois, took ideas presented during seminars at the annual Governing Council meeting and developed them into a successful opportunity with its Basic Skills program.
The club hosts two Basic Skills competi- tions and assists one of its rinks in running another. To help boost participation, orga- nizers invited any skater who participated in two of the three competitions to be part of its new Basic Skills competition team for 2015. The club hosted an awards ceremo- ny for the 50 skaters that qualifi ed and, in conjunction, conducted a parent educa- tion seminar.
“Topics such as proper equipment, how to be a supportive parent and education about all the disciplines of skating were discussed at the parents’ meeting,” Glen- moor FSC Treasurer Deborah Swanson said. “A wonderful question-and-answer session closed out discussion. Afterward, the skaters joined the group to receive a certifi cate and patch commemorating their placement on the 2015 Glenwood FSC Basic Skills competition team.”
Former junior ice dance champion celebrates 90th birthday at the rink
Where does a lifelong fi gure skater throw a 90th birthday bash? At the ice rink, of course! Marylin Grace House celebrated her 90th birthday in early December by hosting a skating party at the OhioHealth Chiller Rink in Easton, Ohio.
“It was one of the best days of my life,” House said.
House, who won the 1944 U.S. junior ice dance title with her partner William Hoyt, surprised partygoers with a special perfor- mance. She and her coach Misha Sorochin- sky performed a short routine that showed that basic skating skills never leave people, no matter their age.
“I’m really proud of her because at that age she’s still willing to get better,” Sorochinsky said.
House’s sons, Jeff rey, Garth and Tip, and their families also took to the ice. Former student Paul Madan reconnected with House recently and happily donned skates in her honor.
“It’s a connection like there was never any time in between,” Madan said.
House taught private and group lessons in Columbus, and was an advisor to the Ohio State Skating Club in the early 1960s. On her birthday she was delighted to hear the impact the skating club had on her stu- dents’ lives.
“The nicest thing was to hear from diff er- ent people how much they enjoyed being part of the skating club,” House said. “A couple people told me they would’ve left college if it wasn’t for the skating club. I was just doing my job; I had no idea it had such an eff ect on their lives.”
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