Figure skating really is a lifetime sport. Just ask Art Tatios, who celebrated his 90th birthday in December at the Philadelphia Skating Club and Humane Society in Ard- more, Pennsylvania. He joined the Philadel- phia Skating Club in 1947 after making the switch from roller skating, and has been on the ice ever since. He was devoted to ice dance and took his last test in 1957. These days he spends four mornings a week sharing the ice with adults of all ages. He spends a fair amount of time off the ice chatting, too, he said. Tatios is always ready to help skaters with tips and talk about fi gure skating. He’s also a regular at the Saturday teas and exhibitions and other social events at the club. In mid-December, skaters from near and far gathered for a luncheon at the rink to celebrate his birth- day. When asked what motivates him to keep skating, he simply said, “I never found that I couldn’t do it anymore.” Tatios is truly an inspiration and a reminder that skating is a wonderful activity at any age.
Wright elected honorary member of Cambridge SC
U.S. Figure Skating Hall of Fame member Ben- jamin T. Wright was elected last fall as an honorary member of the Cambridge Skating Club in Cambridge, Massa- chusetts.
“It was my fi rst club from 1931 to 1937,” Wright said. “I lived just a block away from it.”
The Cambridge Skating Club still sports a natural ice surface, one of the few left around. The club is the second-oldest after
the Philadelphia Skating Club and Humane Society, having been founded in 1898.
“For me, it was a special honor, as I have remained connected to the club over the years,” Wright said.
Most of the top Boston champion skaters up to World War II were also members there and trained out of doors for Olympic and World championships.
One preeminent member of the Cambridge SC in the early years was George H. Browne, who was one of the founders of the U.S. Fig- ure Skating Association. The club continues to rent indoor ice at the rink of the Buck- ingham, Browne & Nichols School, a private day school of which Browne was a founder and longtime headmaster.
Two members of the Cutting Edge Figure Skating Club in Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin, were honored recently at their respective schools as winners of the D.A.R.E. (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) America International essay contest. Daniella Bosco, left, a fi fth grader at St. Joseph Catholic Academy in Kenosha, Wisconsin, and Haley Leb- iecki, a fi fth grader at All Saints Catholic School in Kenosha, received recognition for the essays. “They are dedicated to their sport, their studies and keeping their bodies healthy,” Imelda Norvell, Cutting Edge FSC vice president, said.
The Northbrook Teams Elite synchronized skating program organized a toy drive to support families in need across the greater Chicago area during the holiday season. All four teams collected new toys that were donated to Jewish Child and Family Ser- vices (JCFS), an organization that provides help, healing and caring services throughout the Chica- go area. Many of the girls also helped JCFS sort the collection of 500 toys that they had donated.
Each holiday, JCFS gives the donated gifts to chil- dren served in its residential group homes, foster care program, counseling services, respite and therapeutic day schools.
Members of the Penguin Figure Skating Club in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, under the direc- tion of Angela Roesch Davis, performed in the Symphony on Ice Holiday Spectacular on Dec. 1. Combined with choirs and the Allentown Symphony Orchestra, the Penguin FSC helped to deliver a festive holiday program for the local audience. Roesch received a phone call from symphony members just a few weeks before the event, asking for the club’s par- ticipation in the show. The skaters came together to learn their program during odd hours, using fragments of donated ice time. Four-time U.S. champion Jeremy Abbott made a spe- cial appearance.
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“Mr. Debonair” Richard Dwyer recently celebrated his 81st birthday and, with a cast of Los Angeles Figure Skating Club skaters, performed in the Hol- iday Spectacular on Ice at The River in Rancho Mi- rage, California. The show took place on Nov. 29. Cast members included (l-r) Krystal Davis, Nichole Huenergardt, Richard Dwyer, Katie Kornfi eld and Pam McDonald.
PHOTO BY TAYLOR STOFFERS
PHOTO BY ROBERT CORT
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