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Sixty friends and former students of Olym- pic and U.S. coach Kathy Casey surprised her on Sept. 27 with a 75th birthday party. Fellow Broadmoor SC coaches Janet Champion and Da- mon Allen hosted the festivities at Champion’s home. The guest list included Olympic bronze medalist Rosalynn Sumners, Olympian and U.S. champion Scott Davis, Olympian and Korean champion Lily Lee, World competitor and Mexi- can champion Diana Marcos and Olympian and World competitor Catarina Lindgren.
Pennington keeps it fun for all at Cleveland-area camp Parker Pennington thought it would be a cool idea to create a camp for
young skaters to help them improve the performance and interpretation side of their skating. As a former U.S. competitor and current executive producer of Skate Dance Dream, which combines top skaters with top dancers, Pen- nington discussed the idea with members of the Greater Cleveland Council of Figure Skating Clubs and later with U.S. Figure Skating. With help from Sue Clemente of the Greater Cleveland Council, It didn’t
take long for the idea to come to fruition. “Seriously, it happened so quickly that before I blinked it was already
here,” Pennington said. And it was an instant success. What began as a kids’ clinic grew into a
full-blown educational skating event titled the U.S. Figure Skating Club Ed- ucation Seminar & Ultimate Performance Camp, which featured instruction from Olympian Rachael Flatt and U.S. pairs champion Rockne Brubaker. Pennington’s Skate Dance Dream coordinated the camp, and nearly 100
skaters converged in the Cleveland suburb of Mentor for the event in late September. The camp turned out to be just a portion of a much larger pro- gram. In addition to having kids learn from the pros, their parents also took part in their own classes with U.S. Figure Skating offi cials. Area club mem- bers had their own meetings about growing their organization, and coach- es received instruction from technical specialist and longtime coach Patrick O’Neil. “The camp was the fi rst of its kind,” said Pennington, who added that
“there really was something for everyone in skating.” Pennington said the kids who enrolled created their own group number
and performed it at the end of the day. The goal, he said, was to keep skaters excited about skating but also get them to focus on the artis- tic side of the sport. “I think Parker is right on
point with starting to do these programs,” said Flatt, who took time out of her busy academic schedule as a senior at Stan- for d to come to the event. “There is a technique to artist- ry and it’s important for these kids to incorporate that from the beginning.” — Amy Rosewater
Forty members of the 7505th United States Air Force Hospital reunion group visited Colorado Springs in late September and stopped by for a tour of the U.S. Figure Skating Museum and Hall of Fame. The group gets together annually in a diff erent city, in a diff er- ent state. This group was stationed at a base in En- gland during World War II.
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The Dallas FSC has hosted the Tri-Swizzle Series for the past six years for Basic Skills skaters. The se- ries features three competitions: the Bunny Hop Open, Skate Dallas and the June Bug Open. The 2014 winners are: 1. Alexis Balog, 21 points; 2. (tie) Shaye Rivera and Mikayla Yang, 19 points; 3. Ashley Sorrels, 18 points; 4. (tie) Alaysia Epps and Isabel Phung, 16 points; 5. (tie) Katie Mok and Kore- na Sadovsky, 15 points. Not pictured are Isabel Phung and Katie Mok .
PHOTO BY RENEE VINSON
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