The Golden Figure Skating Club is getting ready to host their biggest fundraiser of the year, the annual Ice Show Carnival.
“The club has been around since 1970. This isn’t the 40th anniversary, but we’re taking that theme of the club being around for 40 years. So the carnival will be skating through the ages of music from the last 40 years,” said Karen Nemecek, head coach for the club.
“The kids had a lot of input in the music this year. Ninety-nine per cent of it was chosen by the kids.”
There will be about 50 skaters participating in this year’s carnival, with many performing in six or seven numbers. The club has been working hard at getting these numbers ready since January.
“The choreography is done by myself, I put it together in my head off ice. And when I get on the ice I ask the skaters if it’s working for them, and how we can make it better. So they have input there too,” said Nemecek.
This is a busy time of year for the club, as they are also getting ready for their test day, which will be only a week and a half after the carnival. So the skaters are working to be prepared for both, and they have an old friend back in town to help them out.
“Right now Morgan Jmaiff is back with the club and helping us out. Right now we don’t have a ton of ice time to fit in all the lessons that are needed to produce a carnival, plus get ready for test day,” said Nemecek.
Jmaiff is a former competitive skater with the club, and is back in town for the season helping them get ready for their two biggest events of the year.
The club has already had a successful year, competing in four competitions that resulted in more podium finishes than last year.
The Ice Show is taking place at the Golden Arena on Saturday March 2. There are two shows, 2 and 7 p.m., and tickets are $9 for adults, $7 for seniors and kids 14 and under, and free for kids five and under.
