Press Release: April 25th, 2008
Terrace Figure Skating Club Holds High Test Day to end the 2007/2008 Season
The Terrace Skating club held a High Level Test day April 18 th in Terrace. These dedicated skaters had the opportunity to practice
their ice dancing with partner Graham Casey who flew in to skate with them from the Arbutus Club in the lower mainland. They spent
the day prior to the Test Day tweaking their dance and getting tips from Graham who has years of experience in figure skating. He
also partnered skaters while a Skate Canada evaluator judged their dances. The Terrace Figure Skating Club offers the STARSkate
program which gives opportunities for skaters of all ages to develop fundamental figure skating skills in the areas of ice dance, skating
skills, free skate and interpretive skating. Unique in Canada, this program teaches figure skating skills in a group and/or private lesson
format in a progressive and sequential manner and includes specifically designed awards and incentives. As skaters progress through
the STARSkate program, they take tests sanctioned by and judged by Skate Canada. Test days are set-up by the clubs within each Test
Group so that skaters have numerous opportunities throughout the season to try tests.
Consisting of seven levels of tests, the Dance Test program teaches timing, musicality, rhythm interpretation, structure as well as
basic skating skills such as edges, flow, control and unison.
The dances in the STARSkate Program can be tried in any order but a candidate must pass the required number of dances in a dance
test before proceeding to the next level. In addition to the traditional compulsory dances, there are also Creative Dances to challenge
skaters' creativity, artistry and originality.
The Dance Tests are as follows:
Preliminary
Junior
Bronze
Senior Bronze
Junior Silver
Senior Silver
Gold
Diamond
Dutch Waltz
Swing Dance
Ten-Fox
Keats Foxtrot
Paso Doble
Viennese
Waltz
Ravensburger
Waltz
Canasta Tango
Fiesta Tango
Fourteen Step
Harris Tango
Starlight Waltz
Westminster
Waltz
Tango
Romantica
Baby Blues
Willow Waltz
European Waltz
American Waltz
Blues
Quickstep
Yankee
Polka
Rocker Foxtrot
Kilian
Argentine
Tango
Rhumba
Cha Cha
Congelado
Silver
Samba
Austrian
Waltz
Golden
Waltz
When trying a Skate Canada Test Program dance, evaluators using the following criteria assess candidates:
Dance Rhythm
1.
Timing: the proper relationship of the strokes and other movements to the music.
2.
Expression: the quality of dancing that interprets the character of the music that designated the type of dance (waltz, tango,
march etc.)
3.
Unison: the mutual coordination of the movements and positions as a couple
Execution
1.
Accuracy/Flow: the steps, timing and movement of the dances must be skated in accordance with the regulations.
2.
Style/Form: in general, carriage should be upright but not stiff, with the head up.
3.
Pattern/Placement: the skating of the prescribed patterns and its intelligent location within the skating area.
The Terrace Figure Skating Club is proud to acknowledge the following skaters for passing their Dance tests on April 18 th.
Preliminary
Dutch Waltz
Hannah Jay
Canasta Tango
Hannah Jay
Junior Bronze
Swing Dance
Kelsey Anderson
Sydney Desjardins
Fiesta Tango
Karie Anderson
Sydney Desjardins
Willow Waltz
Reighann Moi
Jesse Thandi
Shannon Stone
Senior Bronze
10 Fox
Erin Rose
Reighann Moi
14 Step
Kelsey Anderson
European Waltz
Shae-Lyn Desousa
Junior Silver
Keats Foxtrot
Lateesha Wriglesworth
Harris Tango
Desirae Desjardins
Rocker Foxtrot
Lateesha Wriglesworth
Senior Silver
Paso Doble
Jorden Hendry
Starlight Waltz
Rayven Algor
Blues
Rayven Algor
Kilian
Hailey Hendry
Jorden Hendry
Gold
Viennese Waltz
Jenna Pavao
Julianne Lenuik
Westminster Waltz
Jenna Pavao
Quickstep
Kelsey Owen
Ashley Thandi
Julianne Lenuik
Argentine Tango
Ashley Thandi
The Club is also proud to announce that the following skaters passed the following Skate Canada Tests as well.
Introductory Interpretive
Jesse Thandi
Shannon Stone
Brixton Sandhals
Kelsey Anderson
Bronze Interpretive
Jorden Hendry
Desirae Desjardins
Shae-Lyn DeSousa
Silver Interpretive
Alex Lissimore
Gold Interpretive
Julianne Lenuik
Jenna Pavao
Junior Bronze Free
Shae-Lynn DeSousa
Senior Bronze Free
Hailey Hendry
Senior Silver Free
Ashley Thandi
Preliminary Skills
Sydney Desjardins
Junior Bronze Skills
Reighann Moi
Karie Anderson
Senior Bronze Skills
Shae-Lyn DeSousa
Kelsey Anderson
Erin Rose
Lateesha Wriglesworth
Junior Silver Skills
Desirae Desjardins
Senior Silver Skills
Kelsey Owen
Alex Lissimore
Gold Skills
Rayven Algor
For a comprehensive list of achievements in skating for the 2007/2008 Season, feel free to contact the Terrace Figure Skating Club at
[email protected] for more information.
Terrace Figure Skating Club member Rayven Algor, age 15, practices her
Starlight Waltz with partner Graham Casey in preparation for a Skate Canada
Test day the club hosted to end another successful season of skating in Terrace.
Ana Peasgood Photo