Polar Express extra practice session

The Polar Express Synchro line will have an extra practice session Saturday, Feb 2 from noon till 1:00pm. They will also have their regularly scheduled Sunday practice, from 2:00-3:00 pm.

The costumes are in, so you can pick yours up Saturday or Sunday. The cost of the dress is $85. Payment is due on receipt of the dress.

Spring SQSA contract forms now available

The spring session runs February 25-April 23. Weekday sessions are a half-hour earlier than the winter session. Also, all ice moves to the North Rink on March 10.

You can get the spring contract form here. Or go to the QUICK forms page and find the link there.

Nationals over!

Whew! What a week. Congratulations to Rohene and Kirsten for making it to Nationals. We screamed our lungs out for you.

We were privileged to see a lot of great skating this week (as well as a marriage proposal!) and as one Parade skater said, "The best part was getting to see Rohene and Kirsten skate."

Tell us what your favorite part of Nationals was in the comments. If you have pictures you'd like to share for the blog or the website, burn the high-resolution images to a CD and drop them off at the coaches' room. If you have just one or two, you can email them to roxanne dot richardson at gmail dot com (substituting the appropriate punctuation where appropriate, of course).

Rohene online

The StarTribune has a Multimedia feature on Rohene called, "A Future on Ice" To watch the video, click on the Multimedia tab to the right of the home page headlines. From there, click on the down arrow of the multimedia scroll bar till you see the feature on Rohene, then click Play.

Go, Rohene!

US Figure Skating National Championships
Men's Short Program event
Friday, 7:00 pm

We'll be cheering you on!

Congratulations, Kirsten!

Great going on your 7th place finish at Nationals!

Newspaper articles on the Junior Ladies Free Skate event are in the Star Tribune, and the Pioneer Press.

View results for all the events at IceNetwork.com.

The photo on above is from the January 12 Snow Daze exhibition at Parade, where Kirsten performed her long program for an appreciative crowd.

Ad Forms available for BoM programs

Wish your skater luck, wish the synchro team luck, thank your coach -- an ad in the program for Blades of March will encourage a skater or thank a coach, but it will also help Parade FSC subsidize the cost of Parade contract ice for the 2008-2009 skating season.

Forms for personal ads are available here
Forms for corporate ads are available here

Forms are due February 15. Get yours in today!

Kirsten and Rohene in the news!

Parade FSC skaters Kirsten Olson and Rohene Ward will both be competing at the US Figure Skating Championships Jan 20-27 at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul.

There are several articles about Kirsten and Rohene in local papers.

Star Tribune articles Here and here
Pioneer Press article here (includes a video interview)

Rohene was featured in the KARE-11 Extra segment of the Jan. 17th 10 o'clock news. If you missed it, you can still see it here.

Check IceNetwork.com for results, photos, and more

January ISI Test results

Congratulations to the following skaters who passed ISI tests on January 12:

Kate Arms - Gamma
Sophie Sela - Gamma and Delta

Alanna Ault - FS 1
Bethany Aydinalp - FS 1
Fiona Forbes - FS 1

Julia Hussian - FS 4
Sophia Schonwetter - FS 4

Libby Silverman - FS 6