JUST ADDED! Northfield Skating School is offering another session of Sunday afternoon contract practice ice for seven consecutive weeks beginning February 7. Guest skaters and coaches are welcome. Contracts and payment due Feb 7. Skaters may “buy-on” at a higher weekly rate if they do not contract. This is some of the least expensive Freestyle skating ice around, and very rare at the Northfield arena! We encourage skaters to take advantage of it. To arrange private lessons, please Contact Carey.
See Session 3 Ice Contract and Practice Ice Safety Guidelines.
DEADLINE 2/1/10
Don’t miss your final chance to take skating lessons this season!
Session 3 runs from early February through late March (see Calendar). Highlights include group and private lessons, specialized power and off-ice classes, an Olympics party, Culver’s fundraiser, Spring Skating Camp, Ice Show with Shattuck St. Mary’s, competition opportunities, and our season end potluck party (See Program Descriptions)
Beginners, adults, and aspiring hockey players are welcome. Bring your family and join the fun! We’ll help you meet any skating goal. Scholarships and family discounts are available.
Register online or by mail.
Avoid the late fee and register on time!
Parents and Skaters, We would like to invite you to the Shattuck St. Mary’s “G2C” Mid-Winter Camp, February 27, 2010. Mid- Winter camp is designed for all levels of skating. Saturday night we will host an Olympic Party in Newhall Auditorium with two time Olympic coach Audrey Weisiger. Audrey will share her personal experiences as we watch highlights of the 2010 Olympics on our large theater screen in high definition.
Sprout Camp: For those skaters and families just getting into figure skating (Alpha and up or Basic 2 and up). The Sprout Camp will run on Saturday the 27th. This camp will give you a taste of the basics on and off the ice and include a Parent and Coach Session. This will be especially good for Parents & Coaches interested in identifying talent and what to do with it. Skaters, Parents and Coaches are welcome to join us for the Saturday night fun. Guest Coaches Audrey Weisiger, Chris Conte and Nick Perna of G2C will be the main presenters as well as SSM’s Diana Ronayne and Tom Hickey. The G2C mission is to raise the technical level of skaters. The seminar focus’s on teaching coaches and their skaters how to develop from the first steps onto the ice into a championship caliber competitor.
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Thanks to all who attended our second annual Skating Night at the Depot on Tuesday! We enjoyed a fine evening of open skating at a beautiful arena, tips from our staff, and special performances from a broad guest skaters. A big thank you to Carleton College Alumni Affairs for co-hosting, and to our talented feature performers from Northfield, Stillwater, and the St Paul FSC for joining us. See Photos page for more photos.
Our annual ice show is back! Shattuck-St. Mary’s Skating Academy is proud to present our third annual Ice Show production, and the Northfield Skating School is proud to be a partner. Come join the fun as we skate to a medley of Motown. The show is a full blown production involving lighting, costumes, scenes and beginner to elite level skaters. It is a wonderful learning experience for skaters of all ages levels Basic 2 and higher, we encourage everyone to participate.
Skaters have Thursday evening rehearsals beginning April 29th. Two show performances take place Saturday, May 29th
View announcement for details and registration form. Forms are also available at the front table during lessons. Please return forms to Thomas Hickey at Shattuck (not Carey) by the deadline. This is a GREAT chance to experience the fun of a performance
Attention skaters and parents! Sunday, January 31st will be our second annual Tall & Small Day during normal lesson time. Skaters are invited to bring their favorite adult or a special smaller buddy to join in during lessons and practice. ALL GUESTS must turn in a signed waiver to the front table BEFORE taking the ice. View/Print waiver here or pick one up at the rink on Sunday. Power/Edge class will take place as scheduled.
Thanks to all who came out for flapjacks, eggs, and more at our second annual Applebee’s pancake breakfast fundraiser on Saturday. We are closer to reaching our scholarship target thanks to you! More photos are posted on the photos page.
Our winter skate drive was a success! The number of rental skates available at the Northfield Arena has now doubled to over 70 pairs. We have already been able to take advantage of the new rentals to help meet our goal of increasing access to ice activities. The new rental skates were used for our PRIMEtime collaborative skate last month as well as Northfield Skating School lessons and open skate, and we look forward to hosting more skaters at our upcoming Girl Scout Skating Fever.
Special thanks to our partner organizations for hosting drop boxes: Culver’s, Goodbye Blue Monday, Carleton ACT Office, St. Olaf Volunteer Network, and the Northfield Arena.
Though the skate drive is “officially” over, skate donations are accepted at ANY time at the Northfield Arena pro shop.
