Stars On Ice presents its 25th anniversary tour on Sunday, March 13 at 4pm at the Xcel Center in St. Paul. A stellar cast of Olympic and World-renowned athletes, including Sasha Cohen and Evan Lysacek, will be performing! Discounted tickets are $37 for premium seats (normally $47) and $17 for upper rows (normally $27). Reserve by Feb 20th by emailing Mary Beth Youngblut at mbyoungblut@msn.com or completing an order form at the rink during lessons.
Each skater is invited to bring one special guest to our final Session 2 lesson on Jan 16th!
Friends may bring their own skates or rent skates. Rental skates are available first-come, first-served. ALL friends, regardless of age or relationship to the skater, are required to turn in a signed waiver before entering the ice.
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Bring a Friend Waivers
We have an exciting announcement! Effective now with Session 3 registration, the Northfield Skating School will be partnering with the Northfield Public Schools Community Services Division. NSS will continue to offer the same high quality skating programs, U.S. Figure Skating curriculum, professional staff, and parent meetings. However, registration will now be handled directly through Community Services instead of through NSS staff.
Under the Community Services umbrella, we will be able to offer classes at a slightly lower cost and to promote our programs more widely throughout the community. Skaters will also be able to register online with a credit card – no more sending checks to the NSS post office box! Be on the lookout for the Community Services brochure in your mail box next week.
Session 3 registration will be open tomorrow, Friday, December 17, 2010 – Wed, January 18, 2010. Classes begin January 30th. Skaters may register online, by mail, by phone, or in person at the Northfield Community Resource Center, similar to other Community Services classes. Online registration closes after January 18th. Registrations after this date are subject to a $15 late fee per skater and will be accepted only as space permits.
Class information and program updates will still be available on this website.
To register online please visit: Northfield Community Services Skaters do not need to live within the Northfield School District to participate in skating classes. Everyone is welcome.
Erin Mayberry is our new contact at Community Services. Please contact her at Erin.Mayberry@nfld.k12.mn.us or (507) 664-3502 with your program and registration questions.
We look forward to our new partnership and skating with you in the New Year!
Congratulations to Elizabeth Penny and Emmalyn Fried for passing their first U.S. Figure Skating tests last week! Both skaters tested at the Bloomington Ice Garden and passed their Pre-Preliminary Moves-in-the-Field. Elizabeth also tested and passed her Pre-Preliminary Freeskate test. Both skaters train with Carey Tinkelenberg at the Northfield Arena and the St. Paul Figure Skating Club and are preparing routines for the upcoming competitive season.
Photo: Fried (L) and Penny (R) display their passing test papers at the Bloomington Ice Garden.
Start: Oct 31, 2010 10:45 am
End: Oct 31, 2010 12:15 pm
Celebrate Halloween on ice at the Northfield Arena! Enjoy a morning of open skating with the Northfield community. Costumes welcome and rental skates available.
Last week, fifty skaters representing 14 arenas in Minnesota and Wisconsin gathered at the Pleasant Arena in St. Paul for our annual Rising Stars Camp. Skaters ranged in age from 3 – 13. Rising Stars Camp is hosted by the St. Paul Figure Skating Club and directed by Northfield Skating School Founder/Director Carey Tinkelenberg.
Throughout the week, skaters participated in on-ice skills & drills, creative movement classes, off-ice jumping, strength, and stretch classes, arts and crafts, and special workshops. Special workshops included a nutrition seminar, strength and conditioning specialist, and SOMA class with choreographer Tara Stamm. All skaters also prepared solo routines that they performed at an exhibition on July 22. Thank to you skaters, coaches, parents, and volunteers for a fun and successful event. See you next year!
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This May, Northfield Skating School Owner/Director Carey Tinkelenberg became the youngest program director in the Professional Skaters Association (PSA) to earn a Master rating.
The Master rating is the highest rating attainable in the PSA. Coaches and directors become rated in their discipline by successfully completing oral exams, sport science written exams, and meeting experience and continuing education requirements. The minimum requirements for a Master program director rating include 5 years and 500 hours of coaching and management experience and “exceptional knowledge and organization” of staffing, scheduling, promotion, safety standards, education, and ethics of managing skating programs.
Tinkelenberg completed the oral exam on May 25th and was honored at the Professional Skaters Association International Conference and Trade Show in Colorado Springs (pictured above). She also holds a Senior rating in group instruction and Registered ratings in freestyle and moves-in-the-field.
Tinkelenberg founded the Northfield Skating School after graduating from Carleton College in 2005. In 2008, the school was named a “Model Program” by the editors of SKATING Magazine and Tinkelenberg was presented the June 2008 Making a Difference Award by the Northfield Healthy Community Initiative for the school’s positive impact on youth. Tinkelenberg serves as a mentor to directors as member of the U.S. Figure Skating Basic Skills Committee and presents regularly at director training events nationwide. She coaches full time in Northfield, St. Paul, and Eagan and was the silver medalist in Masters Pairs at the 2010 U.S. Adult Championships with Peter Biver.
When: Sunday Dec 19, 10:45am – 12:15pm
