Vol. 55 No. 6 March/April 2015 The Philadelphia Skating Club & Humane Society April 27 Deadline for May 10 th Test Applications May 10 USFS Test Session @ PSC&HS 11 Board of Governors Meeting, 7:30 pm 16 Spring Ice Party (5/6 grades) 8 pm 25 Memorial Day - Club Closed 31 Jr. Committee Pin Luncheon June 1 Deadline for June 14 th Test Applications 6 Spring Show @ PSC&HS 8 Board of Governors Meeting, 7:30 pm 14 USFS Test Session @ PSC&HS 14 Spring Session Ends 15 Summer Session Begins 29 Deadline for July 11 th Test Applications July 4 Happy 4 th! Club Closed 11 USFS Test Session @ PSC&HS August 7 Summer Session Ends September 8 Fall Session Begins 17-20 Challenge Cup @ PSC&HS Barbara Camp TWIST Honorary Editor Marcia Wiker TWIST Editor Update Your E-Mail Addresses! Don t forget to advise us of any change in your e-mail address! Articles for the May/June issue of the TWIST should be submitted to the office no later than Tuesday, June 23 rd @ 5:00 pm. COMPETITION RESULTS 2015 Pennsylvania Skating Championships (Keystone State Games), February 6-8, York, PA Beth Delano - Championship Masters Intermediate/Novice Ladies, 2 nd Anna Lisa Mariani - Adult Pre-Bronze Compulsory Moves, 1 st Laura Mitchell - Adult Bronze Ladies III/IV Freeskate, 3 rd ; Adult Bronze Compulsory Moves, 4 th Monica Nicosia - Adult Silver Ladies III/IV Freeskate, 5 th ; Adult Silver Ladies Dramatic Entertainment, 4 th ; Adult Silver Ladies Light Entertainment, 7 th
Deborah Spence - Championship Masters Junior/Senior Ladies, 9 th 2015 Eastern Adult Sectional Figure Skating Championships, March 12-14, Pittsburgh, PA Laura Mitchell - Adult Bronze Ladies Freeskate (Group III/IV), 3 rd ; Adult Bronze Compulsory Moves, 5 th PSC&HS Club Competition, March 14 th (see results later in issue) 2015 U.S. Adult Figure Skating Championships, April 14-18, Salt Lake City, UT Sara Corse - Adult Silver Dramatic Skate IV, 6 th ; Adult Silver Ladies IV, 12 th Beth Delano - Championship Masters Intermediate/Novice Ladies Freeskate, 5 th ; Masters Junior/Senior Ladies II/III, 3 rd ; Masters Dramatic Skate II/III, 3 rd Monica Nicosia - Adult Silver Dramatic Skate III, Group A, 6 th ; Silver Light Entertainment Skate III, 9 th ; Adult Silver Ladies III, 7 th Boots & Blades Basic Skills Competition, April 19 th, PSC&HS Sarah Engelman - Pre-Preliminary Freeskate Group B, 1 st Sophie Green - High Beginner Freeskate Group A, 3 rd ; Freeskate 1-6/No Test Interpretive Group A, 3 rd Allie Hollin - No Test Freeskate, 2 nd ; Freeskate 1-6/No Test Interpretive Group B, 1 st Nina Hollin - No Test Freeskate, 1 st ; Freeskate 1-6/No Test Interpretive Group C, 1 st Jordan Hoppy, Pre-Prelim/Prelim Interpretive Group A, 4 th Olivia Joseph - Pre-Preliminary Compulsory Moves, 3 rd ; No Test Freeskate, 7 th Sonia Joseph - Pre-Preliminary Compulsory Moves, 2 nd ; No Test Freeskate, 5 th Ella Kolber - No Test/Preliminary Showcase, 4 th Simone Levy - Pre-Preliminary Test Track Freeskate, 2 nd ; No Test/Preliminary Showcase, 1 st ; Freeskate 1-6/No Test Interpretive Group A, 2 nd Anne Martindale - Basic 1 Program, 2 nd Justine Medveckus - Pre-Preliminary Freeskate Group A, 2 nd Isabelle Persaud - Basic 1 Program, 1 st Maria Persaud - No Test Freeskate, 4 th ; No Test/Preliminary Showcase, 2 nd ; Freeskate 1-6/No Test Interpretive Group B, 2 nd Eva Sandor - High Beginner Freeskate Group A, 2 nd Sophie Silverman - Beginner Freeskate, 1 st Cristina Sniffen - Pre-Preliminary Freeskate Group A, 3 rd Eli Sparrow- High Beginner Freeskate Group A, 1 st ; Freeskate 1-6/No Test Interpretive Group A, 1 st Sophie Spiegel - Basic 2 Program, 1 st Ava Thompson - High Beginner Freeskate Group B, 4 th Olivia Thompson - High Beginner Freeskate Group B, 1 st TESTS PASSED Backstrom, Amy (Adult Gold Moves) Bergeron, Andrea (Adult Pre-Bronze Moves, Adult Bronze Moves) Bott, Stephen (Adult Pre-Bronze Moves) Colucci, Alexander (Rocker Foxtrot, Tango) Colucci, Cameron (Senior Moves)
Conly-Farnham, Maggie (Preliminary Moves) Engelman, Sarah (Foxtrot) Fraiman, Cory (Foxtrot, 14Step, European Waltz, Rocker Foxtrot) Gaddes, Sophie (Westminster Waltz) Ge, Grace (European Waltz, 14Step) Gilman, Blake (Rhythm Blues, Cha-Cha) Ginn, Eden (Adult Silver Freeskate) Grosul, Katherine (Junior Moves Hessinger, Trisha (Senior Free Dance) Hollin, Allie (Pre-Juvenile Moves) Hollin, Nina (Pre-Juvenile Moves, 10Fox) Hoppy, Jordan (Pre-Juvenile Moves) Hristova, Kristina (Dutch Waltz, Canasta Tango, Rhythm Blues, Pre-Preliminary Free) Knebel, Emma (Pre-Preliminary Moves) Knoell, MaryKate (Kilian, Blues, Novice Moves) Kolber, Ella (Willow Waltz) Kong, Xiangxuan (Pre-Preliminary Moves) Lawless, Ben (American Waltz, Tango) Metcalf, Ed (Adult Silver Free Dance) Min, Sara (Rhythm Blues, Canasta Tango, Dutch Waltz) Mitchell, Katherine (Dutch Waltz, Canasta Tango, Rhythm Blues, Cha-Cha) Moshang, Kaitlyn (Starlight Waltz, Kilian, Senior Moves, Paso Doble) Persaud, Maria (Pre-Juvenile Moves) Rose, Allie (Intermediate Freeskate, Argentine Tango) Sannajust, Andreanne (Intermediate Moves) Silverman, Sophie (Pre-Preliminary Moves) Thomas, Marianna (Adult European Waltz) Thompson, Ava (Dutch Waltz, Canasta Tango, Rhythm Blues) Thompson, Isabella (Pre-Preliminary Moves) Walton, Grace (Tango) Martha Funk Club Member since 1945 Wife of the late E. Hendricks Funk, MD and mother to Ellen Funk and her spouse, Ann O Keefe Milton Stearns Club Member 1957-2014 From The Member Admissions Committee Please join us in extending a warm welcome to our newest PSC&HS members: Karl Blyler Jessica and Dan Farber Bonnie & Eric Pasternack Melissa Morris & Miguel Perez Irene and Frederick Sannajust Mei Xu Jason Yu And welcome to our new Associate member: Emma Blanchette And also a HUGE Thank You to our club members who brought us all these new members: Andrea Cooper, Mike Farrell, Elizabeth Grout, Eleanor Hao, Kate Heilman, Beth Kagan, Shelby Sparrow and Meredith Vederman
Announcing the PSC&HS Spring Show: FAIRY TALES & FABLES An Enchanting Evening on Ice Saturday, June 6 th 6:00 pm $10 General Admission $60 VIP Patron Admission (includes upper lounge cocktail party) HAPPY BIRTHDAY FRAN! Fran Mycek s having a birthday Oh, No! Don t look now but it s the BIG 6.0! We wish him a great year from our very core. And then we wish him Many, Many More! Fun Fact: The PSC&HS has had 39 Club presidents since 1849. Fran has worked with 18 of them! Annual Meeting Report If you weren t at the Annual Meeting Friday night (April 17, you missed the President s report, the Treasurer s outlook on the Club s finances, an up-date on the Junior Synchro team s year, and a brief history of the Club s renovations 15 years ago by Fran Mycek. (You might still be able to get a copy of the wonderful 2015 calendar that Diane Buscaglia put together for us with fantastic pictures of the building of the Club, Club history, and lots of great pictures.) Out-going Board members (Melanie Boerner, Elizabeth Kitchel, Susan Miller, Virginia Pina, & Marcia Wiker) were thanked for their service and the in-coming Class of 2018: Jessica Constantine, Andrea Isaacson, Shelby Sparrow, Anna Steel, and Mary Ruth Thompson were elected to three-year terms. Likewise, Sara Glaser and Joe Libonati were thanked for their service to Member Admissions and Deborah Hoppy and Nicole Moshang begin three-year terms on this important Committee. Other highlights of the meeting were gold medals presented to the adults. Adults earning gold medals this past season include Amy Backstrom (Adult Gold Moves), Laura Jaworski (Gold Moves), Trisha Hessinger (Standard Senior Free Dance, Jana Raisner (Solo Senior Free Dance) Sarah Grapek (Gold Dance and Senior Free Dance, Malcolm Jones (Gold Dance and Senior Free Dance and Marianna Thomas (Adult Gold Moves). More gold medals will be presented to the junior skaters at their Pin Luncheon on May 31 st. Most-Improved Adult Skaters who were presented with silver plates were Deborah Hoppy and Stephen Bott. Congratulations to all! Also presented at the meeting was the VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR award. Debbie Lee received the award this year for using her time and her awesome financial skills for the Club and for being one of the organizers of SHINE the great party and successful fundraising event of last year that paid for the new lighting in the Club. Thank you and Congratulations, Deb!
Boots & Blades Basic Skills Competition The PSC&HS 2015 Boots & Blades Basic Skills Competition was held on Sunday, April 19 th and thanks to our many Club volunteers it was a huge success. Many thanks are due to Sue Miller, Chief Referee, Laura Mitchell as Chief Accountant, Terry Foley as Assistant Accountant, Regina Barr for organizing, Marcia Wiker and Laura Jaworski for handling skater registration, Ann O Keefe, Melanie Boerner and Farah Jiminez for running the music and our many Club members who helped out by monitoring, running, and keeping our judges fed and happy. Thank you also to the members who contributed snacks and goodies for our judges and to Mary, Diane, Fran and the staff for all their help. It was all very much appreciated and helped to make the day a big success. SUMMER SKATING @ PSC&HS June 15 - August 7 *Full skating program for all levels of skaters *Over 14 sessions offered per day *Off-Ice Classes *Clinic and Stroking classes *Unlimited packages available Summer Learn to Skate Program Basic Skills and Adult Group Lessons Wednesday evenings, 6-7 pm 7 week program Half-Day Summer Skating Camp Monday through Thursday 12:30-3:30 pm June 15-July 30 Children 5-12 years of age Call the office at 610-642-8700 or visit our website, pschs.org for more information
2015 KEEP CALM AND SKATE ON CLUB COMPETITION RESULTS (March 14, 2015) Pre-Preliminary Moves in the Field Pre-Juvenile Moves in the Field Snowplow Sam 1. Ava Thompson 1. Allie Hollin 1. Isabelle Persaud 2. Eleanor Hao 2. Nina Hollin 2. Anne Martindale 3. Jordan Hoppy Basic 2 Basic 4 Beginner Freeskating 1. Amanda Hauptfuhrer 1. Lily Press 1. Sophie Silverman 2. Sophie Spiegel 2. Lucy Pierce 2. Eleanor Hao High Beginner Freeskating No Test Freeskating Kaine Dance Trophy 1. Eli Sparrow 1. Allie Hollin 1. Nina Hollin 2. Ava Thompson 2. Nina Hollin 2. Ella Kolber 3. Olivia Thompson 3. Maria Persaud 4. Eva Sandor 4. Sonia Joseph Pre-Bronze Pro-Am Dance Bronze Pro-Am Dance Don Laws Trophy 1. Simone Levy (J. Thomas) 1. Nina Hollin (J. Thomas) 1. Grace Walton 2. Olivia Thompson (J. Thomas) 2. Jordan Hoppy (J. Thomas) 2. Juliette Schad 3. Justine Medveckus P.I. Myers Trophy (Pairs) Bishop Trophy (Pairs) No Test Spins 1. Allie Hollin & Ella Kolber 1. Nina Hollin & Eli Sparrow 1. Nina Hollin 2. Elana Kopelman & Mila Lacey 2. Sophie Green & Eva Sandor 2. Maria Persaud 3. Eleanor Hao & Simone Levy Pre-Preliminary Compulsory Moves Juvenile Spins Preliminary Spins 1. Sonia Joseph 1. Grace Walton 1. Sara Min 2. Olivia Joseph 2. Syrena Chung 2. Justine Medveckus Charles Fetter Trophy Pre-Preliminary/Preliminary Interpretive Pre-Juvenile/Juv Interpretive 1. Simone Levy 1. Eli Sparrow 1. Ella Kolber 2. Ella Kolber 2. Maria Persaud 2. Syrena Chung 3. Jordan Hoppy 4. Sophie Green Adult Silver Pro-Am Dance Adult Pre-Gold Pro-Am Dance Adult Gold Pro-Am Dance 1. Alicia Kolber (J. Thomas) 1. Alicia Kolber (J. Thomas) 1. Starr Simpson (J. Thomas) 2. Laura Jaworski (J. Thomas) 2. Laura Jaworski (J. Thomas) 2. Charlotte Martin (T. Kaine) 3. Anna Steel (O. Fediukov) 3. Starr Simpson (J. Thomas) 4. Kathleen McGowan (T. Kaine) Adult Random Draw Pro-Am Dance 1. Anna Steel (O. Fediukov) 2. Starr Simpson (O. Fediukov) 3. Laura Jaworski (J. Thomas) 4. Kathleen McGowan (T. Kaine)
CLUB COMPETITION SPECIAL AWARDS AND TROPHIES Improvement Awards: Basic Skills Session Lily Press and Michael Medveckus Low Session Allie Hollin and Blake Gilman Dance Allie Rose and Spencer Emerson Frank Mycek Memorial Trophy (Highest passing average on a test): Camp Sportsmanship Trophy (Low Session): Sportsmanship Trophy (High Session): Blanche Mycek Memorial Trophy (No Test Freeskating): Joan Thompson Day Memorial Trophy (Highest Moves in the Field event): Molten Trophy (Adult Silver Dance): Stan & Sally Urban Dance Trophy (Adult Pre-Gold Dance): Katherine Grosul, Allie Rose and Grace Walton Olivia Thompson Amy Boerner Allie Hollin Allie Hollin Alicia Kolber Alicia Kolber