Club Events
December 10, 2007
ON ICE
Choreography Workshop with Sandra Bezic
 Everyone at Stouffville Skating Club would like to thank Sandra Bezic for the fantastic workshop for the Junior, Intermediate and Senior Skaters on December 10, 2007. It was enjoyable to see the young skaters having fun with natural dance movement. Figure skating is not all about jumps and spins, but to coordinate the jumps and spins with rhythm, style and grace. Sandra Bezic has inspired the girls to be creative with their dance movement and music.
Monday December 10, 2007
4:10 to 5:10 Senior
5:15 to 6:15 Intermediate & Junior
 Stouffville Skating was very pleased to present an evening with Sandra Bezic.
The Choreography workshop was very motivating and inspirational to our skaters. Our club was fortunate to have a Canadian Icon like Sandra Bezic to personally work with our Skaters.
This Seminar was open for all to watch but the on-ice portion is only offered to the Junior, Intermediate and Senior skaters registered at Stouffville Skating Club.
Choreography workshop focused on:
- Working with music
- Basic structure
- Motivation for movement
- Inspiring skaters to be creative.
Sandra Bezic History
Former Olympian and five-time Canadian Pair Champion, Sandra Bezic, is one of the most respected members of the figure skating world. As a choreographer for over 25 years, she has been a major artistic influence for numerous World and Olympic champions including Kurt Browning, Brian Boitano, Kristi Yamaguchi, Tara Lipinski Katarina Witt and Barbara Underhill and Paul Martini.
For 3 years, Sandra directed and choreographed the critically acclaimed North American Boitano/Witt tours and for 11 years, she produced, directed and choreographed the North American tour, Stars On Ice. Nominated three times, Sandra won an Emmy for Outstanding Choreography in 2003.
Sandra has choreographed and/or produced over 30 television specials including Emmy award winning Carmen on Ice. She has been awarded two Gemini’s, one for Kurt Browning, You Must Remember This, and one for Brian Orser's Night Moves.
Sandra has provided figure skating commentary for NBC since 1990, including their coverage of both the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics and the 2006 Games in Torino. She was also an analyst for CBC at the Nagano Olympics in 1998. She is the author of The Passion To Skate: An Intimate View of Figure Skating published in 1995 and, in 1999, she released a CD The Passion To Skate. Her own CBC special, Sandra Bezic, Passion To Skate, aired in February 2002.
September 11, 2007 - ON ICE
with
Dylan and Kyra Moscovitch
The Stouffville Skating Club would like to send a special thank you to Dylan and Kyra for coming to our Club and hosting a very informative and fun Seminar on September 11, 2007. Everyone discovered that body control and strong edges are the basis for just about everything in figure skating. All the skaters had the opporunity to peek into the elite world of competitive figure skating. And as an added bonus, they were able to take home some very valuable tips about quality jumping and spinning. Some of our skaters even learned a few pair moves!
Dylan and Kyra: Good luck at Canadians this year from all the skaters, coaches and parents of the Stouffville Skating Club.
 On-Ice Skating Seminar
with
Kyra and Dylan Moscovitch
Canadian National Pairs Team
The Stouffville Skating Club was proud to present an on-ice Seminar with this impressive and extraordinary National Pairs team. Kyra (13) and Dylan (23) have risen through the ranks at an incredible speed and are once again set to compete at this year’s Senior Canadian Championships with the hopes of surpassing their placement last year.
Dylan and Kyra focused on:
- Athlete development
- Positive imagery
- Physical strength and control in jumps and spins
- Edge quality
- and much, much more
Dylan and Kyra also skated one of their programs for us.
This Seminar was open for all to watch but the on-ice portion was only offered to the Intermediate and Senior skaters registered at Stouffville Skating Club.
This proved to be an interesting and enriching Seminar for our skaters and the Club was very pleased to be able to offer this peek into the world of high caliber skaters.
Kyra Moscovitch and Dylan Moscovitch History
 Kyra Moscovitch and Dylan Moscovitch each began skating at the age of two and competed as singles skaters before pairing up in 2003 when Kyra was 9-years-old. Recently, this pair left a solid mark with the judges at the 2007 Canadian Champions with an unforgettable and spectacularly skated short program. Their goal is to compete at the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver and to one day be on the World and Olympic podiums.
Gold Medal - Juvenile Ladies Ontario Winter Games 2004 (Kyra)
Silver Medal - Pre-Novice Ladies Ontario Winter Games 2005 (Kyra)
Silver Medal - Canadian Jr. Mens Championship 2004 (Dylan)
Bronze Medal - Triglav Trophy (Slovenia) 2004 (Dylan)
Gold Medal - Pre-Novice Pairs Eastern Challenge 2004
Gold Medal - Pre-Novice Pairs Junior National Championship 2004
Gold Medal - Novice Pairs Junior National Championship 2005
Gold Medal - Junior Pairs Canadian National Championship 2006
4th after short in Senior Pairs National Championship 2007 (7th overall)
Stouffville Skating Club was honoured
Stouffville Skating Club was honoured with a $250 donation from the Stouffville Wal-Mart at the store's Grande Opening Ceremonies on November 8th. The SSC was selected to receive the 'local support' donation by newly hired Wal-Mart Associates.
Skate Club executives and members were honoured to receive the donation which will be used to purchase additional sound equipment for use on Pad B.
In the photo are left to right, Lesley English - SSC Treasurer, Taylor MacPherson - Senior SSC Member, Linda - Human Resources Manager Wal-Mart Canada, and Tom MacPherson - SSC President.
Photo taken by Roger Carlsen.
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