Skaters present a Night at the Movies!

By Casandra Turnbull

A trip to the Brant Sports Complex last Saturday was reminiscent of a trip to the Cineplex Odeon as the Paris Figure Skating Club took the audience to a Night at the Movies for their year end Gala performance About 75 skaters laced up and donned costumes as a fun celebration to end the 2022-2023 fall/winter season. Movie goers, actually Gala guests, caught a glimpse of Toy Story, Mamma Mia, Rio, Footloose, Cars, Grease and The Matrix to name a few numbers. Skaters took the opportunity to show off some creative skills they picked up this season while cutting loose and having a blast.

“The Gala went very smooth,” said Club President Lisa Campbell. “We had lots of great feedback from the skaters and the families that they enjoyed the show” Campbell credits coaches for choreographing the numbers and the skaters for their presentation, as well as board members and volunteers for making sure everything was successful. At one part of the evening, perhaps the most fun aspect for many, skaters exercised some creative improv creating their own routines, solos, duos and trios and performing for the audience, only hearing the music for the first time earlier that day.

The Paris Figure Skating Club will hold its annual awards banquet in June. The club’s spring session begins April 11th and registration is open nowhttps://parisfsc.uplifterinc.com/

Next year marks the club’s 60th anniversary so plans are already underway to celebrate the milestone