Figure skaters test out their skills

As the winter is coming to during the club’s Test Day Achieving

Wilson achieved her Diamond Dance – the Rhumba. Wilson also passed her Gold artistic.

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PFS Club’s 60th anniversary Gala is just a week away; do you have tickets?

The Paris Figure Skating Club is celebrated its 60th anniversary this season and part of that celebration includes paying homage to its history and inviting alumni to return for a special Gala to celebrate on Saturday, March 23 There are two performances planned for the day – one in the afternoon and one in the evening – but between performances the Club will host a reception in the Lafarge Hall of the Brant Sports Complex for alumni to catch up and take a walk down memory lane Club members and executive are busy gathering history, combing through past photos and carnival guides to put on display

The Club’s growth over the last six decades has been remarkable, saidClub President Lisa Campbell What started with just two hours of ice time a week and one professional coach has evolved into a club that boasts of eight professional coaches who teach kids the fundamentals of the sport over 15 hours of ice time on four different days of the week. The club, sponsored by Brant and Woodstock Skating Clubs in the 1960s, was officially granted Canadian Figure Skating Association membership in 1966/67. Today, they are still proud members of Skate Canada, as it was rebranded in 2000.

Most PFS club seasons end with a special Gala or Carnival. The newly founded club held the first-year end ice show called “Ice Capers,” on March 26, 1964 Eighty-five members skated in that Dutch-themed gala signifying the start of an annual tradition that would mark the end every year of lessons in the spring. It’s only fitting this 60th anniversary season also ends with a spectacular Ice Capers Gala titled ‘ABlast from the Past ’

For more information on show times, or to get your tickets, visit The Paris Figure Skating Club online.