Commonwealth Figure Skating Club opens its 73rd season in September and we have some exciting things to share with you about our programs!
Learn to Skate Program USFS Basic Skills Program — 13-week sessions
Commonwealth Figure Skating Club runs the US Figure Skating Association’s Learn to Skate Basic Skills program for all levels of skater, from age four through adult. This season classes will be held on Thursdays at 5:30 pm OR Saturdays at 10:00 am. Each Learn to Skate (LTS) class includes group coaching instruction for the first half of the session. During the second half of the Learn to Skate session, students have the choice of using the ice for free skate/self-guided practice time or they may elect to sign on with a Commonwealth Figure Skating coach for private or semi-private lessons. In addition, our Thursday Learn to Skate class features a new program – Theatre on Ice (TOI).
Theatre on Ice
We are very excited to be offering the area’s only Theatre on Ice Basic Skills program. Theatre on Ice is a track of the US Figure Skating Association designed for the skater who wants to emphasize the performance aspects of figure skating. While learning the basic athletic skills of figure skating, Theatre on Ice participants will also be instructed in the performance art of the sport.
We are fortunate to have on our coaching staff Heidi McDonald, who co-developed the Theatre on Ice curriculum for the US Figure Skating Association. Learn to Skate students who elect to participate in the Theatre on Ice program during the second half of the Thursday Learn to Skate class will have professional staff instruction for the full hour from 5:30-6:30 pm on Thursdays and will be included in a Theatre on Ice group performance in our annual holiday show in December as well as our end of the season Ice Capers show in April, respective of the TOI session which they are enrolled.
Registration
The new season of Learn to Skate (LTS) will start the week of September 13, 2010 and will run through the week of December 13, 2010. The second session will begin the week of January 3, 2011 and will run through the week of April 11, 2011. Classes are held on Thursdays from 5:30-6:30 pm OR Saturdays from 10-11 am. The cost for each 13-week session will be $220.00, with a $20 discount from the session price for the second and each additional skater(s) in a family. Please note, because the Theatre o n Ice program includes professional instruction for the full session, there is an additional $50 fee. Registration for the Learn to Skate Basic Skills Program opens on the first class of each session. To download an application or for more information, please log onto www.commonwealthfsc.com/lts/lts.htm
Loop League Membership
We encourage skaters who have passed USFS Basic 3 or above who wish to take their love of skating to a higher level to consider a membership in Commonwealth Figure Skating Club’s Loop League. For more information about Loop League, please log onto www.commonwealthfsc.com/news/loopleague.htm
Contact us
Commonwealth Figure Skating Club is a section 501(c)(3) Massachusetts non-profit corporation run entirely by volunteers. We do not work for the Town of Randolph or the Zapustas Ice Rink. As such, we are not at the ice rink 24/7. If you have any questions about the Club or its offerings, call us at 781.963.4053 or email Board@commonwealthfsc.com and we will do our best to respond to you quickly. Also, the best source for getting information about our Learn to Skate sessions and registration, ice time schedules and other general Club news is via our website: www.commonwealthfsc.com
Look forward to seeing you at the rink!