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Club News!

Happy New Year SC of Houston!

Club News! Happy New Year SC of Houston!

In this Issue

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On the Calendar this Winter:

  • SkateFest: National Skate Month Party and Used Equip Sale: Sat. Jan. 28, 2023
  • SCH 2022 Annual Meeting, Jan. 29
  • Virtual Test Session: February 10th and 11th at Aerodrome
  • Saturday Skater Spotlight (Exhibitions!)
  • San Antonio's Alamo Skate Competition is now open for registration!
    • Competition is Feb. 17-19, 2023
  • SC of Houston's Houston Invitational Competition is now open for registration!
    • Competition is March 10-12, 2023

Show off your skills and/or practice for competition!

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Saturday Skater Spotlight! (Morning Exhibitions at Aerodrome)

The Aerodrome has been kind to give us a FREE 10 minutes to perform exhibitions for their Learn to Skate classes and students. Please sign up below if you would like to be a Saturday Skater Spotlight and perform a program! There is a spot for at least 3 sometimes 4! Start practicing those competition free skates in front of a crowd or just perform to show off your skills and have fun! Anyone can do an exhibition! If you have any questions you can contact Lisa at LDLHayes@gmail.com!

Competing soon?! NOW you can also sign up for a critique of your program at this time as well! We have some very kind local judges who are willing to come give a quick critique of your program while you perform! Sign up today!

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0E48ACA92CA5FF2-skating

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Some of our Amazing Skaters Advance to US Nationals

Please join us in wishing these amazing skaters well as they head to San Jose from January 23rd through January 29th. Vanessa Pham and her partner, Jonathan Rogers from Texas Gulf Coast FSC will be competing at the Junior level in Dance. Mike Weng and Zitong Wang advanced from Midwestern Sectionals to participate in the National Development Camp.


We are very proud of these skaters and the many who competed in the National Qualifying Series!

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Check out this inspiring article featuring Vanessa Pham and her partner, Jonathan Rogers

"Pham may not have viewed ice dance through that lens when she first tried it nearly five years ago, but stepping beyond her comfort zone and embracing the nuances of the sport has led her to see that you never know what awaits when you branch out – and allowed her to experience a few items on her bucket list along the way."

Click the picture or title to view the article on US Figure Skating Fanzone

February Test Session

Be sure to check your email for important information regarding the test session. Due to a multitude of different reasons and issues, instead of canceling our February test session we have opted to offer an "in person" virtual test session where we will record your video and submit it to the judges. This session will run just like normal test session only your skater will be recorded vs. being in front of judges.

1. Skaters arrive 45 minutes before their warm up time.

2. Skaters will have one run through of their test just as if the judges were present.

3. A test session monitor will record the video and submit it.

4. Due to the uniqueness of this session, there will be no re-skates allowed.


We understand this format may bring lots of questions and maybe even some resistance. We are basing this format with the same rules and regulations that College Station has successfully ran their virtual test sessions. If you are unsure of this format, you may opt to submit your own videos and paperwork through the additional virtual session we have open. We will submit those tests to the virtual judges we have at the same time. We are expecting results from all tests within 2 weeks at the latest.

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GRADUATING HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS

If you have a high schooler that graduated in December 2022 or will be graduating May 2023, please email complete the form below:


https://forms.gle/TqWLuGvHHSKheDvL8

ATTENTION COACHES

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We need YOUR HELP! We want to celebrate our skaters, but need to know what they are up to! Attending a competition? Did they qualify for something? Are they headed to a higher competition? Or maybe they just achieved something they've been working hard at! PLEASE SEND THAT INFORMATION TO US AND LET US KNOW! Otherwise, we don't know!

You can send to:

houstoninvitationalchair@gmail.com or your Coach Representative!

Aerodrome: Taylor Gilmore @ coachtaylor23@outlook.com

Bellerive and Galleria: Elena Prudsky @ vallenok2@gmail.com

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Jane Campbell - President & Test Chair

Jane has been a member of the Board for the past four years. She has been the President for the past three years. In addition to the duties of President, she is also our Test Chair and head of our Test Sessions. She has two skaters with The Skating Club of Houston, Evie, age 12 and Simon, age 8.

janemcampbell@gmail.com

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Nena Mirkovic-Ruiz - VP Membership

Nena has been a member of the Board for the past four years. She is our Vice President and Membership Chair. She is responsible for membership requests, transfers, and coordination with USFS. She is an Adult Skater herself and has a 20 year old daughter and 18 year old triplets, 2 of which are figure skaters attending college in Boston (Marissa and Christina), and one playing college hockey in Illinois.

nenamirkovicruiz@gmail.com

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Paula Moore - Treasurer

Paula has been a member of the Board since the club was established. Paula is our Treasurer and keeps all of our finances in compliance. She skates on our Adult Theater on Ice Team as well as a judge for USFS. She has two children, Braden, age 17 who is a competitive diver, and daughter Breslyn, age 12 who is a competitive twirler.

paula@epmoore.com

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Lisa Hayes - Secretary

Lisa has been a member of the Board for the past four years. She started as the Parent Representative and has been the Secretary for the past three years. In addition to the duties of Secretary, she is also our Competition Chair and responsible for organizing our annual competition, Houston Invitational. She has two children, Paige, age 14 who figure skates and Chase, age 18.

LDLHayes@gmail.com

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Angela McClendon - Director

Angela is our Director who is the Parent Representative for our members at Aerodrome Ice Skating Complex. She has been an active volunteer at Aerodrome for several years and has served on the board for the past year. She has two children, and adult son that is a police officer, and Bella, age 14 who is a figure skater.

lajmc@sbcglobal.net

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Taylor Gilmore - Director

Taylor Gilmore is a Director who is our Coach Representative for our coaches who skate out of Aerodrome Ice Skating Complex. She is a former singles and Theater on Ice skater and has coached for many years. Taylor was a figure skating student herself at both Bellerive and Aerodrome. She has one child, Scarlett, age 3. who is a budding figure skater.

coachtaylor23@outlook.com

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Chieu Foo - Director

Chieu is a Director who is our Parent Representative for our members at Bellerive Ice Center and surrounding area. She has two daughters that are figure skaters, Vanessa, age 18 and Maddy, age 11, as well a daughter, Sophia, age 16, and a son, Nicholas, age 10 that play hockey. Chieu has served on past figure skating club boards previously and brings much experience to our board.

chieufoo@yahoo.com

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Elena Prudsky - Director

Elena Prudsky is a Director who is our Coach Representative for our coaches who skate out of Bellerive Ice Center and surrounding area. She is a former pairs figure skater and has coached for many years. She and her husband, Val who is also a coach at Bellerive, have two children both of which figure skate, Aleksandra, age 18, and Nikita, age 15.

vallenok2@gmail.com

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Mark Peavy - Director

Mark is our newest member of the board. He has been a volunteer for many of our events for several years and can been seen often around the rink. He and his wife, Julie, have a daughter, Sara, age 14 who is a figure skater.

peavym@sbcglobal.net

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