Winners & Stories
**CHARLI'S ICE SHOW TOUR DIARIES**
Over the coming months we'll be posting small diary entries from former Club member and competitive skater Charlotte Kennedy. 'Charli' has recently turned professional and has offered to share an insight into life on tour with an Ice Show.
Part 1: How it all began..........
"I always dreamed of becoming a professional show skater and travel the world but at the age of 17 at the peak of my competitive career i never intended to be finished with competing so young, although I was desperate to be off with a show.
I heard that 'Disney On Ice' was performing in my home town Birmingham, England so i checked out tickets on their website. Next thing I know I was emailing the casting director for audition information!
Meanwhile, whilst competing at the Welsh Championships trying to qualify for the British Junior Championships I'd received an email for a live audition the following week but didn't give much thought to it.
The audition was 2 hours long but loads of fun and I felt really comfortable with everything I was asked to do and nothing was outside of my ability range. The following week I had an email offering me a place on Disney's 'High School Musical the Ice Tour'!!
Instantly accepting the offer I had to break the news to my coaches. I was pretty scared about doing so to be honest.
So my first tour with Disney was touring Europe with 'HSM' from November until May after which I was sent to work on Disney's 'Princess Classics' show which also toured Europe.
As for rehearsals I travelled to Lisbon, Portugal to learn the whole 'High School Musical' show in a hotel...off-ice...in a small room...in just 2 days! This was hard work and stressful learning show numbers in such little time to then be put on ice the next night in the actual show. But performing to around 6000 people in my first show was the most amazing experience I have ever, and maybe will ever, experience. I knew I had made the right decision. I always loved to perform to as many people as possible so my dream was now a reality."
Charli's next diary entry will be with us soon as she experiences the USA!
Charli Kennedy joins Disney On Ice
Solihull Times - 7th January '09
'Hot Ice' winners
2nd Charlotte Ellis 1st Tori Straughan 3rd Emilia Kartz
(front row l-r: Mintra Jones, Paige Clarke, Ashleigh Gardener, Katie Acton) Fantastic displays of entertainment were produced by all on Monday evening in the 'Hot Ice' competition.
Tori Straughan even went on to produce cartwheels on ice.
Well done to all who entered.
2nd - Hannah Walker, 1st - Emilia Kartz, 3rd - Kathryn Pagan
Junior Jump Competition March 2008
Some of our club winners
December 2007 Skaters were invited to the enchanted ice trail at Warwick Castle to create a Guinness World Record.
They were asked to skate in santa suits (provided) and break the world record for 'the longest skating Santa conga line'. Thank you to all who took part and WELL DONE!!!!
Hannah, Charlotte, Tori and Ashleigh - skating Santa's
Street Ice
29th November 2007
Young skaters from the club were invited to perform in the opening event at Street Ice in Birmingham's Centenary Square on Thursday evening. They all had lots of fun and even featured on Central News.The Lord Mayor was very impressed by the high standards. Thank you for your time and effort girls.
Tori, Lauren, Charlotte, Emilia
Enjoying a warm up.
They got to star with Charlie Neil the Central News weather girl.
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Information collected from the local newspaper
Peter Pan ice stars fly in for a visit
Solihull Times
June 1st 2007
FIGURE skaters who attend Solihull ice rink were given a treat this week as they were visited by members of an international ice show.
Bank Holiday Monday saw the Russian Ice Stars come to the borough as part of the publicity trail for the upcoming ice show titled; Peter Pan On Ice, which is in the Midlands next month.
The international unit which has world and European champions amongst its ranks were visiting the Monday Figure Skating Club at the ice rink to talk about the show and talk all things ice.
The children were visited by skaters Olga Stepanova who is a previous member of the Russian National Junior Team, Andrei Shishkov who is the World European champion, Danil Tataurov who is the previous winner of the Russian championship, Mikhail Stifounine who is a Russian champion and Marina Timofeeva who is a Junior Estonian champion.
Young skaters from across the region, who attend the Monday Figure Skating Club at Solihull Ice Rink were visited by the cast of the Ice show for over an hour and told the News were over-joyed with the experience.
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