Skills, Tests, Achievement, Recognition – this is what STARSkate is all about!
STARSkate offers opportunities for skaters of all ages to develop fundamental figure skating skills in the areas of ice dance, skills, freeskate and interpretive skating.
The Ice Dance program teaches timing, musicality, rhythm, interpretation, structure as well as basic skating skills such as edges, flow, control and unison.
Skating Skills are a combination of fundamental skating movements, executed on a pattern and skated solo with or without prescribed music. The objective of the Skating Skills program is achievement of the basic fundamentals of skating – edge quality, control, power and speed.
Free Skate consists of the execution of jumps, spins, footwork, field movements and stroking, either in isolation or performed in sequence to music.
The Interpretive program encourages and develops skaters’ creativity, expression, musicality, movement, interpretation of music, as well as the use of space, rhythm, line and style.
Unique in Canada, this program teaches figure skating skills in a group and/or private lesson format in a progressive and sequential manner and includes specifically designed awards and incentive. Although not mandatory, skaters have the opportunity to take Skate Canada tests through a nationally standardized testing system during club organized test sessions, called “Test Days”.
At the same time, skaters may also choose to enter external open competitions.
Intro StarSkate
Skater must have passed Stage 6.
Monday Fall/Winter Intro StarSkate class will include an off-ice fitness class in the lamplight room from 5:10-5:40pm. The Spring session does not include this.
There will be a $25 administration fee for any refunds processed after classes begin, September 9th for Fall/Winter and March 23 for Spring. The last day to request a refund is October 12 for Fall/Winter and April 4 for Spring.
Junior StarSkate
Must have passed all of Star1 FreeSkate , Star 1 Skills, and up to Star 2A Dances (Dutch Waltz).
Monday Fall/Winter Junior StarSkate includes a 30minute off-ice class in the lamplight room from 6:20-6:50pm. There will not be off-ice fitness in the Spring Session.
Saturday Junior StarSkate is a fully coached session where skaters will work on jumps, spins, edges, and power. The fee includes all coaching.
There will be a $25 administration fee for any refunds processed after classes begin, September 9th for Fall/Winter and March 23 for Spring. The last day to request a refund is October 12 for Fall/Winter and April 4th for Spring.
Senior StarSkate
Must have passed two of: Star 3 Freeskate, Senior Bronze Skills, and/or any Sr. Bronze Dance (judged).
Monday night Fall/Winter senior session includes a 30minute off-ice fitness class in the lamplight room. This class will run from 5:45-6:15pm. This off-ice class will not run in the Spring.
Saturday Senior StarSkate will be a full coached session focusing on jumps, edges, power, turns, and spins. There is no additional coaching fee for this session.
There will be a $25 administration fee for any refunds processed after classes begin, September 9th for Fall/Winter and March 23 for Spring. The last day to request a refund is October 12 for Fall/Winter and April 4th for Spring
Advanced StarSkate
Must have passed TWO of the following: Senior Silver Skills, Junior Silver Dances, and/or Senior Bronze Freeskate.
Monday night Fall/Winter Advanced session includes a 30minute off-ice fitness class. This class will run from 7:10-7:40pm. There will not be an off-ice class in Spring session.
Saturday Advanced StarSkate will be a fully coached session focusing on jumps, edges, power, turns, and spins. There is no additional coaching fee for this session.
There will be a $25 administration fee for any refunds processed after classes begin, September 9th, 2019 for Fall/Winter and March 23, 2020 for Spring. The last day to request a refund is October 12, 2019 for Fall/Winter and April 4th, 2020 for Spring.
