Amanda Nagy in the Moulin Rouge segment. (Photo by Don Bodger)
The second half of Fuller Lake Skating Club’s performance of Reel Ice featured a Moulin Rouge segment, Chicago, comic book superheroes, Thelma & Louise, Ease On Down The Road, the Wizard Of Oz munchkins, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, the Karate Kid and a horror film number before the grand finale.
All levels of skaters were incorporated into the production. The tiniest of kids in the Canskate groups were thrilled to be part of it.
“I had such a great time with the skaters getting ready for this show,” noted Dominic Turgeon, the Fuller Lake Skating Club’s head coach and ice show director. “Firmly imprinted in my brain is the vision of two little girls on the end of what we call a pinwheel, holding on for dear life and grinning from ear to ear.”
He conceded so much work goes into a show of this nature in a very short period of time, primarily three weeks in this case.
“The execution of it all was excellent,” Turgeon observed. He credited Jenn Torres Hernandez, who monitored and covered all the bases, Maureen Ridgway doing costumes and Alejandra Wilson with decorations, to name a few.
“The show did have a lot of variety which is one of the great things about using such a broad theme,” Turgeon added. “I think some of the interpretations of how the movie was represented was clever. Both the senior girls smaller group numbers Moulin Rouge/Isabel Anderson and Wizard Of Oz/Lucy Street with the juniors were fun and very much a collaborated effort with the skaters and myself.”
Moulin Rouge routine features Sophie Dawe. (Photo by Don Bodger)Hannah Wilson, left, and Kiera Klymchuk in Moulin Rouge. (Photo by Don Bodger)Isabel Anderson skates a Chicago solo. (Photo by Don Bodger)Chicago routine by Isabel Anderson in the spotlight. (Photo by Don Bodger)Intermediate figure skaters Chloe Wilson, Isla Fink and Caitlin Varcoe are comic book superheroes. (Photo by Don Bodger)Comic book superheroes show their strength on the ice. From left: Quinn Montgomery, Isla Fink, Chloe Wilson, Caitlin Varcoe and Ella Stuart. (Photo by Don Bodger)Thelma & Louise, portrayed by Amanda Nagy and Hannah Wilson, are quite a tandem. (Photo by Don Bodger)It’s Amanda Nagy in the Thelma & Louise segment. (Photo by Don Bodger)Thelma & Louise, portrayed by Amanda Nagy and Hannah Wilson, are quite a dynamic duo. (Photo by Don Bodger)Ease On Down The Road with Lucy Street and Mica Torres Hernandez. (Photo by Don Bodger)The cast of Ease On Down the Road, from left: Isabel Anderson, Daisy McNamara, Lucy Street, Mica Torres Hernandez and Brooklyn Puska. (Photo by Don Bodger)Brooklyn Puska’s solo routine in Ease On Down The Road. (Photo by Don Bodger)Munchkins invade the ice during Wizard Of Oz segment, including Lillyana Graham, left, and Addeline LaBoucane. (Photo by Don Bodger)Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, with Lucy Street performing as Dorothy. (Photo by Don Bodger)Amanda Nagy organizes the Canskate Red group for The Karate Kid. (Photo by Don Bodger)Marley Sanders leads some of The Karate Kid skaters from the Canskate Red group, with Isabelle Morencie right behind. (Photo by Don Bodger)Senior skaters finish Reel Ice with a horror film. (Photo by Don Bodger)
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