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figure skating club, inc
 
post office box 23121 • billings montana 59104
Upcoming Events



The ice is scheduled to be laid at Centennial Ice Arena by the beginning of August, 2011.

YVFSC Annual Garage Sale Fundraiser
8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., August 11 & 12, 2011
(Sale set-up is 7:00 p.m., August 10)
First Church of Christ, 7 Burlington Avenue, Billings, Montana
For more information, contact Laura Blatz or Cathy Goettel

2011 Summer Skating School, with Steven Cousins and Felicia Beck
August 15 - 19, 2011
Centennial Ice Arena, Billings, Montana
For more information, contact Skating Director Leslie Albright


• Events are also listed on the Ice page •
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Jackson Hole Invitational Results
 
March 10 - 13, 2011, Snow King Arena, Jackson, WY

Competition Results
Nickolas Goettel, Basic Skills 1 • Compulsory - 1st Place
Lily Goettel, Beginner Test Track • Free Skate - 5th Place
Haylie Wickam, Preliminary • Compulsory - 3rd Place / Preliminary Test Track • Free Skate - 3rd Place
Jessica Gartner, Free Skate 4 • Compulsory - 1st Place / Free Skate 4 • Free Skate - 2nd Place
Waverly Huston, Novice • Artistic - 4th Place / Novice • Free Skate - 4th Place
Cathy Goettel, Adult • Artistic - 2nd Place
2011 Big Sky Games Figure Skating Competition
& Test Results
 
April 16, 2011, Centennial Ice Arena

Competition Results
Nickolas Goettel:  Beginner 1 • Compulsory - 1st Place
                          Basic • Showcase - 4th Place              
Alexsis Reynaga:  Beginner 1 • Compulsory - 1st Place
Jessica Voigt:  Beginner 2 • Compulsory - 1st Place
Lily Goettel:  Beginner 5A • Compulsory - 2nd Place
                   Beginner 5 • Solo Freestyle Restricted - 2nd Place
Abby Perkic:  Beginner 5B • Compulsory - 1st Place
Elena Vandersloot:  Beginner 5 • Solo Freestyle Restricted - 3rd Place
Sol Lovas:  Basic Adult • Solo Artistic - 1st place
Cathy Goettel:  Gold Adult • Solo Artistic - 1st place
                       Gold Adult • Footwork - 1st Place

Tests Passed
Elena Vandersloot - Pre-preliminary Moves in the Field
Haylie Wickam - Preliminary Moves in the Field
Sol Lovas - Adult Bronze Moves in the Field
The next meeting of the Board of Directors will be at 7:00 p.m., Tuesday, August 23, 2011, at Grains of Montana, 926 Grand Avenue, Billings.
 
2011
Summer Skating                         School

Guest coaches

Steven Cousins and Felicia Beck

will again be joining

YVFSC Skating Director and coach Leslie Albright

for the 2011 Summer Skating School, the week of August 15 through 19, at Centennial Ice Arena in Billings.


Private lesson slots fill quickly, so get your application in soon!


Please contact Leslie Albright for more information and application form.

Steven Cousins

is an 8-time British National Champion, Olympic, and professional skater living and training in Canada. This past April, he and Felicia took part in US Figure Skating’s 2011 National Program Components Camp in Strongsville, Ohio. His coaching style is personal and positive with great energy for skaters of all levels.

Felicia Beck

is a US National Junior Bronze Medalist, choreographer, coach, technical specialist, and US Figure Skating Athlete Advisory Committee member. Born in Texas, she now lives and trains in southern California. Her students benefit from her technical and artistic expertise, warm enthusiasm, and deep passion for the sport of figure skating.

How to Participate:

1 -  Ask at least five family members, friends, or neighbors for a donation of five good-quality, good-condition items for the sale (for a total minimum of 25 items. No clothing, please. Use the club receipts — which include the club’s tax ID number — to document the donation for the donor’s tax records. Do sign the receipt with your name next to “for the YVFSC”.

2 -  Remember to say THANK YOU! for their support of our club’s fundraiser.

3 -  By Wednesday evening, August 10th, contact either of the fundraiser’s co-chairs, Laura Blatz and Cathy Goettel, and let them know when you can work a 4-hour shift during the sale hours Friday or Saturday (8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. both days). We’ll need as many people as possible to help clean up after the sale Saturday afternoon, as well.

4 -  Clean up your donated items and put a price tag on all of them. Bring your buffed-up, priced goods to the First Church of Christ, 7 Burlington Avenue, at 7:00 p.m. on the evening of Thursday, August 11th. Your help is also needed to organize the items for an easy start to the sale on Friday.

Any questions? Contact:

Laura Blatz • 591-4726 • laurablatz@yahoo.com

Cathy Goettel • 690-4882 • cathyg@moose-mail.com

 

First Church of Christ

7 Burlington Avenue

SALE SET-UP - 7:00 p.m.,Thursday, August 10

GARAGE SALE - 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., Friday & Saturday, August 11 & 12

The Garage Sale is a mandatory fundraiser. The proceeds help defray the cost of ice time for our skaters. To make the event as successful as possible, full participation from our membership is vital.

Full participation in this fundraiser consists of:

  1. BulletDonation of 25 items per membership (family or individual).

  2. BulletSetup help on the evening of Thursday, August 11th (all members).

  3. BulletAt least one shift (4 hours) worked (all members) during the sale itself.

The opt-out fee for this fundraiser is $100 per membership (family or individual) for those who do not meet the above criteria.