Skating Club Hosts 33rd Annual Musical On Ice

By:  David Deschesne

Fort Fairfield Journal, March 18, 2015

   The Northern Maine Figure Skating Club (NMFSC) presented their 33rd annual Musical on Ice last Saturday at The Forum in Presque Isle.  The theme for this year's show was The Little Mermaid and featured over 50 skaters of varying ages from 2 to 20+ years old from the area.

   The show, which lasts about an hour and forty-five minutes, began to be prepared last Fall.  "We start preparing for the show almost when skating starts for us in October," said NMFSC President, Mindy Aube.   "We start with picking a theme, deciding on costumes, assigning lead roles and then as the season progresses about Christmas time we start breaking the kids into groups and beginning to get together what exactly it is they're going to do.  Then the beginning of February we start specifically working on all of the choreography for each particular group and they work for about five weeks on that to get ready to do these performances."

   This year's show featured several solists: Allison Madore, Lee Ireland, Marta Herzog, Katelyn White, Jessica Aube and Kimberly Cook.

   "Our club was pleased to welcome many new skaters this year.  It was exciting to watch these skaters progress from that very first and sometimes fearful step onto the ice holding firmly onto a coach, or helper, to seeing them successfully skate away on their own and enjoying their accomplishments."

   To view a WFFJ-TV News video of this event, click here.

Above:  Marta Herzog, a 17 year-old Senior at Presque Isle High School skated a solo to Destruction of Grotto during the Musical on Ice.  Below:  Lee Ireland, also a 17 year-old Senior at PIHS was the Little Mermaid in the show.   all photos/David Deschesne