(24 January 2010) The Desert Ice Figure Skating Club celebration of National Skating Month was very well received by its many attendees yesterday! The festivities all took place at Santa Fe's Genoveva Chavez Community Center (GCCC) from 11:00am through 2:45pm. A whole range of activities were carefully coordinated between Desert Ice staff and GCCC management. There were many activities, perhaps the most exciting being the free skating lessons! The excitement was captured firsthand by reporters from the Santa Fe New Mexican (see the article here).
Reception Table, gateway to a day of F-U-N!!
Skaters take advantage of FREE lessons!!
Wow! In addition to the free skating lessons, there were raffles for fun prizes, a skate swap, free tours of the Zamboni (the unique ice skating machine you may have seen prepare rinks between skating sessions), a silent auction, and other fun activities. The Santa Fe city manager (Robert Romero) even stopped by!
Skate Swap, where bargain hunters scored big from a dazzling array of offerings from Desert Ice members
Lots of excitement: Raffles, demonstrations, skate swap, Zamboni tours, silent auction, and free skating lessons
The event was tremendously successful, exceeding our best hopes for attendance, and a wonderful start for our new year. We wish a warm thanks to the DIFSC staff, parents, coaches, skaters, GCCC staff, and especially ALL the attendees who made this day a very special one for Desert Ice!!
Thomas Fagin explains the intricate workings of the Zamboni ice machine
The Desert Ice Figure Skating Club celebration of National Skating Month was held at Santa Fe's own Chavez Community Center
Chavez Community Center
Winston the Pug was very sad to have missed the NSM celebration
