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In Memoriam: LARRY FISHER 1951-2020
The Figure Skating Club of the Quad Cities mourns the loss of long-time member Larry Fisher, who passed away on May 23. Larry was a warm and witty person who always had a smile for everyone. He followed his daughter Jessy onto the ice and became a valued member of our adult skating community, partnering with Karen Doy for many years in pairs and ice dance and competing on the River's Edge Open Adult Synchronized Skating Team. We will miss him terribly. Our deepest sympathies go out to his wife Janet and son and daughter Jon and Jessy. Link to the Quad City Times story about Larry: qctimes.com/news/local/friends-colleagues-mourn-loss-of-longtime-quad-city-times-photojournalist-larry-fisher/article_27b41e60-07a3-5dd6-8c1a-8a659076e2a5.html#tracking-source=home-top-story-1 2020 BOARD ELECTIONS
Board members elected in 2020 to a 2-year term are: Shari Baker, Jeanine Johnson, Calla Ritchie, Ferelith Senjem, and Tori Tebbitt. They will join returning members Marci Hotchkiss, Gena McCullough, Jenny Preston, Sue Schwaegler, Jen Struss, and Jeni Tackett. The new board will meet on Monday, June 1 to determine officers for the 2020-2021 season. Thank you to all who ran, and all who voted! Congratulations to our graduating Senior, Anna Audrey Senjem!
Anna has received a Silver Graduating Senior Award from U.S. Figure Skating, and will be attending the University of California at Berkeley next year. Anna, we are so proud of you and know your future will be very bright! We are proud to announce our new YouTube channel:
Figure Skating Club of the Quad Cities Check it out! We are busy adding videos of our past shows! 
FROZEN LANDING 2019
Thank you to our skaters who performed in the exhibition to open Bettendorf's Frozen Landing for the season! You looked amazing, and really did us proud! 
SENDOFF 2019!!!
All our best wishes go with Lily and Sydney, who are going to St. Paul this weekend with Coach Kate to compete at the Upper Great Lakes Regional Championships. We also wish a fond "Bon Voyage" to Nick, as he leaves for Germany to skate in a holiday ice show. Safe travels and great skates to all!!! |
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CONGRATULATIONS TO COACHES KATE AND FERELITH!
Kate and Ferelith recently passed PSA ratings exams! Ferelith passed her Certified Free Skating ratings exam at the annual conference of the Professional Skaters Association last May. This September she passed her Certified Moves in the Field exam, while Kate earned Registered ratings in both Free Skating and Moves. This is a great achievement for any coach, requiring hours of preparation. We applaud them for their dedication to continuing education and desire to do their very best for their skaters. To see Kate and Ferelith's complete coaching bios, as well as those of all our coaches, click the "About" button, and then "Coaches". To read more about the PSA rating and ranking system for coaches, click "About", then "Coaches", then "Coach Registration, Ranking and Rating". |
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GravityGlide® Clinic
On Saturday, July 13, our adult skaters participated in a 4-hour GravityGlide® workshop presented by Sissel Svanöe Rhyme. We had classroom instruction in the anatomy of our bodies and our skate blades, and on-ice instruction in how to move effortlessly and efficiently on our blades in gravity. We all had "Aha!" moments throughout the day, and Sue Schwaegler completed her certification as a GravityGlide® coach. |
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VICTOR SCHMIDT'S 100TH BIRTHDAY ON ICE!
The Figure Skating Club of the Quad Cities celebrates with our long-time member and supporter Victor Schmidt on his 100th birthday! Friends, family, and past and current FSCQC members joined Victor on the ice to the strains of the Dutch Waltz. Victor, the club thanks you for all you have done for us over the years, and congratulates you on this very special birthday! |
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SHEILA THELEN CLINIC
We were absolutely thrilled to have a clinic with Sheila Thelen on February 3rd! She worked with our skaters both on and off the ice, and trained us in the use of our new off-ice harness. Thank you so much, Sheila! And a huge shout-out to Coach Ferelith, who organized this wonderful clinic for us! Thanks also to our John Deere employee sponsors! We used our Benevity funds to purchase the harness! |
JOHN DEERE MATCHING FUNDS
For those of you that have family members or friends that work at John Deere, we are pleased to share that FSCQC has now been set up in John Deere's volunteerism tool. This means that for John Deere employees who volunteer time with FSCQC (such as for shows, competitions, etc), the employee can submit those volunteer hours for the "John Deere Dollars for Doers" program, resulting in John Deere making a monetary donation to FSCQC. In addition, any John Deere employee that gives a monetary donation to the club can request John Deere "Matching Funds" resulting in a matching donation from Deere. Dollars for Doers funds and matching funds can be requested through the John Deere Volunteerism tool by selecting "Figure Skating Club of the Quad Cities." Pass this along to any John Deere employees you know that may want to help the FSCQC out!
For those of you that have family members or friends that work at John Deere, we are pleased to share that FSCQC has now been set up in John Deere's volunteerism tool. This means that for John Deere employees who volunteer time with FSCQC (such as for shows, competitions, etc), the employee can submit those volunteer hours for the "John Deere Dollars for Doers" program, resulting in John Deere making a monetary donation to FSCQC. In addition, any John Deere employee that gives a monetary donation to the club can request John Deere "Matching Funds" resulting in a matching donation from Deere. Dollars for Doers funds and matching funds can be requested through the John Deere Volunteerism tool by selecting "Figure Skating Club of the Quad Cities." Pass this along to any John Deere employees you know that may want to help the FSCQC out!