The Adelaide Glaciarium
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At the turn of the century, Hindley Street in Adelaide, Australia played host to a busy shopping center and the popular Theatre Royal, which showcased the first Lumière moving pictures in the country. The street's businesses were serviceable by a tram car, which travelled from nearby King William Street up to the hills or down to the sea coast. In 1899, another of the street's attractions, the Cyclorama was razed to the ground by fire. It was on the site of this Cyclorama that Henry Newman Reid set to work building a novelty never before seen down under... the first ice rink in the Southern ..read more
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The 1900 European Figure Skating Championships
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Held on January 21, 1900, in Berlin, the 1900 European Figure Skating Championships marked the first time since 1893 that Germany played host to the European Championships. Although good ol' Wikipedia claims "Skaters competed only in the categories of men's singles" and "the competitors performed only compulsory figures", the event included competitions for senior men, junior men and pairs skating. It also most definitely included free skating competitions, referenced in both ISU records and numerous German and Austrian newspaper accounts. The judging panel for all three events consisted of th ..read more
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The 1972 World Figure Skating Championships
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1w ago
Photo courtesy Canada's Sports Hall Of Fame. Used with permission. Canada had just introduced a capital gains tax and a ban on cigarette advertisements on television, film and radio. In England, unemployment had reached the one million mark for the first time since the thirties, and a miner's strike foreshadowed the oil crisis and Three-Day Week to come. Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau's son Justin was only a few months old and Bettye Lavette's cover of Neil Young's new hit song "Heart Of Gold" blared on the 8-track players of Volkswagen Beetles.  The year was 1972 and sixteen years be ..read more
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A Lifelong Devotion: The Suzanne Morrow And Wally Distelmeyer Story
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Photo courtesy Toronto Public Library, from Toronto Star Photographic Archive. Reproduced for educational purposes under license permission. "Figure skating has given me an opportunity for over 50 years to work as a volunteer involved with our young and older skaters, and to be at the center of building programs that have led to the evolution of Canadian figure skating." - Suzanne Morrow-Francis, "The Legendary Night Of Figure Skating" program, 1999 Photo courtesy "Canadian Skater" magazine Wallace 'Wally' William Distelmeyer was born July 14, 1926, in Kitchener; his partner Suzanne 'Suzy ..read more
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Marvin R. Clark, The First American Skating Journalist
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2w ago
"Let us hope that the art of skating may continue its progress in popular favour, and never sigh for new worlds to conquer." - Marvin R. Clark Born in January of 1840, Marvin Richardson Clark was the only child of Benjamin and Margaret (Gorge) Clark. His father was a provision merchant and his mother was widely known as 'Mother' Clark for her religious work with female inmates in The Tombs and in the Five Points quarter, a dangerous and disease-ridden slum in lower Manhattan, and with the temperance movement. The Clark family shared a home with a grocer and his large family. Though well-kno ..read more
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Beyond Ice Castles: Fascinating Tales Of Visually Impaired Skaters
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2w ago
"We forgot about the flowers." That memorable line is one that is often repeated by long-time fans of figure skating when reminiscing about the 1978 film "Ice Castles", which told the story of a inspiring young visually impaired skater.  Did you know that the real-life history of visually impaired skaters dates back over a hundred years before the concept for "Ice Castles" was even developed? If you want to learn about the fascinating history of visually impaired skaters, look no further than this general timeline of highlights. 1838 - One of the earliest accounts of a visually impaired ..read more
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Book Review - Toller Cranston: Ice, Paint, Passion
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3w ago
"Toller Cranston: Ice, Paint, Passion" is the most important figure skating book of the year.  It not only pays tribute to an extraordinary figure skater, artist, and Canadian, but also serves as a powerful message to all creative individuals - with big dreams and hard work, a bold and successful life is within reach. The book features a star-studded lineup of Canadian figure skating legends such as Kurt Browning, Sandra Bezic, Brian Orser, Tracy Wilson, and PJ Kwong. Not to mention the contributions from other notable Canadians like musicians Joni Mitchell and Leonard Cohen, as well a ..read more
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The 1934 World Figure Skating Championships
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Signed menu from the banquet at the 1934 World Championships. Photo courtesy Deutsches Sport and Olympia Museum. In February 1934, North America was in the depths of The Great Depression, a new Conservative government was formed in France after riots broke out in the streets of Paris and all eyes were on Scandinavia as the world's best figure skaters convened in a trio of Northern capital cities for the World Figure Skating Championships in men's, women's and pairs skating.  Oslo, Stockholm, Helsinki were all accustomed to hosting major international competitions and huge crowds came ..read more
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Talking Toller with Phillippa Cranston Baran
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1M ago
It is not often that a book comes along that absolutely floors you - but I can promise you that the new book "Toller Cranston: Ice, Paint & Passion" will do just that.  This wonderfully important book is a step into the Wonderland of Toller's art and a celebration of his life, full of dozens of unexpected stories that will make you laugh and cry. I was absolutely delighted to contribute to this book, alongside a who's who of Canadian figure skating, including Kurt Browning, Brian Orser, Tracy Wilson, Donald Jackson, Sandra Bezic, Debbi Wilkes, Elladj Baldé, Beverley Smith and ..read more
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The 1955 World Figure Skating Championships
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Hayes Alan Jenkins and Tenley Albright Held from February 15 to 18, 1955 at the Wiener Eislaufverein in Vienna, the 1955 World Figure Skating Championships marked the first time since 1937 that the World Championships were held in Austria. Although World War II ended ten years earlier, Allied soldiers from France, the Soviet Union, America and the UK still had a visible presence in the occupied city. Despite the fact it snowed almost every day, capacity crowds of up to sixty-five hundred spectators turned out to watch the free skating events that chilly February. In between events, they ..read more
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