Another season of the Fort Smith Skating Club has come to an end, but as is the custom each season, thereSA国际影视传媒檚 a year-end show to wrap things up.

This year, the clubSA国际影视传媒檚 skaters took to the ice at the Fort Smith Centennial Arena to perform routines based around the Disney movie Elemental on March 23 and 24.

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Each group performed a routine based on music that Harney said fit best with the characters in a group.

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This year, though, Harney said she let the solo skaters choose whatever music they wanted to perform their routines to and it seemed to be a popular decision.

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While the skaters had been working on personal development for the entire season, Harney said preparations for the year-end show began around February, but it didnSA国际影视传媒檛 come without some challenges.

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Even with all of those things in the way, everything turned out well, she added, and the community seemed to love what they saw.

SA国际影视传媒淲e had two shows and both were well attended,SA国际影视传媒� she said. SA国际影视传媒淪aturday night (March 23) seemed to have more people in attendance. I did get some great feedback from people that they liked the music and noticed the skill growth in the skaters.SA国际影视传媒�

The show was part of a very busy season for the club. In addition to the usual competitions, one skater, Solenn Kikoak, travelled to Alaska for the Arctic Winter Games. She won a silver ulu in the team event with Team NT and a Fair Play pin for helping Team Nunavut compete.

The club also hosted the NWT Figure Skating Championships, which saw skaters from Hay River and Yellowknife compete as well.

Harney said 10 of the clubSA国际影视传媒檚 skaters also passed 26 different STAR Skate assessments during the course of the season.

The STAR program is a Skate Canada program that introduces skaters to the basic elements of figure skating.