This year, the Cloverdale Skating Club is taking a trip through their 20 years of ice skating shows with their performance A Skate Down Memory Lane.
鈥淲e鈥檙e doing something a little bit different by doing a retrospective of previous ice shows,鈥� Aly Nickel, the club鈥檚 ice show chair, said. 鈥淭here鈥檒l be little vignettes of each mirroring the past.鈥�
Every two years, the skating club gets together to put on an elaborate ice show. Over the past 20 years, the club has seen performances of Mary Poppins, the wild west, the Lion King, the Little Mermaid, fairy tales and even a disco-themed night.
This year, the show will feature 180 skaters between the ages of 3 and 18.
Each age group will have different parts in the show鈥檚 various numbers: in the Mary Poppins number, for instance, the oldest skaters auditioned for the solo sections, while the youngest skaters will be taking to the ice as penguins.
鈥淭hey鈥檒l be adorable,鈥� Nickel said. 鈥淎 complete train wreck, but adorable.鈥�
The show will also feature a guest performance by Cloverdale figure skater Faith Benko, who first began skating with the Cloverdale club.
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鈥淎ll the kids are looking forward to reliving some of the stuff they鈥檝e done in the past and watching other kids do those parts,鈥� Nickel said.
鈥淚 know my own daughter, one of the little girls is wearing her Sebastian costume from years gone by. And she just about cried when she saw her in it.
鈥淚鈥檓 really looking forward to seeing how the new generation brings to life the older parts.鈥�
A Skate Down Memory Lane will be taking place at the Cloverdale Arena on March 16 and 17.
There will be one 7 p.m. show on each day, as well as a 1 p.m. matinee on Saturday, March 17.
Tickets are available at the door, or by emailing cloverdalesc@gmail.com.
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