Skating Club of Boston
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The Skating Club of Boston is a figure skating club based in Boston, Massachusetts. Formed in 1911, it is one of the oldest skating clubs in the United States, predating the formation of the United States Figure Skating Association. The club owns its own rink in Brighton, Massachusetts, built in 1938.
[edit] Club activities
An annual competition, the Boston Open, is held each fall. In the spring, the club puts on an ice show known as Ice Chips, which is said to have had the longest continuous run of any club skating carnival in the world. The club organizes synchronized skating teams under the name Team Boston and the ice theatre teams Act I of Boston and Imagica Theatre on Ice, which both won international competitions in that discipline in 2005 and 2006.
Like some of the other older skating clubs in North America, the Skating Club of Boston retains elements of a "country club" approach, with an emphasis on social activities, including weekly dinners and ballroom dancing. Prospective members must be sponsored by two existing members, attend social events, be approved by the club board, and pay an initiation fee.
[edit] Notable members
A partial list of notable skaters who have trained at or represented the Skating Club of Boston include:
- Theresa Weld Blanchard
- Nathaniel Niles
- Roger F. Turner
- Dick Button
- Bradley Lord
- Paul Wylie
- Maribel Vinson
- Laurence Owen
- Maribel Owen
- Tenley Albright
- Jennifer Kirk
- Scott Smith
- Stephen Carriere
