WPCNR RINKSIDE. By John F. Bailey. December 9, 2007: December in addition to holiday festivities, brings us the Ebersole Rink Holiday Ice Skating Show which skates this coming Saturday  the 15th at 1:15 PM at Ebersole Rink. The ever popular tots and Ebersole Figure Skating Solists will perform holiday numbers, skating their way into your hearts and ushering in the holiday spirit.

The Ebersole Figure Skating School  managed by Kristen Fuerst, the White Plains Figure Skating Club and the Ebersole Advanced Figure Skating Club   for the last decade have created a camaraderie and a skating ethic that its graduates take with them everywhere they skate. Here is last year's Holiday Ice Show finale. Another ice show is coming up this Saturday Afternoon at 1: 15PM. (Not 2 as previously reported)

White Plains' Amy Reinthaler, Ebersole Rink Alumna Takes time out to say hello at The Porter Synchronized Skating Classic in Ann Arbor, Michigan last week``

Three recent White Plains graduates are skating for their collegiate synchronized skating teams and got the synchro season off to a sensational high level last weekend at the Dr. Porter Synchronized Skating Classic in Ann Arbor, Michigan. They are Amy Reinthaler (above) who synchro-skates for Notre Dame University;  Aly Salonger who anchors down a key slot on the University of Delaware Synchro Team and Juliana Bailey who synchros on both the Collegiate and Senior Teams of the University of Michigan.

Here’s a look at the White Plains “Stars on Ice” as they competed at the Porter last week – where 179 synchronized  skating teams from Canada and across the United States attracted some 5,000 plus into “College Town USA” in the most impressive Porter in the three years this reporter has been covering the Classic

Aly Salonger (Center of Picture, second from left, foreground) is shown skating the incredibly creative University of Delaware Collegiate Program that, instead of skating to theme of music, told a story in a variety of musical cuts, superbly transitioned. It may, like the “Van Helsing” program of three years ago – also created by the U of D – usher in a new dimension in creating a synchro program. In this reporter’s opinion, it was the most involving, audience-pleasing program of the weekend. The Judges, using the International Scoring System thought so, too. The University of Delaware finished second to Miami University of Ohio, who skated to “Grindhouse

Amy Reinthaler, the Angel of the Ice just a few years ago at Ebersole is skating (second from left, front row above)  for the University of Notre Dame.  Here are the Irish skating their best appearance ever in the Porter Classic last weekend.

Ms. Reinthaler has helped to organize and lead the Irish Synchronized Skating team the last two years. She told WPCNR that when she was recruiting skaters, she was told “nobody goes to Notre Dame to skate.” Thanks to Ms. Reinthaler, they do now.  She is seen skating in the Notre Dame Collegeiate program “Haunted."

Juliana Bailey, “cross-skates” for both University of Michigan Senior and Collegiate Teams, having to learn three different skating programs. Ms. Bailey is shown first skating the Senior Short program above , (the skater on the far right, leading the second line farthest)  as the two lines of Wolverinettes go into the  scary spread eagle splice -- one of only two senior teams to attempt the splice-clean-or-die maneuver.  They made it. They skated to That’s Life in their Senior Short program.

Ms. Bailey is seen on far left, front row, skating for the Universithy of Michigan Collegiate team showing great edges. They finished 6th of 12 teams, just 5 points out of 3rd place and a field of terrific skating teams.

The Senior and Collegiate divisions showed terrific competitive balance for this time in the synchro season.The  University of Michigan Senior team placed 8^th of 10 teams in the Short Senior Competion in a very strong field of teams—but only 5 points out of fourth place.  The Michigan Collegiate Team placed 6^th of 12 teams in their first competitive skate of the year, the last to skate, and vaulted six teams to place sixth only 5 points out of 3^rd place.

Skate hard, pass your USFSA moves and dance tests, work on those SAT scores-- and you, too can skate synchro and see the USA and the  world and get the best looking warmup jackets. Ms. Bailey models the U of M. Synchro Skating warmup jacket. No teams are better outfitted than synchronized skating teams folks.