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From The Big Top To Brussels: A Skating Family Touched By Two Tragedies
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One chilly afternoon at a pond in Rye, New York, Dickie Osborn LeMaire laced up a pair of skates for a game of hockey. The ice was imprinted...
The Life And Death Of Rita Trapanese
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Carolina Kostner, Silvia Fontana, Valentina Marchei... in recent years Italy has certainly produced some outstanding and accomplished fe...
The Dazzling Duncan McIntyre Hodgson
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Get ready for your head to spin faster than Lucinda Ruh , because this Skate Guard blog's got a little bit of everything: high socie...
The Beliefs Of Barbara Ann: Advice From A Late, Great Champion
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I don't know about you, but I am a huge Barbara Ann Scott fan. For her time, her skating was just miles above what many of her compet...
Fifty Two In Thirty Nine: The Afternoon Of The Waltz
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Prior to the institution of the current IJS system, the record for the most ice dance teams to compete in any given World Championships w...
The Old Smoothies
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Photo courtesy "World Ice Skating Guide" Often incorrectly attributed to architects of the era because of its common use in...
The Snow Queen: A Skating Ballet
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"Often work that draws critical vitriol ends up being really seminal." - Dean DeFino Released for television on December 10,...
Tonight We're Gonna Party Like It's 1909
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Here's my guess. You're probably reading the title of this blog going "Gymkhanas? What in the hell is a gymkhana?" It&...
Downton Abbey On Ice: The Sensational Stories Of Skating Servants
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"Skating-floors will, of course, be laid down in the houses of all the affluent, and invites will be issued from Portland-place an...
The Most Hated Skating Judge In Vienna
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Jane Vaughn Sullivan When Jane Vaughn won her two U.S. titles in 1941 and 1942, bombs were dropping overseas. Genocide and unspeakable...
Howdy, Mr. Ice And The Demise Of The Centre Theatre
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New York City's Centre Theatre may no longer be standing, but during the forties it enjoyed a decade of popularity as an exclusive v...
Marvel From Milan: The Anna Galmarini Story
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Born in the height of World War II on October 15, 1942, Anna Galmarini grew up in Milan, Italy. The four foot ten, ninety five pound dyn...
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