Skills, Tests, Achievement, Recognition – this is what STARSkate is all about!
STARSkate offers opportunities for skaters of all ages to develop fundamental figure skating skills in the areas of ice dance, skating skills, free skate and artistic skating.
Unique in Canada, this program teaches figure skating skills in a group and/or private lesson format in a progressive and sequential manner and includes specifically designed awards and incentives.
Skaters have the opportunity to take Skate Canada Tests through a nationally standardized testing system.
Skaters who have mastered figure skating skills in STARSkate may also choose to pursue synchronized skating or pairs skating.
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5:15 -7:15 |
7:15-8:00 |
5:00-6:45 |
7:15-8:00 |
4:00-6:15 |
| SLFSC season fees Oct-Mar: $730 |
Associate Members Fee
$300 for the season
This is for skaters that wish to skate in our club 1 day a week for the season. The day must be the same day of the week for the entire season. Skaters must already be registered with another Skate Canada Skating Club in order to register in our club as an associate member (paid Skate Canada fee).
Proof of Skate Canada membership is required.
Drop-In Ice Fees
Drop in ice for the regular season from October - March
$25 per day/session.
Private Lessons
The STARSkate program is designed for skaters to work independently and practice what they are taught in their private or semi-private lessons.
Parents are to reach out to the coaches they are interested in using to set up a lesson schedule. Coaches can be reached by clicking the button below
StarSkate Fundraising Requirements
Each STARSkate family is required to work (3) bingos per skating season (Sept 1-March 31). To review our fundraising and volunteer requirements visit the below button
Skating Tests
The StarSkate program consists of figure skating skills in four disciplined areas - Skating Skills, Ice Dance, Free Skate and Artistic (Interpretive).
Tests are assessed either by coach or evaluator, depending on level of test being taken
* As the skater passes levels on dance tests, eventually a skating partner will be used to test for dance. See the Partnering Policy on the bottom of this page for more info*
Available Coach Assessed Tests
| Skating Skills |
| Star 1 | Star 2 | Star 3 |
| Star 4 | Star 5 |
FreeSkate
| Star 1 | Star 2 | Star 3 |
| Star 4 | Star 5 |
Artistic (Interpretive)
| Star 5 |
Dance
| Star 1 | Star 2a, 2b | Star 3a, b |
| Star 4a, b | Star 5a, b |
The objective of the Artistic program is to encourage and develop skaters' creativity, expression, musicality, movement, interpretation of music, as well as the use of space, rhythm, line and style. The program provides skaters with the opportunity to explore the performance aspect of skating without focusing on technical elements.
| Star 5 | Star 7 | Star 9 | Gold |
Skating Skills
Skating Skills are a combination of fundamental skating movements, executed on a pattern and skated solo. The basic components of all disciplines of figure skating are incorporated into the program. The movements are derived from former compulsory figures, free skating and ice dancing. The objective of the Skating Skills program is mastery of the basic fundamentals of skating - edge quality, control, power and speed.
There are eleven Skating Skills tests in the STARSkate program
| Star 1 | Star 2 | Star 3 | Star 4 |
| Star 5 | Star 6 | Star 7 | Star 8 |
| Star 9 | Star 10 | Gold |
Free Skate
Free skating consists of the execution of jumps, spins, footwork, field movements and stroking, either in isolation or performed in sequence to music. Each test consists of 2 parts - Elements in Isolation and a Free Program.
There are twenty Free Skating tests in the STARSkate program. Each test consists of 2 parts (Elements in isolation and Freeskate program)
| Star 1 | Star 2 Elements + Program | Star 3 Elements + Program | Star 4 Elements + Program |
| Star 5 Elements + Program | Star 6 Elements + Program | Star 7 Elements + Program | Star 8 Elements + Program |
| Star 9 Elements + Program | Star 10 Elements + Program | Gold Program |
Ice Dance
Consisting of fourteen levels of tests, the Dance Test program teaches timing, musicality, rhythm interpretation, structure as well as basic skating skills such as edges, flow, control and unison.The dances in the StarSkate program can be tried in any order but a candidate must pass the required number of dances in a dance test before proceeding to the next level. In addition to the traditional compulsory dances, there are also Creative Dances to challenge skaters' creativity, artistry and originality.
| Star 1: Elements | Star 2a: Dutch Waltz | Star 2b: Canasta Tango | Star 3a: Baby Blues |
| Star 3b: Elements | Star 4a: Swing Dance | Star 4b: Fiesta Tango |
Star 5a: Willow Waltz |
| Star 5b: Elements |
Star 6a: Ten Fox |
Star 6b: Fourteen Step | Star 6c European |
| Star 7a: Foxtrot | Star 7b: Tango | Star 7c: American Waltz | Star 8a: Killian |
| Star 8b: Rocker Foxtrot | Star 8c: Starlight Waltz | Star 9a: Paso Doble | Star 9b: Blues |
| Star 9c: Silver Samba | Star 10a: ChaCha | Star 10c: Quickstep |
Gold A: Viennese Waltz |
| Gold B: Argentine Tango | Gold C: Open Solo Rhythm Dance |
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Once skaters have completed all Star dance tests and the gold dances they can choose to the Diamond dance tests (Rhumba, Tango Romantica, Yankee Polka, and Ravensburg Waltz)
How do you sign up?
To register for our STARSkate program, visit the registration button below
All programs are subject to an annual Skate Canada membership fee of $61.65. Membership is valid from September 1st to August 31st.
Sylvan Lake Figure Skating Club (SLFSC) Partnering Policy
Skater needs to be a registered member with a SLFSC program in the current skating season to take advantage of club partnering, unless invited by an executive member
A board member or board appointed coach will prepare the partnering schedule for the club
All correspondence with the club partner will be through the board appointed representative
Skaters are expected to do an on ice warm up for a minimum of 10 minutes prior to their scheduled partnering time - with the exception of the first skater on the schedule for the day.
If a skater is late for their scheduled partnering time, they will not bump the scheduled skaters to accommodate them self, they will have missed their partnering.
Fees must be paid, and club consequences may apply
If advance notice is not given for cancellation of a skater's partnering slot, the skater will be charged the applicable fees
Music privileges will be given to the skater in a lesson with the dance partner. On ice right of way is to be given to skaters in their partnering lesson
Club partnering is a privilege and if any SLFSC policies are not followed, partnering privileges may be revoked
We no not have a club partner at this time