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StarSkate Fundraising Requirements
Each STAR family is required to work (3) bingos per skating season (Sept 1-March 31). We do require 3x $300 fundraising cheques; these cheques will be returned to you once your volunteer requirements have been completed. Skaters will not be permitted on the ice until cheques have been received. Failure to work volunteer shifts will result in fundraising cheque being cashed.
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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.
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
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 |
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 |
Artistic
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 |
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.
The Dance Tests are as follows:
| 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/ 14 Step |
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)