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Quebec City celebrates figure skating week October 14-20
(October 10, 2007 - Ottawa, ON) -Quebec City will celebrate figure skating week October 14-20, 2007. In collaboration with the City, Skate Canada is presenting a variety of skating activities each day at Place d’Youville to involve the community. In addition, Skate Canada is holding a skate drive and asking people to donate gently used skates to Québec en Forme who will distribute them to youngsters 4-12 years old who need them . Other highlights include a daily draw for two tickets for the Saturday night events at the HomeSense Skate Canada International featuring international figure skating stars, at the Colisée Pepsi, November 1 – 4 and an autograph session featuring three-time Canadian Champion, Joannie Rochette and Canadian bronze medalist Shawn Sawyer.
“We encourage everyone to come out and join us even if it is just during their lunch hour,” says Benoit Lavoie, President of Skate Canada. “This is going to be such a great week with all the different activities. We want everyone to enjoy themselves and to see what fun skating is.”
A detailed list of media and photo opportunities is below:
| Day | Activity – Place d’Youville | Description/Time |
| Sunday October, 14 | Benoit Lavoie speaks |
2:00pm |
| Skating Show | 2:00 – 3:00 pm Troupe du Patin Libre with leader Alexandre Hamel headlines a skating show that will involve the crowd’s participation. |
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Monday October, 15 | Synchronized Skating Show |
12:15 – 12:30 Team Evolution from the Charlesbourg Figure Skating Club. Coached by Melissa Roy and Alexandra Poulin. |
| Ticket Draw | 5:00 pm | |
| Tuesday October, 16 | Ticket Draw | 5:00 pm |
| Wednesday October, 17 | Skate drive launch | 4:00 – 6:30 Skates to be donated to Québec en Forme, a program that helps school children aged 4 to12 years old to engage.in physical activity |
| Thursday October, 18 | Free skating lessons | 12:30 Youngsters who tried out to be flower retrievers at the HomeSense Skate Canada International will present a 20 minute skating show |
| Sport-études | Young competitive talent performs for the crowd | |
| Ticket Draw | 5:00 pm | |
| Friday October, 19 | School Program | École St Jean Baptiste, Ville de Québec, Commission Scolaire de la Capitale |
| Costume, Music and Skating | 7:00 – 10:00pm Teen night on ice |
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| Ticket Draw | 8:00 pm | |
| Saturday October, 20 | Animation | All day (11:00 – 3:30) |
| HomeSense giveaways | 11:00 First 100 skaters to receive gift bag from HomeSense |
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| Trivia Games | All day (11:00 – 3:30) | |
| Colouring Contest | 11:00-2:30 | |
| Skating games | 12:00, 1:00 and 2:00 | |
| Costume Contest | 2:00 pm Skaters to dress in Halloween costumes. Judges Benoit Lavoie, Joannie Rochette and Shawn Sawyer |
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| Ticket Draw x 2 | 2:00 pm | |
| Autograph Session | 2:30 with Olympians Joannie Rochette and Shawn Sawyer |
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| Skating lessons |
2:30 |
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| Benoit Lavoie speaks | 3:30 |
Skate Canada, the national governing body responsible for the development and administration of figure skating in Canada, is the largest figure skating association in the world. With skating programs for athletes of all ages, offered at 1326 clubs across the country, Skate Canada is an association dedicated to providing every Canadian the opportunity to experience the passion, spirit and triumph of skating.
