The Stettler Figure Skating Club is gearing up to have its annual year-end carnival this Sunday, and the students will skate to songs from Wicked.
Coach Cindy Savage said there will be theatre and lip-syncing in this year’s performance.
“It will be run like a production, like a Broadway musical,” Savage said.
“It will run from start to finish — and there will be no stopping in the middle.”
Sixty students from age three to 17 will bring 20 different scenes to life for the audience.
Tickets are $10 and children five and under are free. The skaters come from Stettler and area, including Forestburg, Big Valley and Erskine.
“It’s just a big chance to showcase the kids’ talents and their ability, things they worked on the entire year,” Savage said.
The show will feature group performances, solos and duets.
She said the club had a successful year, with competitions in Airdrie and St. Albert, among others. The last competition of the year is in Olds the week after carnival, which will wrap up the skating year.
Savage said she expects to get a good turnout, and that each carnival is bigger than the last.
“I’ve been with the club since 2000, and every year, the carnival gets stronger and stronger,” she said.
Savage said the year went well as far as competitions go, but the highlight of her year is planning the carnival.
“It’s definitely one of my favourite times of year,” she said. “I enjoy working with the kids and the parents, and it’s nice to see everybody pull through as a community and as a group.”