Summer Updates

Home of 3 Singles National Showcase Champions and 1 Duet National Showcase Champion!

Email Note:

Please notify us when your email changes so that you don't miss out on important BRBFSC updates!  Email Kate with any changes.

December Test Form
The registration form for the September Test session on 12/21/09 is now available to download, print and complete.

Berkley Royal Skate Fest 2009

• Join us December 5, 2009 for the Annual Berkley Royal Skate Fest Competition!

• APPLICATION DEADLINE IS EXTENDED TO NOVEMBER 10, 2009! 

• Attention multi-skater families!  Families that skate together, have fun together!  The Berkley Royal Skatefest is proud to announce that in multi-skater families, the first event fee is charged per family!  All subsequent events by the skater and his/her siblings are at an additional fee of $35 per event.  See our announcement or email berkleyskatefest@hotmail.com for any questions about this special family registration incentive.

• Announcement

• Application

Ice Show Handbook and Applications
NOW AVAILABLE!
Visit the Ice Show Page for forms - and check back often for additional information!

It's Time for Fall Registration!
It's not too late to join BRBFSC - for information and forms, please visit the Membership Page.

ICE SHOW TRYOUT INFORMATION
LEGENDS ON ICE – BERKLEY’S ANNUAL ICE SHOW – MARCH 26 – 28, 2009

DATES TO REMEMBER:
October 25, 2009 – Ice Show tryouts 10:30am – 12:30pm

November 2, 2009 – Applications due for group number applicants only

COMMITTEE CHAIRS NEEDED:

We are still in need of a chairperson for the following committees (please respond to Christine Trimpe if you can commit ~ remember it takes involvement from every parent to make our ice show a success!)

SKATER MEALS

TEAR DOWN (great job for a dad!)

New Fundraising Opportunity
Check out the Team USA Wristbands.  The club will be placing an order for these wristbands by September 4^th.  If you are interested in participating in this fundraiser as one of your club commitments, please contact Christine Trimpe.

Christine needs to know how many you will commit to selling (minimum 10).  The bracelets are available in child and adult sizes.  The metal band on the wristbands advertises the 2010 Vancouver Olympics on one side and the US Figure Skating Team on the other side.

Please let Christine know the quantity of child and adult sizes you wish to sell.  For example, Kaitlin is going to sell 5 child and 5 adult.

When the wristbands come in, BRBFSC will collect from you $6 for each wristband.  This is the suggested retail price.  As you sell the wristbands, you keep the money to recoup your $6.  The club will make $2.55 for each wristband sold.

If you have any questions, please email Christine Trimpe!

Dream Cruise Fundraiser
Thanks to all the club families that participated in the Dream Cruise fundraising event.  The club manned one of the city booths on Woodward and sold the official Dream Cruise merchandise.  This was a fun, easy way to put in some volunteer hours.  Keep it in mind for next year!

Thanks to Janice Steingold, Lynn Wasinski, Michelle Henning, Deb Colling, Lisa and Morgan Anderson, Charlene Haines, and Steven and Nina Dickerman for melting along with me and putting in your time.  I’d personally like to thank Charlene Haines for bringing her paper towel to the booth.  You just never know when you are going to drop sandwich dressing all down the front of your shirt or when a dog is going to drool all over your black shorts. 

I don’t have an exact figure of our proceeds yet, but will let everyone know in future board business!

Car Wash
Thanks to all the kids and parents who washed cars - we earned $265 for BRBFSC!!  Check out the sidebar on the website for photos!  Thanks to Deb Colling for sending the photos!

Congratulations
to Emily Griswold on passing her Senior Moves this summer!  It takes a lot of time and hard work to complete all 8 moves tests!  We are all proud of you!  Congrats to Coach Lisa Bradley as well, for coaching Emily all the way from Pre-Preliminary through Senior Moves!

Test Sessions
Three area clubs, Berkley, Birmingham and North Suburban in Royal Oak, rotate test session throughout the season, and offer skaters from all three clubs "in-club" testing fees. 
 

2009-2010 Test Sessions The dates will become live links as the test applications become available.  Just click on the date to open a .pdf file of the form!
Wednesday	8/26/09	Figure Skating Club of Birmingham
Thursday	9/24/09	Berkley Royal Blades FSC
Wed/Thur	10/21-22/09	Figure Skating Club of Birmingham
Thursday	11/19/09	North Suburban Figure Skating Club
Monday	12/21/09	Berkley Royal Blades FSC
Thursday	1/21/10	North Suburban Figure Skating Club
Wed/Thur	2/10-11/10	Figure Skating Club of Birmingham
Thursday	3/11/10	Berkley Royal Blades FSC
Wed/Thur	4/28-29/10	Figure Skating Club of Birmingham
Thursday	5/27/10	North Suburban Figure Skating Club

Our Test Chair, Kate Griswold is always seeking volunteers to help work at Berkley Test Sessions - please contact her at kate@kaleidoscopeconcepts.com if you are able to help!  The approximate hours are 8am-4pm.

08-09 Season Tribute Video
Once again, Meghan Steingold has created a great video tribute to the members of BRBFSC for the 2008-2009 Season.  This is one of the videos that was shown at the BRBFSC banquet.

Club Warm-Ups and Sweatshirts!
New to the BRBFSC?  Has your skater grown?  See Deb Colling to order new Club Wear for this season!

• Club Wear Order Form

Order Blades for the Test Display
If your skater has recently begun testing, and you would like to add them to the blade case, complete the order form and leave it with the Ice Monitor.  

• Blade Order Form

Virtual Test Display
We've taken the Blade Display at the Arena, and placed it online!  If you would like to order blades for the actual display at the arena, please contact Trudy Calder for more information (see information above).  Click here to view the Blade Display online!

We Prefer CHECKS!
For drop in cards, or dropping in on sessions, BRBFSC prefers checks!  Checks are more secure, and make it easier for us to reconcile payments.  If you have no other form of payment, we will take cash, accompanied by a gentle reminder that we prefer checks!

Cookbooks are still available!
With over 200 recipes, the cookbook "Lutz Get Cooking with the Berkley Royal Blades" makes a great gift!  Get your copies now for $10 each!  You can pick up cookbooks from Lisa Anderson, Sandy Engman, Charlene Haines or Kate Griswold at the rink - between the four of them, there should be cookbooks available at the rink every night we skate.  We ask that you please pay for the cookbooks as you take them to assist our recordkeeping!

Competition Results
Check the competition page for the latest results from our club skaters!  Great Job everyone!

Happy Birthday!
June/July/August Birthdays:
Morgan Anderson 
Jeanne Barrett 
Megan Bauer 
Tova Braver 
Nina Dickerman 
Marti Engman 
Eliana Fishman
Eryn Fox 
Leah Frankel
Megan Gerrard
Kate Griswold 
Rebecca Grossman 
Michelle Henning
Michelle Lapin 
Jenni Martin
Christine Rysenga
Kaitlin Trimpe 
Anna Vollmer

 

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