Ice Den Scottsdale

9375 E Bell Rd, Scottsdale, AZ 85260 .

March 20th, 2023. 5 :45pm -6:30pm

Ice Den Chandler

7225 W Harrison St, Chandler, AZ 85226 

March 14th, 2023, 5:15pm - 6:15pm

February 17 and 18, 2023

Ice Den Chandler, 7225 W Harrison St, Chandler, AZ 85226 

Clean out your closets! We are having our semi-annual dress sale where you can find competition dresses, skates, and warm - up clothes. 

Come and watch 11 Ice Denettes Synchronized Teams perform their programs as they prepare for the Sweetheart Classic Competition and Sectionals later this month!

Tuesday, January 17th, 4:45 pm - 5:30 pm.

January is National Skating Month. In honor of this, the Ice Den Chandler is offering a FREE Learn to Figure Skate class for new skaters ages 4-adult. Skaters may enroll in one of the following classes of their choice:

January 8, 2023: 12:30pm - 1:00pm

January 8, 2023: 1:00pm - 1:30 pm

Registration is open and space is limited. Follow the link for more information and registration process:

www.icedenchandler.com/skating-clinics 

DISCOA Junior Board members helped raise funds by selling flowers during the Holiday Show at Ice Den Chandler on December 23rd, 2022.

Ice Denettes Synchronized Skating have partnered with Coyotes Theater on Ice, the Arizona Bobcats hockey, the Ice Den Solo Ice Dance Team, Cactus Jack's Ahwatukee Tavern, and Camelback Moving - Phoenix AZ Movers to bring a true holiday miracle to the Hopi Nation. We are collecting gently used and new toys, bikes, playsets, and clothing to bring to the families in need on the reservation. The Hopi Nation has an 80% unemployment rate, and most follow the traditional lifestyle of their ancestors. Many of the Hopi families lack running water, have no electric, and live below the poverty line. We would love to share our many blessings with them this holiday season!

December 4, 2022 

The International Skating Union (ISU) just announced the launch of the first World Ice Skating Day This is an annual festival that celebrates ice skating all over the world through various events taking place simultaneously on the first Sunday of December.  Its mission is to reunite ice skating professionals, amateurs and beginners to break social, economic and cultural boundaries and to encourage greater inclusion, youth involvement and future development of all ice skating disciplines. 

You can learn more about this festival by following the link below: 

https://www.worldiceskatingday.com/

The Ice Denettes Synchro Program is pleased to announce a tryout for competitive synchro teams at Ice Den Scottsdale! We are excited to welcome skaters to the team who are based in Scottsdale. We currently have over 100 skaters on our 8 teams. The skaters on these teams range in age from 5 years to over 60, and basic skills levels all the way through Olympians!

The new teams in Scottsdale will prepare to compete in Poway, California, the weekend of February 11th along with the rest of the Ice Denettes. We encourage any skaters who are interested in, or even just curious about, team skating to join us for the tryout.

The tryout will take place on Monday, November 21st:

*Aspire Skills Teams (Basic 4 - Freeskate 6) will be from 5:30pm - 6:00pm.

*High Level Tryouts (Pre-preliminary - Senior MITF) will be from 6:00pm - 6:30pm.

All interested skaters should complete one of the following forms:

Skills Team - https://forms.gle/hSov7GAGFQxuvUy88

High Level Team - https://forms.gle/f5joApzpqDcnXMfq6

Skaters should wear all black attire to the tryout, with long hair pulled out of the way in a bun or ponytail. After a guided warm-up, each skater will have an opportunity to demonstrate a few of their favorite or best skills or elements, or skate a 30-second or less "mini-program" without music that showcases their best skills.

Weekly practices will likely be Mondays from 5:30 - 6:30 pm and some Saturdays from 1:00 - 3:00 pm. Schedule, contract, and pricing will be available once we have our teams determined. Choreography boot camp for the new teams is scheduled for Sunday, November 27th, between 2:45 - 7:30 pm. 

We will be holding our annual Halloween Party on October 22nd, 2022! Please bring your own pumpkin, carving tools and patterns will be provided. You may also bring your own supplies. Dinner will be provided and parents are also welcome to attend. If you have any donations for the board please bring them to this meeting.

The Desert Ice Figure Skating Club of AZ is holding their annual Dress Sale at Ice Den Chandler on Friday, September 23rd from 4 pm -7 pm and Saturday, September 24th from  10am - 1pm.

 DISCOA Junior Board Officers for the 2022/2023 membership year

 President: Maria Gonzalez

Vice President: Jini Oh

Secretary: Carol Zhang

Treasurer: Ayah Bouanani

 DISCOA Junior Board Platinum Volunteers for 2021/2022

At our June meeting, two of our members were recognized for their high level of dedication to the Board and their many, many hours of volunteer time to help keep our activities running and make them successful. 

Maria Gonzalez

Jini Oh

Thank you, Maria and Jini, for all of your hard work and support!

2021/2022 Activities

Last year, Junior Board members created hand-made skater gifts for DISCOA’s Arizona Ice Classic (AIC) competition, helped with Thank You cards for the judges, and ran their own sales table at the competition. They also operated sales tables for Ice Den Chandler’s Holiday show and Team competition, and assembled dozens of baskets for DISCOA’s annual Coach Appreciation Week. Our skaters had fun at the Board’s annual Halloween party, sold chocolate bars to raise funds toward their Stars on Ice tickets, and held their EOY meeting at an off-site restaurant!

 AIT Phoenix Spring Seminar is on Sunday, April 10 from 10:30 am - 12:45 pm at Ice Den Scottsdale (9375 E. Bell Rd. Scottsdale, AZ 85260).

This seminar will be led by American Ice Theatre Co-CEO, Kate McSwain and AIT Phoenix Director, Jacqueline Benson. This seminar will explore the fundamentals of AIT curriculum, including Six Ways of the Spine, improvisation techniques, and moving our bodies in creative ways. A fun combo will be taught as well.

All registrations are due by FRIDAY, APRIL 8. This AIT Seminar is for skaters ages 8+ and levels Freeskate 1+. The registration fee is $65. As always, coaches may attend for free.

Registration is available here: https://americanicetheatre.org/phoenix/.

The Solo Dance Series is a nationwide competitive program for solo dancers that allows skaters to have the opportunity to qualify for a national final and increase the visibility of ice dancing. 

This program is open to individual skaters within the Eastern, Midwestern and Pacific Coast sections. Skaters need to register for the Solo Dance Competition Series by April 1st, 2022 to have an  opportunity to qualify for a national final based off their IJS scores at designated solo dance series competitions.  The top six skaters from each section will be invited to compete at the National Solo Dance Final in Santa Clarita, September 7-10, 2022. For more information, please visit: https://www.usfigureskating.org.

Saturday, March 12, 2022 at the Sandbar Mexican Grill at 7200 W Ray Rd, Chandler, AZ 85226

12:00pm -1:30pm

We will be celebrating skating accomplishments of our club's members over the last year.

Clean out your closets to earn a little extra money, or come to shop, DISCOA receives 20% commission on each sale.  We will sell competition/practice dresses, skirts, bags, tights, gloves, boots, and blades, guards, and more.  

Interested in trying synchronized skating? The next introductory session runs February 18 to March 25, 2022, from 3:30pm -4:00pm on Fridays at Ice Den Chandler. It is open to everyone from Basic 4-Freeskate 6. You also get to perform at the Learn to Skate team Competition on Saturday, March 26!