FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Bates Skating School Seeks Students

LEWISTON, Maine -- Bates College officials have announced that registration is open for the Bates Skating school, which begins the week of Jan. 15 and welcomes youngsters from age three through twelfth grade as well as adult beginners.

The lessons in developmental, figure and power skating will take place in the college's Joseph A. Underhill Arena, off Russell Street.

Five-week afternoon sesions for children ages three to six begin Jan. 15. Classes will be held twice a week on Monday and Wednesday and are for children who have never skated.

The Youth Figure Skating School 1, for students in first through eighth grade, and the Youth Figure Skating School 2, for students in ninth through twelfth grade, will run for 10 weeks on Saturday mornings starting on Jan. 20. Students will learn safety, correct balance, elements of forward skating, stopping effectively and the beginnings of skating backwards.

The Youth Power Skating School, for students in first through eighth grade, will run for 10 weeks on Saturday morning starting on Jan. 20. Designed to improve hockey skating, this class will not use pucks or sticks although students are welcome to wear hockey uniforms.

Five-week sessions for adult beginners, eighteen and older, will start on Jan. 16. Classes will be held twice a week on Tuesday and Thursday and are designed for skaters who have never skated before or who lack confidence to improve on their own.

Classes will be taught by Bates students under the on-ice supervision of Nancy Hollenbaugh '85, coordinator of the Bates Skating School. A skater since the age of eight, Hollenbaugh competed for five years before turning professional at the age of 18. She has taught figure and power skating in New York, Maine and England.

Information on registration for any of the sessions is available from Bates' Office of Special Projects and Summer Programs at 786-6077.

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