Well…not exactly a night at the movies, but close. On Saturday (Apr 4th) the Orillia Figure Skating Club held their annual finale “A Night at the Movies” at the Rama Mask.

We’ve got a granddaughter who used to skate at the Mariposa School of Skating, but has transitioned to the Orillia Figure Skating Club (for a couple of reasons, but the biggest being the OFSC is more affordable, and her parents are hoping to move back to Orillia – her brother plays hockey in Orillia too).

We bought our tickets for the event early and went off Saturday to the evening show. We arrived a few minutes late and the show had already begun. I took along my camera – as I always did for the Barrie show – and shot as much as I could manage. The show was a lot of fun, from the tiny tots to the competitive skaters, everyone did a great job.

Unfortunately, our arriving late meant we missed the early “announcements”. No flash photography, and please only take photos of your own children.  Okay to the “No Flash” – I never use flash in a situation like this. It’s much too easy to startle the skaters and distract the younger ones. But the other bit…could be a little tough for anyone since the smaller children and less accomplished skaters skate together in a group. Just about the only ones who were individual were those who earned a “solo” skate, and the competition skaters who all had solos. So, there was I, happily shooting away from start to finish. If I’d been there early enough to hear the announcements, I wouldn’t have shot the entire show, just my granddaughter’s bit, but as it stands, there’s a nice batch of photos.

A few samples:

If you want to see the rest of the show photos, have a look at this flicker set.

Oh yeah…and you remember my last post – saying it looks like spring but it probably isn’t here yet? Well…today we’ve had more than 3” of snow…probably closer to 6”…it’s been snowing all day long (it’s about 5:30pm here).