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Cindy Hirlehey, -ll, demonstrates a spiral. She is a resident of Porterfield Crescent. Tracey Fleming. 9, Romfield Circuit, gets some professional with the Thornhill Figure Skating instruction on how to do a spiral from Marion Ford, Club, who lives on Baif Boulevard, Richmond Hill, smlle Judy Beanie. 4, is guided out onto the Thornhill Community Centre ice surface by her mother. Helen. lf Judy takes to Sp First brave steps How to do it skating, she will have the chance to benefit from professional instruction. This year’s membership of 450, after only two years in operation, is clear proof of the interest in figure skating among Thornhill residents. THORNHILL â€" “If we didn’t get into the new community Centre right away, there wouldn’t have been ice time available,” says Presid‘ent Karen Gammage. But the organizers of Thomhill‘s young Figure Skating Club did make their bid for ice time early, and are glad they did. E113 Eihtl’fll Section C community As well, President Gammage reports the club has been granted permission to entertain crowds between periods at Thomhill Thunderbird hockey games. Like other figure skating clubs in the area, the Thornhill club is staffed en- tirely by volunteers, with only the professional instructors receiving salaries. Seventy to eighty mothers contribute their time to help the club go. While other clubs hold annual Ice Carnivals, however, the still-young Thornhill group have decided to opt for bi-annual displays, concentrating in- stead on inter-club competitions. “This will ‘give the childi‘en some incentive towards having a good 5010”, says Gammage. Tina Elrick, 4, of Silver Aspen Drive. has a crack at broom ball, a game children play to get them Broomball has a purpose Cathy Elrick, 8, Silver Aspen Drive, gets a private dance lesson from professional Debbie Lawson. from Don Mills. during Many children get their first thrill. their first spill. in short It tastes good too Lesson in dance Photos by Bruce Hogg skating at the Thornhill Figure Skating Club. The club is only two years old but has 450 members. their first taste of the ice, thanks to Thornhill Figure Skating. a Thornhill Figure Skating Club session on the ice at the community centre.