Winter free skate and skate lessons

KENT/SALISBURY — Indoor ice skating is being offered again by the Kent and Salisbury recreation commissions. 

Salisbury Recreation will offer public ice skating at The Hotchkiss School Dwyer Rink on the following Saturdays from 11 a.m. to12:30 p.m. The cost is $3 per person. The dates are Dec. 22 and 29 and Jan. 5, 12, 19 and 26 and Feb. 2, 9 and 16.

All participants must wear skates on the ice. Skate rental is not available. Skate sharpening is available; the cost is $5.  

It is recommended that all participants wear protective equipment including, but not limited to, a helmet, elbow pads, knee pads and gloves.  

Program cancellations are posted on the town website at www.salisburyct.us. For further information, contact Lisa McAuliffe at 860 435-5186 or email recreationdirector@salisburyct.us

Kent Park and Recreation will sponsor ice skating at the Kent School ice rink on Dec. 20, 21, 24, 26, 27 and 28: open skate is from 10 a.m. to noon; sticks and pucks is from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. Participants must wear skates and hat during open skate and helmet and skates during sticks and pucks. A park pass is required to participate and can be purchased at the rink during skating hours ($35 for Kent residents; free for residents ages 65 and older; $65 for non-residents or $5 per skate per person). Call 860-927-1003 for more information.

Figure skating lessons are offered throughout the winter at the Kent School rink. 

Session I is for boys and girls, ages 6 and up and meets Saturdays, Dec. 15, 22 and 29 from 7 to 8 a.m. with instructor Joanna Tucker. The cost is $55. Lessons for beginning students are from 7 to 7:30 a.m.; intermediate level and above meet from 7:30 to 8 a.m. Only students registered for classes may also skate during the 30 minutes opposite their lesson time.

Session II meets Saturdays, Jan. 5, 12, 19 and 26 at the same schedule as above with instructor Marika Coolbeth. The cost is $44. Preregister by Dec. 29.

Session III is Feb. 2, 9, 16 and 23, the same schedule as above with Coolbeth. The cost is $44. Pre-register by Jan. 26. 

There are no make-up dates for cancellations; students may skate at the park and recreation open skate at Kent and South Kent Schools during holiday/winter skating without charge. 

Students must wear gloves or mittens, a hat and leather skates, either figure or hockey. Registration should be returned to Park and Recreation (in the box at Kent Center School or Town Hall) or mailed to P.O. Box 678, Kent, CT 06757. For questions, call 860-927-1003.

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