You Haven't Made It Unless you Have Skated at Rockefeller Center

I usually watch the Today Show almost everyone morning and follow the stories leading up to the tree being put in front of Rockefeller Center. The stories usually are so wonderful how the process is done and how each year an tree is chosen to stand at the historical site.

For those people who are skating enthusiasts one place to put on your lists of places to skate is Rockefeller Center. I didn't get the chance during the Christmas Holidays, but back in 1989 our precision skating team (now called synchronized) made a stop in NYC after our trip to Providence Rhode Island for the National Championships. A small group of use figured we just had to stop and say we had put our blades on an outside skating rink. Alot of us (including myself) had never skated outdoors.

So we laced up our boots and were on our way. We tried a couple tricks and then figured we would try some of our routine. There wasn't very many other skater's on the ice so we new that we wouldn't bother to many people. As we were getting started doing a trick some stopped us and said we couldn't do it. Well being the person that I am I spoke up and said "Look we are National Champions and have come 3,000 miles and it won't hurt for just one trick". The guard backed off, let us do our trick and we were all happy camper's, probably except the guard.

It was a wonderful experience, the down side is the World Trade Center is no longer there and we had many pictures taken of us both inside and outside. But we have the memories...