Someone in the higher echelon of rink management cancelled classes / told no one until staff turned up for work / o no / but we'll stay anyway we say and Skate for ourselves / oh yes / and if anyone shows up for lessons they can skate too
it's a Free Skate !
most everyone wanted to skate / yes / parents too ? / oh yes / oh yes
So we had a lot of fun / an unexpected treat / all the most eager enthusiastic students of all levels from Pre Alpha Plus (never been on skates before ) to Free Style #3 level
Little kids / Big ones too / coming for their first lesson / and we just turned 'em loose
Usually the 1st lesson takes up Fitting Your Boots / Falling Down and Getting Up so we did a lot of that -
So much more relaxed ! The first day of lessons is usually so tense
Oh and At Last
I am able to execute a rudimentary (slow!) hockey stop
