Club
Professionals
JackiSmith
Rose Grenier
Brin Adams
Vitaliy Opekan
Junior
Apprentices
Club
Professionals
The
club's professionals teach group lessons to beginning skaters and are
available for private lessons during the club's ice time.
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Skating
Club at Dartmouth Professional Staff
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Rose
Grenier
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Jacki
Smith
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Vitaliy
Opekan
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Brin Adams
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Jacki Smith - Executive Director
Email: jackismith78@yahoo.com
603) 630-0900 (cell)
Jacki received her training in Lake Placid, New York. She is a USFSA Gold Medalist in Moves in the Field, Freestyle, Figures, and Dance. She has passed Professional Skater's Association's basic written Exam. Jacki is PSA Certified in Moves and Freestyle, certified in Sports Science, PSA hockey level I and Power skating certified. She was a North Atlantic Final Round Competitor and also enjoys performing in shows. Her coaching accomplishments include students receiving their USFSA Gold in Moves in the Field as well as Gold Freestyle. Jacki can coach any level of skating at any age in Freestyle, Moves in the Field, and Dance. This will be Jacki's seventh season with SCAD.
Jacki's full resume
Availability: All sessions
Rose Grenier
Email: rosegrenier@verizon.net
(603) 448-4524
Rose is our SCAD veteran coach and skater. She has coached with the club for fourteen years,
and has been a member since she was six years old. During her training with Mike McGean,
she passed her preliminary dances, third figure, and novice freestyle.
During her adult career she has passed her bronze adult freestyle and more recently
her silver adult moves in the field USFSA tests. She has also passed
her Professional Skater's Association's basic written exam. Rose is a certified
physical education teacher in the Upper Valley. She can teach all levels of skating from beginner to advanced.
Availability: most sessions
Vitaliy Opekan
Email:
skate@opekan.com
(603) 566-0660 (cell)
Vitaliy comes to us from North Conway, N.H. Vitaliy started skating at the age of three in Moscow, Russia. He became a Champion of Moscow Russia and National medalist of USSR. He has performed with Disney on Ice as a principal skater in singles and pairs. Vitaliy has competed and skated professionally around the world. This will be his 9th season coaching skating in the New England area and his 7th with SCaD. His areas of expertise are freestyle, moves in the field, pairs skating and off-ice conditioning and training.
Vitaliy's
website.
Availability: Thursdays, weekends
Brin Adams
Email:
brinadams@hotmail.com
(603) 548-6391 (home)
Brin, originally from Concord NH, has been ice dancing at the Skating Club of Boston
for fours years. She competed at the Novice level in ice dancing at the 2007
Pacific Coast Sectionals and the Junior level at the 2008 Sectionals,
receiving 5th place with her partner at both events.
She was also a competitor in the 2004 and 2005 Junior Nationals in Intermediate dance.
Brin has passed her Senior moves, Prejuvenile freestyle,
Junior free dance, and is a Gold-level ice dancer. She passed
the Professional Skaters’ Association Basic Written Exam
and has been teaching for over 4 years in all levels and disciplines.
Availability:
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