PHOTO GALLERY: Quesnel figure skaters head back to the ice

Abbigale White (Cassidy Dankochik Photo - Quesnel Cariboo Observer)Abbigale White (Cassidy Dankochik Photo - Quesnel Cariboo Observer)
Abbigale White (Cassidy Dankochik Photo - Quesnel Cariboo Observer)Abbigale White (Cassidy Dankochik Photo - Quesnel Cariboo Observer)
Abbigale White (Cassidy Dankochik Photo - Quesnel Cariboo Observer)Abbigale White (Cassidy Dankochik Photo - Quesnel Cariboo Observer)
Abbigale White (Cassidy Dankochik Photo - Quesnel Cariboo Observer)Abbigale White (Cassidy Dankochik Photo - Quesnel Cariboo Observer)
Baillie Jackson (Cassidy Dankochik Photo - Quesnel Cariboo Observer)Baillie Jackson (Cassidy Dankochik Photo - Quesnel Cariboo Observer)
Baillie Jackson (Cassidy Dankochik Photo - Quesnel Cariboo Observer)Baillie Jackson (Cassidy Dankochik Photo - Quesnel Cariboo Observer)
Baillie Jackson (Cassidy Dankochik Photo - Quesnel Cariboo Observer)Baillie Jackson (Cassidy Dankochik Photo - Quesnel Cariboo Observer)
Brooklyn Backer (Cassidy Dankochik Photo - Quesnel Cariboo Observer)Brooklyn Backer (Cassidy Dankochik Photo - Quesnel Cariboo Observer)
Charlie Simms (Cassidy Dankochik Photo - Quesnel Cariboo Observer)Charlie Simms (Cassidy Dankochik Photo - Quesnel Cariboo Observer)
Charlie Simms (Cassidy Dankochik Photo - Quesnel Cariboo Observer)Charlie Simms (Cassidy Dankochik Photo - Quesnel Cariboo Observer)
Danika Cherry (Cassidy Dankochik Photo - Quesnel Cariboo Observer)Danika Cherry (Cassidy Dankochik Photo - Quesnel Cariboo Observer)
Grace White (Cassidy Dankochik Photo - Quesnel Cariboo Observer)Grace White (Cassidy Dankochik Photo - Quesnel Cariboo Observer)
Grace White (Cassidy Dankochik Photo - Quesnel Cariboo Observer)Grace White (Cassidy Dankochik Photo - Quesnel Cariboo Observer)
Katelynn Grant (Cassidy Dankochik Photo - Quesnel Cariboo Observer)Katelynn Grant (Cassidy Dankochik Photo - Quesnel Cariboo Observer)
Katelynn Grant (Cassidy Dankochik Photo - Quesnel Cariboo Observer)
Meera Sandhu (Cassidy Dankochik Photo - Quesnel Cariboo Observer)Meera Sandhu (Cassidy Dankochik Photo - Quesnel Cariboo Observer)
Molly Leung (Cassidy Dankochik Photo - Quesnel Cariboo Observer)Molly Leung (Cassidy Dankochik Photo - Quesnel Cariboo Observer)
Phoenix Swaan (Cassidy Dankochik Photo - Quesnel Cariboo Observer)Phoenix Swaan (Cassidy Dankochik Photo - Quesnel Cariboo Observer)
Phoenix Swaan (Cassidy Dankochik Photo - Quesnel Cariboo Observer)
Phoenix Swaan (Cassidy Dankochik Photo - Quesnel Cariboo Observer)Phoenix Swaan (Cassidy Dankochik Photo - Quesnel Cariboo Observer) Phoenix Swaan (Cassidy Dankochik Photo - Quesnel Cariboo Observer)
Phoenix Swaan (Cassidy Dankochik Photo - Quesnel Cariboo Observer)Phoenix Swaan (Cassidy Dankochik Photo - Quesnel Cariboo Observer)
Sorcha McMillan (Cassidy Dankochik Photo - Quesnel Cariboo Observer)
Sorcha McMillan poses for a photo, taken by coach Kayla Flanagan, alongside fellow coach Dacia Kimmie. (Cassidy Dankochik Photo - Quesnel Cariboo Observer)Sorcha McMillan poses for a photo, taken by coach Kayla Flanagan, alongside fellow coach Dacia Kimmie. (Cassidy Dankochik Photo - Quesnel Cariboo Observer)
Taylor Backer (Cassidy Dankochik Photo - Quesnel Cariboo Observer)Taylor Backer (Cassidy Dankochik Photo - Quesnel Cariboo Observer)

The West Fraser Centre was filled with flips, toe loops and salchows as the Quesnel Figure Skating club held their Back Where We Belong Gala on Saturday, March 12.

It was the club’s first gala since March 11, 2020, the day the World Health Organization declared a global COVID-19 pandemic.

In addition to 24 solo performances, participants in the Canskate learn to skate program showed off their progress from the previous year.

“The skaters have been able to do some events with no spectators but this was the first time we’ve been able to invite our canskaters to perform at a gala in two years,” coach Carly Dinicol said after the gala.

“We were all so excited to be able to invite the community in to see what our skaters have achieved. The challenges we’ve overcome the last two years and the restrictions have not stopped our skaters from excelling.”

Quesnel’s synchronized skating team also performed at the gala.

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