Photos – 2019 Holiday Ice Recital & Club Party – December 14th
View & download photos from our annual Holiday Ice Recital & Club Party on Saturday December 14th at the Skating Club of Wilmington!
Photos from Saturday’s Holiday Recital & Club Party
Lace Up Your Skates Year-Round at the Skating Club of Wilmington
JulieAnne Cross,inWilmDE.com – Humans, and even animals, have been enjoying the sensation of chilly air blowing their hair back and ice whooshing under their feet for over 4,000 years. Once simply a method of transportation for ancient Fins, ice skating became a “modern” diversion upon invention of the steel blade by the 14th century, and eventually, manufactured ice. It’s been practiced by rich and poor, in cold climates far and wide, from the Netherlands to Song Dynasty China. One could call it a sport of kings, practiced by King James II in the 17th century exile and later Queen Victoria (who got to know Albert through ice skating meetups), as well as Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II, French King Louis XVI, Madame de Pompadour, Napoleon I, Napoleon III and the House of Stuart.