Frog Pond Ice Skating Rink Grand Opening Celebration

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Official Website: Frog Pond Ice Skating Rink Grand Opening Celebration
Location: Boston Common, Boston, MA map
Phone:617-635-2197
Date: Thursday, November 19, 2009
Hours: 5:30pm
In/Outdoor: Outdoor
Cost: Free see below

Mayor Thomas M. Menino, Boston Parks Commissioner Antonia M. Pollack, and Frog Pond Foundation President Tom Kershaw will host this year’s official opening of the Boston Common Frog Pond on Thursday, November 19, at 5:30 p.m.

The rink will open for the 2009/2010 season with a special Frog Pond Skating School exhibition featuring a dynamic and exciting assortment of the Boston area’s top national and international figure skating competitors, local up-and-coming young skating stars, and Frog Pond Skating School students of all levels. The evening’s Master of Ceremonies will be Ed Peduto, president of the NorthEast Ice Skating Managers Association.

Starring in this year’s performance will be two of the highest-ranking singles figure skaters in the nation in 2009, both from the Boston area: Brittany Rizo, seven-time National Competitor, national and international medalist, and US Figure Skating Team member who placed seventh at the 2009 US National Figure Skating Championships; and Curran Oi, national and international medalist, Junior World Competitor and US Figure Skating Team member who placed sixth at the 2009 US National Figure Skating Championships. Both Rizo and Oi represent the Skating Club of Boston.

Other featured performers include the Hayden Recreation Center Ice Mates who are the 2009 US National Novice Synchronized Skating Silver Medalists and US Team Members, the Hayden Recreation Center Mini Mates, and other nationally-ranked local skaters including Rochelle and Isabelle Dost from Brookline, Mary Galstian from Boston, Ryan Donahue from Cape Cod, and Melissa Burrows from Lexington.

Opening night will feature raffles for season and night passes and more along with free admission for all following the skating demonstration with skate rentals at the regular price. Special guests will include mascots Frog Pond Freddie and Blades from the Boston Bruins with Bruins team representatives.

Additionally, this year's Frog Pond Grand Opening celebrates the release of the Walt Disney Animation Studios' musical “The Princess and the Frog” which opens nationwide on December 11. The event will take on a festive New Orleans flair complete with complimentary Mardi Gras masks and beads and a special musical performance by the Hot Tamale Brass Band, New England's favorite Dixieland jazz band, as well as complimentary movie passes and item giveaways.

The Frog Pond features concessions, skate rentals, rest rooms, and a warming area. For more information, please call the Frog Pond at (617) 635-2120 or visit www.bostoncommonfrogpond.org.

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