This is a preview of the contents of my book
MY SKATING LIFE: Fifty Plus Years of Skating! The book is available for purchase as a digital version on
Amazon.com and the hardcover is also available to purchase and the paperback will be ready to purchase by Monday 12-7-14 I think!
CONTENTS
DEDICATION ............................................................................................iii FOREWORD..............................................................................................1
Introduction: 1963: Blue Jay, California’s Outdoor Ice Skating Rink........2
Prologue: 1939 -- 1945: My Dad Loved Skating.......................................4
Chapter 1: 1964--1966: My Skating Life Began at Valley Ice Skating Center in Tarzana, California ....................................................................7
Chapter 2: 1966 -- 1968: Culver City Ice Arena......................................14
Chapter 3: Summers of 1966 -- 1971: Squaw Valley, California............24
Chapter 4: 1967: Figure Skating Test and Competition Time!..............31
Chapter 5: 1968 -- 1971: Santa Monica Ice Palace................................39
Chapter 6: 1969: It’s Time to Ice Dance.................................................45
Chapter 7: 1971 and 1972: Iceland Paramount.....................................54
Chapter 8: 1972: “CIA” Colorado Ice Arena..........................................67
Chapter 9: 1972 to 1974: Eat, Sleep, Skate, Study, and Drive and then Eat, Sleep, Skate, Study, and Drive Some More......................................74
Chapter 10: 1974 to 1975: My First Year at The Broadmoor World Arena, Colorado Springs, Colorado.........................................................86
Chapter 11: Summers of 1975 and 1976: Sun Valley, Idaho, the Broadmoor Ice Revue, and Skating Tests ...............................................99
Chapter 12: 1976 and 1977: Southwest Pacific, Pacific Coast, Midwesterns, and Nationals.................................................................108
Chapter 13: 1977 to 1983: A Time of Transition: Once a Figure Skater Always a Figure Skater..........................................................................118
Chapter 14: March 1, 1983: My Career as a Skating Coach Begins at Ice Capades Chalet Brea, California!..........................................................127
Chapter 15: 1983 to 1984: Ice Capades Chalet Brea, California.........135
Chapter 16: 1984 to 1985: Ice Capades Chalet Costa Mesa, California ..............................................................................................................149
Chapter 17: 1985 to 1986: Coach at Iceland Paramount, California...161
Chapter 18: 1987 to 1988: Skating Director at the Famous Zamboni Iceland Paramount Rink........................................................................171
Chapter 19: 1988 to 1991: San Francisco Here I Come and Ice Capades Chalet San Mateo, California................................................................185
Chapter 20: 1992 to 1994: Plaza Ice Chalet Colorado Springs, Colorado ..............................................................................................................199
Chapter 21: March 1994: The Colorado Springs Ice Famine...............210
Chapter 22: 1994 to 1995: Jo Ann Comes Up With Creative Ways to Keep Teaching Skating in Colorado Springs..........................................220
Chapter 23: 1996 to 1998: The Rink of Dreams Colorado Springs......229
Chapter 24: June of 1998: The Ice Arena at Chapel Hills Mall Opens in Colorado Springs...................................................................................235
Chapter 25: 1998 to 2000: The Golden Days of the Ice Arena at Chapel Hills Mall Colorado Springs...................................................................244
Chapter 26: 2000 to 2005: The Skating and Homeschooled/Unschooled Schneider-Farris Family ........................................................................253
Chapter 27: 2005 to 2006: Tragedy and Triumph Changes the Schneider-Farris Family’s Skating Lives.................................................261
Chapter28: 2006 to 2015 and Beyond: The Three Schneider-Farris Kids - Competitive Ice Dance and Pair Skaters.............................................273
Chapter 29: 2006 to 2015 and Beyond: The Adventures of Jo Ann Schneider Farris
About.com’s Figure Skating Expert............................294
Chapter 30: February 11 -- 20, 2010 Week One: Jo Ann Goes to the Vancouver Olympics as a Member of the Figure Skating Media..........306
Chapter 31: February 21 -- 26, 2010 – Vancouver Olympic Adventures Continue...............................................................................................325
Epilogue: 2015 and Beyond: Where Does This Skating Journey Go?..334
ABOUT THE AUTHOR............................................................................337
MY SKATING LIFE – FIFTY PLUS YEARS OF SKATING PHOTOS.............339
