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About Emerald Mystique

The 2008-2009 season has come to an end and we are extremely excited to see what the 2009-2010 season will bring. The Emerald Mystique Synchro Teams in Kirkland, WA are excited to be entering their fifth season as we are continuing to expand our Open Adult, Pre-Juvenile, and Beginner teams - will we have additional levels available?


NOTE
2010 Sectionals - Cedar Rapids, IA in January 2010

2010 Nationals in Minneapolis, MN in March 2010

2010 Worlds in Colorado Springs, CO in April 2010

2011 Sectionals - Rochester, MN in January 2011

2011 Nationals in Ontario, CA in March 2011

2011 Worlds TBA

We hope Emerald Mystique teams will be in attendance!
 
Our History
In 2005, the Kingsgate Skating Club offered its first Spring/Summer synchro skills class. There were 15 participants ranging in age from 5 years up through Adult. That fall, we had 6 strong Adult skaters who were interested in continuing through a Synchronized Skating Program. Although the group didn't have enough skaters to be recognized as a competitive synchro team, they enjoyed skating together anyway. These adults skated to music from "Dr. Zhivago" and performed at the Winter Ice Show.

In their second season, the Adults flourished and had 10 active skaters. They skated to a Johnny Cash medley of "Daddy Sang Bass", "Ghost Riders In the Sky", and "Folsom Prison Blues." They competed at their first competition, the 2007 Pacific Coast Championships, and dazzled their way to a gold medal in Chicago.

2007 - 2008 proved to be yet another growth year. With changes to the skating roster and some injuries, the Adult team was down to 5 skaters. But they continued those early morning practices, skating to a Space Theme. Music from "2001: Space Odyssey" and Frank Sinatra's "Fly Me To The Moon" was a beautiful montage they performed at Winter Solstice.

2008 - 2009 was more challenging yet. With committment from many new skaters, but not enough for a full team again, Emerald Mystique opted to stick together. With the failing economy, we still came during those early morning hours and put together an amazing program skated to 'Alegria' by Cirque du Soleil. We performed at Winter Solstice, showing off our ina bauers, intricate mohawk step sequences and layback spins.

Our youth program is in a constant state of growth, During the 2007 - 2008 season we quickly rose from 6 skaters to 8, and performed at Fiesta Skate, the Kingsgate in-house competition. Skaters performed to a mix of music from "Robots."

2008 - 2009 came and went with only a few skaters returning to the ice. This was a year for transitions to other activities such as band, soccer, and track.

Hoping to create their second full team in the 2009 - 2010 season, we currently have 7 skaters in our Learn To Synchro series. Coach Jacque is quite happy to see some new faces along with our returning skaters. Music for the upcoming season has been cut, and dress designs are in the works. Will this be the year that the Emerald Mystique Sparkles make their Sectionals debut?

The team at Castle Ice is currently learning the basics of Synchro. With a small team of 4, they're hoping the synchro bug will catch on and new skaters will continue to join this excellent program!


2007 Pacific Coast Champions

Our first competition was the 2007 Synchronized Team Sectionals. We were the only Open Adult team from the Pacific Coast, but we still brought home GOLD!