Free skating lessons Saturday at Swonder |

The Swonder Learn to Skate Program will host a special event as part of U.S. Figure Skating’s National Skating Month (NSM) in January at Swonder Ice Arena in Evansville. Free skating lessons will be offered from 12:30pm- 2:30pm on Saturday, January 19, 2013, for the residents of Evansville and surrounding communities.

These lessons are geared towards first time skaters who have never taken lessons. Free skating lesson participants may stay and skate the 1:00pm- 3:30pm public session at no charge.

The first 50 youth participants will receive a goody bag courtesy of US Figure Skating. All participants will be given a raffle ticket and have a chance to win a session of group skating lessons, a private skating lesson, public session passes, U.S. Figure Skating merchandise, an Evansville Icemen prize pack and more.

The River City Ice Theatre team will do a short demonstration at 2:30pm.

National Skating Month, now in its 12th year, allows U.S. Figure Skating member clubs and Basic Skills programs to reach out to new members in their communities by offering the fundamentals of ice skating from professionally trained instructors. The goal of National Skating Month is to increase awareness and participation in the U.S. Figure Skating Basic Skills Program.