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Dance The Night Away

competition, along with compulsories
and free dance).
Chalom and Gates "move really
well," said Shpilband, who is not
Jewish. "They're very light on the ice
and they're very entertaining."
Meanwhile, Silverstein and Pekarek
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enjoyed their best-ever finish in the
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U.S. junior competition, despite being
one of the youngest teams.
n the 1930s and again ,
Silverstein and Pekarek "are
today, Detroit has
showing very mature skating
earned the nickname
for their age," Shpilband
"City of
said. "And they're very
Champions" because of
expressive, very quick.
the success of local
They're very strong
college and pro
skaters."
teams.
Prior to the U.S.
But the honor
championships,
roll also could
Silverstein and
include the ice
Pekarek skated their
dancing dynasty at
first international
the Detroit Skating
season and placed
Club (DSC). The
'among the top six
top five ice dancing
teams in the Grand
teams at January's
Prix series of six
U.S. Figure Skating
competitions. They'll
Championships train
skate in the series final
at the DSC, including
in Switzerland in
the fourth-place team
March. A highlight of
of 18-year-old Eve
the team's international
Chalom and her partner
season was a 10th
Mathew Gates, 22.
place finish in the
In addition to
Ice dance pair Matthew Gates
World Junior
Chalom, the second
and Eve Chalom.
Championships in
place team in the
December.
junior dance corn-
Silverstein, who couldn't
petition also includes a local
compete internationally
Jewish performer: 14-year-
until she turned 14 last
old Jamie Silverstein,
year, was excited by her
who skates with 16-
team's performance at
year-old Justin
the Worlds.
Pekarek.
"We skated really,
Although the
really well, so we
Chalom-Gates
were happy," the
-5
combo finished sec- t
Lasher High School
and in the U.S. the 1
freshman said.
previous two years, 6.1
"This is represent-
their coach, Igor
ing the United
Shpilband, was satis-
States and we felt a
fied with this year's
special responsibili-
ty: ,
fourth place.
"I did think they
The pair were so
performed the best
pleased with their
that they could,
World Championship
although they did not
performance that, she
place as well as they would
said, it was difficult to keep
like to."
their momentum a
Adds Chalom,
the Nationals.
Justin Pekarek
"We thought we
"We skated pret-
and Jamie Silverstein.
•skated very well and
ty well. At the
did a very good
Junior Worlds we had three of our
original dance." (Original dance is one best performances. So we were on a
of the three phases of an ice dancing
real big high when we got home, and
it was kind of hard to maintain that
is
a
Southfield-
Mike Rosenbaum
for Nationals."
based freelance writer.

Two Jewish skaters carry
on the Detroit Skating
Club legacy.

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