BG News - Hamilton back for Ice Horizons -
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Published on: 4/4/2003
Last Visited: 4/5/2003
According to Shelly Bressler, director of the show, it is for the love of skating that so many are willing to put in long hours on or off the ice.
"To organize and get them all situated and try and make sure they all make practice is quite a task," she said."But if we didn't love skating, we wouldn't be doing this."
A large love of the sport among males in the community isn't visible, however.But according to Bressler, Hamilton's return will support the dozen males that are participating in the show.However, an existing stereotype citing figure skating as a female sport will not be broken by his visit, she said.
"Because we are in a very small town, if you're a male and you do figure skating, it's weird," she said."Because Bowling Green's such a nice little town they don't crucify or anything, but you're just not cool."