Shelly Bressler

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."

The amount of work that Shelly Bressler, director of the show, does is unbelievable.This year's show is going to be over the top, but Bressler has been helped from the very beginning from the two assistant directors, Kate Sockrider and Lana Mastroianni, both University students.
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Both of these girls, as well as Shelly Bressler, have done a wonderful job with the Ice Show thus far and as a participant in the show, I can tell that everyone involved is having a great time.All three of these ladies have done such an amazing job and I just wanted to make sure credit was given where it was due.

Shelly Bressler - Show Directorrbressler@peoplepc.com