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basic skating skills and working up to the more advanced skills for the high school students.
• "We start with the basics in the four to six year olds," Wolter said. "They are usually just getting started on the ice and we work to make them feel comfortable on skates."
• As the grades advance, so do the skill requirements.
• "The second to fourth grade students start to learn how to stop, turn and to glide backwards," Wolter said. "The older students learn to do the jumps, spins and more advanced moves."
• Once the committee picks the theme for the year, songs and choreography needs to be done for each group.
• "We pick the song," Hanson said. "Then the instruc

tor or Wolter and the committee do the choreography for each group."
• Breanna Marzahn is one of the youth instructors for the Carnival. This year was her first time instructing, she had the Kindergarten class.
•  "Working with Kindergarten age students mean they all have their own opinions," Marzahn laughs, "The trick is trying to keep them all happy."
• "I was able to pick the song for my group, Marzahn said. "I also did the choreography for it,"
• Marzahn has been skating for eight years and has been a part of the Carnival every year during that time. This year she was especially busy. Besides instructing and skating with the Kindergarten group, she also skated with her age group and performed a solo for the first time.
• "While I've done group performances and been part of duets in the past," Marzahn said. "This is the first year I've done a solo act."
• Cheyenne Schaller is also a first time instructor this year, although she is by no means new to the Carnival. She has been skating for 13 years and has been in the Carnival every year.
• "This will be the first time I have instructed a group," Schaller said. "I assisted the last couple of years."
• While the committee picked the music for the first grade group, Schaller did the choreography. The group skated to "Steal My Sunshine."

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