"Skating Champ"
Ms. Car began at skating competitively at the age of twelve. If you know nothing of performance skating, this is a complicated mess of events.
Rachel performed pattern dance, free dance and figure skating. Both pattern and free dance were performed with and without a male partner. She competed in Junior Olympics monthly and also qualified each year for the regional competition held in Bakersfield.
She, of course, wore those oh so thrilling, skin-clinging skating dresses, complete with patterns and ruffles. She had two pair of skates. One pair for dance and figure skating, the other pair for freestyle. Both pair were white, as is standard, and were outrageously expensive. The dance skates were $700 and the freestyle skates $300. She payed for both pair herself and wore boot covers during practice to keep them gleaming white for competition.
The atmosphere was very serious and intense. Rachel found it challenging and consistently excelled at skating so she continued to compete all the way to the age of seventeen. At this point, Ms. Car brought home an unacceptable C- in Trig and was forced to give up the thrill of the rink.
