The first skill that Carolyn Drumm teaches her ice-skating students is how to fall.”That’s what they are all so freaked out about,” Drumm said. “This way, they get over that fear right away.”
The second skill she teaches is how to get up.
That is her goal, really. Drumm wants to teach disadvantaged kids how to pick [...]
All Carolyn Drumm wants is a sheet of ice. It is on ice that she makes things happen.
It doesn’t seem that it should be that difficult. There are plenty of well-groomed patches of the stuff. And considering what Drumm does, it seems that some well-meaning person with some solid ice connections should [...]
If Skate for Joy’s inaugural fundraiser on Feb. 23 had been competing in the Olympics, it would have received a gold medal.
The newly formed organization, devoted to bringing ice skating to inner-city children, filled up the Hi-Hat at Davol Square with 125 guests. The mayor of Providence made an appearance. Honorary chair Fayneese [...]