A sellout crowd met and mingled with skating luminaries at “Celebrating Excellence & Sisterhood,” this year’s Figure Skating in Harlem (FSH) gala, held at Gotham Hall.
Vladimir Duthiers of CBS News, Olympic Champion Scott Hamilton, Sharon Cohen, and several FSH participantsA sellout crowd met and mingled with skating luminaries at “Celebrating Excellence & Sisterhood,” this year’s gala, held at Gotham Hall. Celebrities of the skating world at the event included the likes of Olympic Champions Scott Hamilton and Nathan Chen, along with other well-known skaters, current FSH participants and alumnae, and this year’s honorees.
Ngala became emotional in her speech, recalling how her mother and late father helped foster her love of skating and the importance of the nurturing she received from everyone at FSH. High school senior India Freeman joined FSH in her freshman year of high school, introduced to it by her cousins, who had been in the program since elementary school. “All of these doors opened up,” said Freeman, who is a Posse Scholar and will attend Franklin & Marshall College in the fall. “At first, I joined simply because I wanted to do the sport. Then, I found out about the community and the sisterhood. It’s everything in one program and it blew my mind completely.
“I love coming here and meeting up with the girls and visiting with them,” said Andrews. “It’s always so much fun and they’re all so sweet. Seeing the smiles on their faces makes me so happy.” The gala was hosted by Vladimir Duthiers of CBS News. It opened and closed with FSH alumna Mariama Diop, an actress/singer who performed in “The Lion King” on Broadway, singing while video of FSH was shown.
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