Danalee Harrison [Adult I & Adult II]

Danalee Harrison has been coaching for 18 years. She is currently NCCP Level 3 Certified and working on her Level 4 Tasks. In the last 18 years of coaching, she has been specialized in Synchronized Skating for 13 years, as well as in all disciplines of singles. Working with skaters of all ages in singles and in Novice and Adult I & II levels in Synchro, her teams compete provincially and nationally. Currently Danalee coaches for the Newton Figure Skating Club and Lower Mainland Synchronized Skating Club. Danalee is married and has two children of her own ages 10 and 13.

Leslie Rupp [Pre-Novice, Juvenile & Open]

Leslie coaches all levels from Beginner through Open teams at LMSSC.  She has been a coach at Newton FSC since 1975 (36 years) and, prior to that, 3 years in Northern Manitoba.   She is a level 3 certified coach and Gold CEP Level (Continuing Education Program with Skate Canada).   She teaches synchronized team skating, freeskate, interpretive, dance, skills, Canskate, and Starskate.  Leslie was named Coach of the Year for the BC/Yukon Section in 2005 and coached Ice X-treme (Open) to 2 National Synchronized Skating Medals, gold in 2006 and bronze in 2008.  Leslie teaches 3days a week at Newton FSC and the rest of the week with the Lower Mainland Synchronized Skating Club and Cheam SC in Chilliwack where she resides.