1984 -- 1988 Skating, Skating, Skating

Eventually, I transferred from Brea to the Costa Mesa Ice Capades Chalet. That was closer to Long Beach. The problem was I also took a cut in pay with that move. We could not make it financially on the hourly rate I was paid at Ice Capades Chalet Costa Mesa.

I also wanted to teach independently. Eventually, I moved to Iceland in Paramount. It was so fun to teach there at first. I paid a small pro fee to the rink and kept the money that students paid me.

A new manager came to Iceland in 1986. He asked me to be Skating Director there. It was a hard job. I left Iceland in 1988 after having a disagreement with the rink's manager.

Dan came to the rink every day through all those years that I taught in Brea, Costa Mesa, and Paramount. He helped with competitions. He also learned to skate and even competed in ice dancing!