Brisbane skaters to realise a dream in Disney On Ice first

On July 1, in one history-making show only, a group of young skaters from Brisbane will realize their dream and take part in a pre-show performance before the international skating superstars take over and perform Disney On Ice presents Worlds of Fantasy.

For the first time ever, local skaters have been invited to perform on the ice before a Disney On Ice show in Queensland. A troupe of 42 from the Iceworld Figure Skating Club based at Acacia Ridge in Brisbane, home to some of Queensland’s top skaters, will perform their custom-created show, A Disney Dream, at 2pm on Friday, July 1.

All tickets to the 2.30pm performance of Disney On Ice presents Worlds of Fantasy include the pre-show, representing a wonderful opportunity to see some of the State’s top skaters, from a 5-year old tot to leading representative skaters, strut their stuff on the ice.

Disney On Ice presents Worlds of Fantasy comes to Brisbane from June 30 through to July 3, and stars some of the biggest names in entertainment – Lightning McQueen and Mater from Disney/Pixar’s Cars; Lion Simba, along with Timon and Pumbaa from The Lion King; Ariel, Eric and the wonderful Under the Sea creatures from The Little Mermaid, and the magical cast of Fairies from Walt Disney Pictures Tinker Bell, and of course the world famous Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse.

The pre-show performance is being choreographed by Iceworld Figure Skating Club’s Tina Wang, a coach and a former Australian representative at the highest levels in world figure skating. Three of the stars of the show include Taylor Dean (Forest Lake) and Rikkilee Smith (Crestmead), who are both Junior National Level Ladies Skaters, and Lochran Doherty (Sunnybank Hills), who is a National Junior Mens Level Skater, along with an ensemble local cast of all ages – all sharing one dream – to skate like their Disney On Ice heroes. (local contact details available for all local skaters on request).

Produced by Feld Entertainment, Disney On Ice presents Worlds of Fantasy is performing at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre from Thursday, June 30 to Sunday, July 3 (perfect school holiday entertainment) tickets are on sale NOW through Ticketek on 132 849 or visit www.ticketek.com.au/disneyonice

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Of course building a paper town doesn’t have to include a geometry lesson (they also calculated the volume of their buildings) but it is a fun way to get kids to express their creativity by decorating the buildings and talking about the things they would want to include in their own town.

Putting buildings together is a test of fine-motor skills, and if kids are working on a town together they’ll need to negotiate what goes where and why.

Get started with the house printables from Kids Activities Blog. They’ve got a “plain” roof house and a “fancy” roof house to choose from. Just print, color, cut out and assemble.

You might want more than just houses in your little town, though, so I went hunting for some more printable templates you can use to make different kinds of buildings.

Brother has printable skyscrapers, cars, people, trees and lights (shown above) that are meant to be printed in color buy you can do them in black and white so kids can color them in if you want.

Printablee has another colorized set of paper buildings including different kinds of houses and something that maybe looks like a church or school.

If you’re willing and bale to pay for printables to use in your paper town, there are lots of great ones available on Etsy. Ludlow Prints has a collection with a school, grocery store, bakery and other buildings, while Paper Fun By Yumi includes things like a hospital, fire department and police station (essential if you’ve done a community helpers unit!).

Tiger Bee Learning has a printable set with 20 different buildings, including a bank, library, museum and zoo to name a few, as well as a blank template for kids to design their own buildings. Once you have the basics of making a piece of paper into a 3D building down, kids are sure to want to make their own buildings to add to the town.

Older kids can also write about why they picked the buildings they did, and littler kids will have fun building their town over and over again.

[Photo: Brother]

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