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Christmas on Ice

HEIDI DESCH | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 5 years AGO
by HEIDI DESCH
Heidi Desch is features editor and covers Flathead County for the Daily Inter Lake. She previously served as managing editor of the Whitefish Pilot, spending 10 years at the newspaper and earning honors as best weekly newspaper in Montana. She was a reporter for the Hungry Horse News and has served as interim editor for The Western News and Bigfork Eagle. She is a graduate of the University of Montana. She can be reached at [email protected] or 406-758-4421. | December 23, 2020 2:00 AM

About 20 skaters of all ages performed Saturday during the Glacier Skate Academy's Christmas on Ice show at Stumptown Ice Den.

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Isley Simpson skates to the song “Mary, Did You Know?” Saturday during the Glacier Skate Academy’s Christmas on Ice show at the Stumptown Ice Den. (Heidi Desch/Whitefish Pilot)

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Eleanor Parsons skates during the Glacier Skate Academy’s Christmas on Ice show Saturday at the Stumptown Ice Den. (Heidi Desch/Whitefish Pilot)

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London Taylor glides across the ice Saturday during the Glacier Skate Academy’s Christmas on Ice show at the Stumptown Ice Den. (Heidi Desch/Whitefish Pilot)

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Sophia Burrough skates during the Glacier Skate Academy’s Christmas on Ice show at the Stumptown Ice Den. (Heidi Desch/Whitefish Pilot)

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Bailey Lowell smiles for the audience during her performance Saturday during the Glacier Skate Academy’s Christmas on Ice show at the Stumptown Ice Den. (Heidi Desch/Whitefish Pilot)

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Kensington Blystone performs Saturday during the Glacier Skate Academy’s Christmas on Ice show at the Stumptown Ice Den. (Heidi Desch/Whitefish Pilot)

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Muriel Mercer performs Saturday during the Glacier Skate Academy’s Christmas on Ice show at the Stumptown Ice Den. (Heidi Desch/Whitefish Pilot)

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