Boston Ice Dance Weekend
August 15 – 17, 2025
The Skating Club of Boston is again pleased to host the annual Boston Ice Dance Weekend!
Come a day early and enjoy the Summer Sizzler ice show on August 14th at 7pm. See Team USA skaters dazzle you in the beautiful Tenley E. Albright Performance Center at the conclusion of U.S. Figure Skating’s 2025 Champs Camp. Tickets will become available in July.
Here is why the Boston IDW is the best evah !
Great skating:
- 9 hours of program ice dancing
- 3 additional hours of on-ice instructions
- The Skating Club of Boston is new, beautiful, with everything you’d want
- The ice is perfect and the rinks are warm
Great for seeing old friends and meeting new ones:
- Friday after skating, a chance to mingle while enjoying soups, sandwiches, and desserts
- Saturday, take breaks from skating for some tasty refreshments
- Saturday evening, we will have a dinner dance with a live band
- Our weekend will conclude with a Sunday brunch
Great extras:
- Off-ice balletics before Friday skating
- On Friday you can optionally dress up for our theme of “Over the Rainbow”
- One hour beginners’ session on Saturday at noon
- All the food will be by our unmatched Executive Chef and his team
- Saturday dinner dance and Sunday brunch will be in the elegant Frieling Lounge
- Unique features of the SCOB: Memory Wall, Richard Button Trophy Room, more
- Block room rates at the Courtyard Marriott, our host hotel.
Pricing and Registration
Full Skater Weekend (includes all ice, classes, social functions, and Dinner Dance) is $360. If registered before June 30, it is only $330.
Full Social Weekend for non-skaters (includes all social functions and Dinner Dance) is $165.
We also offer A la Carte selections
- Friday evening skating is $90
- Saturday skating without dinner dance is $165
- Saturday dinner dance is $65
- Sunday skating and brunch is 90
The payments are due at the time of registration.
Public Transportation and Host Hotel
The Skating Club of Boston is located 2 miles, or about a ten minute drive from the Route 128 Station of Boston Commuter Rail and Amtrak, and from the intersection of major highway. There are a lot of good restaurants and shops near the station.
For out-of-town participants, we recommend Marriott Courtyard at 64 University Ave, Westwood, MA. We expect the hotel to set aside a block of rooms for us and offer discounts. It is quite easy to come to the hotel from Logan Airport via public transportation. To pay for the fare, just tap your credit card – don’t need to buy any tickets.
August is a great time to visit Boston and New England. Consider extending your stay to visit Cape Cod or Maine or one of the many other interesting places nearby.
Hotel Information
Courtyard Marriott
Boston Dedham/Westwood
64 University Avenue, Westwood, MA
Hotel is approx. 5 minutes from The Skating Club of Boston
Rate: TBD
Last Day to Book: TBD
About Boston Ice Dance Weekend and The Adult Community Activities Committee
The Adult Community Activities Committee (ACAC) is very pleased to present an annual Boston Ice Dance Weekend at The Skating Club of Boston. Co-Chaired by Laura Morrissette and George Blaszczynski, both are enthusiastic social ice dancers who started the revival of social ice dance in the Boston area by organizing and running the Minuteman Ice Dance Weekend for several years. In 2022 they were invited to bring the Boston Ice Dance Weekend back to The Skating Club of Boston.
The ACAC is thrilled to welcome everyone to The Skating Club of Boston to skate in both the West Rink and the Tenley E. Albright Performance Center throughout the weekend of activities including catered meals by the Club’s world-class hospitality team, and evening entertainment in the Club’s beautiful Frieling Club Lounge.
What is Social Ice Dancing?
The quick answer: Ballroom Dancing on Ice. Ice dancing has a long history that began as a social activity to interest skaters and their families to come to the local skating clubs. The clubs had weekly social ice dance sessions that usually included off-ice social event. Experienced dancers would teach new dancers the steps to dozens of standard patterns. Ice Dancing gradually evolved into the competitive figure skating sport that it is today. It has a recognized USFSA test structure and sanctioned competitions at all levels. Social Ice Dancing is not like that; it goes back to the sport’s roots of non-competitive skating just for fun. Nobody’s judging you, so you are free to enjoy the dancing and chat with your partner.
Is This for Me?
Whatever your skating level, you will enjoy the ice dance weekend. It’s all about being social and having fun. If you love to be with other skaters who share your passion for ice dance, you will have a great time. And the food, so much wonderful food …
Do I need to come with a partner?
No, it’s social ice dancing. Everyone is encouraged to dance with lots of different partners. If you don’t come with a partner, no worries, you’ll get plenty of offers to dance. And what’s amazing, but true, is that you are likely to dance with partners of very different skill level, and really enjoy it.
I’m a Solo Dancer, will I have to dance with a partner?
An Ice Dance Weekend is meant to be social. All dancers are strongly encouraged to skate with partners whenever possible. If you’ve never danced with anyone who’s not a coach, you’ll find it’s a whole different experience. Try it; you might like it. If you are asked to dance, courtesy requires that you either accept the invitation or sit out the dance. If you can’t find a partner, you are welcome to skate solo as long as you maintain a good pattern, and enter the pattern behind all paired dancers.
What dances should I know?
Even if you are a real beginner, you will find skaters eager to guide through the pro-bronze dances. If you are more advanced and feel comfortable with Dutch Waltz, Canasta Tango, Rhythm Blues, Swing Dance, Cha Cha, you will spend a lot of time dancing. This does not imply that you have tested or passed these dances, but merely that you know what the steps are can do something that resembles them, on time with the music. If you are a more advanced skater, we will play dances up to the pre-gold level, and higher per request. We will also play dances that are no in the official test structure, such as the Golden Skaters Waltz, Rose Petal Waltz (Three Lobe Waltz), Riverside Rhumba, Baby Blues, and the Swing Waltz.
What should I wear?
Ice Dance weekends offer you an opportunity to dress up and show off some of those test and competition clothes hanging in the back of the closet. On Friday night you may have fun dressing up in a costume for our theme, which this year is “Over the Rainbow”. But the emphasis is on fun and ice dancing, so you are welcome to wear whatever is safe and comfortable.
Are all ages welcome?
Yes, well-behaved skaters of all ages are welcome to join us at the Boston Ice Dance Weekend.
What is Summer Sizzler?
Summer Sizzler is a colorful show produced at the conclusion of U.S. Figure Skating’s Champs Camp held at The Skating Club of Boston. Champs Camp is an invitation-only camp to prepare the top U.S. skaters for the competitive season.
