• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar

Bev Smith Writes

An Insider's Look at Figure Skating by Beverley Smith

  • Home
  • About
  • Blog
  • Contact
You are here: Home / Archives for Ellen Burka

Ellen Burka

That's our Ellen

September 24, 2016 By 2 Comments

It feels like a seismic shift, the death of Ellen Burka on Sept. 12. Yes, she was 95 years old, so she left us eons of spirit, of blunt observations, of tough love, of excellence, of great parties. But it’s a wonder that Miss Ellen lived to 95, especially when she faced death in concentration […]

Tweet
0 Shares

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Astra Burka, Dorothy Hamill, Ellen Burka, Karen Preston, Petra Burka, Toller Cranston

Toller memorial fund

July 15, 2015 By 1 Comment

A story I wrote for Skate Canada on the gala announcing the Toller Cranston Memorial Fund. It was a happening.   http://skatecanada.ca/2015/07/skating-community-celebrates-tollers-artistry/

Tweet
0 Shares

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Ellen Burka, Toller Cranston

Petra Burka 50 years later

March 11, 2015 By Leave a Comment

Here is a story I did on the 50th anniversary of Petra Burka’s win at the 1965 world figure skating championships.   http://www.skatecanada.ca/2015/03/fifty-years-later-petra-burka-1965-world-champion/

Tweet
0 Shares

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Ellen Burka, Petra Burka

Primary Sidebar

Your Support is Appreciated!

You can encourage me to write more and to maintain this website with a donation in any amount.
Thanks in advance!

Recent Comments

  • Sonja on Karen Magnussen passes the torch
  • Amelia on Yuzuru Hanyu: Higher and Higher
  • Kho Bee Maiy on Yuzuru Hanyu: Higher and Higher
  • From +3/-3 to +5/-5 | sportlandia on Scoring changes afoot because of Hanyu
  • Racille North on A Proposal, Alaska Style
  • Sally Rehorick on Keegan Messing: Canadian Champion.
  • Lori Nichol on Keegan Messing’s Odyssey

Archives

Copyright BevSmithWrites.com 2014-2018