The Martha s Vineyard Times
Ryan Giordano, left, with longtime coach Jane Taylor.
Ryan Giordano successfully passed his senior moves in the field test for U.S. Figure Skating, becoming the Martha’s Vineyard Figure Skating Club’s most recent gold medalist.
Figure skating tests are a national standard set by the U.S. Figure Skating Association. There are eight levels to complete in the field test to become a gold medalist Giordano, 17, completed all eight levels in five years. He joins fellow Islanders Amanda Bernard and Sally Caron in accomplishing the gold medal feat.
Giordano is a junior at Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School, and wants to skate in college. He is looking at schools in Florida and California.
Winter Drive-In offers off-season entertainment
Martha’s Vineyard Film Festival will show ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ and MV Figure Skating on the big screen.
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The Martha s Vineyard Film Festival Drive-In will be hosting all sorts of great events this winter. Maria Thibodeau
The full cast of It s a Wonderful Life meet together to rehearse and record snippets that will eventually make up the play.
Student Emmett Favreau rehearses a scene from It s a Wonderful Life over Zoom.
Just because most indoor screening venues are closed on-Island doesn’t mean the community can’t enjoy some impressive performances from local talent.