tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10397898.post8613585727082307209..comments2024-03-17T07:39:21.234-07:00Comments on Orange County Memories: Glacier Falls Ice ArenaSteve Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07254867681706917705noreply@blogger.comBlogger46125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10397898.post-86993606155224649922014-01-06T02:48:28.510-08:002014-01-06T02:48:28.510-08:00later called The Golden Toothpick!later called The Golden Toothpick!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10397898.post-40547732665267344472013-11-05T19:03:55.582-08:002013-11-05T19:03:55.582-08:00I remember skating there all the time! My sister t...I remember skating there all the time! My sister took ice skating lessons there; I took ballet. So I showed her my ballet moves (which she needed anyway!) and she taught me how to skate. I switched over to speed skating, but with hockey skates, cuz all the boys did speed skating and very few girls where out when they were so figured my chances were better! I don't remember what years we skated there but it had to be in the late 60s early 70s. We always had a good time! I'll never forget the way it smelled.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05662882154009514180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10397898.post-32819696173604945202013-10-04T20:39:45.560-07:002013-10-04T20:39:45.560-07:00Hi i remember glacier falls it was a great place, ...Hi i remember glacier falls it was a great place, i had my own ice skates, I also took lessons there at age 12 with evy scotvold for beginners, He taught scott hamelton to skate. I had a skating outfit, it was nice. there was a fire place there, i wore gloves in case i fell down i wouldn't hurt my hands. yes it was in anaheim on katella ave. i went once a week to skate. it was in 1969 to 1972. they had those flicks chocolates with colored rapers. they tore the place down after a few yrs that was a shame, i guess they rebuilt after a couple yrs later. oh for the good old days.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10397898.post-8388091510215519952013-08-29T23:47:22.847-07:002013-08-29T23:47:22.847-07:00Very fond memories of Glacier Falls. My sister an...Very fond memories of Glacier Falls. My sister and I were fortunate to have private lessons from Ivy Scotvold in the early 1960's. The best and most encouraging teacher I ever experienced. Sure do hurt today from all the falls, but wouldn't trade the opportunity to be taught from the very best!! We were all blessed to have grown up during this period of time. Thanks for such enduring memories.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10397898.post-14636125188667449022013-04-28T21:59:05.137-07:002013-04-28T21:59:05.137-07:00Lol...that was my dads BBQ ribs.Lol...that was my dads BBQ ribs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10397898.post-72255399495340250222012-11-29T13:28:37.516-08:002012-11-29T13:28:37.516-08:00Note: What follows is an excerpt from something I ...Note: What follows is an excerpt from something I wrote a few years back and it centered around Glacier Falls. <br /><br />Time stood still for me when I was 17. It was a magical time. But when it changed, the magic dropped faster than a twenty-nine cents pair of socks. And before it became a heartbreak, it became love. It started at an ice skating rink in Anaheim, California where I grew up. The rink was called Glacier Falls.I suppose Glacier Falls had been around long enough for several generations of teenagers to find the same things I found there one day. Little did I know what that day would ignite. I was just chugging along in life and never saw love coming.<br /><br />I met her in one of the booths where food was served and suddenly life had new meaning. I wound up spending a few months with her and even at my age now, and all of the good life that I have lived, she remains one of the best influences on my life. <br /><br />But I didn’t see the value of love back then. I was young and had not see what else life had to offer so I moved on eventually. Still, I have kept those memories of her all these years and the love I found that evening. <br /><br />Life goes on as they say. I’ll bet Glacier Falls isn’t even there anymore. In my mind it remains very clear to me. I see a 17 year-old kid falling in love and spending a magical time with the girl he’ll never forget. And for a while…time stood still.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10397898.post-82283266070693345362012-07-01T10:58:15.817-07:002012-07-01T10:58:15.817-07:00My Dad worked there late 50's to Mid 60's ...My Dad worked there late 50's to Mid 60's at the door. He came back in 1970 after a lay off in the aerospace industry and worked a few more years. I worked there as a floor guard/skate rentals/ Skate service 1975. grew up at that rink, not happy when they torn it down.Don Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11929271144370934879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10397898.post-28367066058243723692012-02-29T22:50:05.036-08:002012-02-29T22:50:05.036-08:00I skated at Glacier Falls from 1962- 1968 or so an...I skated at Glacier Falls from 1962- 1968 or so and took semi-private lessons from Evy Scotvold. I think semi- private lessons were around $4 an hour and private were $6 an hour. <br />Early mornings the skating club kids went tp "patch" session to practice figures. of you got there late, you got stuck with one of the curved end patches of I've that always had rough edges from the zambonni machine. ha ha.<br />I remember a yearly skating performance that had a program brochure with photos of all the skaters participating. There was a picture of Peggy Fleming as a visiting CA Jr. Champion. Wish I still had one of the programs.<br /><br />I remember the flicks in the colored foil tubes, the skate shop with all the fancy skating costumes, and Harlick skates. And that great familiar smell of the rink that always welcomed you when you walked in the door.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10397898.post-45993507265370401652012-02-19T22:42:33.119-08:002012-02-19T22:42:33.119-08:00Took lessons from Harland Parker at GF. Took some ...Took lessons from Harland Parker at GF. Took some lessons from Buddy LaLonde at Paramount too. Had a pair of SP Terry boots with semi-pro blades, love those skates. Moved the blades to Harlick boots and didn't skate as much. I remember all the rinks and have many fond memories of Evy Scotvold as a young GF instructor. I was skating there in the mid 60's to early 70's. Great times.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10397898.post-30883230839464626942012-02-02T07:05:04.921-08:002012-02-02T07:05:04.921-08:00I used to love to skate there at the late night se...I used to love to skate there at the late night sessions with Buddy Lalonde, Lucy Boyle, and me, Janet Bordonaro. Some of my fondest memories were of drinking coffee at the all night coffee shop, after the rink closed at 1 a.m. If only we could turn the clock back for a Friday Late Night Session.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10397898.post-88602562060519488282011-11-21T16:17:56.928-08:002011-11-21T16:17:56.928-08:00Tim S. "73 to 79" I used to help on Skat...Tim S. "73 to 79" I used to help on Skate Rentals and racing around the Rink to Renagade. My last night in Cali. was at the Rink. Miss all you Guys and Gals. Some of ya knew me by KAS. I moved to Tenn. but I still skate with my Kids in Huntsville Alabama. But! I miss after hours Broomball and the Fun We had. <br />bikertim69@yahoo.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10397898.post-58444659635726960202011-11-12T15:18:15.789-08:002011-11-12T15:18:15.789-08:00I loved skating there. Buddy Lalonde would yell a...I loved skating there. Buddy Lalonde would yell at me to quit talking to "those marines" and get back down on the ice. We had a group that skated till closing, then went somewhere for coffee, quite often Walkers Restaurant.<br />My friend, Lucy and I would rather skate than eat.<br />Janet Bordonaro (Morgan) j89408@yahoo.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10397898.post-43215255444703878362011-11-01T15:01:47.806-07:002011-11-01T15:01:47.806-07:00Glacier Falls has a facebook page....Glacier Falls...Glacier Falls has a facebook page....Glacier Falls Rink Rats..come and join us!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10397898.post-11947805729396870352011-07-06T16:14:33.647-07:002011-07-06T16:14:33.647-07:00Absolutely! Saw Tollar Cranston there for an ice ...Absolutely! Saw Tollar Cranston there for an ice show... the whole show cost $5 and he was not the star yet he became, incredible.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10397898.post-72129134746578865772011-06-04T19:32:34.315-07:002011-06-04T19:32:34.315-07:00UPDATE: In addition to Charley Gilmore, Pete Willi...UPDATE: In addition to Charley Gilmore, Pete Williamson skated at GF. He would later go on to make the Canadian Olympic Team twice. <br /><br />Two Olympic skaters from a club with how many, 50 people? What are the odds?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10397898.post-24287913837435049962011-01-31T09:42:30.234-08:002011-01-31T09:42:30.234-08:00I got my first pair of ice skates at Glacier Falls...I got my first pair of ice skates at Glacier Falls - Jr High - early 70's...and if you skated there you MUST remember...SITTING ON THE DOCK OF THE BAY. I seem to remember them playing that song on "couple's only" and every time I hear that song I think of Glacier Falls...I too remember Kelly. Pretty cool if you were asked to skate "couple's only" with Kelly - to Sitting on the Dock of the Bay!<br />Kathy - now in TexasAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10397898.post-49001754166696909522011-01-22T13:55:13.326-08:002011-01-22T13:55:13.326-08:00I skated at Glacier Falls from 1963-67 -- (aprox a...I skated at Glacier Falls from 1963-67 -- (aprox age 8-12). Shirley Winters was my coach. She was wonderful! In the summer she would get all of her private students together for group practice sessions early in the morning - that was fun. After our early morning practice, we'd go up to the restaurant and have a huge stack of pancakes and watch the Zamboni. When I turned 10, I had my birthday party there - remember the dance room that doubled as a birthday party room? It was above the bleachers, near the Zamboni parking place. Anyone else remember the "Grand March"? It started with march music -- people skating 2 by 2, then separating around the rink and joining up again into lines of 4, lines of 8, etc. Also remember "Couples Only" "Skate in the Opposite Direction" "reverse skating only" etc. It was a nice atmosphere, with the fireplace on top, and the restaurant next door. I believe that it was (at one time) a "Carl's" restaurant (owned by Carl Karcher, but not a Carl's Jr) and it was a Scot's Family Restaurant at another time. The rink was beautiful -- a fun place to learn to skate and meet your friends!Diana Khttp://www.tme2lrn.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10397898.post-86983176619255427812010-10-30T11:24:30.211-07:002010-10-30T11:24:30.211-07:00The first time I ever ice skated was on my 6 grade...The first time I ever ice skated was on my 6 grade graduation class in 1960 (I think). We went to Glacier Falls ice rink located at 211 W. Katella Ave, Anaheim. the rink opened in 1959, and finally closed for good in 1983. I beleive the new location is 300 W Lincoln Ave, in Anaheim. Check http://socalspeedskating.org It has a photo collection <br />Sincerely, RuthAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10397898.post-33279325740268849082010-10-23T17:39:57.620-07:002010-10-23T17:39:57.620-07:00I REMEMBER HARLAND PARKER AT POLAR PALACE IN LA HA...I REMEMBER HARLAND PARKER AT POLAR PALACE IN LA HABRA !<br />I LAST TALKED TO HIS EX WIFE 2 YEARS AGO AT THE NEW RINK IN ONTARIO , CA . SHE TOLD ME HE WAS STILL WITH US! AND SKATED WITH HIS DAUGHTER TRACY FROM 1974 TO 1980 WHEN THE RINK CLOSED! LOTS OF MEMORIES OF COURSE SO MANY WISH I COULD FIND SOME OLD FRIENDS ! POST IN YOU WERE THERE! THANX ! MUCH LOVE TO ALL !! VINCE MONOHANAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10397898.post-55085020203790635002010-10-22T19:31:27.850-07:002010-10-22T19:31:27.850-07:00I remember Glacier Falls! I skated there every we...I remember Glacier Falls! I skated there every week in the early 70's. Met a real nice fella there too "by accident" (I ran him over!) Ed Saavedra I believe his name was. There was a restaraunt next door that got upset if you didn't order a certain dollar amount to sit in there. I took lessons and got Skates of my own! I liked the Couples session where it got dark and they had little swirling lights all around. Glacier Falls lives on in my memories.Kathynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10397898.post-41246109581922344092010-10-21T21:29:50.618-07:002010-10-21T21:29:50.618-07:00larry trevett said, i remember Glacier Falls, i sk...larry trevett said, i remember Glacier Falls, i skated there between 1960 and 1965 before going into the service. I belonged to the speed skating club. it was a wonderful place to hang out. I remember the great music,the moonlight sessions, friday and sat from 11 to 1am. some of my friends and fellow speed skaters, bruce vanderwilt, pat knox, joel knox, jerry search, pat johnson, and many more. They just dont make places like that anymore, and it is too bad that they tore it down. I will always have fond memories of that ice rink. I still own a pair of planert speed skates.....Larry Trevettlarry trevettnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10397898.post-17667247648968940682010-09-19T20:35:06.583-07:002010-09-19T20:35:06.583-07:00I remember glacier falls in 1963-1965, never ice s...I remember glacier falls in 1963-1965, never ice skated, we went to see all the marinesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10397898.post-20948829959648171562010-09-10T15:47:40.447-07:002010-09-10T15:47:40.447-07:00Oh Yeah, I remember skating in Anaheim, at good ol...Oh Yeah, I remember skating in Anaheim, at good ole Glacier Falls as my girlfriend's Dad built the place. I lived around the corner from them, and when I would go over to her house, her Dad was working on the drafting plans of it. sometimes we would bug him, and say hurry up and finish it George, and then he was good natured and would always seem to just laugh with us, and finally one day he said, ok girls it is going to be built now, and we got real excited, and those days skating there were some of the best fun times of my life, and getting to know her, and her Mom and Dad and we would always have a blast there, and I got in free all the time, which was another real fun aspect of it:-)That ice was real slick there, and better for skating. But oh how we liked to go up to the round fireplace in the middle front area to just warm up a bit and talk,and we had our matching skating outfits on most of the time. Was neat when she let our other girlfriends in too. It Was also fun when George built the restaurant on to it, and we would go in there and have our hamburgers there, and they were so good. ( I heard Carls Burgers started one of his first restaurants iside of that restaurant) We had many a good friday and Saturday night there, and some times during the day time. I felt so lucky as my Dad worked at Disneyland, around the corner,so got to go to both, mostly when ever I wanted yet we did not go that much or would take the fun out of it, and all I remember was a great time in wonderful Anaheim, when I was growing up there. Wish it were the same now, but they took ole Glacier falls down along with other old Anaheim places somewhere along the line. You cannot beat good old memories:-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10397898.post-81389553719256645462010-05-03T09:43:44.195-07:002010-05-03T09:43:44.195-07:00You're right about figures making better skate...You're right about figures making better skaters. I think the only skaters that have good edges are ice dancers, and not all of them. Figures should be brought back in my opinion.There is a skating organization ISI that has an all figures competition.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10397898.post-89713350572927410782010-02-19T07:56:30.118-08:002010-02-19T07:56:30.118-08:00I used to taking ice skating lessons there from Ha...I used to taking ice skating lessons there from Harland Parker in the 1960's, we skated to Moon River and had cocoa by the fireplace and they sold ice in a cup for 5 cents. I had a big crush on my teacher, Mr. Parker and tried to do my best on figure 8's. They don't have to do figure 8's anymore but now that I look back I think it made us better skaters. <br /> I remember a young guy and girl both named Dana that skated there. A lot of the skaters there were really good. I also remember the flicks candy yummy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com