![]() ![]() ![]() She performed with CenterStage Band and Show Choir, as well as the Wausau Pro Musica women’s chorus. Charlotte was a lifelong singer, participating in many church choirs, including the St. Char taught skating for nearly thirty years in Wausau, both as a volunteer and as a professional and even made the local news because she continued to teach well into her 80’s.Ĭhar loved to be busy and active in her community. When relocating to Wisconsin, the primary criteria for Charlotte and Ray was a town with a rink, a golf course, ski hill, and nearby airport! Charlotte continued taking ice dancing lessons and passed her bronze and silver dance tests. ![]() She began taking ice dancing and freestyle lessons in her forties. When Charlotte and Ray moved to Maine, she continued skating at the Riverside Ice Arena and at Bowdoin College’s ice rink. Eventually she approached the town of Crystal Lake about opening a skating rink on the lakefront. She began teaching skating in her back yard while living in Illinois. Charlotte and Ray’s family lived in Evanston, Illinois Dallas, Texas Crystal Lake, Illinois Yarmouth, Maine and finally settled in Wausau WI in 1979. Charlotte was invited to skate in the show’s chorus for nine months as they traveled around North America.Ĭharlotte married Raymond (Ray) Hoecker and had four children. Ice Cycles was a joint venture of the Ice Capades and Shipstad and Johnson Ice Follies. Through a connection at the skating club Charlotte was introduced to the manager of the Ice Cycles skating show. ![]() Thus, began her lifelong passion for figure skating.Īfter high school Charlotte worked in retail in Chicago and was a member of the Chicago Skating Club. When Charlotte was four her father took her to Arrington Lagoon, in Evanston Illinois, to teach her how to ice skate. While in high school she sang in various choral groups and participated in school sponsored variety shows. She was born in Providence RI on Maand resided there until the age of four when her family moved to Evanston Ill.Ĭhar grew up in Evanston Ill, attending local public schools and graduating from Evanston Township High School, where she was known as Polly. Charlotte was the second daughter of Ruth Grant Morgan Tilden and Laurence Stiness Tilden. A new ice-skating rink has opened for Charlotte Tilden Hoecker (Char). ![]()
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