The first time professional skater and performer Riona Harris put on a pair of skates, she fell. She was eight years old, and even though the Duluth native had been training in dance since she was two years old, being coordinated on ice wasn’t easy for her.

“I wasn’t good at it, I was falling a lot, but I loved it,” Harris explained. “I was hanging and holding onto the boards because I kept falling.”

Harris said that despite the rough start, there was a certain feeling that she couldn’t shake. The feeling that only ice skating, and maybe surfing and roller skating can duplicate.

“Once I got comfortable, the feeling of gliding felt so incredible,” Harris said.

These days, Harris is very comfortable on ice as a member of the ensemble for Disney on Ice presents Jump In! The show’s East Co

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