Aislinn Munck remembers watching the figure skaters in the Olympics as a little girl.

"I loved the dresses," the 17-year-old said. "What little girl doesn't want to wear a sparkly dress?"

After discovering ballet shoes didn't suit her, she laced up a pair of ice skates and has never looked back.

Munck is one of the members of the Helena Figuring Skating Club set to perform at their annual spring performance on Sunday. She is the club's highest level freeskate skater, which she said comes as a bit of a surprise to her as well as her friends and family.

"I was the girl that would fall down and cry," Munck, a junior at Helena High School said of her first few years skating. "But I'm one of those people that when they suck at something, I want to stick with it and succeed."

Munck says she has spent lots of time falling and recovering from her bruises, but fortunately has never broken anything.

One reason Munck enjoys skating is because it's not like ballet or a team sport, but takes just as much skill.

"It's really athletic," she said. "You have to perform -- feel your music and look graceful. It's like football combined with the grace of ballet. It's difficult but beautiful."

Crystal Curry, 18, has been skating for the past 11 years. A senior at Helena High, Curry plans to attend Montana State University in the fall and join the Bozeman Figure Skating Club.

"I like that (skating) is more individual versus a competition with a team all the time," she said.

Curry is the team's highest level moves skater. She says she's good at skating because the sport doesn't require much hand-eye coordination.

She said people misconceive how hard figure skating really is.

"It's more work than hockey," she said.

Curry and Munck practice six days a week and choreographed some of Sunday's performances.

"The more you practice, the better you get, and I love it," Curry said. "If I miss, it doesn't feel right and everything is all funky."

This year's theme is "Disney Skating Spectacular." The show includes 20 performances ranging in age and level ability.

The club's group performance, "Cinderella" recently received first place at the 15th Annual Skating Competition in Billings.