Club & Benefit Shows in the U.S. & Canada: Spring/Summer 2011 edition

[kwanette]

[QUOTE=Sylvia;3133842]Here are the club/carnival & benefit shows in US and Canada scheduled for this weekend.

Melissa Gregory/Denis Petukhov's "Proud Nation" show, hosted by Dorothy Hamill, will be at ISCC on Friday, April 8 at 7:30 pm in Simsbury, CT -- ticket info/prices: http://www.isccskate.com/

Mel/Den posted on FB yesterday that Sarah Hughes had been added to the cast.

[Sylvia]

The Canadian shows are listed in my original post on the previous page. I'm (re)posting the 2 US shows here.

Melissa Gregory/Denis Petukhov's "Proud Nation" show, hosted by Dorothy Hamill, will be at ISCC on Friday, April 8 at 7:30 pm in Simsbury, CT -- ticket info/prices: http://www.isccskate.com/

Featuring:
Gregory & Petukhov, US Olympians
Burns & Poe, 2010 Independent Artists of the Year
Stacey Carlson, Cirque du Soleil Star of DELIRIUM
Anti-Gravity, Fusion of Dance, Acrobatics, Olympians & X-Games Winners
Melanie Lambert & Fred Palascak, Professional Adagio Pairs Skaters & Stars of Reality TV
Hosted by Dorothy Hamill, Figure Skating Legend, Olympic & World Champion

Sarah Hughes (thanks, kwanette!) and Jeremy Abbott have been added to the cast.

The 2nd annual "One Step Closer" HIV AIDS benefit will take place Saturday, April 9 at 2:45pm at the Richard J. Codey arena in West Orange, NJ. Tickets are $15; for meet and greet after the show $20 -- event site: http://www.OneStepCloserNYC.org
Posted in the Kiss and Cry forum as of 3/28:

EMCEES
Dan Schwartzman, Allison Siko, Max Yazdzik

National Anthem by
Rene Martinez, Allison Siko, Corey Black
Founders of AIDS Resource Foundation for Children Terry and Faye Zealand
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Audrey Goldberg & Joseph Dolkiewicz
Olivia Yao
Ken Ho
Brady Chin
Pippa Leigh ~ Introduction by Lucinda Ruh
Heidi Vanderhoof
Amelia Xu ~ Introduction by Elaine Zayak
Christine Zhang
FIGURE SKATING IN HARLEM
Introduction by Sharon Cohen
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Intermission 3:50 to 4:10
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Introduction by Sally Saul
Kelly Walsh
Jimmy Ma ~ Introduction by Elaine Zayak
Juliana May and Cody Dolkiewicz
Caitlin Belt and Michael Johnson
Anastasiya Kononenko ~ Introduction by Lucinda Ruh
Wesley Campbell
Sean Rabbitt
Melissa Bulanhagui with KDREW
“I LOVE YA”
Joelle Forte ~ Introduction by Elaine Zayak
KDREW “SORRY FOR MY LOVE”
KDREW “DEFEATED” ~ FINALE ~ CAST
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
MEET & GREET
Party room 1 at the lobby
Upgrade price $5

[fan]

Toronto cricket club is having their annual show April 29 and April 30 - not sure who will be skating.

[Sylvia]

I forgot to include this upcoming benefit show on Sunday:

"We Sk84 Life" Benefit Show raising money for the American Cancer Society in Buffalo Grove, IL April 10th featuring Jason Brown.

http://www.wesk84life.com

Facebook group: http://http://www.facebook.com/#!/event.php?eid=114876498590312

ETA link to a local Chicago article about the show: http://www.dailyherald.com/article/2...ews/704069951/
Cast of skaters: http://www.wesk84life.com/skaters.html

[alilou]

'2011 Champions on Ice' gala of the Canlan Ice Sports, BC Centre of Excellence and British Columbia/Yukon Territory section on May 6th and 7th. Vancouver

[Sylvia]

Melissa Gregory/Denis Petukhov's "Proud Nation" show, hosted by Dorothy Hamill, will be at ISCC on Friday, April 8 at 7:30 pm in Simsbury, CT

smurfy posted a short report last night in this Gregory/Petukhov thread: http://www.fsuniverse.net/forum/showthread.php?t=78153

From: http://elmhurst.patch.com/articles/i...-from-elmhurst

Weir will be joined in Bensenville by two-time U.S. bronze medalist Ashley Wagner, 2009 U.S. Silver Medalist Brandon Mroz, Des Plaines native and two-time Junior World Medalist Agnes Zawadzki, and fellow Chicago-born Olympians Melissa Gregory and Denis Petukhov.

In light of the recent events in Japan, Ice Dreams will donate $1 of every ticket sold to the Japanese Red Cross in support of the relief effort. There will also be a silent auction the night of the show with all proceeds going to the Japanese Red Cross.

To purchase tickets, visit www.icedreamstour.com.

This "Ice Dreams" show will take place at the Edge Ice Arena in Bensenville, Illinois at 7 pm on Saturday, April 30.

[LilJen]

Speaking of the Edge Ice Arena in Bensenville: Was just there yesterday for ISI Synchro Championships. For the gala/exhibition last night, the lovely Mary Beth Marley came back for a hometown appearance. She skated to "Don't Rain on My Parade" (ugh; just not my cup o' tea), but boy, she is a skater with SPART. Just projected a lot of energy. Will continue to enjoy watching her and Rockne as their partnership continues.

[TDsk8]

A couple of clips from April 9, Saturday

KDREW & Melissa Bulanhagui

FINALE ~ ENCORE

Wesley Campbell - practice 3F/3T

Melissa Bulanhagui - practice 3Ax

Wesley Campbell

Sean Rabbitt

[Chele615]

Anabelle Langlois and Cody Hay are skating in the Heather Skating Club (New Glasgow, NS) show this coming weekend. This article talks about how the Heather Skating Club won second place in the "Show It Off" contest for the new Skate Canada logo.

http://www.ngnews.ca/News/Local/2011...-contest-win/1

[WildRose]

The Royal Glenora Club in Edmonton is holding a special 50th Anniversary Show May 20-22nd. Cast includes Kurt Browning, Sale & Pelletier, Michael Slipchuk, Susan Humphreys, and Langlois & Hay. Tickets are on sale now - see article linked below for more info:

http://www.edmontonjournal.com/Forme...dmontonjournal

[nashvilledancer]

The Atlanta FSC Ice Show April 29-May 1 features Jeremy Abbott and Alexander Aiken (who is from the area). http://www.atlantafigureskating.com/

[judiz]

Although not listed on the website yet, Johnny confirmed he will be skating at this show on May 1st in New Jersey. Also skating will be Brandon Mroz, Agnes Zawadzki, Marissa Castelli and Simon Schnapir , Parker Pennington,Samantha Cesario, Jonelle Forte, The Ice Theater of New York and many junior skaters.

http://www.icehousenj.com/Docs/FigSk...ateToLearn.pdf

[cityskate]

Hey

We're the producers of Skate-To-Learn and Johnny Weir confirmed today that he'll be skating in the show (and we're unbelievably excited about it). The show is on May 1 at 3:00 pm at the Ice House in Hackensack, NJ and it's for the benefit of Brooklyn Ice and Boys & Girls Clubs in New Jersey. For tickets or more info, you can visit our website at http://www.skate-to-learn.org

[Sylvia]

We're the producers of Skate-To-Learn and Johnny Weir confirmed today that he'll be skating in the show (and we're unbelievably excited about it). The show is on May 1 at 3:00 pm at the Ice House in Hackensack, NJ and it's for the benefit of Brooklyn Ice and Boys & Girls Clubs in New Jersey. For tickets or more info, you can visit our website at http://www.skate-to-learn.org

I bumped up your original event thread and posted a local article link in there today: http://www.fsuniverse.net/forum/showthread.php?t=78290

Press release: Pettit Center To Host Fundraiser For Japan

The Pettit National Ice Center [in Milwaukee] will play host to a very special figure skating fundraising exhibition that will benefit relief efforts in Japan. The fundraiser, “Sympathy Towards Japan” will be held Friday, April 15, 2011 at 6:15pm.

The fundraiser’s organizer is local skater Nanoha Sato, a native of Japan, whose entire family is still living in the Far East.

[skaterboi]

The Atlanta FSC Ice Show April 29-May 1 features Jeremy Abbott and Alexander Aiken (who is from the area). http://www.atlantafigureskating.com/

New website address is now atlantafsc.org

[Jenna]

Just a reminder that Skate for Love is tomorrow at Mennen Arena in Morristown, NJ. 7PM!

Meissner, Hughes, Bobek and many more.

Full cast list: www.skateforlove.org

[Sylvia]

The Skating Club of Wilmington is having their annual ice show April 14,15 &16.

Any reports/highlights this weekend? On-ice photos are posted on the club's site (scroll down): http://www.wilmicesk8.com/

"Skate for Love" took place on Saturday night -- link to the event thread in GSD that should have reports eventually: http://www.fsuniverse.net/forum/showthread.php?t=77778

[paskatefan]

We went to the Skating Club of Wilmington show last night. It was a very entertaining show with a wide range of skaters & skills (very young to adult, Basic skills 1-8, freestyle, no test prelininary, pre juvenile/juvenile, intermediate-senior, elite, adult freestyle, Special Olympics, parent/child, synchro). The theme was "As the Ice Turns." There were four acts, one for each season, with an intermission after act 2. Musically it was a trip around the world, with a hot air balloon prop on the ice that was moved from continent to continent during each segment. Act 1 was "Winter" with music represented all the continents, Australia, & Asia. Act 2 was "Spring" with music representing Africa, & Europe. Act 3 was "Summer", with music representing Antarctica, North, & South America, and Act 4 was "Fall" with more music representing North America. There were some injured skaters who were unable to skate last night - Stephen Carriere and Alexander Zahradnicek (2011 US Junior men Silver medalist). Viktor Pfeifer (5 time Austrian Champion & 2 time Olympian) and Ryan Bradley were not there, probably because of training for Worlds. It was great to see Ashley Wagner and Armin Mahbanoozadeh skate twice in the show. Ashley skated to a song called "Gravity" (not "Defying Gravity" from Wicked) in Act 2, and "On the Floor" in Act 4. Armin skated to Michael Buble's version of "Foggy in London" (not sure if that's actually the title of the Frank Sinatra song, but that's how it's listed in the program - Isn't it actually called "A Foggy Day in London" or something like that?) in Act 2 & a version of "Summertime" (not sure who sang it) in Act 4. both were very "on" and well received. There were skaters whom we saw at 2011 US Nationals who
probably hadn't skated to their potential there, but were very enjoyable in this show, specifically Kelsey Traunero ("God Bless America" - Celine Dion's version, loved her Russian Split Jump in particular) and Marcus Mimidus ("I Go to Rio"). Another skater who really stood out for us was Tony Lu. He skated to the song "Land Down Under" in Act 1, and looked like Nathan Chen.In Act 2, Daniel Leeds skated to "Walk Like an Egyptian, and he had a lot of charm & personality on the ice. After the show, we stood by the boards, complimented the skaters on their performances, and had a nice opportunity to talk to several of them (a number of whom we saw at the Liberty Summer Competition last summer and at Eastern Sectionals). It was also very nice to chat with Tiffny Scott & Philip Duhlebohn.

Sylvia, thanks for the link to the on ice pics from the show.

[Picton]

Tickets are now available for the end of season carnival in Prince Edward County at the new Wellington Arena. The shows are on May 7 at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. $15 admission price. Appearing are: Crone and Poirier, Moore-Towers and Moscovitch, Nexxice synchro team and the County's own Peter O'Brien who is Canada's Junior Bronze Medalist. Should be a great show!
If interested, phone Christa at 613 399-2420.

[mmscfdcsu]

Johnny will not be at Skate to Learn today. http://twitter.com/JohnnyGWeir