Spring-Summer 2023 Club Ice Shows & Benefits

[Sylvia]

Starting this thread now because Johnny Weir's Instagram story yesterday mentioned that tickets were selling fast for his last planned appearance at the Skating Club of Wilmington's Annual Spring Ice Show in Delaware on Friday, March 31, and Saturday, April 1, 2023, at 7 pm:

2023 Spring Ice Show – Galaxy On Ice – Starring Johnny Weir

DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Wilmington Our hotel is next to Concord Mall, minutes from I-95 and the Skating Club of Wilmington. We offer free shuttle service to area shopping and restaurants within three miles. Our location off Concord Pike (Rte 202) offers easy access to Wilmington attractions...

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One of his new numbers is to Debussy's "Clair de Lune."

Tickets are on sale now for the Skating Club of Boston's ICE CHIPS -- with special guest star Nathan Chen -- at the Tenley E. Albright Performance Center rink on Friday, April 7 at 7 pm and Saturday, April 8 at 1 pm & 7 pm (a separate thread for this show can be created closer to the event if there's interest):

Ice Chips | Celebrating Over 108 Years of Excellence

icechips.org

This thread is not limited to U.S. club hosted shows - Canadians and others, feel free to publicize your local shows, too!

 

[Aceon6]

Ice Chips still hasn’t sold out. I’m surprised as we have a lot of Chen ubers in the area.

 

[ice coverage]

Caroline Green and Michael Parsons will be guest skaters for Denver FSC's Showtime on Ice, April 21 - 23.

Showtime On Ice on Instagram: "Announcing our First 2023 Guest Skaters: Ice Dancers Caroline Green & Michael Parsons! - 2023 US Silver Medalists - 2023 Four Continents & Worlds Competitors! #showtimeonice2023 #denvercoloradofsc1 #southsuburbansportsc

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Watch us as we perform in our next ice skating shows here at Showtime on Ice. Connect with us to learn more.

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[Sylvia]

Unfortunately, I only found out about who performed (Max Aaron, Mirai Nagasu, Mariah Bell, Christina Carreira & Anthony Ponomarenko, Paige Rydberg, Samuel Mindra and Alena Budko from the Portland area, along with junior pair national champions Ellie Korytek and Timmy Chapman) in this annual Klamath Falls, Oregon ice show after it was over on Saturday, February 25: https://www.klamathicesports.org/page/show/6085076-ice-show

The Ice Theatre of New York's 2023 Benefit Gala and Performance will take place Monday, May 8th 2023 at 6:30PM- TICKETS ON SALE NOW!

2023 BENEFIT GALA AND PERFORMANCE - Ice Theatre of New York

icetheatre.org

Performance, Cocktails, Dinner and Award Ceremony.
The Lighthouse Chelsea Piers.

The Gala Performance will feature the ITNY Ensemble and guest performers including Olympic ice artist Jason Brown & Rohene Ward!

Honoree: Olympian and U.S. National Champion Jason Brown
Choreography Award: Rohene Ward
...
Performance Only Ticket(s) are $50.00 each.

 

[sheetz]

A couple of Colorado shows:

3/4 United Skates of America (Aspen): Mariah Bell

Auctria

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4/21-4/23 Showtime on Ice (Denver): Mariah Bell, Green/Parsons, Ryan Bradley (Emcee)

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[Sylvia]

Starting this thread now because Johnny Weir's Instagram story yesterday mentioned that tickets were selling fast for his last planned appearance at the Skating Club of Wilmington's Annual Spring Ice Show in Delaware on Friday, March 31, and Saturday, April 1, 2023, at 7 pm:

2023 Spring Ice Show – Galaxy On Ice – Starring Johnny Weir

DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Wilmington Our hotel is next to Concord Mall, minutes from I-95 and the Skating Club of Wilmington. We offer free shuttle service to area shopping and restaurants within three miles. Our location off Concord Pike (Rte 202) offers easy access to Wilmington attractions...

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One of his new numbers is to Debussy's "Clair de Lune."

Re-posting @YukiNieve's link to the Skating Club of Wilmington's post today: https://www.instagram.com/p/CpNPt6NIPy0/
"Don't miss the opportunity to see Johnny Weir in his LAST public performance in the US March 31 - April 1! Tickets are limited and are available for $30 per person and $12 for kids 12 and under. We expect to sell out and will not have tickets available at the door."
Tickets: https://skatewilm.com/spring-ice-show-tickets/
Meet & Greet tickets (Saturday, April 1st, 2023 beginning at 10am): https://skatewilm.com/meet-greet-johnny-weir-tickets/

Saturday, March 4th at 2:00 pm and 5:30 pm, organized by the the Aspen (CO) Skating Club (senior ice dance team of Klara Kowar/Thomas Schwappach are listed in the link to a paid livestream - emali registration required):

3/4 United Skates of America (Aspen): Mariah Bell

Auctria

event.auctria.com

 

[Sylvia]

This Week in Skating interviewed Douglas Webster of Ice Dance International on the March 4th episode of their podcast: https://www.thisweekinskating.com/episodes/

Ice Dance International's GRACE tour debuted in the Northeast last fall and is in the Midwest now (Friday 3/10 at The Kern Center in Milwaukee and Saturday 3/11 at the Fox Valley Ice Arena in Geneva, IL) - ticket info: https://icedanceinternational.org/upcoming-events
IDI's Instagram account has clips and stories: https://www.instagram.com/icedanceinternational/

Cast: Alissa Czisny, Karina Manta, Joe Johnson, Kseniya Ponomaryova, Collin Brubaker, Lara Shelton, Neil Shelton, Carly Donowick, Adam Kaplan, Jean-Simon Legare, Bethann Weick.

The tour concludes with 3 shows out west:

Tempe-Phoenix, AZ 3/17 at 7pm Mountain America Community Iceplex. Special performance by American Ice Theatre Phoenix

Palm Springs, CA 3/18 at 7pm Berger Foundation Iceplex hosted by Dorothy Hamill and JoJo Starbuck

Los Angeles 3/19 at 2:30 pm The Rinks Lakewood Ice hosted by Tai Babilonia & Randy Gardner: https://twitter.com/taiskates/status/1633895275327807488

 

[Sylvia]

Connaught Skating Club has 2 shows today in Richmond, BC at 1 p.m. and 6 p.m. at Minoru Arena on Saturday, March 11 (today):

Massive ice show coming to Richmond

Around 300 Richmond figure skaters are preparing to put on a Stars On Ice-style spectacular next week

www.richmond-news.com

"The top skaters at the club have chosen BC Children’s Hospital as the recipient for any donations collected on the day."
Added later: Kirsten Moore-Towers (who coaches at Connaught SC now and performed in the show with Michael Marinaro) shared an Instagram story clip of sbs (sort of) triple Lutzes landed by Wesley Chiu, Liam Kapeikis and Gabriel Blumenthal - great to see so many boys in this club!

ETA:

The Skating Club of San Francisco's annual benefit gala will honor Rudy Galindo this year - tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/persev...la-honoring-rudy-galindo-tickets-530122620027

Saturday, April 8, 2023
7:30 PM – 9:30 PM
Yerba Buena Ice Skating & Bowling Center

‘Perseverance’ is an evening of spectacular skating in a Gala show honoring the Bay Area’s own Rudy Galindo! Join us for a fundraising event that celebrates Rudy’s achievement of his skating dreams, and helps support our skaters as they pursue their own!

Performers scheduled to appear include…

Olympic [Team Event 2014] Bronze Medalist and Four-time U.S. Champion, Jeremy Abbott
Olympian and U.S. National Silver Medalist, Polina Edmunds
Three-time Olympian and World Bronze Medalist, Massimo Scali
U.S. National Bronze Medalists [and 2023 World Team members], Christina Carreira and Anthony Ponomarenko
U.S. Junior National Pair Champions, Ellie Korytek and Timothy Chapman
U.S. National Team Member and Two-Time U.S. Junior Silver Medalist, Dinh Tran
U.S. National Team Member and Youth Olympics [Mixed NOC Team] Silver Medalist, Kate Wang
U.S. Junior Pewter Medalist, Daniil Murzin
And many more including our own Tremors and San Francisco Ice Theatre.

 

[Sylvia]

Streaming live now on Angelique Abachkina's YT channel is the Diamond Charity Gala from Fribourg, Switzerland (ETA that the replay is available for now): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iy7YkMotzYU
"This event features some of our most talented athletes who train in Fribourg and have come together to support their foundation. Watch as they showcase their skills and put on an unforgettable performance!
In this video, you'll witness many young Swiss National Team members, as well as French international-level Skater and others."

On ice filming is by Daniel Linden (theicecapture on Instagram).

 

[alizadavida]

North Shore Skating Club Ice Spectacular with Olympian Mirai Nagasu

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Mirai is skating in this show and there is a livestream.

 

[Sylvia]

Re-posting @just tuned in's 2 links here even though the shows took place in February :

David Shapiro was in the cast of "Beards on Ice," a show by the Bearded Ladies Cabaret. He was really wonderful, as were performances by Michael Solonoski (US Adult Gold Medalist) and David Devan (Canada)

This drag show in Philadelphia is a space for climate anxiety and hope

Performers hope audiences leave the show feeling “energized and curious” about climate solutions.

whyy.org

So meta! A drag skating show about fighting climate change reels under climate change

"The premise is basically that the climate crisis is so impossible to address, it’s almost as impossible as getting drag queens to skate," artistic director John Jarboe said.

www.inquirer.com

 

[Sylvia]

Tickets are on sale now for the Skating Club of Boston's ICE CHIPS -- with special guest star Nathan Chen -- at the Tenley E. Albright Performance Center rink on Friday, April 7 at 7 pm and Saturday, April 8 at 1 pm & 7 pm (a separate thread for this show can be created closer to the event if there's interest):

Ice Chips | Celebrating Over 108 Years of Excellence

icechips.org

Nathan's 12-second video, tweeted today by SCoB, inviting fans to next month's Ice Chips show: https://twitter.com/SkatingClubBOS/status/1636414882890526720

North Shore Skating Club Ice Spectacular with Olympian Mirai Nagasu

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Mirai is skating in this show and there is a livestream.

3 shows are at the Burbank Ice Arena in Reading, Mass.:
Friday, March 31 at 7 pm
Saturday, April 1 at 5 pm
Sunday, April 2 at 2 pm

 

[cmk]

Findlay Gliding STars Ice Show Sunday March 26, 2023. This isthe special olympic club , no guest skaters, there will be raffle baskets given away. Findlay Silver Blades- March 31, Apr1, at 7 , April 2nd, 2pm- not sure of who the guest skaters will be yet but there is usually at least 1. (OHio).

 

[cmk]

Guest skaters for Findlay Silver Blades (findlay,0h) annual ices show are Pate/Bye. 3/31,4/1 at 7, Sunday (the show I am attending at 2pm. I didn't win any of the basket raffles from the Gliding Stars ice show. Their show was cute (Beach Party theme, mostly beach boys songs).

 

[Sylvia]

… Skating Club of Wilmington's Annual Spring Ice Show in Delaware on Friday, March 31, and Saturday, April 1, 2023, at 7 pm:
https://skatewilm.com/event/2023-spring-ice-show-galaxy-on-ice-starring-johnny-weir/
One of his new numbers is to Debussy's "Clair de Lune."

This local DE article mentions Johnny will bring back “Creep” as his second number:

'Taking my last breath on the ice.' An ending for Olympian Johnny Weir, and a beginning

Johnny Weir knows what he'll be thinking about as he gives his last U.S. skating performance at the Skating Club of Wilmington.

www.delawareonline.com

"Clair de Lune," Weir said, encompasses the entire journey.
"And at the end, it just opens way up. It’s a crescendo. […]
In Weir's first number, he'll skate to Radiohead's "Creep." The version he'll use for the show is performed by a contestant on "Eurovision Song Contest" on Peacock, for which Weir is a host.

Article link is cross-posted in this thread:

The Johnny Weir Skating Academy?

Johnny has been incredibly biased throughout his career commentating, he "LOVES" certain skaters that he knows personally (or are from Russia) Allowing him to do his "love fest" with skaters he is coaching seems incredibly unprofessional.... but of course NBC has given up any semblance of...

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[Sylvia]

Eva Pate tweeted today: https://twitter.com/evampate/status/1641519860441030656

Excited to announce @LoganBye1 & I are performing in the Findlay Silver Blades Ice Show this Friday 3/31 at 7pm, Saturday 4/1 at 7pm and Sunday 4/2 at 2pm at the Cube in Findlay, Ohio!

Tickets: https://silverblades.hometownticketing.com/embed/all

ETA:

North Shore Skating Club Ice Spectacular with Olympian Mirai Nagasu

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Mirai is skating in this show and there is a [paid] livestream.

3 shows are at the Burbank Ice Arena in Reading, Mass.:
Friday, March 31 at 7 pm
Saturday, April 1 at 5 pm
Sunday, April 2 at 2 pm

 

[Sylvia]

From the local DE article on Johnny Weir, linked above:

In Weir's first number, he'll skate to Radiohead's "Creep." The version he'll use for the show is performed by a contestant on "Eurovision Song Contest" on Peacock, for which Weir is a host.

"Creep" filmed by a fan at last night's show: https://www.instagram.com/reel/CqeuhERJh9U/

Johnny's DWTS partner, Britt Stewart, made the trip to watch her partner skate.

Other performers included Bekker/Hernandez, Hauer/Starr, Epps/Gilman, Ting Cui, Emmanuel Savary, Luke Wang (skated here as a singles skater before he moved to CO Springs for pairs). I think Nick Hsieh and Peter Liu (both back from college) performed as well?

 

[Sylvia]

Other performers included Bekker/Hernandez, Hauer/Starr, Epps/Gilman, Ting Cui, Emmanuel Savary, Luke Wang (skated here as a singles skater before he moved to CO Springs for pairs). I think Nick Hsieh and Peter Liu (both back from college) performed as well

I was told that Ting Cui was listed in the program for the Wilmington, DE show but did not appear. She is scheduled to skate in the Patriot Ice Center's second annual ice show in Newark, DE on May 5 & 6, with guest performer Polina Edmunds, plus Emmanuel Savary, Peter Liu, Sydney Cooke & Matthew Kennedy (new pair team?), Meryl Shackett, David Shapiro - ticket info: https://patrioticecenter.com/spring-ice-show/

117(!) photos of the skaters & ensembles that performed with Johnny Weir are published here:
https://www.delawareonline.com/pict...potlight-skating-club-wilmington/11582485002/
Soloists pictured include Michael Solonoski, Peter Liu, Julia Epps and Blake Gilman, David Shapiro, Jenna Hauer and Benjamin Starr / (in 2nd half) Nick Hsieh, Emmanuel Savary, Sydney Cooke and Matthew Kennedy, Luke Wang (wrong name in captions), and Phebbe Bekker and James Hernandez.

ETA a clip shared by Emmanuel Savary (good to see him skating again!) of his performance to "A Change Is Gonna Come" by Leslie Odom Jr. : https://www.instagram.com/reel/CqlSuEXDI-T/

 

[Sylvia]

THIS weekend (any impressions/highlights/etc. from attendees would be appreciated! ):

Tickets are on sale now for the Skating Club of Boston's ICE CHIPS -- with special guest star Nathan Chen -- at the Tenley E. Albright Performance Center rink on Friday, April 7 at 7 pm and Saturday, April 8 at 1 pm & 7 pm (a separate thread for this show can be created closer to the event if there's interest):

Ice Chips | Celebrating Over 108 Years of Excellence

icechips.org

The Skating Club of San Francisco's annual benefit gala will honor Rudy Galindo this year - tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/persev...la-honoring-rudy-galindo-tickets-530122620027

Saturday, April 8, 2023
7:30 PM – 9:30 PM
Yerba Buena Ice Skating & Bowling Center

‘Perseverance’ is an evening of spectacular skating in a Gala show honoring the Bay Area’s own Rudy Galindo! Join us for a fundraising event that celebrates Rudy’s achievement of his skating dreams, and helps support our skaters as they pursue their own!

Performers scheduled to appear include…

Olympic [Team Event 2014] Bronze Medalist and Four-time U.S. Champion, Jeremy Abbott
Olympian and U.S. National Silver Medalist, Polina Edmunds
Three-time Olympian and World Bronze Medalist, Massimo Scali
U.S. National Bronze Medalists [and 2023 World Team members], Christina Carreira and Anthony Ponomarenko
U.S. Junior National Pair Champions, Ellie Korytek and Timothy Chapman
U.S. National Team Member and Two-Time U.S. Junior Silver Medalist, Dinh Tran
U.S. National Team Member and Youth Olympics [Mixed NOC Team] Silver Medalist, Kate Wang
U.S. Junior Pewter Medalist, Daniil Murzin
And many more including our own Tremors and San Francisco Ice Theatre.

Later in April:

Caroline Green and Michael Parsons will be guest skaters for Denver FSC's Showtime on Ice, April 21 - 23.
...

Ice Shows, Lessons, and Auditions | Showtime on Ice

Watch us as we perform in our next ice skating shows here at Showtime on Ice. Connect with us to learn more.

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Final weekend in April:

IceWorks SC's spring show in Aston, PA, April 28-30: https://iceworks.net/figure-skating/2023-iceworks-spring-ice-show-stay-tuned/
This posted shows Phebe Bekker/James Hernandez, Julia Epps/Blake Gilman, Michael Solonoski: https://www.instagram.com/p/CqdYdiMrrsi/
(Gracie has a Road2Gold seminar in Springfield, IL on Saturday, April 29.)

Mariah Bell is the guest performer at the McFetridge Sports Center's 2023 Spring Ice Show: On the Edge of Good & Evil, April 28-30 in Chicago: https://www.mcfetridgesportscenter.com/ice-skating-1/special-events

The M.E.M. Foundation is hosting thier 5th ice skating show fundraiser on April 28 in Artesia, CA to benefit Children’s Hospital Los Angeles: https://martaelizamillerfoundation.com/
Yura Min, Sean Rabbitt, Keira Hilbelink & Ellie Korytek/Timmy Chapman are among those scheduled to perform: https://www.instagram.com/m.e.m.foundation/
A $5 livestream ticket (48-hour replay) option is available: https://boxoffice.mandolin.com/prod...en-s-hospital-los-angeles-livestream-ticket-5

Scott Hamilton is hosting a fundraiser for his CARES Foundation and the Connecticut Children's Medical Center on Saturday, April 29 at the ISCC in Simsbury, CT with Katia Gordeeva , Maxim Naumov, Emilie (Nussear) Connors, Jenna Hauer & Benjamin Starr:

SK8 TO ELIMIN8 CANCER™ Celebration Ice Show

Join Scott Hamilton and other Olympic, World, and National Champion Figure Skaters at the International Skating Center of Connecticut for an entertaining evening benefiting the Scott Hamilton CARES Foundation and the Connecticut Children's Medical Center. You won't want to miss the chance to...

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ETA that last month Korytek/Chapman performed in Scott Hamilton CARES' fundraiser show (video highlight reel shows them & Mariah Bell performing: https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cpxg5A6jkzs/) in Orlando, Florida - their photos: https://www.instagram.com/p/CqZEagavUCG/

 

[alizadavida]

North Shore Skating Club Ice Spectacular with Olympian Mirai Nagasu

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Mirai is skating in this show and there is a livestream.

I skated in all three of these shows and can provide video of Mirai if anyone wants! Very well-done show with lights/sound/overall flow. I had skated with her before in 2018 and she was so much happier this past weekend (and we got to talk post show too when she wasn't as stressed with skating) Happy that it's over though and I get next week off (although if anyone wants me to go to Ice Chips and give a recap let me know)!

https://www.instagram.com/stories/alizadavida/3072456431806405621/ - Pic of Mirai and I

 

[Sylvia]

SC of Boston's Instagram has "Behind the scenes footage" of their preparations for the show: https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cqn4LfMgzQg/

The [Tenley E. Albright] Performance Center is gearing up for Ice Chips: Full Throttle! Check back here for more BTS footage and cast videos leading up to the show. We hope to see you there

Re-posting here from Nathan's fan thread:

For those attending the Ice Chips show this weekend, there will be a free shuttle between SCOB and the Rt 128 MBTA station (at Del Frisco's Grille) running every 10 minutes starting 2 hours before show time.
Map: https://scboston.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Map-Shuttle-Locations-Ice-Chips-2023.png

 

[alizadavida]

SC of Boston's Instagram has "Behind the scenes footage" of their preparations for the show: https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cqn4LfMgzQg/


Re-posting here from Nathan's fan thread:

So is there no free parking for the event? For skam there was a free parking lot with a shuttle but 128 is a paid MBTA lot (I know it’s just $7 on weekdays and $3 on weekends but we did have to wait 30 min after the event let out for the first shuttle to start leaving after skam).

ETA just saw there’s $30 parking at the rink but sold out. No mention of the shuttle on their site yet.

 

[sheetz]

ETA just saw there’s $30 parking at the rink but sold out. No mention of the shuttle on their site.

The info is here:

Skating Club of Boston | Ticketing - Ice Chips Shuttles and Parking

scboston.universitytickets.com

 

[alizadavida]

The info is here:

Skating Club of Boston | Ticketing - Ice Chips Shuttles and Parking

scboston.universitytickets.com

Perfect exactly what I needed to know!!!

 

[Wyliefan]

Ion Arena in Leesburg, Va., is advertising "Ice on Fire," a live show accompanied by the Loudoun Symphony Orchestra, on June 10. No names listed, but the poster shows Davis/Smolkin.
https://www.ionitc.com/events (scroll down)

On Facebook there's another poster that also shows McNamara/Spiridonov.

Ion International Training Center | Leesburg VA

Ion International Training Center, Leesburg, Virginia. 4,444 likes · 262 talking about this · 8,620 were here. Ion International Training Center is a year-round, world class training center and arena...

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... which makes sense, since that's where both teams train.

 

[Sylvia]

3 pics of Nathan performing at Ice Chips: https://twitter.com/KatCornetta/status/1644498177863581699

First half of @SkatingClubBOS’s Ice Chips was fantastic. Nathan Chen closed the first half with a new program to Billy Joel’s “Vienna.”

A short clip: https://twitter.com/Julie_AT1/status/1644497225496555520

ETA that the same person tweeted that Nathan's second half solo was to "Mr Blue Sky by Electric Light Orchestra" - final spin: https://twitter.com/Julie_AT1/status/1644517979499945984

 

[Sylvia]

LOL at this tweeted clip of Jimmy Ma's "Maniac" (from Flashdance) at Ice Chips!

ETA that the SC of Boston has Instagram story pics & clips from tonight's show - here are clips of Nathan's first solo (audio muted) followed by a backflip plus 2nd half highlight clips: https://www.instagram.com/stories/skatingclubbos/3076046762637704717/

 

[alizadavida]

I'll try my best to take notes/videos from tonights show - got a front row seat!

 

[kirkbiggestfan]

Life is short! On my way to the show. Work can wait

 

[UMBS Go Blue]

Quick notes from Ice Chips:

• Solid attendance for an ice show - the arena was about 80% full for the afternoon session.
• Thorough job incorporating most everyone in the club at every single level from the youngest ones to the adult ranks.
• Besides Nathan, the club's senior "stars" included Gabriella Izzo, Emily Chan/Spencer Howe, Jimmy Ma, and Maxim Naumov. All were entertaining and clean in their jumps, and it was clear that they weren't just seniors, but elite national ones at that.
• Gosh, Nathan has sure blossomed into a complete skater now. The presentation and polish are all there, and it's been amazing to see how far he's come from when many of us remember him breaking out at 2010 Spokane Nats.
• There was a "Top Gun" number where the older guys came out in tank tops and cargoes. It could have been thoroughly but was kind of flat, except for Misha Mitrofanov who was quite noticeable. If you thought Zach Donohue was built, Misha's not just got all that, but he's absolutely ripped too.
• I had the honor of running into Matt Savoie, his husband, and son. I noted how they made for such a handsome family and how his skates gave a lot of us proud, happy tears, not just Dick Button.
• I took a skating shuttle for once and survived.

UMBS Go Blue on Instagram: "As a longtime skating fan, it's been such a pleasure to see @nathanwchen grow into a complete skater - and an Olympic gold medalist. It was also good to see rising stars @jimmy_mf_ma @maxim.naumov_ @emily_and_spencer perfo

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