51st "An Evening with Champions" (Harvard's Jimmy Fund benefit), Sept. 8-9, 2023

[Sylvia]

Dates: Friday & Saturday, September 8-9, 2023 at 7:00pm

Venue:
The Bright-Landry Hockey Center
65 North Harvard Street
Boston, MA 02163

Tickets: https://boxoffice.harvard.edu/Onlin...&BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::context_id=

AN EVENING WITH CHAMPIONS

An Evening with Champions

www.aneveningwithchampions.org

Cast: https://www.aneveningwithchampions.org/cast.html

HOSTS
Emily Hughes: 2006 Olympian, 2007 U.S. National Silver Medalist, Harvard Class of 2011
Paul Wylie: 1992 Olympic Silver Medalist, 2008 U.S. Figure Skating Hall of Fame Inductee, Harvard Class of 1991

WOMEN
Mariah Bell
Karen Chen (Saturday only)
Mirai Nagasu
Yelim Kim (Korea)
Starr Andrews
Audrey Lu
Caitlyn Kukulowicz (Canada; Harvard Class of 2027)
Sharita Taylor: 2017 Special Olympics Ice Dance Bronze Medalist
Molly Malone: Member of North Shore Skating Club, Former Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Patient

MEN
Vincent Zhou (Saturday only)
Maxim Naumov
Ryan Dunk
Sean Rabbitt

PAIRS & GROUPS
Emily Chan & Spencer Howe
Gabbie Izzo (Harvard Class of 2024) & Canada's Thierry Ferland
The Haydenettes

 

[Frau Muller]

I wish that PBS would still broadcast them, like they did ages ago!

 

[ice coverage]

Jordan Cowan of On Ice Perspectives once again will be shooting An Evening With Champions this year.

OIP's coverage of the 2022 edition was comprehensive -- including 18 videos of show performances.

 

[Frau Muller]

Jordan Cowan of On Ice Perspectives once again will be shooting An Evening With Champions this year.

OIP's coverage of the 2022 edition was comprehensive -- including 18 videos of show performances.

I prefer to watch it as audience - from the stands. PBS version was the best!

 

[Garden Kitty]

Kudos to Paul Wylie and Emily Hughes for their commitment to this show. Even being a host is a significant commitment and they've both been very dedicated to it for many years.

Thanks also to all the skaters and volunteers who give of their time and talents for a worthy cause.

 

[alizadavida]

I've gone the past few years (they have cheap/free tickets) but can't go now that it's in sept and it's my busy season at work. I know some of the skaters in the show so wish I could go to support them! Also their segment with the Protopopov's makes me cry every time

 

[Sylvia]

Are any FSUers planning to go? (Sorry to hear you can't make it this year, @alizadavida.)

 

[smurfy]

Are any FSUers planning to go? (Sorry to hear you can't make it this year, @alizadavida.)

I am going Sat pm.

 

[snoopysnake]

We've decided not to go Expected high temperature today is 87 degrees. DH and I are too old to do our customary subway and walking trip in such hot weather. The ice is going to be horrible. This used to be a fall show, when the warmest weather would be about 70, and usually cooler than that.

 

[alizadavida]

Actually I decided to go tonight!

 

[alizadavida]

We've decided not to go Expected high temperature today is 87 degrees. DH and I are too old to do our customary subway and walking trip in such hot weather. The ice is going to be horrible. This used to be a fall show, when the warmest weather would be about 70, and usually cooler than that.

There is a bus stop right across the street if that's any help! Ice is actually good from my friends who are there rn.

 

[Sylvia]

Yelim Kim's Sept. 8th performance, filmed on the ice by Jordan Cowan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8htyCI7JSiQ

Mirai brought back her "On Golden Pond" (I still vividly remember her emotional 2014 Nationals EX) - looking forward to seeing a video.

 

[Sylvia]

Thierry Ferland's photos: https://www.instagram.com/p/CxE5NZfuP5b/

He and Gabbie Izzo performed to what looked like a fun program to "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" (saw a clip of the beginning).

ETA clips filmed from the audience:

Starr's "Free Your Mind" by En Vogue: https://www.instagram.com/reel/CxB_9huuZg1/
Vincent's "Vincent": https://www.instagram.com/reel/CxB_F6bu2Ex/
Chan/Howe's "Sound of Freedom" by Justin Jesso: https://www.instagram.com/reel/CxBqHNtvUhp/
Mariah's "The Power of Love" by Celine Dion: https://www.instagram.com/reel/CxBn2m2PokA/
Yelim's " A Thousand Years" Christina Perri: https://www.instagram.com/reel/CxBlz2gPO3V/

Karen Chen couldn't make it to the Saturday show from Ithaca, NY because of the weather.

 

[Sylvia]

Mirai brought back her "On Golden Pond" (I still vividly remember her emotional 2014 Nationals EX) - looking forward to seeing a video.

Found a clip of the last part of Mirai's program - lovely spiral then an excellent forward scratch (so rare these days) spin to end! - it's the 2nd of the 3 clips: https://www.instagram.com/p/Cw9Hpu6uV_t/
Also on YT: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/F_LzXvEwd-w

Finale: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbNeITJUHP8

 

[Sylvia]

Thierry Ferland's photos: https://www.instagram.com/p/CxE5NZfuP5b/

He and Gabbie Izzo performed to what looked like a fun program to "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" (saw a clip of the beginning).

Fan cam video (their first public performance together): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPYILhIJCu8

 

[Sylvia]

Chan/Howe's "Sound of Freedom" by Justin Jesso: https://www.instagram.com/reel/CxBqHNtvUhp/

Emily/Spencer's full performance has been uploaded to the On Ice Perspectives' YT channel (EWC hosts Paul Wylie & Emily Hughes appear at the end): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxobGWtwcVE

 

[Frau Muller]

Emily/Spencer's full performance has been uploaded to the On Ice Perspectives' YT channel (EWC hosts Paul Wylie & Emily Hughes appear at the end): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxobGWtwcVE

Loved Spencer’s positive message on the “Sound of Freedom” film/message, as he spoke w Paul.

 

[Sylvia]

Anna Kellar's review for Golden Skate (Sept. 16):

An Evening with Champions: 2023 Review

An Evening with Champions The 51st annual ice show An Evening with Champions (EWC) was held September 8th and 9th in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The event is organized every year by […]

www.goldenskate.com

Jordan Cowan's 2nd EWC video is of Ryan "Freddie Mercury" Dunk : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kF3bONxKbrY

 

[Sylvia]

Bumping up this thread with more performances filmed by Jordan Cowan...

Mariah Bell's "Power of Love" by Celine Dion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JaZ3nLTb6Io

Sean Rabbitt's "Sing Sing Sing": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3QvuMINQoY

Caitlyn Kukulowicz's "Forever Young": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71gjxA3dhNQ
She "is the 2022 Junior Ontario Champion, two-time Canadian national competitor, and most recently, the 2023 Skate Milwaukee Silver Medalist. She is a first-year student at Harvard University, planning to study neuroscience on the pre-med track."

Special Olympics performer Sharita Taylor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1lIESI4AOA

For @~tapdancer~, scroll up to post #16 :

Looking forward to seeing them on ice again.