U.S. Stars on Ice tour, April 18 - May 18, 2019

[Sylvia]

@TanithandBenFan, you can see quite a lot of Charlie (and Nathan) in this Backstreet Boys' "I want it that way" clip of the '90s group number last night : https://www.instagram.com/p/BxWQTEBlT95/

Short clip of Ashley connecting with the audience in "Groove...": https://www.instagram.com/p/BxWP6phFGQZ/

Alysa backstage after her first SOI show sharing her excitement and posing with Adam (4 re-posted IG stories by a fan): https://www.instagram.com/p/BxW-JPwncFr/
ETA that Alysa performed her "Don't Rain on my Parade" SP exhibition (photo & clip now added at the link above); don't know if she skated a second solo?

Jeremy Abbott's "Pure Imagination" by Jamie Cullum (choreo. by Benoit Richaud), filmed from an on ice seat in Anaheim: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6dRsV9r-Z0

ETA - Sean Rabbitt thanked Mirai for their Anaheim tickets (with Marin and Taichi Honda, Kazuki Tomono): https://www.instagram.com/p/BxWgxjTh-k8/

 

[Sylvia]

Almost the entire '90s group number from Anaheim, filmed from higher up: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fey2jHQT2SI

Clip from ShibSibs' Daft Punk number: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmJVNvRZKlM

 

[love skating]

Went to SOI Anaheim last night - had a great time. Disappointed that Vincent hasn't healed up yet... too bad. Everyone was great. Nathan is so wonderful to watch - he did a quad in Next to Me and an improv pushup when he slid and fell on his spin entrance in Caravan - haha.. this was so cute. He has become a top notch performer. Meryl and Charlie were their fabulous self (I LOVED the Lilac Wine number). Ashley just performs 100% and I appreciate that as an audience member. Groove is in the Heart was one of my favorites - so much fun. Mirai's Youth number was very different for her I felt- nuanced, while Halo had lovely spirals and elegance. I liked both very much and feel like Mirai has also grown so much as a performer! Bradie unfortunately fell on her lutz in her R&J program but I appreciated seeing a partial freeskate - ambitious and her spins are really super. The Shibs were smooth with Coldplay and fun with Daft Punk. They got lots of love from the crowd. Hubbell and Donohue are always powerful and they had fun in the their Queen medley for sure. Always a pleasure to Jeremy... he doubled a couple jumps but the audience loved his backflips! Of course the 90's number is the talk of SOI this year... definitely felt old school SOI. Madi did the worm last night instead of Meryl! Alyssa just did the one number - her short program. She is a ray of sunshine - smiling throughout the whole program like she's having the time of her life! I believe she did a double axel plus a triple flip and triple lutz triple toe combo. Anyway, another fun night at SOI (my 25th in a row!)

 

[Barbara Manatee]

San Jose show was terrific! I LOVED the group numbers. For me the 90s jam turned the program into a genuine show rather than a series of individual numbers followed by everyone skating in circles for 5 minutes. More of that next year, please.

There was a big crowd, less than last year but not by that much and very happy to watch all of the skaters.

DW and Nathan were my favorites. Meryl and Charlie skate with complete ease and assurance - as good as everyone is, those two are way above in making it all look effortless and right. It's funny that their signature competitive style was big sweeping drama, but now in shows they shine with intimate, emotional moments. The Queen medley is fun but forgettable, while Lilac Wine is fragile, vulnerable, quietly beautiful and I couldn't stop replaying it my head on the dark drive home.

Nathan seems to have more joints than he should. How does he create that many angles with his arms and legs? He's fascinating to watch.

Shibs get extra for throwing in some honest to god twizzles.

Oh, Meryl and Madi did the worm together! It was a real 'the student has become the master' moment!

 

[Barbara Manatee]

Videos from San Jose:

Cast/Born This Way

Meryl and Charlie/Queen medley

Nathan/Next To Me

Cast/Pump Up the 90's

Cast/Trusty and True

Meryl and Charlie/Lilac Wine

Ashley/Dog Days Are Over

Cast/With A Little Help From My Friends

I didn't realize I was that hardcore in video-stalking Charlie. He's so engaging though!

 

[TanithandBenFan]

Videos from San Jose:

Cast/Born This Way

Meryl and Charlie/Queen medley

Nathan/Next To Me

Cast/Pump Up the 90's

Cast/Trusty and True

Meryl and Charlie/Lilac Wine

Ashley/Dog Days Are Over

Cast/With A Little Help From My Friends

I didn't realize I was that hardcore in video-stalking Charlie. He's so engaging though!

I'm so glad you did! I was thinking today that I wish someone would take a fan cam of Charlie in all the numbers because he was the highlight of the show for me.

 

[mollymgr]

Videos from San Jose:

Cast/Born This Way

Meryl and Charlie/Queen medley

Nathan/Next To Me

Cast/Pump Up the 90's

Cast/Trusty and True

Meryl and Charlie/Lilac Wine

Ashley/Dog Days Are Over

Cast/With A Little Help From My Friends

I didn't realize I was that hardcore in video-stalking Charlie. He's so engaging though!

Wow, amazing quality. Thanks so much for sharing the videos and the review of the show.

 

[Barbara Manatee]

I'm so glad you did! I was thinking today that I wish someone would take a fan cam of Charlie in all the numbers because he was the highlight of the show for me.

Thank you! I am enabled

 

[love skating]

If anyone has tickets to the Portland show for May 18 be aware they have changed the venue due to the NBA playoffs!

https://twitter.com/starsonice/status/1128160017205608448

 

[Sylvia]

Thank you for your vids, @Barbara Manatee!

Montage of clips from Anaheim or San Jose (set to different music): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMEvk8h8kF4

Abbott's "Weathered" from San Jose: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPynSiB7MPk

ETA:

Abbott's "Pure Imagination" from San Jose (link corrected): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psPa-mxwod8

Jordan Cowan's clip of Shibs' "Doin’ it Right" from the tech. rehearsal in Fort Myers, FL last month: https://www.instagram.com/p/BxcxrnvHpVc/

 

[Sylvia]

@marysy's photos from the first half of the 4/20 Long Island show:

Opening group number (2)/Bradie's Rihanna medley (4)/Vincent's "Made in China" (4): https://www.instagram.com/p/BxYYrqhniv1/
Madison & Zach's "Oats in the Water" (8): https://www.instagram.com/p/BxYZVm-npUh/
Mirai's "Youth" (9): https://www.instagram.com/p/BxaewUiHVRJ/
Nathan's "Next To Me" (10): https://www.instagram.com/p/BxafLtfnPEs/
Ashley's "Groove is in the Heart" (6): https://www.instagram.com/p/BxdSN48JJP6/
Maia & Alex's Coldplay medley (8): https://www.instagram.com/p/BxdSlsnpxZi/
Jeremy's "Pure Imagination" (8): https://www.instagram.com/p/BxffYXKJ8kj/
Meryl & Charlie ("The many and varied expressions of @charlieawhite ") in their Queen medley (10): https://www.instagram.com/p/BxfgHpvpgIF/

ETA:

'90s group number (10): https://www.instagram.com/p/BxhuIhUJTAP/
"Trusty & True" group number (4): https://www.instagram.com/p/Bxhu3fRJs6w/

 

[mollymgr]

The US version of complimenting the cast. This was a nice "fluff" piece.
https://twitter.com/starsonice/status/1129836155388801026

 

[Sylvia]

@marysy's photos from the first half of the 4/20 Long Island show:

Opening group number (2)/Bradie's Rihanna medley (4)/Vincent's "Made in China" (4): https://www.instagram.com/p/BxYYrqhniv1/
Madison & Zach's "Oats in the Water" (8): https://www.instagram.com/p/BxYZVm-npUh/
Mirai's "Youth" (9): https://www.instagram.com/p/BxaewUiHVRJ/
Nathan's "Next To Me" (10): https://www.instagram.com/p/BxafLtfnPEs/
Ashley's "Groove is in the Heart" (6): https://www.instagram.com/p/BxdSN48JJP6/
Maia & Alex's Coldplay medley (8): https://www.instagram.com/p/BxdSlsnpxZi/
Jeremy's "Pure Imagination" (8): https://www.instagram.com/p/BxffYXKJ8kj/
Meryl & Charlie ("The many and varied expressions of @charlieawhite ") in their Queen medley (10): https://www.instagram.com/p/BxfgHpvpgIF/

ETA:

'90s group number (10): https://www.instagram.com/p/BxhuIhUJTAP/
"Trusty & True" group number (4): https://www.instagram.com/p/Bxhu3fRJs6w/

More of @marysy's photos from the 4/20 Long Island show:
SOI Act II - Mirai and Bradie (includes interlude pics of Charlie lifting Mirai before her "Halo" & Vincent/Bradie before her R&J): https://www.instagram.com/p/BxnX-zvJrar/
Stars on Ice Act II - Vincent Zhou ("Slow Dancing in the Dark"), Jeremy Abbott ("Weathered"), Alex and Maia Shibutani (Daft Punk): https://www.instagram.com/p/BxnY9JJpzHe/
Ashley's "Dog Days Are Over": https://www.instagram.com/p/BxpetBWJMSN/
Meryl/Charlie's "Lilac Wine": https://www.instagram.com/p/Bxpe3yQpTmr/

He Said She Said Experience blog's annual review (SOI Hershey): http://thehesaidshesaidexperience.com/2019/05/stars-on-ice-2019-tour-review/
(I've posted links to the blog's SOI interviews with Meryl & Mirai in their their respective fan threads in the TC.)

Nathan's "Next To Me" in Portland, Oregon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJyyosCheH0
The camera missed filming his 4T but Karen Chen (karebearsk8) was in the audience and captured his 4T in her IG stories (plus several other clips) which are still viewable for a few more hours.

BTW, Karen and Nathan did a skating seminar today in Oregon today: https://www.instagram.com/p/BxqMokvH1iR/

3 pics before the Portland show (happy Alysa, Madi & Zach, Jeremy, Ashley & Meryl): https://www.instagram.com/p/Bxn6Z2gpa-w/

Final cast photo: https://www.instagram.com/p/BxovknpJLit/

Great last show - great tour! Thanks, Portland, and all of the fans in all of the tour cities of #SOI19! #Unity #wegotbywithalittlehelpfromourfriends

 

[Spun Silver]

This artist has created some great SOI cartoons. I'm especially glad he or she depicted Mirai in her dark glasses and Princess Leia hairdo - I love that getup so much!
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bxp7MzuJwf8/
https://www.instagram.com/p/BxkHUeAJdfB/
https://www.instagram.com/p/BxlwA9FJGNr/

 

[Sylvia]

This hour+ SOI video is labeled "Anaheim" but included are Kurt Browning's "If You Could Read My Mind" (starts around 18:30) and Vincent Zhou's 2 solos and so this was the first show in Fort Myers at the Hertz arena on 4/18 (video ends with D/W's "Lilac Wine"): link removed because all the show footage was stolen from this vlog (show footage starts around 18:30): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pw1NVnK6VQY

Fan cams from San Jose:
Nathan's "Next To Me: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WeUK2wfsPWg
Shibutanis' Coldplay medley: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URrDuBcTTIw
Shibutanis' Daft Punk medley: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7den2ScxRo
Jeremy's "Weathered": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6X2eJLq578
Nathan's "Caravan": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvTLAVlAwTg

Justin Laem vlogged from the Everett, Washington (2nd to last) show on May 16: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-27w4LntIKY

 

[love skating]

Article from Northwest Asian Weekly:

Stars on Ice Asian American cast combines athleticism and artistry

 

[Sylvia]

Take the STARS ON ICE SURVEY OPEN THRU JUNE 15: https://www.starsonice.com/

PRE-ORDER Cities (12) for 2020: https://www.starsonice.com/get-tickets.html

FORT MYERS, FL
LONG ISLAND, NY
ALBANY, NY
HERSHEY, PA
PROVIDENCE, RI
WORCESTER, MA
SAINT PAUL, MN
CHICAGO, IL
ANAHEIM, CA
SAN JOSE, CA
EVERETT, WA
PORTLAND, OR

(Bloomington, IL removed)

 

[mollymgr]

Someone posted the 90's number from Everett WA show with a Happy Birthday to Ashley at the end.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38PPqBrCfRg