Last night, I went down to Providence, Rhode Island, to see "Skating for the Jimmy Fund," a summertime benefit show to support cancer research, starring Nancy Kerrigan, Castelli/Tran, Richard Dornbush, and others. Unfortunately I don't have time to do a full review of the show, but here are some quick notes! Nancy Kerrigan, two-time Olympic …
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Last Sunday, I took a drive out to Boxborough, MA, to see Ice Crystals 2016, the annual club show of the Colonial Figure Skating Club. The special guest star for this year's show was Grant Hochstein. I had my two 6-year-olds in tow for this event (fun, but distracting). So, like last year, I'm just …
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All photographs by Marni Gallagher This year's annual Ice Chips show in Boston took place on the same weekend I saw Stars on Ice. Pretty fun--2 ice shows in one weekend! These 2 shows are such a contrast to each other. While Stars on Ice features a small cast of famous skaters, Ice Chips has …
Recently I drove up to Portland, Maine, to see the second show of the 2016 U.S. Stars on Ice tour. I enjoyed it a lot! This year's Stars on Ice has quite a different tone and feel than the 2015 show. Last year, the theme was “Dancing for Joy,” and the overall mood was warm …
On Sunday, I took my 5-year-old, very active twin girls to their first ice show! It was Colonial Figure Skating Club's 2015 club show: “Ice Crystals: Spiraling Through Time.” I can't do a real review of the show, because truthfully, I only had one eye on it most of the time. (My other eye was …
So, 'tis the season for skating shows! This weekend, I went to Ice Stars for Wounded Warriors 2015, a benefit show at the UMass campus in Amherst, MA. Proceeds from the show will benefit U.S. veterans returning from duty overseas. Most of the show's cast consisted of local New England skaters, so it felt a …
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All photographs by Marni Gallagher This past weekend, I had the pleasure of going to Ice Chips 2015 in Cambridge, MA. I'll just mention some of the highlights here on my blog. Ice Chips is an annual show run by the Skating Club of Boston. Although it's a club show and the cast consists primarily …
Last night, I had so much fun seeing Stars on Ice in Providence, RI! It's a terrific show this year--well worth the ticket price. I'll just share some thoughts and impressions from last night. The theme of this year's Stars on Ice is “Dancing for Joy.” And indeed, the whole show really has a celebratory, …
Last Saturday, I had a lot of fun attending a small-scale community ice show: “Champions on Ice” at Labrie Family Skate at Puddle Duck Pond in Portsmouth, NH. Puddle Duck Pond is a small outdoor rink in the historic Strawberry Banke section of Portsmouth. The rink is new this season and is intended as a …
Following up on my Ice Theatre review last week, I thought I'd post a few more tidbits/random thoughts from seeing the show. Ice Dance Ladies I didn't get a chance to mention them in my review, but Kim Navarro and Lynne Kriengkrairut both looked great in their appearances in the show. Lynne impressed with deep …
