Smucker's presents Hot Ice, Cool Sounds
10/18/08 07:30 pmChevrolet Centre
229 East Front Street
Youngstown, OH, 44503
Brian Boitano, Shae-Lynn Bourne, Sasha Cohen, Marie-France Dubreuil, Todd Eldredge, Patrice Lauzon, David Pelletier, Jennifer Robinson, Jamie Salé, Yuka Sato, Michael Weiss
The Chevrolet Centre with local support from Youngstown State University, The Frangos Group, and the Skating Club of Greater Youngstown announced that The Cleveland Pops Orchestra, along with singer and songwriter Peter Cetera, will headline a special evening of entertainment that mixes music and ice skating in Smucker's presents Hot Ice, Cool Sounds, set for October 18th in Youngstown's Chevrolet Centre at 7:30 pm.
Tickets for this event will go on sale August 1. They are priced from $124.50 to $39.50 and are available at Ticketmaster.com, our Retail Locations, including Giant Eagle and Macy's, or charge by phone at 330-747-1212 (Toll Free Express Line: 866-448-7849). Tickets are also available at the Chevrolet Centre Box Office. Additional fees may be applicable. The historic event will be taped and later broadcast nationally on Christmas Day on NBC, providing a spotlight for Youngstown and its surrounding communities. "This event will give the City of Youngstown, the Mahoning Valley and Youngstown State University the national spotlight that it so richly deserves," says Executive Director Eric Ryan.
This magical musical night is a one- time only event featuring a star-studded list of Olympic, World and National Champion figure skaters. "This is probably the strongest skating cast that I have ever put together for one of my NBC skating entertainment special" says Steve Disson, the show's executive producer of Disson Skating. Skaters confirmed for the one-time collaboration include Olympic silver medalist Sasha Cohen, Olympic gold medalist Brian Boitano, six-time U.S. champion Todd Eldredge, world champion Yuka Sato, three-time U.S. champion Michael Weiss, world ice dancing champion Shae-Lynn Bourne, six-time Canadian champion Jennifer Robinson, Olympic pairs champions Jamie Sale and David Pelletier and two-time world silver medalist dancing champions Marie-France Dubreuil and Patrice Lauzon.
The Cleveland Pops Orchestra entertains thousands of fans with its wide variety of musical concerts. The Cleveland Pops, led by Carl Topilow, performs everything from sports themes to Frank Sinatra to Barry Manilow to music from Disney. Never before has an orchestra played for a nationally televised ice skating event of this caliber.
Peter Cetera is perhaps best known as one of the original members of the rock band, Chicago. He eventually embarked on a solo career that included numerous trips to the top of the Billboard charts. Among his No. 1 hits are "Glory of Love,'' which was the theme song to the movie, "Karate Kid II,'' "The Next Time I Fall,'' a Grammy Award-nominated love ballad he performed with Amy Grant and "Restless Heart.'' He has performed with numerous musical stars, ranging from David Foster to Billy Joel and his work has been nominated for Grammy and Academy Awards.
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