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Olympic Figure Skaters Coming to West Springfield
OLYMPIA ICE CENTER IN WEST SPRINGFIELD, MASS. TO HOST ICE DREAMS STARRING OLYMPIAN JOHNNY WEIR ON APRIL 20 AT 7:00 P.M.
Local Junior Skaters Join Olympians and National Champions including Johnny Weir on the Ice in Heartwarming Family Ice Show
Ice Dreams, an Olympic Ice Show starring two-time Olympian Johnny Weir plus a cast of national champions and aspiring local skaters will be at the Olympia Ice Center in West Springfield, MA on April 20 at 7:00 p.m. Tickets are available at www.icedreamstour.com or by calling 212-600-4330.
Joining Weir on the ice will be some of the top figure skating talent expected to compete in the the Sochi Winter Games in 2014 including: the hottest couple on ice U.S. National Bronze Medalists Madison Hubbell and Zach Donahue; U.S. National Silver Medalist Ricky Dornbush; and former Olympian and 7-times Estonian National Champion Elena Glebova.
The entertaining show also offers more than 20 young skaters (ages 8-16) from the area the chance to skate in the show on the same ice as their Olympic heroes.
Weir, a 3-time U.S. Champion and 2-time Olympian and World medalist is one of the supertstars of figure skating and emerging pop-culture icon. As the winner of both the 2008 and 2010 Readers’ Choice Skater of the Year Award, he joins Michelle Kwan as the only 2-time winner of the award. In addition to performing in shows and international competitions, Johnny is the star of his own reality series, Be Good Johnny on the Logo Network which goes beyond the sequins to examine the outrageous and outspoken Lady Gaga of figure skating.
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