Over the weekend, I went to Stars on Ice's holiday show in Reading, Pennsylvania.
The cast: Meryl Davis and Charlie White, Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier, Kurt Browning, Bradie Tennell, Mirai Nagasu, Jeremy Abbott, Nam Nguyen, Alissa Czisny, and Ryan Bradley. Kaitlin Hawayak and Jean-Luc Baker were advertised but not there.
I LOVED it. Let's face it, I love any skating and am thrilled to see skaters up close. But I felt bad for the skaters ... the arena was maybe one-fourth full on a Saturday night? There were multiple sections empty. About a third of the on-ice seats didn't sell.
Stars on Ice only has two U.S. dates announced for next year. Meanwhile, I see video online from Javi's Spain tour (sold out an arena of 16,000 seats!!) the Eisgala in Germany, Stars on Ice Japan ....
Is this the end of the road for ice shows in the U.S.?? I hope not but I'm worried ...
If anyone has questions about who skated what, please ask. Gilles and Poirier did Starry, Starry Night and it was AMAZING.
The cast: Meryl Davis and Charlie White, Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier, Kurt Browning, Bradie Tennell, Mirai Nagasu, Jeremy Abbott, Nam Nguyen, Alissa Czisny, and Ryan Bradley. Kaitlin Hawayak and Jean-Luc Baker were advertised but not there.
I LOVED it. Let's face it, I love any skating and am thrilled to see skaters up close. But I felt bad for the skaters ... the arena was maybe one-fourth full on a Saturday night? There were multiple sections empty. About a third of the on-ice seats didn't sell.
Stars on Ice only has two U.S. dates announced for next year. Meanwhile, I see video online from Javi's Spain tour (sold out an arena of 16,000 seats!!) the Eisgala in Germany, Stars on Ice Japan ....
Is this the end of the road for ice shows in the U.S.?? I hope not but I'm worried ...
If anyone has questions about who skated what, please ask. Gilles and Poirier did Starry, Starry Night and it was AMAZING.