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I was viewing one of my rather 'grainy' videotapes from the late 1980's that featured a really lovely Christmas special starring Dorothy Hamill, who then was still at the height of her athletic and skating abilities. :thumbsup:
Some of the segments featured skating performances that were filmed at indoor studios designed to resemble outdoor ponds - lots of trees with snowflakes, shining stars in the background, a burning fire in the distance, etc - and lots of kids zipping around, having a good time. Dorothy glided out and skated one of her typically beautiful numbers.
Brian Boitano has presented a "Skating Spectacular" for a number of years with a number of his skating contempories. These programs were filmed in a regulation skating rink with a large audience. Does anyone know where these programs were filmed?? While I always enjoyed these programs, it seems that the level of skating has decreased over the years - perhaps because the pro skaters in the shows have grown a bit older and may not be in the competitive shape they were in when they skated at Worlds and the Olympics.
I enjoyed "Nutcracker", which was filmed in the mid 1990s with Nicole Bobek, Todd Eldredge, and other skaters. Also, Oksana Baiul and Viktor Petrenko starred in a lovely "Nutcracker" skating show. The music and the story never grows old, IMHO.
What are your favorite holiday skating shows?
Some of the segments featured skating performances that were filmed at indoor studios designed to resemble outdoor ponds - lots of trees with snowflakes, shining stars in the background, a burning fire in the distance, etc - and lots of kids zipping around, having a good time. Dorothy glided out and skated one of her typically beautiful numbers.
Brian Boitano has presented a "Skating Spectacular" for a number of years with a number of his skating contempories. These programs were filmed in a regulation skating rink with a large audience. Does anyone know where these programs were filmed?? While I always enjoyed these programs, it seems that the level of skating has decreased over the years - perhaps because the pro skaters in the shows have grown a bit older and may not be in the competitive shape they were in when they skated at Worlds and the Olympics.
I enjoyed "Nutcracker", which was filmed in the mid 1990s with Nicole Bobek, Todd Eldredge, and other skaters. Also, Oksana Baiul and Viktor Petrenko starred in a lovely "Nutcracker" skating show. The music and the story never grows old, IMHO.
What are your favorite holiday skating shows?