DISSON SPECIALS CREATE HOLIDAY MAGIC Musselman’s Apple Sauce Family Skating Tribute presented by Cae-
sars Atlantic City kicks off the Pandora NBC Skating Series, which consists of four two-hour specials produced by Disson Skating that will start airing on NBC in November. Jewel, a four-time Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter, will per-
form live in this family-themed show featuring such skating stars as Olym- pic champions Ekaterina Gordeeva and Ilia Kulik along with two-time Olympic medalist Nancy Kerrigan and many more. All of the skaters, and Jewel herself, are parents, and both children and parents will be fea- tured in the show. The show, which airs Nov. 18, originates from Boardwalk Hall in
Atlantic City on Saturday, Nov. 3 at 8 p.m. and will be hosted by Olym- pic champion Kristi Yamaguchi and three-time U.S. champion Michael Weiss.
Olympic champion Brian Boitano and multiplatinum music artists
Mannheim Steamroller will be joined by former World champions Elvis Stojko, Yuka Sato and Kimmie Meissner as well as reigning U.S. cham- pion Ashley Wagner, 2011 U.S. champion Alissa Czisny and more in Pandora Unforgettable Holiday Moments on Ice on Nov. 10 at Grand Canyon University Arena in Phoenix at 7 p.m. Mannheim Steamroller will perform live for the entire show and will be joined on some songs by Megan Hilty, star of NBC’s musical dra- ma “Smash,” who is working on a new album to be released in late 2012. This show, which will be hosted by Yamaguchi, Weiss and the founder of Mannheim Steamroller, Chip Davis, will be nationally broadcast on NBC during Thanksgiving weekend, Nov. 25 Olympic medalists Gabrielle (Gabby) Douglas, Danell Leyva, Jordyn
Wieber and Alexandra (Aly) Raisman will join 2008 Olympic all-around gymnastics champion Nastia Liukin and a cast of 2014 Sochi fi gure skating hopefuls when the Progressive Skating & Gymnastics Spectacular comes to Jamestown Savings Bank Arena in Jamestown, N.Y., on Dec. 15 at 7 p.m. The fi gure skating cast will be made up of World champions and 2010
Olympic ice dance silver medalists Meryl Davis and Charlie White, reigning U.S. champions Jeremy Abbott and Ashley Wagner, two-time U.S. cham- pion Alissa Czisny, 2011 World ice dance bronze medalists Maia and Alex Shibutani, reigning U.S. silver medalist Adam Rippon and up-and-coming elite skater Gracie Gold. Performing live during the show will also be Fresh Beat Band of Nick-
elodeon’s “Fresh Beat Band” and Ross Lynch of Disney’s “Austin and Ally,” with his band R5. Olympic champions Bart Conner, Nadia Comaneci and Peggy Flem- ing will host the show, which will be nationally telecast on Jan. 19 on NBC. The Pandora NBC Skating Series wraps up on Jan. 27 with Pandora Unfor- gettable Moments of Love on Ice, a Valentine’s Day show taping at ShoWare Center in Kent, Wash. on Jan. 11, starring Barry Manilow with a skating cast which includes Nancy Kerrigan, Michael Weiss, Elvis Stojko and Liz Manley. “Once again we have a great lineup of shows as part of the Pandora
NBC Skating Series,” president of Disson Skating Steve Disson said. “I think this is going to be one of our strongest lineups of shows to date.” For complete cast and live show ticket information on the Pandora NBC Skating Series specials, go to www.dissonskating.com.
PANDORA NBC SKATING SERIES (Check your local TV listings) AIR DATE EVENT
TIME/ET
Nov. 18 Musselman’s Apple Sauce Family Skating Tribute 4–6 p.m. Nov. 25 Pandora Unforgettable Holiday Moments on Ice 4–6 p.m. Jan. 19
Jan. 27 Pandora Unforgettable Moments of Love on Ice 2–4 p.m. Progressive Skating & Gymnastics Spectacular 4–6 p.m.
Two-time Olympic medalist Nancy Kerrigan will be one of the featured performers at Disson Skating opening holiday show titled Musselman’s Apple Sauce Family Skating Tribute. Kerrigan and her children [insert] Nicole, Brian and Matthew enjoy their time together on the ice.