Skaters from across New England performed in the sixth annual Winter Skate Finale on Ice show, which was held at Patriot Place in Foxboro, Massachusetts, on Feb. 26. The show benefi tted the Hockomock Area YMCA’s Reach Out for Youth & Families Campaign and Cradles to Crayons. Ashley Brouillette produced and directed the show, with special guest performances by Jamiesen Cyr, Erica Smith and AJ Reiss, Adam Kaplan and the Ocean State Ice Theatre team, which performed to music from The Phantom of the Opera. Mike Brouillette of Creative Music Productions played the music, and Mary Kim announced the show.
(l-r) Beth Anne Duxbury (emcee), coproducer Brad Vigorito, Elaria Tedeschi, Joe Wilson of America World Adoption Association, coproducer Bethany Cordeiro, off -ice coordinator Karen Short, special guest Richard Dornbush
Smithfi eld FSC hosts benefi t show to celebrate life of former volunteer
Members of the Smithfi eld Figure Skat- ing Club (Smithfi eld, Rhode Island) came together on March 26 to celebrate the life and memories of longtime club member Larry Tedeschi, father of Elaria Tedeschi, an intermediate-level skater from Rhode Island.
Larry was a volunteer of the club who lost his battle with cancer in Novem- ber 2016. Produced by Elaria’s coaches Brad Vigorito and Bethany Cordeiro, and Smithfi eld FSC Vice President Jill Vigorito, the show was a benefi t for the America World Adoption Association, a charity that is dear to the Tedeschi family, as Elaria was adopted from China in 2003.
America World Adoption Association Ex- ecutive Director Joe Wilson attended the celebration. The show consisted of local, regional, sectional, and national-level skaters, including the 2017 U.S. juve- nile boys champion William Annis, who
performed his new short program to Spider-Man.
Richard Dornbush, the 2011 U.S. silver medalist, headlined the show. He volun- teered his time in support of the family. Dornbush, who wrapped up his fi nal ex- ams at the University of California at San Diego the day before the show, and will graduate with high honors in psychics and math in June, skated a new pro- gram to Toulouse’s “I Will Follow You.” He amazed the crowd with his eff ortless tri- ple jumps, fast spins and three backfl ips.
Elaria shared the ice with her coaches Beth Anne Duxbury, Vigorito and Cord- eiro, and skated to Enya’s “So I Could Find My Way.” The program opened with a voice-over by Elaria, speaking about her father and the sports lessons she learned from him. The event raised more than $9,000 for the America World Adoption Association, with more coming in.
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