If you didn't make it to Skate for Hope 2012, plan to attend the 2013, 10th anniversary show in Columbus, Ohio. My friend who attended with me remarked that this wasn't your typical Disney on Ice type show--this was Olympic-level skaters. U.S. Champions Ashley Wagner and Jeremy Abbott (a 2010 Olympian) donated their time and talents to honor those fighting and surviving breast cancer, along with silver medalists Adam Rippon and Mary Beth Marley/Rockne Brubaker, and Canadian bronze medalist ice dancers Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier. Every other number in the program was skated by groups of young skaters who earned the right to skate in the show by obtaining donations for Breast Cancer research. Survivors in the audience were honored by receiving a pink rose from their skaters. Female fans screamed when the golden-curled Adam Rippon landed his "Rippon triple lutz" right in front of them.
Nationwide Arena @
- Columbus @
, OH @
- Sat, Jun 16, 2012 @
Favorite moment: Abbott, Emily Hughes, and Junior Pairs champion Lee Harris skating with 3 young girls--all in honor of their parents who are cancer survivors. @