From: andy@pangea.Stanford.EDU (Andy Michael USGS Guest)
Newsgroups: rec.skate
Subject: Re: Discover Tour
Date: 7 Jan 1993 09:21:01 GMT
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In article <1i25k0INN9e7@news.umbc.edu> cs431109@umbc8.umbc.edu (cs431109) writes:
>A friend gave me the 1992-1993 schedule and lineup for the "Discover 
>Card Stars On Ice Tour" and I'm passing it along. A special note to
>my friend -- my system has been screwing up a lot lately so
Just got back so I thought I would make a few comments.

>   Kristi Yamaguchi,
Wow!  She has really grown since we last saw her at the Worlds.  The
biggest change is that she has added real sensuality to her repertoire.
Not sure if she has been working hard on this or just some time off
has given her time to grow off the ice and it is showing on the ice.
Personally I really hope she will go back to the Olympics and so does
Witt and Kristi will crush her both artistically and technically.
Yeah, I'm still mad about the comment Witt made during the '92
telecast about wondering if Kristi could go for two.  I wasn't much of
a fan of hers before the '92 Olympics, but after that and seeing her
live at the Worlds I'm sold.

>   Paul Wylie,
Good stuff.  Definitely a crowd favorite these days.
Albertville has been very very good to him and he knows it.

>   Scott Hamilton,
Still great fun to watch.  The famous energy is still there.
Scott also did all of the announcing from a radio mike while wandering
around the edges of the ice.  He really adds a lot to the show.

>   Brian Orser,
Same as Scott.  They were trading back flips, did one in tandem
and then went over and lifted up Paul and flipped him.

>   Rosalynn Sumners,
Her second routine to "I feel lucky" by Mary Chapin-Carpenter was
really fun.  It brought out her personality really well.

>   Ekaterina Gordeeva & Sergei Grinkov,
Mommy can skate!  She's a lot taller than she used to be, but they
are still an incredible pair.  It's really fun seeing her "all grown
up" and not just a kid anymore.  They did a voiceover of her talking
about how much she enjoys skating with someone she loves and that
loves her and how much she likes having a baby.

>   Kitty & Peter Carruthers,
Go see them now!! They are apparently retiring after this tour.

>   Christine Hough & Doug Ladret, and
One of my favorite pairs, especially in exhibition.  They're just
plain fun.

>   Gary Beacom.
This guy is nuts.  But a fun sort of nuts.  I had only seen him on TV
before.  First time I've seen anyone skate in a straight jacket.

Overall this was definitely a great show.  Perhaps an ice show
that Woody Allen would like.  Sandra Bezic is the main choreographer.

>This show has also been on TV and it looked pretty good there, it must
>be really great live!
It has?  They were taping tonight for an NBC broadcast on January 23rd.
The best part of the taping was afterwards they asked people to stay
so they could "fix" a few things.  Scott Hamilton took 3 more shots at
a triple flip before landing it.  If you watch the TV version that
will explain the huge roar for it (in the "Someone to watch over me"
routine).  Paul Wylie also fixed a couple of jumps in his JFK routine.

Andy
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