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World Send-off Skating Exhibition set Feb. 20

Kimmie Meissner, 2004 Junior Ladies National Champion
4:20 p.m., Feb. 6, 2004--Top skaters from the United States and around the world who train at UD will perform in the World Send-off Ice Skating Exhibition at 7 p.m., Friday, Feb. 20, in the Fred Rust Ice Arena.

The event is a prelude to the 2004 World Figure Skating Championships, which will be held March 22-28 at the Dortmund Westfalenhallen in Dortmund, Germany.

Featured in the show will be Christine Zukowski, 2004 Novice Ladies National Champion; Kimmie Meissner, 2004 National Junior Ladies Champion, and Andrea Varraux and David Pelletier, 2004 National Junior Pairs bronze medalists, who will compete at the Junior World Championships in The Netherlands; and Natalya Gudina and Alexi Beletsky, who will represent Israel, and Nozomi Wantanabe and Akiyuki Kido, who will skate for Japan, at the World Figure Skating Championships in Germany.

Tickets are $15 for the general public and $10 for senior citizens, children 12 and under, UD faculty and staff and groups of 10 or more. Tickets can be purchased at UD box offices and through Ticketmaster and also will be sold at the arena the day of the show. Doors open at 6 p.m.

Also featured at the Feb. 20 exhibition will be

  • Emmanuel Savary, 2018 Olympic hopeful;
  • Isabella Cannuscio and Kyle Herring, 2004 South Atlantic Intermediate Dance silver medalists and Junior National Team members;
  • Anna Peng, Novice Ladies competitor;
  • Jeff Varner, Junior Men competitor;
  • Nicole Tahtouh, 2004 Eastern Sectional Novice Ladies, fifth-place;
  • Jennifer Don, Nebelhorn Trophy Championship Ladies Champion;
  • Colin Pennington, 2003 Novice Men National Champion and Junior Men competitor;
  • Emma Phibbs and Mike McPherson, 2004 Eastern Sectional Championship Pairs silver medalists;
  • Shaun Rogers, 2004 Eastern Sectional Championship Men fifth-place;
  • Christie Moxley and Alexander Kirsanov, 2004 National Championship Dance sixth-place;
  • Jennifer Don and Jonathon Hunt, 2004 National Championship Pairs pewter medalists; and
  • Kendra Goodwin and Brent Bommentre, 2004 National Championship Dance pewter medalists.

The News Journal is a sponsor of the exhibition. For more information, call UD1-HENS (831-4367) or the Fred Rust Ice Arena, 831-2868.

Article by Becca Hutchinson
Photo by Kathy Atkinson

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