August 13, 2007
Skating towards a cure for cancer
An Evening with Champions, Oct. 12 & 13
Cambridge, MA — Top Olympic and world skaters, including Harvard University student Emily Hughes, will do triple axels and toe loops to benefit the Jimmy Fund at An Evening with Champions. In its 38th year, the premier figure skating exhibition will be held on Friday, Oct. 12, at 8 p.m. and Saturday, Oct.13, at 7 p.m. at Harvard University's Bright Hockey Center. Paul Wylie, a 1992 Olympic silver medalist and class of 1990 Harvard graduate, will host the show.
Since its founding in 1970 by former U.S. champion John Misha Petkevich, An Evening with Champions has been run entirely by Harvard University students, raising more than $2.3 million for the Jimmy Fund, which supports research and care for adult and pediatric cancers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.
This year's show will feature 2007 national pair skating champions Brooke Castile and Benjamin Okolski, 2006 Olympic silver medalists and 4-time national ice dancing champions Tanith Belbin and Benjamin Agosto, 2007 national silver medalist Emily Hughes, 2007 national silver medalist Ryan Bradley, 1994 Olympic champion Oksana Baiul, 16-time national synchronized skating champions the Haydenettes of Massachusetts and many more world class and local skaters.
Tickets cost $32 for adults, $12 for children and senior citizens and $8 for undergraduates. Group rates are also available for groups of 10 or more. Presented by Procter & Gamble, An Evening with Champions will be held at Harvard's Bright Hockey Center located on 79 North Harvard Street in Allston. Ameriprise Financial also sponsors the show.
For more information, updates on performers and to purchase tickets, visit www.jimmyfund.org/skating. Tickets can also be purchased through the Harvard Box Office at 617-496-2222.
Contact:
Elizabeth Chernack
Jimmy Fund
(617) 632-4687
elizabeth_chernack@dfci.harvard.edu
Sharon Wang
Evening with Champions
(617) 493-8172
ranwang@fas.harvard.edu
