{"id":24331,"date":"2021-11-18T12:38:31","date_gmt":"2021-11-18T17:38:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/figureskatersonline.com\/news\/?p=24331"},"modified":"2021-11-30T13:32:44","modified_gmt":"2021-11-30T18:32:44","slug":"scott-hamilton-and-friends-show-returns-to-the-ice-to-fund-glioblastoma-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/figureskatersonline.com\/news\/2021\/11\/18\/scott-hamilton-and-friends-show-returns-to-the-ice-to-fund-glioblastoma-research\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Scott Hamilton and Friends’ show returns to the ice to fund glioblastoma research"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Maura Sullivan Hill, Team FSO writer
\nPhotos by Ed Rode Photography<\/p>\n

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The cast of “Scott Hamilton and Friends”<\/a> will take to the ice and to the stage at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville on Sunday, Nov. 21, 2021, for the fifth benefit show in Music City. The performance supports the work of the Scott Hamilton CARES Foundation<\/a>, which funds cancer research.<\/p>\n

CARES stand for Cancer Alliance for Research, Education, and Survivorship, and the foundation\u2019s goal is to \u201cchange the future of cancer.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s the 25th<\/sup><\/span> show I\u2019ve done like this, with live music and skating, and it\u2019s really fun. It\u2019s an honor to do it,\u201d said Scott Hamilton, 1984 Olympic Champion, legendary figure skating broadcaster, and founder of the CARES Foundation. \u201cAnd I get to work with my heroes, which is really cool. Just to be able to produce shows like this, it\u2019s really fun.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hamilton, who is a cancer survivor himself, convenes his ice show each year to raise money for the foundation, pairing live musical acts with figure skating performances. This year\u2019s show features a cast of Olympians and Grammy winners.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The on-ice cast includes Katia Gordeeva, two-time Olympic Pairs Champion; Illia Kulik, 1998 Olympic Champion; Kaetlyn Osmond, 2018 Olympic Bronze Medalist and World Champion, Jeffrey Buttle, 2006 Olympic Bronze Medalist; Jeremy Abbott and Gracie Gold, who individually are U.S. Champions and 2014 Olympic Team Bronze Medalists; Olympic Team Gold Medalist and Pairs Bronze Medalist Meagan Duhamel with Dylan Moscovitch, an Olympic Team Silver Medalist; three-time World Medalists Kaitlyn Weaver and Andrew Poje; Women\u2019s and Men\u2019s U.S. Champions Alissa Czisny and Ryan Bradley; and international competitor and social media star Elladj Bald\u00e9.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>They\u2019ll be performing to live music by Lady A, Maren Morris, Hunter Hayes, for KING & COUNTRY, Grace Potter, CeCe Winans, and Sixwire, plus other possible surprise musical guests. \u201cI might have a couple of surprises up my sleeve,\u201d Hamilton said in a pre-show interview with Figure Skaters Online (FSO). \u201cWe\u2019re still sort of in the mode of rallying the troops, some friends that were on tour and are back home now. So we\u2019ll see who else we can put up on stage and surprise our audience.\u201d<\/p>\n

This year, the show is dedicated to the memory of the late music producer Busbee, who worked with featured performers Lady A and Maren Morris, as well as pop music standouts including Pink and Shakira. The funds raised from the show and the accompanying After Show Celebration fundraising dinner will go towards research on glioblastoma, a form of brain cancer.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cBusbee, he was prolific. He was an amazing man and he lost his battle to glioblastoma two years ago,\u201d Hamilton said. \u201cHis wife just moved to Nashville and we just thought it\u2019d be a really cool thing to celebrate his life and his music by putting together a show in his honor to raise money for the cancer that took him from us. His wife is partnered with us and she\u2019s just been remarkable in helping us put this show together with a really different and very strong identity this year of dedicating it to Busbee.\u201d<\/p>\n

The combination of live music and skating makes this show unique for both the audience and the performers. The floor seats that are usually in front of the artists are replaced with a sheet of ice for the performing skaters.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s unique, it\u2019s very intimate, the way we set it up at Bridgestone Arena,\u201d Hamilton says. \u201cOur house band, Sixwire, did the show last time, but none of the other artists have ever done one of our shows before. So they all come in, and it\u2019s their domain right? There\u2019s the stage and there\u2019s lights and their music and everything set up just the way they like it. And then there\u2019s this big sheet of ice in front of them, which is completely different. They\u2019re used to having screaming fans in front of their faces, and now they have skating. They really have the best seat in the house.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>The “Scott Hamilton and Friends” show is one of the annual fundraisers for the CARES foundation, and after not holding the show last year during the pandemic, Hamilton says, \u201cthe main thing is what I\u2019m always excited for, and that\u2019s for people to witness this event. Because they have ideas of what it\u2019s going to be like, and then they see it and realize it\u2019s beyond anything they\u2019ve ever experienced before. The live music component, familiar songs, and the skaters, just the athleticism and the beauty and the speed and the power. To combine those two elements makes it so unique to anything else out there.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hamilton gets on the ice as the MC for the evening, and adds: \u201cIt never gets old. We\u2019ve done the show in other cities, in other ways, but this, it\u2019s just spectacular.\u201d<\/p>\n

The show takes place Sunday, Nov. 21, 2021 at 5 pm at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville. Visit https:\/\/www.scottcares.org\/scotthamiltonandfriends<\/span><\/a> to purchase tickets to the show or the After Show Celebration, and to donate in support of the event.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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