{"id":5219,"date":"2011-04-12T15:36:04","date_gmt":"2011-04-12T19:36:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/figureskatersonline.com\/news\/?p=5219"},"modified":"2017-09-04T09:22:37","modified_gmt":"2017-09-04T13:22:37","slug":"johnny-weir-stars-in-ice-dreams-on-april-30","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/figureskatersonline.com\/news\/2011\/04\/12\/johnny-weir-stars-in-ice-dreams-on-april-30\/","title":{"rendered":"Johnny Weir stars in &#8216;Ice Dreams&#8217; on April 30"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Press release<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Johnny Weir | \u00a9 Leah Adams\" href=\"http:\/\/figureskatersonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/johnnyweir06.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1007\" style=\"margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px;\" title=\"Johnny Weir\" src=\"http:\/\/figureskatersonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/johnnyweir06-211x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"211\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>NEW YORK \u2013 \u201cIce Dreams Starring Johnny Weir\u201d is returning to The Edge Ice Arena in Bensenville, Illinois, on April 30. This year\u2019s show will feature 100 young local skaters in a group number. The &#8220;Future Stars&#8221; were chosen to participate in the show through live and web auditions.<\/p>\n<p>Weir, a three-time U.S. national champion, two-time Olympian, and World medalist, will be joined on the ice by Brandon Mroz, Ashley Wagner and Chicago-area natives; World Junior Bronze Medalist Agnes Zawadski of Des Plaines and Ice Dance Olympian Melissa Gregory of Northfield. Their special guest will be local up and comer Jordan Moeller, who claimed the gold as an intermediate in 2010 and is the 2011 novice silver medalist.<\/p>\n<p>The champions are looking forward to sharing the ice with the &#8220;Future Stars&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPerforming with young skaters is great, because our fans are what keep us going,\u201d said Weir. \u201cIt is our job to inspire young skaters and encourage them to follow their dreams on and off the ice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOlympic dreams start every day at ice rinks around the world, and Fireworks is lucky to see young skaters become champions,\u201d said Tara Modlin, president of Fireworks Sports Marketing and Ice Dreams\u2019 executive producer. \u201cMaybe our next Olympian will make their debut performance at Ice Dreams!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ice Dreams will donate $1 of every ticket sold to the Japanese Red Cross in support of the relief effort. There also will be a silent auction held the night of the show, with all auction proceeds to be donated to the Japanese Red Cross.<\/p>\n<p>For more information visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.icedreamstour.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.icedreamstour.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>__________<\/p>\n<h5>Photo courtesy of Leah Adams<\/h5>\n<p><em>Figure Skaters Online strives to be an accurate source of         information related to the sport of figure skating. To report an error,         please e-mail the <\/em><em>news editor<\/em><em>. Include the article date      and title in your e-mail.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cIce Dreams Starring Johnny Weir\u201d is returning to The Edge Ice Arena in Bensenville, Illinois, on April 30. This year\u2019s show will feature 100 young local skaters in a group number. The &#8220;Future Stars&#8221; were chosen to participate in the show through live and web auditions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5219","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-shows"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/figureskatersonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5219","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/figureskatersonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/figureskatersonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/figureskatersonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/figureskatersonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5219"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/figureskatersonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5219\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9760,"href":"https:\/\/figureskatersonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5219\/revisions\/9760"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/figureskatersonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5219"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/figureskatersonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5219"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/figureskatersonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}