9/13 Collectors: A New Fashion Ad Is Available!
9/19 Kristi On the Bay Area Backroads Show"
If you missed the show, don't worry! Because in the following page called Insider's Tips you can watch a 3:33 minute long video of Kristi's appearance on the show. Due to the length of the video, I believe that it is the entire segment.
Kristi talks about the historic town of Niles, drinking tea at Thyme for Tea and eating ice-cream (of course :) at Leatherby's Ice Cream shop. She also goes rollerblading.
[Note: You must have the program Real Player downloaded to watch! And thanks Amy E.!]
9/18 Articles about "A Golden Moment"
Gail sent me two articles about the "A Golden Moment" show (Thanks Gail!). It appears that Kristi will skate to Sarah Brightman's Time To Say Goodbye at the show.
Read the articles.
9/17 VCR Alert! Another Kristi T.V. Appearance in California on Sept. 18
"Kristi is scheduled to appear on the TV show Bay Area Backroads show this Saturday at 6 pm on channel 4. The show is about Fremont, Kristi's home town and she is to appear on the show. She is scheduled to roller blade and share her favorite spots in the area." Thanks again Gail for letting us know!
And according to the following article in the Daily Review, the Bay Area Backroads is a television travel show.
9/17 A Golden Moment Will Be Televised! Yahoo!!
According to the following article from the San Jose Mercury, it will be televised on November 7, 10 p.m. on the Lifetime cable channel.
"DOWN THE TUBE: If you're in the audience for Kristi Yamaguchi's ``A Golden Moment'' skating extravaganza at the Oakland Coliseum Arena on Saturday night, try to look your best. The benefit for the American Cancer Society is being taped for airing on the Lifetime cable channel (Nov. 7, 10 p.m.) and you never know when the cameras will scan the audience."
Happy, happy, joy, joy!
And the article written above from the Daily Review states that the show will also be broadcast on Fox, December 11 (for California residents only).
9/17 Kristi at Ice Wars competition? (Note: I hesistate to post this, since there has not been any confirmation.)
The following information was posted on the FSWorld discussion boards in the Ice Wars thread:
It appears that Kristi may skate in a 2-day team skating competition called "Ice Wars" which will be on November 3-4, in Baton Rouge, LA at the Riverside Centroplex Arena. Other Team USA members include Brian Boitano, Tara Lipinki, Rudy Galindo, Scott Davis, Tonia Kwiatkowski, a TBD pair, and Punsalan & Swallow. Each skater will skate one program per day.
9/13 Collectors: A New Fashion Ad Is Available!
Update 9/15: Go to the Fashion Print Ad page to view the larger ad! Kristi looks gorgeous wearing two outfits by designer Pamela Dennis.
Bill first wrote it in the message board: "There is a great new Celanse A. ad with Kristi in the new issue of Talk magazine on p. 179 (nice bellybutton!). This time we get two pictures of her instead of one." Thanks Bill!
9/12 Interview on the "Game Day Show" on KPIX Channel 5, California
Kristi was interviewed on the "Game Day Show" which is a half-hour long sports news show from the Bay Area. It was hosted by sports caster Rick Quan. Kristi discussed the "A Golden Moment" show, the performers, her personal life and more.
Read the review for a complete summary.
9/10
Kristi featured in a Cigna Special Ad Feature about the Power of Caring:
The advertisement/article entitled "Yamaguchi Turns Kids' Dreams Into Reality" is about the Always Dream Foundation; it's goal and what it wants to accomplish.
This ad is found in the 9/13/99 issue of People Magazine (Renee Russo is on the cover)
Read the complete article. View the article picture of Kristi.
9/8 Kristi at another Tiger Woods Benefit (Auction)
Article quote: "...Later Tiger (Woods) and his parents warmed up at a benefit for the Tiger Woods Foundation at Planet Hollywood, where Tiger had a reunion with pal Kristi Yamaguchi, who is having a benefit for breast cancer research September 18 at the Oakland Arena. It's called ``A Golden Moment'' and is sponsored by her own foundation and Mervyn's..."
Source: Phyllis Dabbling in `Art' (San Francisco Gate - Chronicle)
9/12 Follow-up: Unfortunately...
Kristi lost an auction bid to a framed Masters flag autographed by Tiger Woods, Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus to David Spisak, president of Smythe-European for $3,200 at the event. Poor Kristi! :-( But in the end, the auction did raise over $30,000 for the Woods' youth foundation.
Source: Conflict of interest on the Internet | One Putts (San Francisco Gate - Examiner)
8/26 Kristi was one of the 77 Olympic Gold medalists to Sign an Olympic Flag for Charity
Kristi was one of the 154 Olympians (including 77 gold medalists) to sign an authentic Olympic Flag for a charity auction at AcuBid.com. Other figure skaters that signed the flag were Dick Button and Peggy Fleming. Proceeds of the flag will be donated to the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network.
Source: Yahoo Finance, Company Press release
8/24 Interview on Bay Area morning news show
Read the review by Stevee.
8/14 Guest At Paul Wylie's Wedding
Kristi attended the wedding of Paul Wylie with her fiance Bret Hedican. She wore a cute pink tank-top style dress with ruffles on the bottom hem.
Read articles about the event:
-Skating
royalty cheers marriage of an ice king (Boston Globe 8-16-99)
-Olympic
luster shines at couple's Cape wedding (Cape Cod Times 8-15-99)
8/7 Kristi Attended Tiger Wood's Tiger Jam Benefit Dinner
According to MTV News, Kristi (and Scott Hamilton) were one of the "skating stars" who was "slated" to attend the event. The event took place Saturday July 7 at the Las Vegas' Rio Hotel & Casino. It benefited the Tiger Woods Foundation which tries to provide positive opportunities for inner-city youth and promote parental responsibility and involvement in the lives of children.
An article entitled ShowBiz People Briefs (article not available anymore on website) from the Boston Globe, confirmed that she did attend the event with Scott Hamilton.
8/2 Kristi is one of Blades On Ice Magazine's Skaters of the Decade!
The Skaters of the Decade were chosen for "contributing something special to the sport during the past ten years and represent the wonderful variety of styles and talent that we have seen in figure skating this past decade." For Kristi, they wrote the following:
"In 1992, Kristi Yamaguchi became the first American women to win the Olympic gold medal since Dorothy Hamill in 1976. She also accumulated two World titles and a national title in singles. But for most of her formative skating years, she also competed in pairs with Rudy Galindo, winning two national gold medals and a World junior pair title before concentrating her energies on singles. She has been a staple of the Stars On Ice tour ever since her Olympic win and has competed in and won many professional titles. She was inducted into the World and U.S. Figure Skating Hall of Fame in 1998. She continues to work fir charitable causes such as the Always Dream Foundation, which she established in 1996. Her annual Skates in the Park inline skating event in the San Francisco Bay Area is a fund-raiser for the foundation and she hopes to expand the event around the country. She also participates in the Make-A-Wish Foundation. Her autobiography Always Dream was published in 1998 along with her "how-to" book Figure Skating For Dummies. Kristi maintains a home in Reno, Nevada and is engaged to Bret Hedican, a defenseman for the Florida Panthers hockey team. The couple plans to be married next July."The article also includes a quote by Kristi: "Skating is still the focus of my life. I still love it even more than I did before." Kristi Yamaguchi 1998
7/29 A Golden Momemt May Be Televised on Lifetime TV
Ann posted on the message board:
"I sent an e-mail to Kristi's yahoo website asking if the Golden Moment will be televised and this is the response I got back. Lifetime seems to be a good fit for the show and charity. It sounds like a great show.
'Yes, because of it's uniqueness, we are currently working details with Lifetime television---and possibly alocal station to create a cause-related production, allowing viewers to make donations, etc...
Thanks and hope to see you on September 18th--it's going to be something special---
Always Dream......'" (Thanks Ann!)
I also emailed Kristi's Official Site questioning the show and here is part of the reply I received:
"Yes, an announcement will be mentioned in September, it will be televised on national TV sometime in November."
Alrigghhht! Sounds like great news! :-)
7/26 Kristi To Be In A Movie!
The following was posted on the Skatefans mailing list:
Quote: "...Just In case you are interested, ON EDGE is an independent35mm feature film shot completely in Los Angeles. ON EDGE is a comedyabout three female figure skaters at the lowest level of competitive skating,trying desperately to reach Olympic gold.
ON EDGE stars Jason Alexander (Seinfield), Wendie Malick(Just Shoot Me), Kathy Griffin (Suddenly Susan) and Chris Hogan (Mad TV)among a cast of 58.
For mavens of the skating world, notable performances arealso turned in by none other than Peter Carruthers, Randy Gardner, StevenCousins, Kristi Yamaguchi, and Tai Babilonia as judges. Carruthersis particularly hilarious...." End quote.
The last time we saw Kristi in a movie was in Disney's D2: The MightyDucks. According to the D2 movie pressbook, she was cast as one ofthe "Celebrities at Party". Other celebrities included: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar,Cam Neely, Chris Chelios, Luc Robitaille and Greg Louganis.
Another big screen sighting: Kristi's Got Milk ad was shown inJerry Maguire! :-)
7/21 Music Guests Announced for "A Golden Moment"
According to this article the skaters featured in the show will perform to live musical performances by Sarah Brightman, Tanya Tucker, Taylor Dayne, Keiko Matsui and the Oakland East Bay Symphony.
The skating cast includes: Kristi (of course!), Peggy Fleming, Ekaterina Gordeeva, Tara Lipinski, Rosalynn Sumners and Katarina Witt.
This "once-in-a-lifetime skating extravaganza is being held on Saturday, September 18, 1999 at the Oakland Arena, starting at 7:30 p.m."
Tickets, will range in price from $50 - $150, and will go on sale on Sunday, July 25 and will be available at the Oakland Arena, Bass Ticket outlets and online at kristi.yahoo.com.
Read the entire article entitled: Mervyn's California and Kristi Yamaguchi's Always Dream Foundation Announce Extraordinary Skating Concert on Ice at Oakland Arena To Benefit the Fight Against Breast Cancer. Date Wednesday July 21.
Kristi will guest-star in Brian Boitano's Skating Spectatular on Ice
This year the Holiday Skating Spectacular Show which is produced by Brian Boitano's company White Canvas will be held on Saturday, December 18, 1999, at the Mandalay Bay Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada. The show will air on January 2nd, 2000. Ticket information not yet available.
Brian's guest skaters will include Kristi Yamaguchi, Brian Orser, Maria Butyrskaya, Yuka Sato, Meno & Sand, Roca & Sur, and others to be named later.
Musical guests will be John Tesh and Canadian R&B singer Deborah Cox.
source: Skatefans and the Kristi Yamaguchi fan site mailing list
This will be Kristi's third appearance as a guest star.
7/8 Aloha Kristi!
IFS Magazine August 1999 Cover Story:
This star on ice discusses her transition from golden girl to golden lady.Important key points:
Always Dream Foundation News:
"A Golden Moment"On Saterday, September 18th, the Always Dream Foundation and Mervyn's California will produce a very special figure skating show in Oakland, California. All proceeds of the event will go towards breast cancer awareness and support.
A Golden Moment will feature an all star female skating cast of Olympic and World Gold Medalists who will perform live to female vocalists along with the Oakland Symphony.
Starring: Kristi Yamaguchi, Ekaterina Gordeeva, Peggy Fleming, Katerina Witt, Tara Lipinski, Rosalynn Sumners and many others.
To see the latest performers who have been added and more general info go to the:
A Golden Moment page at Kristi's official website.
View the full page Advertisement for A Golden Moment (scanned from IFS Magazine 8'99)
Kristi is included in IFS Magazine's 25 Most Influential People in Figure Skating (from August '99 issue)
Caption says:
"One individual whose sphere of influence only continues to grow is 1992 Olympic women's gold medalist Kristi Yamaguchi. Her popularity and versatility as a performer remain unabated and her marketability has increased. Over the past year, she inked a major corporate endorsement, becoming the official spokesperson for Mervyn's California, a department-store chain.
Yamaguchi sat out most of the competitve season, leaving fans calling for her return. She finally did in April, in a team competition produced by the United States Figure Skating Association (USFSA). She also floated through sophisticated performances in Stars On Ice.
'I hope that I still create a place for professional skating and a niche for where it's okay not to be training and focusing just on Olympic skating, but to be focused on working hard as a professional, making that a great place to be,' says the 28-year-old.
Yamaguchi also demonstrated her belief that those who enjoy good fortune must give back. She continues to raise and distribute funds through the Kristi Yamaguchi Always Dream Foundation. The foundation is planning a skating show in September to benefit breast cancer research and awareness."
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