Hello all!! Must I say that this was truely a fantastic show!!  It was amazing and well worth the money (donation) to attend this event. The lighting was incredible as was the stage design and programming.  In my personal opinion, this was the best show that I have ever been to.  It combined the professions of figure skating and the music industries together beautifully.

Here is my reveiw of the programs as I saw from my angle, which was at center directly in front of the stage.  I can't call the jumps because I am not skilled enough to describe them yet.

Act I

   Along with a series of speakers and solo musical acts, this was a wonderful first act.

   Kristi opened with the Oakland Symphony with the "Love Theme" from Romeo and Juliet.  I believe this is the same program and choreography she did a few years back.  Dressed in a pink skirt and a white sequined bodice, Kristi displayed just as much grace and athlectism as ever.  She did, however fall on one jump, that she later re-skated for television.

    Rosalynn Sumners was next to skate to a live performance of "Love Will Lead you Back" by Taylor Dayne.  I have always enjoyed watching Roz perform, however, this was the weakest performance that I have ever seen her do.  For the first half of the song, she just stood on the ice.  She finally started skating during the first chorus.  The choreography was very unappropriate and unkept for this number, which was unfortunate.

     Ekaterina Gordeeva was next to skate with no introduction to "Night Hawk's Dream" by jazz musician Keiko Matsui.  The song was nearly half over before Katia entered the ice.  Beautiful choreography and jumps, great spins.  She did fall on one jump during this program, though, and it was not re-skated.  She was dressed in a long blue skirt with a velvet bodice, used in Stars on Ice of 1997 for the Beethoven segment, I believe.

     Isabelle Brasseur and Lloyd Eisler were the next to skate to a taped version of Shania Twain's "You're Still the One."  Isabelle and Lloyd were as powerful as ever with their dynamic spins and intricate lifts.  It has been so long since I've seen them on the ice, so this was a nice treat.

     Kararina Witt was the next to take the ice to skate to a live performance of Oakland Symphony's "Habanera" from Bizet's Carmen.  She was dressed in black torreador pants and a tight red shirt--perfect for the music.  I don't remember her 1988 Olympic program, but Katarina was her diva self with wonderful choreography and powerful technique.

     Tara finished of the first act skating to a live performance of Sarah Brightman's "Second Element."  This is the only program of Tara's that I have ever enjoyed, and she was more powerful and expressive with Sarah there, more emotion that I have ever seen her perform with.  I'm sure it helped that Sarah's voice exploded into the arena.  Her jumps and spins were as powerful as ever.  Since I love the choreography to this program, it was just as enjoyable to see it in person once again.  She did reskate one section of the choreography, though; although I didn't notice that there was a problem.

Act II

    Ekaterina opened up the second act to a new program simply called "Tango."  I think it is from a movie since there were spoken parts in the middle of a song.  The choreography was very well put together and her spins were magnificent.  However, this isn't my favorite program of hers, though it may grow on me.  Her jumps seemed to lack power.  I really don't think that she was *on* that night.  She was dressed in a red dress with some black lace or netting? on the top--I couldn't tell.

    Rosalynn was next to skate to a live performance of Anne Cochran's "After all These Years."  This program was much better, as we've seen it before with the choreography and jumps.  She performed this a well as I have ever seen it, I'm sure she received some power from the singer while performing.

     Next Katarina performed to the live band of Bell Book and Candle's "Rescue Me."  This was a very Katarina performance.  The choreography was very well put with the music and performed with charm and personality.  She did fall on one jump in the middle of the program, though.

    Tara then skated to Taylor Dayne's "Tell it to My Heart," but didn't enter the ice well into the middle of the song.  The choreography fit the music, however she didn't have the composure as she did during the previous performance, I'm sure that has to do with comfortability.  She was dressed in a costume I've seen before: a hot pink sequined halter top and black pants with a hot pink sequined belt.

    Kristi then skated to Sarah Brightman's "Time to Say Good-bye," and again didn't enter the ice until well into the song.  Dressed in a white dress with a long skirt, the choreography was graceful and beautiful.  She did fall on another jump, though.

    The finale consisted of all five ladies dressed in white dresses and performing to West Side Story's "Somewhere" performed by the Oakland Symphony and song by the local Piedmont Children's Choir.

   All in all, this was a wonderful production.  It was co-hosted by Peggy Fleming and had special speeches by local personalities, and none other than Scott Hamilton!  Brian Boitano also was a presenter.  The musical talents were wonderful.  However, the arena acoustics weren't correct for the symphony or the children's choir, but I'm sure that on television, the sound may be different.

   I hope that more events like this will be produced in the future!  Get ready, Lifetime Network has picked this up, and for Bay Area residents, KTVU FOX 2 will be airing it in December