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http://www.nevasport.ru/articles.php?id=5105 ON MUSICAL ICE The winner of Eurovision 2004 Julia Savichena, the band "Smash" and Filip Kirkorov's beloved Nastya Stotskaya are going to be the participants of the show in the Ice Palace, which will be held during the 28th and 29th May, is called Stars on Ice and is presented in honour to St. Petersburg's birth anniversary. KIRKOROV AND LUSHKOV WITH HIS FAMILY ARE EXPECTED TO COME This already is the second big figure skating show organized in the northern capital. Let us remind that the silver medalist at the Olympic Games which were held in Salt Lake City Evgeni Plushenko got the idea of setting up a big ice celebration and shared it with the St. Petersburg Figure Skating Federation president Oleg Nilov, who supported Plushenko throughout. As a result, the plans occurred on the 6th of June the previous year in the Ice Palace, under the name "Stars on Ice". After a year, the urban federation decided to make a present to St. Petersburg. In fact, a two-day one; because the producers predict that the audience that would prefer watching Plushenko skating live to Igor Korniluk, or Elena Berezhnaya and Anton Sihurulidze, is much more than to fit in the Ice Palace for one night. It is known that the invitations assigned for the guests to come to watch the best figure skaters of the world (Alexei Urmanov, Irina Slutskaya, Tatiana Totmianina and Maxim Marinin, Maria Petrova and Alexei Tikhonov, Tatiana Navka and Roman Kostamarov really the best) have also been sent to the Russian president and the Moscow mayor. (Furthermore, the city head is planning to come to Petersburg with his whole family.) Alongside with the mayor, the organizers are awaiting on another star: Filip Kirkorov was personally invited by Evgeni Plushenko (of course together with Alla Pugachova). This happened in Los Angeles, where Kirkorov and Stotskaya were presenting their new program for a concert "The Blonde Princess and the King". That's why, there will be many stars these days in the Ice Palace, and not only on the rink or the stage, but behind the stage itself and in the VIP boxes of the Palace. A PLOT WITH A SURPRISE The plot of the upcoming event is kept as a secret. It is clear that the more there are secrets, the more there is curiosity and excitement. The only thing that is noted is that the show will take part through the festival "Respected Citizens of St. Petersburg", which was established by famous sport people and coaches. Tamara Moskvina, Lubov Yegonova, Yuriy Tukalov and Mikhail Bobrov. "Before the festival, there will be a celebration ceremony for the appreciated citizens of the city of Neva, who contributed a lot to the upswing of sports". Said Oleg Nilov. It is very pleasing to know that there are many legendary sports people within these citizens. Even Tamara Nikolayevna Moskvina is one of them; she is one of the best coaches in the world. Gorod got the opportunity to reveal some other details of the plot. The event will consist of two parts. In the first part, the skaters will skate to music which was played during the most popular time of figure skating in USSR, performed by both native and foreign orchestras. The legendary pair Tamara Moskvina and Alexei Mishin are expected to step on the ice at this stage of the program and this is the main surprise of the show. In the second part, the skaters will exhibit their masterpieces along with musical compositions. Tatiana Bulanova, Zara, Igor Korniluk these are only some of the starry names who will participate in the show. BY THE WAY The previous week in some papers there was some information about an unexpected illness threatening Evgeni Plushenko, who was hospitalized to one clinic in Moscow. The president of the figure skating federation, Oleg Nilov, comments on the happenings for Gorod: "Constant flights and Evgeni's sportive schedule full of pressure these are the main reasons of Plushenko being hospitalized. Ear inflammation or just otitis is a very unpleasant illness. During otitis the person experiences sick feelings. Despite this, we all hope that Evgeni will get well with no doubt and certainly will perform at the "Stars on Ice" show in the Ice Palace." Translation by Anastasia |
