EMMY AWARD-WINNING SMUCKER’S® STARS ON ICE ® PRESENTS DOUBLE EXPOSURE: THE MANY LIVES OF FIGURE SKATERS, TICKETS WENT ON SALE MONDAY, NOVEMBER 20 AT 10 A.M.

February 8, 2007 | Newsroom, Press Releases

The all-new production titled Double Exposure: The Many Lives of Figure Skaters will be co-headlined by the world’s most distinguished skating stars including 2002 Olympic Pair Champions Jamie Salé & David Pelletier; 2002 Olympic Men’s Champion and four-time World Champion Alexei Yagudin; World Champion and six-time U.S. National Champion Todd Eldredge; World Champion and two-time Japanese National Ladies Champion Yuka Sato; World Bronze medalists and three-time U.S. National Pair Champions Kyoko Ina & John Zimmerman; eight-time British National Men’s Champion Steven Cousins; two-time U.S. National Pair Champion Jason Dungjen; six-time Canadian National Ladies Champion Jennifer Robinson; and celebrating their first year with the tour, two-time World Bronze Medalist and three-time U.S. National Men’s Champion Michael Weiss; and two-time U.S. Bronze Medalist Angela Nikodinov.

The Trenton performance will also feature U.S Bronze medalist Emily Hughes as a guest skater.

In the 2006 season of Smucker's Stars on Ice, Hamilton took audiences backstage to learn everything there was to know in "A Show … About the Show." In Double Exposure… he pulls back the curtain even further to reveal the lives of the skaters themselves. Enhanced by a broad spectrum of popular music, intricate lighting, dynamic choreography and state-of-the-art technology, audiences will be witness to the skaters’ secret wishes, personal goals and ultimate dreams in a candid and quick-witted format etched to be nothing less than the epitome of cool.

“Since 1986, the hallmark of Stars on Ice has always been to present the finest skaters in the world doing what they do best. Skate!” says Hamilton. “From a thematic point of view, we have also, always paid particular attention to developing a story line in each year’s production. One that is not only enhanced by new production ideas, but showcases our stars, and (at the same time) solicits a wide variety of emotions from our audience. This year is no exception. Smucker’s Stars on Ice continues to be pure performance and theatrically thought-provoking.”

Tickets for Smuckers Stars on Ice are $110.00, $70.00, $45.00 and $25.00 and go on sale Monday, November 20. Tickets can be purchased at the Sovereign Bank Arena box office, charge by phone at 1-800-298-4200 select Acme locations, or online at www.ComcastTIX.com. Group (15+) information is available by calling 609-656-3399.

Note To Journalists: For access to the Smucker’s Stars on Ice Media site, please log on to http://www.starsonice.com/media/welcome.asp and use: Username: soi_media and Password: soimediapass.

Serving in their fifth year as the tour’s title sponsor, The J.M. Smucker Company is not only proud to be associated with Smucker’s Stars on Ice for providing wholesome, family entertainment, but also takes great pride in acknowledging the literacy and education initiatives of Boys & Girls Clubs of America. Thus, to advance these invaluable initiatives, a portion of the proceeds from each tour ticket sold will be donated by Smucker’s Stars on Ice to Boys & Girls Clubs of America.
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Smucker’s Stars on Ice is an IMG Production. Executive Producers are Robert D. Kain and Gary V. Swain. Emmy Award nominee Scott Hamilton and Byron Allen serve as Producers. Three-time Emmy Award winner Jef Billings returns as Director and Costume Designer. Two-time Emmy Award winner, Olympic Ice Dancing Champion, four-time World Ice Dancing Champion and seven-time British National Ice Dancing Champion Christopher Dean, along with Cindy Stuart, have been set as Choreographers. Lighting Design is by Errol Reinart.

Founded in 1986 by skating icon Scott Hamilton, the Smucker’s Stars on Ice Tour has played more than 900 shows over the past 20 years. Past tour performers include Olympic Gold Medalists Kristi Yamaguchi, Katarina Witt, Dorothy Hamill and Torvill & Dean. The Tour has won three Emmy Awards, one ACE Cable Award (Best Sports Special), and is recognized as the finest ice production in the world. In its 21st season, the 2006-07 Smucker’s Stars on Ice Tour will bring quality family entertainment to 40 major U.S. markets this winter. Smucker’s Stars on Ice is produced by IMG, the world’s premier Sports, Entertainment and Media Company. For more information about the tour, visit www.starsonice.com.

The J.M. Smucker Company is the leading marketer and manufacturer of fruit spreads, peanut butter, shortening and oils, ice cream toppings and health and natural foods beverages in North America. Its family of brands includes Smucker's®, Jif®, Crisco®, Pillsbury®, R.W. Knudsen Family®, Hungry Jack® and Martha White® in the United States, along with Robin Hood® and Bick's® in Canada. The Company remains rooted in the Basic Beliefs of Quality, People, Ethics, Growth and Independence established by its founder and namesake more than a century ago. Since 1998, the Company has made FORTUNE Magazine's annual listing of the 100 Best Companies to Work For in the United States, ranking number one in 2003 and earning a spot in the top 25 since the listing’s inception. For more information about the company, visit www.smuckers.com.

Boys & Girls Clubs of America had its humble beginnings in 1860 by establishing its first club in Hartford, CT. By 1906, 53 “federated” member organizations had been formed to mark the start of a nationwide movement. However, it wasn’t until 1990 that the national organization's name was changed to Boys & Girls Clubs of America, recognizing the fact that girls were also a part of its cause. Now 146 years young and officially celebrating its “100th Anniversary,” Boys & Girls Clubs of America has grown to serve some 4.6 million youth annually in 3,900 Boys & Girls Clubs in all 50 states, as well as Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands plus domestic and international military bases. www.bgca.org

Global Spectrum (global-spectrum.com), the fastest growing firm in the public assembly facility management field with more than 60 facilities throughout the United States and Canada, manages the Sovereign Bank Arena. The Philadelphia-based company is part of one of the world’s largest sports and entertainment firm Comcast-Spectacor, which also owns the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League, the Philadelphia 76ers of the National Basketball Association, the Philadelphia Phantoms of the American Hockey League, Flyers Skate Zone, a series of community ice skating rinks, Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia, a regional sports programming network, Ovations Food Services, a food and beverage services provider, New Era Tickets, a full-service ticketing and marketing product for public assembly facilities, and Front Row Marketing Services, a commercial rights sales company. Comcast-Spectacor owns three minor league baseball teams - the Bowie Baysox, the Delmarva Shorebirds and the Frederick Keys - all affiliates of the Baltimore Orioles.

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Diana Zanetto
Sovereign Bank Arena
609-656-3299
dzanetto@sbarena.com

Jim Tedesco
201-760-0200 × 104
Jtedesco@rbcpr.com