It's ice skating, but taken to the Richard Simmons-th degree

I have to confess to flipping past fewer things objectively gayer than "Kenny Loggins On Ice". From an eyewitness:

There have been many people and things put "on ice" in the past several years in various skating shows.

But possibly never has anyone so fully embraced that experience as Kenny Loggins, who performed with a star-studded cast of skaters in Century 21 Presents Kenny Loggins on Ice on Dec. 8 at the Broome County Arena in Binghamton, N.Y. (It will be broadcast on NBC on Jan. 9...)

...During one break in the action, one of the band members was talking with members of the cast and noted, "I can't even imagine being able to do the things you guys do - I love to watch skating whenever I get a chance, but I can't imagine how you do it," while the skaters came back with equal awe about the multitude of talents demonstrated by the band...

..."Lea Ann told me what she wanted me to skate to," said Boitano, who said he enjoyed trying something very different for him, the frantic, upbeat, "I'm Alright," as well as a selection that was very definitely his style, the powerful love song, "Forever..."

...Steven Cousins took a quick break from his skating performance to "It's About Time" to join the band onstage and play tambourine, then took the tambourine with him when he returned to the ice, using it to add an exclamation point to a couple of split jumps, and Alexei Yagudin jumped onstage and grabbed a spare guitar during his performance to "Angry Eyes." He "strummed" along with the band for a few moments, then jumped back on the ice to do a knee slide while still strumming the instrument...

...Sale and Pelletier changed that more somber mood into a very upbeat feeling with a charged-up performance to "Don't Fight It," which included a triple twist and a big throw triple Salchow. Their performance merged into another ensemble program, with Sale and Sato flirting with Pelletier, Dungjen, Yagudin and Weiss to "Playin' With the Boys."

That playful program was a perfect introduction into Boitano's lively performance to "I'm Alright," which included his Tano triple Lutz, along with triple toe and a couple of split jumps, accompanied by interaction with the audience and a huge grin. The half ended with Loggins inviting the audience to "sing along with me" to "Celebrate Me Home," with Eldredge's smooth spirals, spins and triples (loop and toe) accenting the well-known favorite...

Could it get any better? Yes, it could. They could have built a large, transparent pool above the skating rink containing synchronized swimmers rockin' to the beat.

Comments

It was the most hilarious thing that I ever saw!! We flipped by it, but had to keep watching because it was so unbelievable!! What idiot actually said, "You know what would be great? Kenny Loggins singing in concert with ice skaters acting out his songs!" People actually PAID to go see that, and not just a few - thousands!