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(Date Posted:02/12/2007 09:49:29)
I missed this one from yesterday....from the Ice Symphony site there was a grand opening of an outdoor skating facility in St. Petersburg much like the one that opened in Moscow December 2006 - http://www.icesymphony.org/ourprojects/ledovye-katki-na-krasnoy-i-dvorcovoy-ploshadi On December 1, 2007 the Moscow rink at Red Square and the St. Petersburg rink in the palace area opened simultaneously. The new rink in St. Petersburg is 5000 sq. meters in size and will accomodate up to 700 skaters at one time. At the Moscow opening skaters associated with Alexander Zhulin were present while in St. Petersburg those skaters assocatied with Ilia Averbukh were present although Alexei Yagudin, Anton Sikharulidze, Irina Lobacheva and Alexei Makarov appeared at the opening of the St. Petersburg rink which featured music from the 50's, 60's and 70's, ballet on ice and master class teaching by the stars of Russian figure skating. Alexei being interviewed at the St. Petersburg opening -  
Alexei performing at the opening - 
And a link to the NTV1 coverage of the opening - NTV_News_Palace_square_rink.avi File Size: 30.04 MB Personally, I can hardly wait to skate on this new rink in Pete......I've purchased a new red winter jacket which will probably match the color of my nose if I stay out too long! Karenna
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