Saturday, January 29, 2011

Lansing Chapman Ice Rink I Williams College I Williamstown, MA

Doors open at 6:45pm I Show starts at 7:30pm

Tickets are $10 and available at the following locations:
- Where'd You Get That!? in Williamstown
- North Adams City Hall
- North Adams Veterans Memorial Rink

Or you can order directly from the Bay State Games by filling out the ticket order form below and sending it to the BSG office.

Ticket Order Form

The feature skater in 2011 was “Skating with the Stars” champion Fred Palascak and his partner Melanie Lambert. As amateurs, the pair were Eastern Sectional champions and National competitors. Since 2007, Fred and Mel have appeared on the British television series “Star on Ice”. This past December, Fred won the first season of ABC’s “Skating with the Stars” with celebrity partner Rebecca Budig. Other show performers include: • Matt Swinton - 2011 USFS New England Novice Men champion • Jessica Lin - 2011 USFS New England Intermediate Ladies champion • Maria Minaeva - 2011 USFS New England Juvenile Ladies champion • Tess Perone - 2011 ISI Female Freestyle Level 7 age group champion • Cassandra Cole - 2011 ISI Female Freestyle Level 7 age group champion • Ryan Donahue - 2011 ISI Female Freestyle Level 6 age group champion • Vanessa Munn - 2011 ISI Fenale Freestyle Level 6 age group champion • Christmas Brook Figure Skating Production Team • Selected Bay State Winter Games medal winners

Each year, the centerpiece of the Bay State Winter Games figure skating competition at Williams College is the Bay State Skate Figure Skating Show. The 2011 Bay State Skate features the talent of New England Regional and District 1 medalists from the USFSA and ISI ranks, as well as Winter Games medal winners.

It has become a custom to kick off the show with a march of the athletes into the Williams College Rink. Leading the procession will be the medal winners from all of Friday and Saturday’s Winter Games events.
It is also a tradition for the show performers to pass a lit torch at the end of the show as a sign of the shared Olympic spirit amongst the athletes.
Last year’s show was hosted by WNAW radio personality Mike Garland, and the 2008 Berkshire Idol winner, Kristina Clark, sang the National Anthem.

MIKE GARLAND
Bay State Skate Show Emcee

Mike emceed the Bay State Skate for the second time in 2011, but has been a longtime supporter of the Winter Games.
Each day he can be heard on The Morning Show on WNAW 1230-AM in North Adams. Annually, Mike conducts an interview with Bay State Games Executive Director Kevin Cummings which is viewed as the “State of the Union” address on the current condition of the Winter Games.
Mike is a native of Philadelphia, PA, but has been living in North Adams for over a decade and has become a fixture in the community as he is very active in charity and fund-raising events.

KRISTINA CLARK National Anthem Singer Kristina performed the National Anthem for the second consecutive year at the Bay State Skate. Kristina is a classically trained artist who grew up in Auburn, NY. She has competed in competitions in Syracuse, NY, winning the 2006 Central New York Idol contest. She also won the 2006 Star Quest Competition in Syracuse, which gave her the opportunity to compete in the Talent Quest National Singing and Performance contest in Laughlin, Nevada. She took 8th place nationally in the pop category. In 2007, she returned to the national stage in Laughlin, taking 6th place out of 140 females. In 2008, Kristina was crowned the Berkshire Idol, and was the first place winner of Pittsfield's 95.9 radio staions Berkshire Karaoke Idol in 2010.