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Top skaters, gymnasts return to Rapid City

By Dan • Oct 9th, 2009 • Category: Events

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The Progressive Skating and Gymnastics Spectacular, which brings the top stars in both sports together in a single performance, must have been a success at the Rushmore Plaza Civic Center in December 2008.

They’re coming back in  a couple of weeks.

The Rushmore Plaza Civic Center and Disson Skating announced the new spectacular will be Friday, Oct. 30, at 7:30 p.m. at the civic center.  Tickets are $45 to $125.

The show will feature an all-star lineup in gymnastics, figure skating and music. Olympic gymnasts Shawn Johnson – also a “Dancing with the Stars” winner – and Nastia Liukin will perform. Skaters Todd Eldredge and Emily Hughes will be on the ice. And for music, Ashley Tisdale of “High School Musical” will there as well.

The civic center’s new ice arena will be the venue. From what I heard from people who went to last year’s spectacular, the floor is divided like a three-ring circus. Gymnasts perform at each end, with skating in the middle.

And if you go, smile a lot. You could be on national television. The performance will be aired on NBC television on Jan. 10, 2010. Check the listings for the exact time.

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Dan is an on-again, off-again Black Hills resident since 1978. The Aberdeen native hit the road after high school, building houses in Boulder, working oil rigs on Colorado's Western Slope, delivering cars in California. In Wyoming and Idaho, he worked as a newspaper journalist. But the Black Hills kept luring him back. For 18 years, he wrote for the Rapid City Journal. The job gave him a chance to see the Hills from atop Mount Rushmore and the bottom of the Homestake Mine. Whenever possible, Dan grabs his dog Kody and heads to the Hills. These days, he's perfecting the art of low-impact backpacking: hike two hours to a scenic spot, break out the wine, cook up the pasta, watch the sunset and fall asleep under the stars.
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