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7 unusual facts about Ice Capades


Cathy Turner

Turner retired from competitive skating after the 1992 Games to star with the Ice Capades as a singer and skater in the "Made In America" tour, but then returned yet again for the 1994 Games.

Deborah Walley

She was born in Bridgeport in southern Connecticut to Ice Capades skating stars and choreographers Nathan and Edith Walley.

Erie County Field House

Other events such as boat shows, circuses, the world famous lipizzaner stallions, and Ice Capades occurred there.

Hanna-Barbera's All-Star Comedy Ice Revue

The show is hosted by Roy Clark and Bonnie Franklin with special guest stars The Sylvers and featuring Course & Young, the Fentons, Sashi Kuchiki, the Ice Capettes and a special appearance by The Skatebirds.

Kerri Strug

Shortly after her feat, Strug participated in the Ice Capades and Disney's World On Ice, then announced her retirement and enrolled in UCLA where she was a member of the Kappa Alpha Theta sorority.

Pan-Pacific Auditorium

Throughout the following 30 years the Pan-Pacific would host the Ice Capades and the Harlem Globetrotters, serve as home to the Los Angeles Monarchs of the Pacific Coast Hockey League along with UCLA ice hockey, UCLA men's basketball, USC men's basketball, professional tennis, car shows, political rallies and circuses.

Sepp Schönmetzler

He turned professional and toured for two years with the Ice Capades.


Marla Heasley

They appeared in many films, such as Dr. Seuss's The 5000 Fingers of Dr. T (1953), Ice Capades (1941), Thin Ice (1937), A Chump at Oxford (1940) and many more.

Vivi-Anne Hultén

After turning professional, Hultén toured with the Ice Follies Ice Cycles and Ice Capades.


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Blackblack

Prepping for past gigs included dressing as if they were starring in the Ice Capades, crafting massive Native American headresses, and making vats of theatrical blood in the Dompe family kitchen for a Carrie-themed summertime barbecue at The Echo in Echo Park.

Donna Atwood

To facilitate her travel with young children, the Ice Capades props department used a 10-foot traveling trunk to build a portable nursery that could be rolled into her hotel room.

NBA on USA

Manhattan Cable (subsequently referred to as the MSG Network) debuted in the spring of 1969 and did all home events from the Madison Square Garden: New York Knicks basketball, New York Rangers hockey, college basketball, horse shows, Golden Gloves boxing, tennis, the Westminster Dog Show, ice capades, professional wrestling, etc.