An Evening with Champions, a Jimmy Fund Benefit October 10, 2008

39th Annual Figure Skating Exhibition to benefit Jimmy Fund at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Featuring World and Olympic champions. Host Olympic Silver Medalist Paul Wylie.

Join us for an inspirational evening on the ice as world-class figure skaters jump, twirl and spin to help support the fight against cancer.

Every year, An Evening with Champions invites world-class ice skaters to express their artistry and athletic ability before an audience of all ages. Paul Wylie, the 1992 Olympic silver medalist and class of 1990 Harvard graduate, will host the show, which will feature 2008 World Junior Champion Adam Rippon, National medalists Matt Savoie, Scott Smith, Dan Hollander, Ashley Wagner, and Katrina Hacker, among others. Pairs skaters taking the ice for An Evening with Champions include 1964 and `68 Olympic gold medalists Ludmilla and Oleg Protopopov, 2007 National Pewter Medalists Amanda Evora and Mark Ladwig, and National and World Junior Champions Jessica Rose Paetsch and Drew Meekins. Plus, national synchronized skating champions the Haydenettes of Massachusetts and the International Theatre on Ice champions Act I of Boston will both perform.

An Evening with Champions was founded in 1970 by former US champion John Misha Petkevich. Since then it has been run entirely by Harvard University students, raising more than $2.4 million for the Jimmy Fund. On Saturday afternoon, pediatric cancer patients from the Jimmy Fund Clinic will have an opportunity to skate with the performers.

Tickets are on sale now, costing $32 for adults, $12 for children and senior citizens and $8 for undergraduates. Group rates are also available for groups of 10 or more. Sponsored by Cetrulo & Capone LLP and Early, Ludwick & Sweeney LLC, An Evening with Champions will be held at Harvard's Bright Hockey Center located on 79 North Harvard Street in Allston.

Tickets can be purchased through the Harvard Box Office at (617) 496-2222.

Official Website: http://www.aneveningwithchampions.org