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Olympians to headline Skating & Gymnastics Spectacular

JAMESTOWN – The Jamestown Savings Bank Arena in collaboration with Disson Skating is excited to be presenting for the third consecutive year the Progressive Skating & Gymnastics Spectacular on Dec. 13.

The cast features the most decorated dance team in US figure skating history, 2014 Olympic Champions and two-time World Champions Meryl Davis and Charlie White, who return to Jamestown following their victory in Sochi. Following the Olympics, Davis and White competed in the eighteenth season of ABC’s Dancing with the Stars. Davis was crowned this year’s champion with her partner Maksim Chmerkovskiy on May 20.

The star-studded figure skating cast, in addition to Davis and White, is scheduled to include:

Two-time Olympic silver medalist, three-time World champion and seven-time Canadian champion Elvis Stojko;

Four-time World champion and four-time Canadian champion Kurt Browning;

World ice dance champion and ten-time Canadian ice dance champion Shae-Lynn Bourne;

Two-time U.S. champion Alissa Czisny;

Canadian silver medalist Shawn Sawyer.

The cast is also scheduled to include the following gymnastics stars:

Olympic champion (team), World all-around champion, and two-time U.S. all-around champion Jordyn Wieber (member of the Fierce Five from the 2012 Olympic Games in London)

2013 U.S. all-around, parallel bars & high bar champion and three-time NCAA all-around champion Sam Mikulak;

Two-time World medalist and 2012 U.S. all-around champion John Orozco;

Olympic silver medalist (team) and World champion (team) Samantha Peszek.

Additional star gymnasts will be announced in August following U.S.A. Gymnastics’ national championships.

In addition, an Olympic dream team is coming back to host the show in Jamestown and includes: Olympic figure skating champion Kristi Yamaguchi, three-time U.S. champion Michael Weiss, and Olympic gymnastics champions Nadia Comaneci and Bart Conner.

The musical guests for this year are two young artists that are climbing the charts. First up is Cody Simpson, a teenage heartthrob from Australia that has been cranking out hits since 2010. His new single “Surfboard” is going to be a summer anthem, and he is one of the hottest tickets for teens right now. Simpson also competed against Davis and White in this past season of ABC’s Dancing with the Stars.

Joining Simpson will be Danielle Bradbery who is a former winner of NBC’s The Voice. She recently finished touring with Hunter Hayes, is scheduled to perform at the 2014 CMT Music Awards in early June, and her new single “Young in America” is climbing the country charts.

Presale tickets will go on sale Aug. 1 to Arena Insiders, and on Aug. 4 to the general public. To become an Arena Insider Like them on Facebook, follow them on Twitter, text “arena” to 31996, or join the email list at jamestownarena.com. For information about the show visit www.jamestownarena.com or call the box office at 484-2624.

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