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Thank you for your continued support of the Museum's
newsletter. After evaluating some research and suggestions from=
our
readers, you'll see we've changed to a one-column format for easier
on-line readability. We hope you enjoy our summer edition.
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Museum
Benefit Highlights
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Scott Hamilton delivers his rebuttal at the benefit.=
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ure
Skating)
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As y=
ou've probably
seen in previous Museum correspondence or the recent issues of =
;International Figure Skating and=
SKATING magazine, "An Eveni=
ng
with Scott Hamilton" took place on May 5, 2006, in Orlando,
Fla.
Over=
280
guests were treated to a special evening filled with humor and poig=
nant
memories to honor the 1984 Olympic champion affectionately known to=
the
sport as "Skate God." 1984 Olympic pairs silver
medalist Peter Carruthers was master of
ceremonies for the event. The roasters included ABC Sports
Producer/Director Doug Wilson; eight-time British champion Steven
Cousins; 1992 Olympic gold medalist Kristi Yamaguchi; 1976 Olympic
decathlon gold medalist Bruce Jenner; and two-time Olympic gold
medalist Dick Button. Four-time World Champion Kurt Browning
narrated a special film tribute to his close friend.
What made the evening so special were the roasters' personal
stories about Scott and the warmth and good feelings throughout the
evening. The generosity of Hamilton's long-time
friend and sponsor, the late Helen McLoraine,
was also recognized.
Hamilton, a Museum Trustee, reminded the skating audience of t=
he
importance "to advance, protect and take the Museum to places =
it's
never been before. Support this Museum because without celebrating =
our
past, the present and the future mean very little."
Executive Director Brian Alexander
would like to extend a special "thanks" to the Benefit Ho=
st
Committee, the Board of Trustees and Advisory Council
members, organizations and vendors who helped promote this eve=
nt,
the guests who attended, and the Museum staff.
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Museum
Auction - A Resounding Success
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Bruce
Jenner's antics electrified the audience at the live auction =
(Susan D. Russell, International Fig=
ure
Skating)
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In c=
onjunction
with the Benefit Dinner, the Museum hosted a successful auction tha=
t
began March 21 online and culminated in Orlan=
do,
Fla., with both an on-site and l=
ive
component at the Hamil=
ton
roast.
The =
live
auction was entertaining with auctioneer and Host Committee me=
mber
Charlie Cyr and surprise auctioneer and Skating with Celebrities<=
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star Bruce Jenner enthusiastically handling their roles to rai=
se
money for the Museum. The three items sold included a framed
autographed photo of all 12 U.S. Olympic champions; the "New Y=
ork
City Super Skating Getaway," which included skating and dinner
with World medalists JoJo Starbuck and =
Ken
Shelley; and the original artwork "Scott Hamilton: Signature
Moves" created exclusively for the benefit by sports arti=
st
and former Olympian Roald Bradstock.
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The
Museum thanks everyone who donated and bid on items to support=
its
programs.
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JoJo Starbuck & Ken Shelley appointed
Co-chairs of the Advisory Council
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(left to right) Ken Shelley, Audrey Porsche, Brian Alexander, and JoJo
Starbuck at the Museum benefit in Orlando.
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Exec=
utive
Director Brian Alexander
recently announced that three-time national champions and two-time
World bronze medalists JoJo Starbuck an=
d Ken
Shelley have been appointed as Co-chairs of the Museum Advisory
Council.
As
Co-chairs of the 16-member Advisory Council, Starbuck and Shelley w=
ill
take a leadership role to support initiatives that will h=
elp
the museum achieve its overall strategic plans.
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Museum
Donation Update
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Two-time
Olympic champion and Emmy award-winning commentator Dick Bu=
tton
contributed to the Film Preservation Project
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In addition to the successful benefit and auction, the
Museum continues to receive funding and contributions that help
support new and on-going programs. A highlight of recent
donations or grants includes:
Film Preservati=
on
Project
The =
Museum
received a $10,000 contribution&nb=
sp;
from two-time Olympic gold medalist Dick Button toward the
Museum's Film Preservation project. This gift is in addition
to funding from the Kerr Foundation of =
Oklahoma City, Okla.=
,
and 1992 Olympic gold medalist Kristi Yamaguchi.
The Film Preservation project targets the most threatened and impor=
tant
footage in the Museum's extensive film archives. An additional
$8,000 is needed to complete the first project phase, estimated at
$30,000.
The Pioneer Fun=
d
The =
Museum
recently received a $25,000 gift from The Pioneer Fund in recogniti=
on
of the Museum's successful benefit, "An Evening with Scott
Hamilton."
The
Pioneer Fund President and Treasurer Robert Anderson remarked,
"The gift continues the late Helen McLora=
ine's
lifelong interest in and support of figure skating. The Museum
Benefit was especially enjoyable for the many friends of Helen McLoraine; she was certainly with us in
spirit."
Over=
the
years McLoraine sponsored more than 50
amateur skaters including The Pioneer Fund board member and Olympic
gold medalist Scott Hamilton. The Denver-based Pioneer Fund i=
s a
private family foundation established by McLor=
aine
to continue her work in supporting a variety of projects and
organizations.
Gay and Les=
bian
Fund for Colorado
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In
January 2006, the Museum received a matching Challenge Grant from t=
he Gay and Lesbian Fund for Colorad=
o to
help preserve and interpret figure skating's
heritage. The Museum has currently reached one-third of its
$10,000 goal but can still use your help in meeting the
challenge. The Fund will match dollar-for-dollar any contribu=
tion
from new donors as well as stretched gifts (the increased amount in
your current giving) from existing donors.
These
donations will assist the Museum with its 2006 goals of bringing the
collections to more audiences through traveling exhibitions and new
on-line programs, actively acquiring significant skating collection=
s,
initiating work to conserve the costume and historic film collectio=
ns,
and preserving and interpreting figure skating=
's
rich heritage.
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Zamboni School Dedication
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Members of the Zamboni f=
amily,
along with the Paramount Unified School District, Paramount
City Council, and other community leaders at the school's dedicat=
ion
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Fran=
k J. Zamboni, recently elected to the World F=
igure
Skating Museum and Hall of Fame and father of Museum Trustee Richar=
d Zamboni, posthumous=
ly
received another honor when the Paramount Unified School
District of Paramount, Calif., dedicated the Frank J. Zamboni
School on June 9, 2006. The school has students
attending from kindergarten through eighth grade. Many of Zamboni's extended family were
on hand for this special event.
The school is named in memory of the Paramou=
nt
resident who engineered and patented a unique ice floor in 1939.&nb=
sp;
In 1940 Zamboni opened Iceland in Paramount, one of the largest i=
ce
rinks in the country, with 20,000 square feet of skating surface.&n=
bsp;
Zamboni's other legendary invention - t=
he Zamboni® ice resurfacing machine - litera=
lly
changed the surfaces of ice rinks around the world.
In March 2006, Zamboni was inducted
posthumously into the World Figure Skating Hall of Fame at the 2006=
ISU
World Championships in Calgary,
Alberta, Canada.
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here for the Zamboni Web Site>
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A Special Tr=
ophy
in the Museum Collections
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In
order to better familarize our
readers with the Museum's collections, Curator Beth Davis will highlight a collection=
piece
in each newsletter.
The =
custom
of awarding a trophy for victory on the athletic field began in anc=
ient
Greece.
In America
during the 1870's the tradition became popular with the sports of t=
he
day. In many cases organizers and sponsors of the events turned to =
Tiffany & Co. They became on=
e of
the leading manufactures of sports trophies and continue this tradi=
tion
today.
In late 1940, David T. Layman, Jr., President of The Skating Club of
New York, commissioned Tiffany to produce a trophy for the Pairs ev=
ent
at the North American Figure Skating Championships. On January 15,
1941, the U.S. Figure Skating Association Executive Committee forma=
lly
accepted the donation. The North American Figure Skating Championsh=
ips
were team events between the United
States and Canada. Held from 192=
3 to
1971, they were skated every other year and alternated between the
countries.
The original design for the trophy was conceived as a pair of spinn=
ing
skates that appear to be cutting into a block of ice. Original
blueprints, still held by Tiffany, reveal the word "walnut&quo=
t;
for the base scratched out and replaced with the hand-written pencil
notation "Lucite." The trophy base today is in walnut. It=
is
possible that the prohibitive cost of Lucite during World War II ca=
used
the final design to be executed in the wood. The original clay model
used by the silversmiths to create the blueprint is also still in
Tiffany's archive.
From July to September 1997, Tiffany & Co. exhibited the
largest-ever display of their sports trophies in the exhibit
"Celebrations of Victory" in New York City. The Layman troph=
y was
part of this exhibit. Also included were the Vince Lombardi S=
uper
Bowl trophy, the Samuel Rudin trophy fo=
r the
New York Marathon, the United States Open Tennis Championship Troph=
y,
the Belmont Stakes Memorial Challenge Cup and the Woodlawn Vase for=
the
Preakness.
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Linda
Fratianne Guest Speaker at the Museum
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1980 Olympic silver medalist Linda Fratianne
with Broadmoor Skating Club members
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1980
Olympic silver medalist Linda Fratianne
recently presented a special presentation at the Museum, "What=
it
takes to be an Olympian," to Broadmoor Skating Club members and their
families.
The
Skating Club members included competitive skaters who are students =
of
Tom Zakrajsek, a national-level coach, =
who
has helped several skaters achieve Novice and Junior titles. =
Fratianne spoke to the skaters about the importance of training
hard and being dedicated to the sport you love and want to
pursue. She also stressed the long hours and perseverance
necessary to become a great skater.
A question and answer session followed the presentation. The
Museum acknowledges Fratianne for her e=
fforts
and the time donated to make this event so meaningful.
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Community Ou=
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Efforts
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Participants
in the Summer Reading Program receive Hall of Fame
"medal"
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The =
Museum
continues to work with community organizations to educate the public
about figure skating.
From May 27 through July 31(coupons accepted through August 31=
),
elementary students who participate in the Pikes Peak Library District Summer Reading
Program can visit the Museum for free, take home a Hall =
of
Fame "medal" and enter a drawing for prizes. The
program has the potential to reach over 30,000 students throughout =
El Paso County, Colo.
Two other public programs are scheduled to be launched in the
fall. The "Traveling Trunk,"&nb=
sp; a
hands-on, curriculum-based teaching aide is aimed at elementary
and middle school students. This program has received partial
funding from the Bank at Broadmoor,
Colorado Springs, Colo.
Cool Science
of Colorado Springs,
in conjunction with the Museum, will also be sponsoring a program f=
or
local Girl Scouts aimed at teaching them about the physics of figure
skating.
Look for more program information in an upcoming
newsletter.
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Museum
Store Feature
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Some
of the new or special items available at the Museum's on-site and
on-line gift shop will be featured in each newsletter. =
This issue highlights the new "Glass Paperweight" that
depicts skates from the Museum's collection. The paperweight
measures approximately 3.5" in diameter and .75" in depth=
and
includes felt backing. A decorative gift box is included.&nbs=
p;
Order on-line or call Store Manager Danielle Crawford at (719)228-3=
467.
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Click here for on-line store>
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Than=
k you
for your continued support. Please send any comments on the new=
format
or suggestions for future content to the "Reply to Sender" =
link
at the top of the newsletter.
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