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IT DOESN'T GET MUCH MORE AWESOME FOR FANS OF FIGURE SKATING: DOROTHY HAMILL, SCOTT HAMILTON, KRISTI YAMAGUCHI AND NANCY KERRIGAN ON THE ICE!
Olympic skating legends and award-winning music artists will get together for "Kaleidoscope," a holiday variety special to raise awareness for cancer.Date published: 11/12/2009 BY BRYNN BOYER With every turn, the pieces of colored glass reflect on the glass in the tube, making perfectly symmetrical patterns. The patterns are constantly changing, yet familiar. It's easy to forget that the beautiful shapes are made by pieces of broken glass. Instead of being simply a child's toy, a kaleidoscope can be symbolic, redemptive and hopeful. This Thanksgiving, the kaleidoscope takes on a new meaning. "Kaleidoscope" is the name of the holiday variety special in which Olympic figure skaters and Grammy award-winning musical artists perform together to recognize women's battle against cancer. "Kaleidoscope" will come to the Verizon Center on Nov. 16, and will air on Fox on Thanksgiving Day. Like a kaleidoscope, the show will present shifting images of cancer patients, caregivers and advocates. The idea is that the broken glass of their collective experiences will come together in an inspirational and unique show. During "Kaleidoscope," famed Olympic skaters Scott Hamilton, Dorothy Hamill, Kristi Yamaguchi and Nancy Kerrigan will skate as cancer survivor Olivia Newton-John, music producer David Foster and "American Idol" music artists David Archuleta and Katharine McPhee perform. In addition to the joint musical and skating performances, "Kaleidoscope" will feature cancer survivors, doctors and representatives from national advocacy groups who will share varying perspectives on the effects of cancer. For 1976 Olympic gold medalist and world champion Hamill, "Kaleidoscope" has a special significance: The show marks the first time Hamill has publicly taken the ice since completing her own cancer treatment more than a year ago. "I'm sharing one of the bumps in the road so many people share," she said. Hamill was diagnosed with breast cancer in October 2007, while she was booked on a national skating tour. Despite her initial diagnosis, Hamill kept skating. In fact, she had her surgery in December of that year, just two days before skating in a Barry Manilow Christmas special with Brian Boitano. "I was trying to keep it quiet from the world," she said. After additional surgery, two months of radiation treatment and medication in the summer of 2008, Hamill counts herself as a cancer survivor. "Life has been a roller coaster ride," she said. She credits her doctors and the support system of her family with helping her beat the disease. Now cancer-free, Hamill said "Kaleidoscope" came about at the perfect time for her.
Date published: 11/12/2009
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