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Roy Blakey holding up a 1965 Holiday on Ice poster in a photo for the manleywoman skatecast, a figure skating podcast

Episode #57: Roy Blakey

September 6, 2012 allison Podcast Episodes 2 Comments

SEPTEMBER 2012 A prolific collector of figure skating memorabilia for over 70 years, Roy Blakey is the owner of one of the worlds largest collection of figure skating memorabilia. Highlights of his collection, and an overview of show skating, can be viewed at his website Ice Stage Archive. His collection is going to be featured…

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Episode #24: Lorin O’Neil

February 28, 2009 allison Podcast Episodes 2 Comments

FEBRUARY 2009 An interview with Lorin O’Neil, member of all three ice shows (Ice Follies, Holiday on Ice and Ice Capades), coach, choreographer, and technical specialist. 1 hour, 23 minutes, 13 seconds. Thanks to Fiona McQuarrie for transcribing these interview highlights: On his most embarrassing skating moment: It was 1961, and I had joined with…

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