Tickets on sale for An Evening with Champions, September 19-20

Tickets are now on sale for the 44th annual An Evening with Champions, Harvard’s premier figure skating exhibition. This year’s shows will take place at 8 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 19 and 7 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 20. The shows, held at Harvard’s Bright Hockey Center at 79 North Harvard Street in Allston, will feature world-class skaters performing everything from triple axels to layback spins to support the Jimmy Fund. A silent auction will begin 30 minutes before each show.

The event will be hosted by 1992 Olympic Silver Medalist Paul Wylie and 2006 Olympian Emily Hughes, who will also perform. The ladies cast includes 2006 World Champion and 2006 Olympian Kimmie Meissner, two-time U.S. National Champion Alissa Czisny, two-time U.S. National Bronze Medalist Agnes Zawadzki, 2012 Skate America Silver Medalist Christina Gao, 2013 US National Pewter Medalist Courtney Hicks, 2012 U.S. Junior National Silver Medalist Ashley Cain, 2013 U.S. National Competitor and Boston native Yasmin Siraj, and 2009 U.S. Junior National Championships Intermediate Pewter Medalist Maria Kalina.

The mens cast will feature 2014 Olympic Bronze Medalist Jeremy Abbott, two-time Olympian Johnny Weir, 2013 Junior World Champion Joshua Farris, 2013 U.S. National Silver Medalist Ross Miner, 2006 Olympian Shawn Sawyer, 2013 U.S. Challenge Cup Silver Medalist Douglas Razzano, 2014 Junior World Bronze Medalist Nathan Chen, and 2013 Junior World Bronze Medalist Shotaro Omori.

Performing as pairs are two-time Olympic Champions Ludmila and Oleg Protopopov, 2014 Olympic Silver Medalists Meagan Duhamel and Eric Radford, and 2014 Olympic Bronze Medalist Marissa Castelli with her new partner, 2012 World Bronze Medalist Mervin Tran.

Synchronized skating teams The Haydenettes, Team Excel Collegiate, Team Excel Senior, and Act I of Boston will also perform. Harvard University Figure Skating Club will deliver a guest performance.

An Evening with Champions was founded in 1970 by former U.S. champion John Misha Petkevich and fellow Harvard University classmate John Powers. Since 1970, it has been run entirely by Harvard University students, and has raised more than $2.7 million for the Jimmy Fund in support of adult and pediatric cancer care and research at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.

Pediatric cancer patients from Dana-Farber’s Jimmy Fund Clinic will also have an opportunity to skate with the performers during the weekend of An Evening with Champions.

Tickets, including group ticket packages, will be available from the Harvard Box Office beginning in August. In addition, opportunities for individual and corporate sponsorship are also available on our website. There is also an opportunity for skating teams to skate with the champions in the show through an initiative known as “Skating with Champions.”

Ticket prices are $10 for all students and children, $12 for senior citizens, and $25 for the general public. Discounted group tickets are also available for purchase. For more information, including updates on performers and ticket sales, visit www.aneveningwithchampions.org or www.jimmyfund.org/skating. An Evening with Champions can also be reached through e-mail a tinfo@aneveningwithchampions.org or by phone at (617) 942-1392. Please also find us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/eveningwchamps and Twitter at @eveningwchamps.

About The Jimmy Fund

The Jimmy Fund (www.JimmyFund.org) solely supports Boston’s Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, raising funds for adult and pediatric cancer care and research to improve the chances of survival for cancer patients around the world. The Jimmy Fund is the official charity of the Boston Red Sox, the Massachusetts Chiefs of Police Association, the Pan-Mass Challenge, and the Variety Children’s Charity of New England. Since 1948, the generosity of millions of people has helped the Jimmy Fund save countless lives and reduce the burden of cancer for patients and families worldwide. Follow the Jimmy Fund on Facebook:www.facebook.com/thejimmyfund and on Twitter: @TheJimmyFund.