'Evening with Champions' Prepares to Take the Ice

Top World and Olympic skaters will join perennial host Paul Wylie in supporting the Jimmy Fund when they perform in the 29th

annual "An Evening with Champions" on Oct. 23 through 25.

The 1998 event, America's premier figure skating exhibition, is expected to exceed $2 million in total contributions to cancer care and research through the Jimmy Fund. Show-stopping performances are expected from 1998 World Champions and Olympic Silver Medalists Elena Bereshnaia and Anton Sikhardulidze. They will be joined by fellow 1998 World Champion Alexei Yagudin. As a special

treat for ice skating fans, An Evening with Champions is thrilled to host the world premier of the newly formed dance team of Maya Usova (1994 Olympic Silver Medalist) and Evgeny Petrov (1994 and 1998 Olympic Gold Medalist).

Wylie, the 1992 Olympic Silver Medalist (and Harvard graduate), will be joined by an impressive slate of amateur and professional talent, including Oksana Baiul, the 1994 Ladies Gold Medalist, who will skate in the Friday and Saturday evening performances.

A Boston tradition organized by Harvard's Eliot House since 1970, An Evening with Champions will take place at Harvard's Bright Hockey Center with performances scheduled for 8 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 23, and Saturday Oct. 24, and at 1 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 25.

Founded in 1948 to raise funds for patient care and the fight against children's cancer, the Jimmy Fund supports the search for new cancer treatments at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, which is recognized by the National Cancer Institute as one of the world's leaders in cancer care and research.

Tickets are $20 for adults and $10 for children and senior citizens and may be purchased by calling 493-8172. Group rates are also available. For more information and an update of performers visit the EWC Website at http://www.digitas.harvard.edu/~ewc.