In 1936, John H Harris, a Pittsburgh rink owner, hired the legendary skater Sonja Henie to perform between periods of ice hockey games. When he and other rink owners noticed the swelling crowds, they created an ice carnival that would entertain crowds in rinks across America. The Ice Capades were born.
The competing pulls of professional figure skating on the one hand and the emergence of Disney on Ice on the other hand, led to the Ice Capades ending their run in 1995. A couple revival attempts in 2000 and 2008 failed. And so all was done...until 2021.
The Hass Avocado Jnrs realised that while audiences were done with vaudevillian skating routines, they weren't done with fun and japes in the cold. So introducing the thoroughly modern Ice Capades for the 21st century!!!
Act I: There's snow place like home
The crowd are on their feet, the applause is deafening. Can this show get any better?
ACT II: Be careful, that's a slippery slope you're going down
The audience is crying with laugher. Never have they seen such antics! A chant has started, "More, more, more!"
ACT III: Going skating at night was a snow brainer
What a show! What a performance! From young to old, the audience are leaving the auditorium wanting more. The Avocado Juniors are busy preparing for the next big concert. But wait, the organisers want a word with Pater. Something about needing to clean up first...
Happy birthday, AJ1!!! Mater can't believe you're 7 years old already. Seven wonderful years since that wonderful day in September. Seven busy years and this last one was no different...
...busy being Mater and Pater's favorite daughter...
....busy with grandparents (here and abroad)...
...busy with aunts, uncles and cousins...
...busy with friends...
...busy party heartying...
...busy earning your yellow belt (so proud!)...
...busy using the skills God has given you to help others..
...busy loving all things H2O...
...busy being an amazing, loving, big sister...
...busy being Pater's Little Girl...
...in a house full of yucky boys, busy being Mater's Best Girlfriend...
...but most of all, busy being you...
Happy Birthday, AJ1!!! Mater and Pater are never too busy to say, we love you very, very much!
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