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...
After an amazing 2 weeks in Florida, including a mind blowing stay in Disney World, it was time to return to reality. And when you're a Canadian Avocado Hass, that means snow, ice, cold and lots of it. But there's snow use complaining, my Avocado Juniors. And Mater doesn't mean because we just came back from such a fantastic vacation spent (for the first week at least) in shorts and t-shirts. No, judging on your faces, you had an amazing time enjoying the best that winter has to offer, whether inside on the ice...
...outside in the garden...
(p.s. remind me to wash Pater's scarf before he puts it on next winter...)
...or up a mountain...
Yup, you Avocado Juniors are having a great winter. Now if Mater can only convince Pater that the snow and freezing temperatures aren't so bad, we might make it to Spring...
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