Ice Capades

[Mat]

As a kid I loved going to these, it was dark and cold inside and the atmosphere was just perfect. I would rate going to one of these shows right up there with getting an Indian Headband at the local market while Grandmother shopped, and it was a real feather !. Me and my pardners all hung out at the Kiddie Coral that had every comic book known to mankind.

 

[RadishRose]

I never went to the Ice Capades.

 

[Aunt Marg]

I'm with, RR.

We never had the money to go. I remember them in Spokane, WA, one year, and how I wish we could have went.

I'm sure it crushed my parents hearts, because whatever they could do for us kids, they did, but money was always so tight it was out of the question.

 

[Mat]

I never went to the Ice Capades.

Maybe you will get to go one day, they still have them but not as often and very limited. When I remember these things there are other little things that also come to mind because they happened at the same period in time, for instance we always would get these samples of grocery products in the mail box, even fresh bread. It was like two slices and ooooh so good. I think it was Sun Beam bread that was sending out samples to everyone in the early fifties.

 

[Gary O']

I went
I was maybe 12 yrs or so
Can't remember why or how
But I was there
At The Coliseum in Portland OR

Entertaining, but what I most remember, was when the skaters were doing a big wagon wheel swing (I don't really know what they call it)....and the last skater to connect to the end of the 'wheel' had a hell of a time skating fast enough to grab the hand of the skater at the end of that wheel.....but...she finally did
Everybody clapped

 

[Lewkat]

Everytime we went, we'd have tickets down front and when the skaters would come around, we'd get a faceful of ice. Other than also being cold, it was a pretty good show. Later years, I opted for watching these on TV.

 

[jujube]

There was another touring ice show, too. I think it was called Fantasy On Ice.

Grandma and I hit them all. She loved ice shows, circuses, you name it.

 

[Meanderer]

 

[RadishRose]

The fourth Zamboni ever built — they simply called it "No. 4" — sits enshrined in the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame in Eveleth, Minnesota, along with its creator and inventor, Frank Zamboni.

It stands, fully restored, as a symbol of the integral part this ice-resurfacing machine has played in professional hockey, as well as ice-skating shows and in ice rinks around the country.

https://www.thoughtco.com/the-history-of-zamboni-1992696

 

[Meanderer]

50 Years...The Greatest Show on ICE!