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An Evening With Scott Hamilton & Friends

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I bought this as a gift for my wife who is an avid skating and Scott Hamilton fan. She was disappointed that a good part of the skating performance is missed because the camera keeps cutting away to Michael Feinstein and his band. Both the music and skating are good, but the mixture of always switching from the skating to the music creates a sub par skating DVD. She did not find this fault with the tv performances of Scott Hamilton and Friends that were done as a charity event for cancer. In these shows, the camera kept the skating as its number 1 focus.

Scott Hamilton has always been known to dazzle audiences with his incredible skill, artistry, showmanship, and pure love for the sport of figure skating. This DVD is the perfect blend of all of those elements. Not only is the showed compiled of some of the most well-known and talented skaters in the world such as Jenni Meno, Brian Orser and Jozef Sabovcik, but the show is also beautifully accompanied and orchestrated by musical great Michael Feinstein. Feinstein is also joined by actress and sixties pop great, Darlene Love. What makes this show all the more amazing, besides the roster of incredible talent, is that it is completely live. The electricity of all the performers seems to radiate through the screen and you can just feel the energy of all of these performers, performing to a live audience. The DVD also includes special behind the scenes features such as interviews with the artists and artistic director, rehearsals and a special inside look on the creation process of the show, which blew me away. This DVD is a must have for skating fans, music fans and anyone who enjoys good show!!!!!

Please - a real figure skaing fan wants to see skating not Michael Feinstein hamming it up. Very disappointed in this DVD. This seems to be a trend - guess the real fans aren't protesting enough!!

I LOVE Scott Hamilton. The reason I love to watch Scott is because he is so full of energy and skates fun-to-watch programs. I was so disappointed in this DVD. I did not know who Michael Feinstein was, MOST of the music was very slow. If you like slow music, you will enjoy this dvd. But if you like high energy skating, you will be dissappointed.

The DVD would not play on my DVD player but only on my computer. In addition, you can tell it was spliced because of the poor video playback. I would not recommend this DVD.

I wish I could get my money back on this. It was all about entertainment and the pianist whose personality I found grating. A showy night club like atmosphere, not at all what I expected with fine skaters and classical music. The camera kept cutting back to the musician and the whole mood was Las Vegas like and not world class skating.

Scott Hamilton is a genius on ice & this shows that to perfection. I love the others he has picked to join him as well. I think ice skating is a beautiful sport to watch & I love it.

I really enjoyed the DVD. I am a big fan of Scott Hamilton. It also included people like Brian Orser, Ekaterina Gordeeva, and others that I enjoy watching. The music selection from Michael Feinstein was nice and gave it an elegant touch. I would recommend it. I would also recommend the Stars on Ice Volumes I, II, and III with Scott Hamilton and other really good figure skaters.

there is something so classical about ice skating; so clean and neat as to invigorate. now, add the EVER intense michael feinstein to personally sing the songs for the skaters routines, and its showtime ! frankly, i could watch michael feinstein all day. that smile, that energy; that zeal for his music, and for the ice artists. wow. scott hamilton skates in this production ,of course, acting more as host this time, though, to feinstein and the other skaters.he also serves as announcer throughout the show - with a good bit of song introductory as well from feinstein. another plus in this particular ice skating showcase....berlin and gershwin tunes abound! who knew you could get such a fabulous skating routine out of stormy weather ? notable in the show, also, is its surprise guest star- the great darlene love- singing cry me a river with all of the passion that the song intended - and then some. i recommend this dvd ; its a joyful show to watch.