The City Of Liverpool Made My Dreams Come True!!
Live Events At Liverpool Echo Arena Kings Dock Liverpool
The Liverpool Arena has held many fantastic events in the City since its opening in 2008,
Liverpool’s year as European Capital Of Culture!
I have had the privilege of gaining a press pass,
which enabled me to gain access to take
photographs at the front of the stage a.k.a. “the pit”.
I want to raise as much awareness
as possible for Blood Cancer Uk ,
by tagging @BloodCancer_uk with high profile events which
will increase awareness for the
Charity.
I am extremely grateful for permission given to me, allowing me to photograph these events.
As with all my photographs My chaperone helps me set up my equipment on each of these occasions,
looks after me and driving to the destination of the event.
Holiday On Ice was a spectacular Event that portrayed a variety of cultures using Ice skating.
My photographs taken from the Liverpool’s disabled seating area, allowed my to capture the event from an ariel perspective and portray the vastness of The Liverpool arena and the watching crowd in the background, adding more atmosphere to my photographs,
giving my pictures greater
dimension and impact.
I was allowed a press pass to photograph this event 28th January 2010.
https://www.facebook.com/holidayoniceshows
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EluC_LqsACc
https://www.youtube.com/user/HolidayonIceUK/featured
History Source & Full Article :https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holiday_on_Ice
Holiday on Ice originated in the United States In december 1942.
It was the brainchild of Emery Gilbert of Toledo, Ohio, an engineer and builder who created a portable ice rink.
He took his idea of a traveling show to Morris
Chalfen, a Minneapolis executive,
who supplied the financing, and George Tyson, who used his theatrical background
to create the show.
The touring show made its first international trip to Mexico in 1947. In 1946, the company expanded with another ice show and secondary unit, "Ice Vogues", which took over the Holiday's last season's production and extended it for another year making stops in Cuba and Hawaii.
Then the Vogues toured in Central and South America while Holiday remain in North America. After 1956, the Ice Vogues became a second unit of Holiday on Ice
After her touring company was shut down, Sonja
Henie joined
Holiday on Ice in 1953, remaining part of the show until 1956. Her first
performance with the company was in Paris while her final show was in South
America.
Holiday on Ice was established as a family-oriented show by its founders but has retained little of the traditional ice revue format.
The actual shows focus more on a theatrical/musical aspect rather than on the glamorous revue style with clouds of feathers and millions of sequins and rhinestones to attract a new, younger audience. The once large "Corps de Ballet" of skaters has been reduced from 24 girls + 12 boys to 20 girls + 10 boys (between 1998 and 2008), and 14 girls + 10 boys (from 2009) and elaborate costuming has been replaced in favour of small modern stylings. Also the music choice from mainly Broadway show scores has been changed and adapted to the contemporary taste of actual pop music and even rock.
Novelty acts such as acrobats have been added regularly to the main production numbers in recent years.
Another Image capturing the scale of this fantastic production called "Sprit" in 2010.
I was allowed a press pass by the Dancing On Ice Organisers to take pictures from the disabled seating area, (an aeril perspective) at the Liverpool arena, . The extra dimension and impact recorded in the images from this angle helped me raise more awareness for Blood Cancer UK.
The
image captures two performers, an Ice Dancer at ground level (left off center)
and another performer hanging from fabric (towards the right), the
watching audience is seen in the background.
A
traditional element in each Holiday on Ice show is the precision number with its
famous spinning wheel, in which the skaters link arms with each other, one by
one, lengthening the two spokes which spin around a center point.
For many years, the traditional kickline, the light finale with illuminated costumes and the firework fountains at the end of a show were much expected elements.
Ways To Donate To Blood Cancer
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if you wish to donate on my behalf to plese follow the link:- https://bloodcancer.org.uk/get-involved/ways-give/donate/
Photographs taken By And Copyright Holder ©David Lydiate Official
Supporter Of Blood Cancer UK
I use these photographs to raise awareness for Blood Cancer UK ONLY.
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More Holiday On Ice "Spirit" 2010 Photographs