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> Holiday on Ice Announces a new Collaboration With Barry Manilow

> By: PR Newswire
> Nov. 4, 2009 01:00 PM

> SCHIPHOL-RIJK, The Netherlands, November 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Pop culture
> icon and legendary showman Barry Manilow and Holiday on Ice today
> announced a major new collaboration. The world leader in family ice shows
> will showcase a selection of Manilow's most popular songs - naturally
> including no 1 hits Mandy and Copacabana - in the new show TROPICANA.

> Managing Director Caspar Gerwe: "Each of Barry Manilow's songs is packed
> with emotion and drama that perfectly matches with the spectacle and
> beauty of an ice show. Our creative team, based in Amsterdam, devises a
> new show every year and we have long wanted to work with Barry; so
> Tropicana is a dream come true for us. A group of world-class figure
> skaters has been rehearsing in the Netherlands for weeks to put the
> finishing touches on TROPICANA before its world premiere in Hamburg on the
> 4th of November."

> Barry Manilow: "It is a great pleasure for me to work with the renowned
> Holiday on Ice and look forward to experiencing the presentation of my
> music in the world's most popular ice show."

> With worldwide sales of more than 75 million records, Barry Manilow's
> success is a benchmark in popular music. His concerts sell out instantly.
> He is ranked as the top Adult Contemporary chart artist of all time,
> according to R&R (Radio&Records) and Billboard magazines. Rolling Stone
> crowned him "a giant among entertainers... the showman of our
> generation," and Frank Sinatra summed up Manilow best when Ol' Blue Eyes
> told the British press, "He's next".

> Tropicana is an international journey from the city streets to exotic
> beach clubs of Latin America. Imposing orchestral arrangements switch from
> Latin-pop and dream ballads to swinging Big Band rhythms and Rock'n'Roll.
> Holiday on Ice' Tropicana will be the first touring show to incorporate
> brand new technology for infrared performance tracking with lights created
> by Zactrack. They are also scoring a first with their giant LED screen
> containing specially made projections of graphics and footage of skaters.

> Holiday on Ice is one of the best known brands in the world of ice
> entertainment and currently five shows tour the world simultaneously;
> Tropicana, Energia, Spirit of the World , Mystery and the Nutcracker.
> During the company's history, an astonishing 321 million people have seen
> a Holiday on Ice show. Working with top talent from the worlds of both ice
> skating and theatre, Holiday on Ice produces a spectacular new show each
> year. In addition to touring in Germany, France, UK, The Netherlands,
> Austria, Belgium and Denmark, Holiday on Ice has been instrumental in the
> development of new markets such as Eastern Europe, Greece and South
> America. Holiday on Ice is part of the international company Stage
> Entertainment. Stage Entertainment was founded in 1998 by Joop van den
> Ende and now employs around 4,000 people worldwide. In recent years it has
> worked with international partners to produce and tour the world's biggest
> musical theatre titles including Tarzan, The Lion King, MAMMA MIA! and
> Sister Act.

> http://www.holidayonice.com
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