Gold medallists in the ice dance, free dance figure skating Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir, of Canada, pose during their medals ceremony at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2018. Ice skating darlings Virtue and Moir are among the retired all-star athletes hitting the road for a thank you tour.
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June 05, 2018 - 8:30 AM
TORONTO - Ice skating darlings Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir are among the retired all-star athletes hitting the road for a thank you tour.
The veteran Olympic champions will be joined by fellow pairs skaters Meagan Duhamel and Eric Radford, as well as skaters Patrick Chan, Kaetlyn Osmond and Elvis Stojko.
The coast-to-coast showcase is set to hit 30 cities. It begins Friday, Oct. 5 in Abbotsford, B.C., makes a stop in Kelowna at Prospera Place on Saturday, Oct. 6, and wraps up in St. John's, N.L.
The tour follows Canada's gold-medal team performance at the Pyeongyang Winter Games.
Virtue says in a release they want to visit cities that don't ordinarily get skating productions because they know how important grassroots programs are in small towns.
Tickets for the "Thank You Canada Tour" go on sale Friday, June 8 at www.selectyourtickets.com. Ticket prices for the show at Propera Place in Kelowna range from $36.75 to $121.75 plus service charges.
For more information on the showcase check out the "Thank You Canada Tour" website here.
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