The Legendary Award Winning Earth Wind & Fire Performs In Concert With Olympic Figure Skaters On NBC Television Special Saturday December 17, 2005

NEW YORK, NY (Disson Skating) - Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees and platinum-selling recording stars Earth Wind & Fire have collaborated with Olympic and World figure skating champions for a mesmerizing afternoon of entertainment in McCormick Presents Earth Wind & Fire Tribute on Ice airing Saturday, December 17, 2005, 4-6 pm on NBC.

The unique program features Earth Wind & Fire performing 20 songs including some of their best-known classical hits as well as wonderful new songs from their latest album, "Illumination", released this fall by Sanctuary Records Group. Included songs will be: "Reasons," and "Pure Gold." Interpreting Earth Wind & Fire's music live on-the-ice will be North America's top, crowd pleasing skaters including the last American male to win Olympic Gold, 1988 Olympic Champion Brian Boitano; two-time Olympic Silver Medalist Brian Orser and Olympic Bronze Medalist Jozef Sabovcik, the lyrical Caryn Kadavy, a two-time U.S. Pro-Am Champion; dynamic World Champion and ten-time Canadian Champion Shae-Lynn Bourne and 2000 American Open Champion Rory Flack Burghart.

Completing the cast are four of the world's most exciting, crowd pleasing ice dancers: three-time US National Champions, audience and television favorites Jenni Meno & Todd Sand and five-time US Dance Champions Naomi Lang & Peter Tchernyshev.

Filmed on location in Bridgeport, CT at the Arena at Harbor Yard, November 12, 2005, the event was produced by Disson Skating (https://www.dissonskating.com), the Executive Producers of television sports and entertainment shows for network and cable television.

Earth Wind & Fire "Tribute on Ice" Presented by McCormick is set to air Saturday, December 17, 2005 4-6 P.M. Eastern Time on NBC. Check your local listings.

Don't miss these other exciting skating specials on NBC Sports: Smucker's presents Kurt Browning's Gotta Skate V, December 18, 2005 (4:00-6:00 p.m.); Capital One Holiday Celebration on Ice, December 25, 2005 (2:00 -4:00 p.m.; McCormick presents Kristi Yamaguchi Friends and Family, December 31, 2005 (4:00 -6:00 p.m.); Aflac presents Brian Boitano Skating Spectacular, January 1, 2006 (4:00- 6:00 p.m.); Hyundai presents Sarah Hughes and Friends, January 15, 2006 (4:00-6:00 p.m.); Hilton Skating and Gymnastics Spectacular, January 22, 2006 (4:00- 6:00 p.m.)