Ice Skate: Skating on ice is really cool again; BOOM TIME: Since Dancing on Ice hit the small screen, the Skydome's skating school.(Sport)

From: Coventry Evening Telegraph (England) | Date: March 24, 2006 | Copyright information

ICE dancing is cool again thanks to the hit TV show where celebrities got to show their skills on the rink.

Dancing on Ice has given liftoff to Coventry's International School of Skating at the Skydome.

The show saw ice-skating megastars Torvill and Dean coach a raft of novice celebrities before they performed live on TV each week with a professional ice dancing partner. It was won on Saturday by former Fat Friends star Gaynor Faye and partner Daniel Whiston. ...

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