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One Step Closer - A Figure Skating Benefit Exhibition

By Jo Ann Schneider Farris, About.com

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A Figure Skating Benefit For AIDS/HIV - One Step Closer:

One Step Closer is a figure skating exhibition that benefits the prevention and treatment of HIV/AIDS.

The figure skating benefit exhibition will raise money for the Aids Resource Foundation for Children. Their mission is to meet the needs of children and families living with HIV/AIDS.

Cast and Honored Guests:

Olympic figure skating champion, Oksana Baiul, stars in the ice show. Some of the other famous people in figure skating who participate in the project include:

  • Tai Babilonia, world pair skating champion and ice skating legend
  • Rory Flack-Burghart, US Open and American Open Professional Figure Skating Champion
  • Ann Patrice McDonough, World Junior Figure Skating Champion
  • Lucinda Ruh - 2-time Swiss national figure skating champion
  • Scott Smith - 12-time US National Senior Men's and International figure skating competitor

Founder and Director:

One Step Closer's founder and director is Tim David, a US Adult Figure Skating Champion and the Figure Skating Director of Central Park’s Lasker Skating Rink.

Location and Date:

The show will take place at Central Park’s Lasker Skating Rink, a two rink outdoor facility, on March 13, 2010.

How One Step Closer Came About:

The idea for One Step Closer came because Tim David wanted to make a difference. He knew about other figure skating benefit shows, and wanted to do an AIDS benefit. David's partner, Brian Mancuso, came up with the name "One Step Closer." Mancuso believes that every benefit that generates funds for the research for the cure for AIDS means that we are "one step closer."

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