One of Scott Moir and Tessa Virtue’s last skates to be in Penticton

PENTICTON – One of Scott Moir and Tessa Virtue’s final skates together will happen at the South Okanagan Events Centre in Penticton, when Rock The Rink makes its tour stop on Sunday, Oct. 6.

Moir and Virtue's retirement from the sport was revealed late last night in a video message posted on their separate Twitter accounts.

Rock The Rink will tour from coast-to-coast across Canada, plus a U.S. stop, according to a media release. The cast will again feature Canadian greats Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir, Patrick Chan, Kaetlyn Osmond and Elvis Stojko, and will bring world-renowned skating talent from Europe and the U.S. including Italian Olympic medalist and world champion Carolina Kostner, Russian Olympic gold medalists and world champions Tatiana Volosozhar and Maxim Trankov, and Olympic medalist and four-time U.S. national champion Jeremy Abbott.

Opening the show will be featured special musical guest Birds of Bellwoods.

Tickets are on sale now at rocktherink.com. The cross-country tour launches Saturday, Oct. 5 in Abbotsford and will hit over 30 cities before wrapping in St. John’s, NL.

ROCK THE RINK TOUR:

October 5 – Abbotsford, BC – Abbotsford Centre
October 6 – Penticton, BC – South Okanagan Events Centre
October 7 – Vancouver, BC – Thunderbird Arena
October 10 – Red Deer, AB – ENMAX Centrium Arena
October 11 – Dawson Creek, BC – Encana Events Centre
October 12 – Prince George, BC – CN Centre
October 13 – Grande Prairie, AB – Revolution Place
October 16 – Calgary, AB – Stampede Corral
October 17 – Lethbridge, AB – ENMAX Centre
October 18 – Regina, SK – Brandt Centre
October 19 – Medicine Hat, AB – Canalta Centre
October 20 – Brandon, MB – Keystone Centre
October 29 – Sault Ste Marie, ON – GFL Memorial Gardens
October 30 – London, ON – Budweiser Gardens
November 1 – Sudbury, ON – Sudbury Arena
November 2 – Kitchener, ON – Memorial Auditorium
November 3 – Kingston, ON – Leon’s Centre
November 6 – Mississauga, ON – Paramount Fine Foods Centre
November 7 – Ottawa, ON – TD Place
November 8 – St. Catharines, ON – Meridian Centre
November 9 – Oshawa, ON – Tribute Communities Centre
November 10 – Cleveland, OH – Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse
November 13 – Peterborough, ON – Peterborough Memorial Centre
November 14 – Laval, QC – Place Bell
November 15 – Quebec City, QC – Videotron Centre
November 16 – Moncton, NB – Avenir Centre
November 17 – Halifax, NS – Scotiabank Centre
November 23 – St. John’s, NL – Mile One Centre

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