Two award-winning figure skaters displayed their immense skills on the ice while delivering a beautiful and emotional routine to a song from the popular film “Sound of Freedom.”
Figure skaters are most certainly athletes in every sense of the word. Becoming a world-class figure skater requires total and unyielding commitment, loads of talent and thousands of hours of highly-intense, super-focused practice. However, pulling off a winning routine also requires that the figure skaters have some charisma and be able to connect with the audience on an emotional level.
Emily Chan and Spencer Howe thoroughly demonstrated they are skilled skaters and entertainers. The duo turned in a stunningly beautiful routine, set to the song “Sound of Freedom” by Justin Jesso, that achieved both tasks – as a skater and an entertainer. They both adequately displayed their skills as figure skaters. But they also allowed the music to guide them, timing their moves to fit with the sound and feel of the song.
Their inspiring and heartfelt performance certainly struck a chord with the spectators as they responded with a healthy round of applause and cheers.
The video’s description on YouTube points out their routine happened at the 51st annual “An Evening with Champions.” The yearly event, which takes place at Harvard University, aims to raise money to help fight childhood cancer.
Additionally, following their routine, Spencer mentioned he and Emily were also skating for one more reason. They are hoping to raise awareness of another cause as well.
“We also want to say that, like that program, we hope that everyone enjoyed it,” Spencer said. “We dedicated it for the “Sound of Freedom,” which is spreading the message on child trafficking. And I don’t know if you’ve seen it, but it’s a great film.”
1 Corinthians 9:25 “And every man who takes part in the sports has self-control in all things. Now, they do it to get a crown which is of this world, but we for an eternal crown.”