1.   Champion skaters will perform to music of Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim and others while wearing costumes by designers like Mark Eisen and Byron Lars.

2.   Irina Slutskaya, the apple-cheeked Russian star, had defeated Michelle Kwan repeatedly this season, but neither skater had performed to her capability.

3.   Just as singles skaters must perform out on the ice alone, judges, too, are held accountable for the individual marks they award to competitors.

4.   While the other skaters performed, Eldredge did off-ice work, trying to jump-start his legs.

5.   His refusal to allow the skater to perform Tuesday resulted in petitions and boos directed at Cinquanta each day when his name was announced at Edmonton Coliseum.

6.   Other Canadian skaters also will perform on the program, with the final lineup still to be decided.

7.   The skaters each performed technical and artistic programs, and the winners were determined by their combined scores for each.

8.   There will be two teams of six athletes, and each skater will perform an interpretive free skate or interpretive free dance.

9.   Throughout the evening, skaters performed in remembrance of Grinkov, who died of heart failure while practicing with Gordeeva in November.

10.   This year, skaters perform one short programme and two free programmes, while the ice dancers perform one original dance and two free dances.