California skaters plan benefit for Japan

A number of figure skaters from southern California will be appearing in a special benefit show to aid the relief effort in Japan.

The Skaters Care gala will take place April 3 in Ontario, California (East of LA). Proceeds will go to the American Red Cross tsunami relief fund. Click here to go to the official website.

The list of skaters so far includes

• Derrick Delmore
• Lindsay Davis and Themi Leftheris
• Courtney Hicks
• Ellie Kawamura
• Vanessa Lam
• Bebe Liang and Braden Overett
• Parker Pennington
• Sean Rabbitt
• Douglas Razzano
• Caroline Zhang
• Ice'Kateers Senior Team
• Los Angeles Theater on Ice

Expect to see more over the coming days. 

The ISU is expected to announce the fate of the world championships on Monday. Russia has offered to host the event later this spring in Moscow. Many feel this would be preferable to putting the event off until October and expecting the Japanese to still act as hosts.