>>VIC MICOLUCCI: WE’RE GOING TO SLIDE INTO THIS NEXT STORY. I’M SO SAD THAT NO
ONE ELSE GOT A WITNESS THAT
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DISNEY ON ICE’S SHOW DREAM BIG
IS CONTINUING ITS MULTI-CITY
TOUR RIGHT HERE IN THE
RIVER CITY AND THE SHOW STARTED
YESTERDAY AT THE VYSTAR
VETERANS MEMORIAL ARENA.
IT’S GOING TO CONTINUE WITH.
WEEKEND SHOWS THROUGH EASTER
UNTIL APRIL, THE 4TH ICE ICE
BABY.
>>LAUREN VERNO: NEWS 4 JAX
ANCHOR MELANIE LAWSON JOINS
US NOW. NOW I’M SO JEALOUS
YOU’RE OUT THERE AVOIDING THESE
DAD JOKES. HE DIDN’T SEE THEM
MOVE ON I WOULD I WOULD GO OUT
THERE WITH THAT ICE WITH YOU
RIGHT NOW.
>> WELL YOU ARE COLD. I
>> HE
GOODNESS ALL RIGHT, YEAH YOU
CAN WIELD A LOT, I KNOW ICE
SKATES FOR ME.
OH GOSH, HE DOESN’T STOP POLICE
THOUGHT LAUREN COME ON OUT
ALL RIGHT SO GUESS AS YOU
MENTIONED THE FIRST SHOWS
YESTERDAY AND RUNS THROUGH
EASTER AND THEY HAVE PLENTY OF
TICKETS
FOR SALE. YOU KNOW THEY’RE
DOING THINGS SAFE JUST LIKE ALL
OF THE BIG EVENTS IF YOU KIND
OF LOOK OUT YOU’LL SEE THAT
THERE’S POD SEATING SO YOU CAN
SIT WITH YOUR
FAMILY, BUT AGAIN YOU’RE NOT
GOING TO BE AROUND A WHOLE LOT
OF PEOPLE FOR SOCIAL DISTANCING
PURPOSES, BUT THE SHOW WILL GO
ON LAST YEAR IT WAS CANCELED,
IT WAS SO DISAPPOINTING FOR ALL
THE
KIDDO’S WHO.
>>LAUREN VERNO: HAVE MADE THIS
A ROUTINE AND THEIR LIVES.
I KNOW MY FAMILY HAS BEEN
COMING HERE FOR MANY MANY YEARS
AND IT IS GOING TO BE
SPECTACULAR. YOU HAVE ALL YOUR
PRINCESS AS ALL YOUR HERO, SO
IT’S SOMETHING FOR GIRLS AND
BOYS DON’T FORGET THE GUYS ARE
GOING TO LIKE THIS TOO AND THEY
EVEN
MAKE IT THERE’S FIRE ON THE ICE
AT SOME POINT I HEARD SO THIS
IS GOING TO BE AN AWESOME SHOW
I WANT TO BRING IN COLLEEN
TRAYS CINDERELLA I YEAH YOU
SAID YOU’VE BEEN SKATING FOR
WAS A 23 YEAR 23 YEN IS YET
HERE THEY ARE MY MOM WAS A
SKATER YEAH, MY MOM WAS A
COMPETITIVE SKATER AND SHE GOT
MY SISTER AND I STARTED PRETTY
YOUNG MY SISTERS 2 YEARS OLDER
THAN
I HAVE. AND WE STARTED WHEN I
WAS 5 SHE
WAS 7. SHE DIDN’T LIKE IT AS
MUCH AS I DID SO SHE SHE KIND
OF DID HER OWN THING, BUT I
KEPT WITH
IT AND.
>> HERE WE ARE HERE SHE’S AN
ATHLETE TRAIN EVEN WHEN THEY’RE
NOT ON THE ICE THEY TRAVEL WITH
THE TRAINER AND IT’S JUST
AMAZING REALLY THE DISCIPLINE
THAT IT TAKES TO BE ABLE TO DO
THIS BECAUSE NOT ONLY ARE YOU
SKATING AND DOING TREMENDOUS
STUNTS BUT YOU’RE DOING IT AND
COSTUMES AND YOU’RE DOING IT
WITH PRIDE AS A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT WHAT WE ARE SAYING WE
YEAH SO I KNOW I’M SURE YOU
RECOGNIZE SOME OF THESE
>> THIS IS MIGUEL’S GUITAR FROM
OUR COCOA SEGMENT. SO HE PLAYS
THAT A LITTLE BIT DURING
THE SHOW. THIS RIGHT HERE IS
ACTUALLY ARE STILL A SHOW WHERE
SHE CAPTURES AERIALS OH BOY SO
BE CAREFUL AND YES HIS BACK
THAT COULD MESS
THIS OKAY THIS IS FROM MY
LITTLE MERMAID SECOND AS WELL
AND THAT’S ONE
OF OUR FANCY LOBSTER CLAWS YEAH
UNDER THE SEA IS A REAL PARTY,
SO THAT’S LIKE THE FANCY STYLE
AND THE SERVICE SO ROUGH, SHE
SKI CRYSTAL I THINK YEAH
ARE DRESSED, I KNOW THAT I YEAH
AND THEN THIS IS PRINCE PHILIP
SWORD WHERE HE ACTUALLY SLAYS A
HUGE DRAGON ON THE RISE AT
MIAMI WHEN YOU SEE SOME FIRE
BECAUSE YOU KNOW.
>>LAUREN VERNO: DRAGONS BEAT
OH, YEAH, SO IT’S PRETTY
EXCITING. I LOVE THAT PART OF
IT AND YOU HAVE A BEAUTIFUL
ROLE AND YOU COME IN ON THE
BEAUTIFUL HORSE-DRAWN CARRIAGE
YEAH, 2 HORSES WILL BE TRIED
TRAIPSING ON THE ICE AS WELL,
YEAH, CHARMING LETS YOU
DOWN AND HE’S OR WELL, I MEAN I
BET YOU’RE JUST SO EXCITED TO
BE A PART OF ABSOLUTELY LIKE
YOU SAID WE WE’VE BEEN OFF FOR
A LITTLE WHILE SO WE’RE JUST SO
GRATEFUL TO BE BACK IN
PERFORMING IN FRONT OF
LIVE AUDIENCES. EVERY TIME I
COME OUT ON THE ICE AND I SEE
PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE IS A
LITTLE BIT
SURREAL BECAUSE WITH THAT I’M
OFF YOU KNOW WE MISSED SKATING
SO MUCH FOR HIS PERFORMING WE
MISS THESE CHARACTERS AND TO BE
ABLE TO BRING THESE CHARACTERS
HERE TO JACKSONVILLE AND TO
OTHER CITIES ACROSS THE STATE
HAS BEEN.
>>LAUREN VERNO: AN ABSOLUTE
DREAM COME TRUE, WE WE WEREN’T
SURE WHEN IT WAS GOING TO
HAPPEN AGAIN
WE’RE IN YOUR EYES, HOW YEAH
YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO AND AGAIN
THEY HAVE TICKETS SO MAKE SURE