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"The Fabulous Ice Age," a documentary that  chronicles the heyday of touring ice skating shows like the Ice Follies and Ice Capades, is premiering this weekend at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Film Festival. 

The film highlights the history of this frozen form of entertainment -- which led to the  World Champion and Disney-driven events we see today -- which took off in the U.S. and internationally from origins in the Twin Cities.


Roy Blakey is a man who was there almost at the start. Blakey skated professionally for 15 years, in the Holiday on Ice shows that toured internationally. He was the inspiration for 

 which was directed by his niece, Keri Pickett.

Blakey, now 82, has also amassed the largest collection of theatrical ice skating memorabilia  in the world. The collection is housed in Minneapolis at 


The film premieres Sunday at 7 p.m. at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Film Festival.


Blakey spoke with MPR's Steven John about the film and about his experiences in the ice shows.

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"The Fabulous Ice Age," a documentary that  chronicles the heyday of touring ice skating shows like the Ice Follies and Ice Capades, is premiering this weekend at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Film Festival.

'Fabulous Ice Age' celebrates history of ice shows

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