LAST year's inaugural tour had to be seen to be believed, yet amazingly it has been bettered by this year's skating extravaganza.
MC'd - as last year - by Andi Peters, nine celebrities (the pick of all three series) and their professional skating partners, were put through their paces again.
The format is exactly the same as the TV show, with the skaters doing their thing and the judges having their say. Harsh critic Jason Gardiner was being booed even after saying something nice!
Of course, it was all overseen by skating legends Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean, whose own routines were spectacular.
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After the highly competitive first half, and while the audience were all texting for their favourites, all the skaters came out again for a skating gala.
Head banging was much in evidence as the female skaters swept the ice with their hair. Everybody enjoyed themselves and Clare Buckfield's smile was even wider than last year. Bonnie Langford managed to get her legs into positions that would have had a normal person in traction for months afterward, and everyone skated as well - if not better - than we had seen on the box.
The clothes and overall design of the show was faultless and I'm afraid the word spectacular fails to convey just what a great evening it was.
In the end, the Bolero skate-off was between the local heroes, Chris Fountain and Suzanne Shaw (although for me Bonnie and Kyran Bracken's routines were breathtaking), with Suzanne being crowned the winner by the judges' vote.
However, one of the biggest cheers from the almost sell-out crowd was in the finale when Andi Peters himself donned his skates. He's presented last years' tour in plaster after a skating injury.
The show cannot be faulted in any way. It's slick and is a great family occasion.
Oh, and if you're the kind of person who goes along to these shows waiting for someone to slip or fall. Hard luck, even David Seaman and Andi Peters stayed upright.
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Kat Dibbits
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