The show will also feature local skaters, such as eight-year-old Kelly O'Grady, who has been performing for EWC since she was two (the youngest skater ever in the exhibition), and Eliot House skaters Joseph P. Di Pasquale '01 and Lori H. Sonderegger '00.

The organizers of the fund-raiser have been busily planning since early spring.

"You begin planning the minute you're appointed, which is usually in February but was not until March this year," said EWC Co-Chair Gisela I. Mohring '00.

Mohring said they immediately begin contacting skaters and lining up corporate sponsors. Co-chairs stay in Cambridge for the summer to organize, and planning for the next year's show begins as soon as the last one is over.

Mohring said she is especially excited about the alumni dinner this Saturday, hosted by founder John Misha Petkevich '71-73, at which the co-chairs will be meeting past skaters and coaches who have come to Cambridge for the anniversary performance.

Many former co-chairs have also returned to see how EWC has changed, and there is a breakfast planned for the returning co-chairs to meet the skaters over donated Dunkin' Donuts. Tours of the Boston Aquarium and the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum have also been organized for this special weekend.

There will also be a party before the Saturday matinee performance for children with cancer who have benefited from the Jimmy Fund.

An Evening with Champions will be taking place Friday at 8 p.m., Saturday at 2 p.m. and at 8 p.m. at Bright Hockey Center. Tickets are still available (493-8172) for all three shows and cost $10 for undergraduates.