Port-au-Prince - Unlikely 鈥楬aiti on Ice鈥 may actually happen
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Doubters said it was crazy to try to put on an ice show in the blazing Caribbean heat that bakes one of the world’s poorest countries. Yet, after nearly a year of postponement after postponement, it looks as if “Haiti on Ice” may happen. This weekend.
On Tuesday night, some young Haitians got a chance to play on a startling stage for sweltering Port-au-Prince: an expanse of shiny, frozen water in a downtown basketball gym.
They gleefully took spins on the ice.
Still, it costs US$1,600 an hour to run the generator that keeps the ice solid. But Yrius says this time the show will really go on. Performers include Russian-born figure skater Elena Glebova, the French pair skater Yannick Bonheur, German figure skater Annette Dytrt and British Olympian Penny Coomes. Tickets run US$4.50 for children to US$50 for the best seats in the house, a steep price for people in Haiti, where the average annual income is about US$400.
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