Next Wednesday February 6th is opening night for Disney on Ice Worlds of Enchantment and I’m so excited to see the 21 year old skater Sophie Harding of Huntington Beach California! This young Disney star on ice is stealing the show and it all started when she went ice skating at the age of 8 with her Grandmother and a pair of skates she received for Christmas one year!
Sophie is living the dream and is in her 3rd year touring with Disney on Ice. She’s fondly calls the rest of the cast in the ice event “family” and says her “on the road family” is so important to her because she finds herself split – living the dream skating for Disney on Ice, and missing parents that are the backbone for all that she’s become in her young career. And, she fully admits that, “if it weren’t for my parents I wouldn’t/couldn’t be where I am today.’ As a mom, I just love to hear a story where kids remember the sacrifices we make as parents!
Ms. Harding has a huge bucket list but one of the items I found most interesting was that she’s never skating on a pond or out on a lake. So many folks in the northern states take this for granted but Sophie just holds this experience as a dream. In addition to that dream she’d like to one day back pack around the world to experience nature and other cultures. In the meantime, this California natives hopes to have a free day or two, while she’s in Baltimore performing at the Royal Farms Arena February 6th-10th, to take in the sites that our area has to offer like the beautiful and historic Chesapeake Bay area and possibly an evening of live entertainment since she enjoys jazz and 70’s punk rock. Concerts and live entertainment are some of her passions outside of skating.
Sophie also finds herself fascinated with the show operations and production. Her grand ambition is to one day direct her very own Disney on Ice event. She assured me that even after 3 years of skating, she never grows tired of seeing the joy on a child’s face. Considering her bubbly happy go-lucky personality, it’s easy to believe that each show still feels like magic to Sophie Harding!
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Show information below:
Where: Royal Farms Arena Baltimore Maryland
When: Feb 6th-10th
Schedule:
- Wednesday February 6th 7:30pm (Opening Night)
- Thursday February 7th 7:30pm
- Friday February 8th 10:30am
- Friday February 8th 7:30pm
- Saturday February 9th 11am
- Saturday February 9th 2:30pm
- Saturday February 9th 6:30pm
- Sunday February 10th 12Noon
- Sunday February 10th 4pm
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