{"id":145891,"date":"2018-01-12T20:48:27","date_gmt":"2018-01-13T01:48:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=145891"},"modified":"2018-01-12T20:48:27","modified_gmt":"2018-01-13T01:48:27","slug":"american-singer-on-hand-to-watch-duhamel-and-radford-skate-to-her-song","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/01\/12\/american-singer-on-hand-to-watch-duhamel-and-radford-skate-to-her-song\/","title":{"rendered":"American singer on hand to watch Duhamel and Radford skate to her song"},"content":{"rendered":"
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VANCOUVER\u2014 Meagan Duhamel and Eric Radford’s skate to April Meservy’s cover of U2’s “With or Without You” drew the singer herself to Vancouver on Friday.<\/p>\n

The singer\/songwriter from Reno, Nev., was at Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre to see Duhamel and Radford easily win the pairs short program at the Canadian figure skating championships.<\/p>\n

Meservy said in an Instagram post that the trip to Vancouver for herself and two friends was an anonymous gift.<\/p>\n

“I was shocked to tears to read a letter informing me that flights, hotel, and a ticket had been booked for me to see ?meaganduhamel & ?ericradford85 skate to my U2 cover at the Canadian National Skating Championships!! I can’t believe it!” she wrote.<\/p>\n

Duhamel and Radford scored 81.78 points for their elegant performance, to take a huge 12-point lead into Saturday’s free skate.<\/p>\n

“We couldn’t have asked for a better emotional interpretation of her music than we did tonight I think,” Duhamel said, before she and Radford went to meet Meservy. “I think she’s kind of joined the skating fandom now, I think it’s kind of nice to have her support.”<\/p>\n

The International Skating Union voted to allow music with lyrics following the 2014 Sochi Olympics, a move designed to make the sport more appealing to young fans.<\/p>\n

Duhamel and Radford’s free skate is to “Hometown Glory” by Adele, prompting the obvious question.<\/p>\n

“Can you imagine?” Duhamel laughed, when asked if Adele will be at the rink Saturday.<\/p>\n

“I went to see her in 2007, she played in this small library in Montreal, maybe 100 or 200 people were there, and ‘Hometown Glory’ was kind of her No. 1 hit at that time, so it’s been a special song that I’ve been very connected to for a very long time.<\/p>\n

“But I don’t think she’s going to be here.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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