WHEN you wish upon a star your dreams come true - just ask Callum Leach and Sean Parry.
Once upon a time, as youngsters, they watched in awe as Disney On Ice brought its colourful spectacular arena world tours to the UK.
Now, like a real-life fairytale happy ending, they are skating in the spotlight with the likes of Mickey and Minnie Mouse, Frozen's Elsa and Woody from Toy Story.
As the Brit skaters prepare to thrill audiences, as part of Disney On Ice presents 100 Years of Wonder, at Utilita Arena Sheffield - November 30 to December 3 - they took time out to inspire other boys and girls wanting to be tomorrow's stars of the show.
"Go for it. Persistence is the key. I started skating at 10 years old, so if I can do it, anyone can. Just keep going. One day you'll be with me on the ice," said Sean Parry, aged 24, from Kinmel Bay, near Rhyl, in North Wales.
Callum, 31, from Newcastle, said: "It's a great experience. It was a dream of mine. I always went to see the show every year, when I was younger.
For Sheffield tickets visit https://www.utilitaarenasheffield.co.uk/events/search?q=disney
Once upon a time, as youngsters, they watched in awe as Disney On Ice brought its colourful spectacular arena world tours to the UK.
Now, like a real-life fairytale happy ending, they are skating in the spotlight with the likes of Mickey and Minnie Mouse, Frozen's Elsa and Woody from Toy Story.
As the Brit skaters prepare to thrill audiences, as part of Disney On Ice presents 100 Years of Wonder, at Utilita Arena Sheffield - November 30 to December 3 - they took time out to inspire other boys and girls wanting to be tomorrow's stars of the show.
"Go for it. Persistence is the key. I started skating at 10 years old, so if I can do it, anyone can. Just keep going. One day you'll be with me on the ice," said Sean Parry, aged 24, from Kinmel Bay, near Rhyl, in North Wales.
Callum, 31, from Newcastle, said: "It's a great experience. It was a dream of mine. I always went to see the show every year, when I was younger.
For Sheffield tickets visit https://www.utilitaarenasheffield.co.uk/events/search?q=disney
Category
😹
FunTranscript
00:00 [Music]
00:09 I'm going to take you back to being a little boy seeing the Disney on Ice show for the first time.
00:13 Did you ever think you would actually be in the show?
00:16 I actually didn't. It was a dream of mine. I always went to see the show every year when I was younger, which was really special.
00:23 What's it going to be like performing in front of UK audiences? I guess you've been around the world.
00:30 Yeah, I've toured around America, most of Europe, Asia, the Middle East, but nothing beats a UK crowd.
00:38 The audiences are amazing and it's so great to see the kids out there having the time of their life.
00:43 When I tell people it's a dream come true, it sounds really cheesy, but it's really difficult to put into words.
00:51 I can't imagine doing anything else. It's just a truly incredible experience.
00:55 What advice would you give to any other youngsters who might come and get their first look at it on this show
01:00 and think, "I want to grow up one day and be just like Sean"?
01:04 Go for it. Absolutely. Persistence is key. I started skating at 10 years old, so if I can do it, anyone can do it. Just keep going.
01:12 This show is special for a couple of reasons. Many reasons, but a couple of main ones.
01:18 We are the first Disney on Ice show to bring you Encanto outside of the United States.
01:24 We're really excited to bring that story. It's so colourful. We all know how popular some of the music has been with the kids.
01:32 We want to see everybody up in their seats, dancing, clapping. We want to hear everybody.
01:37 We actually have more aerial acts in our show this year than we've had before, which is super exciting for the audience.
01:45 You can always hear the gasps as it happens, so that's really exciting.
01:49 And of course, it's 100 years of Disney, and we're very lucky that we have a small segment at the top of our show
01:57 where you will actually get to see Mr. Disney himself and his initial drawings of that very special mask.
02:04 [Music]