PORTLAND – For more than two decades, Olympic Champion and figure-skating icon Scott Hamilton has thrilled audiences of all ages with the Emmy Award-winning Smucker’s Stars on Ice. Now in its 22nd year, the premier figure skating tour will bring “Live and In Color,” featuring Olympic Silver medalist Sasha Cohen, to the Cumberland County Civic Center Saturday, April 12.

Tickets to the 7:30 p.m. performance went on sale Nov. 19. They start at $25 and may be purchased at the civic center box office, at Ticketmaster ticket centers, by logging on to www.ticketmaster.com, or by calling the civic center at 775-3458 or Ticketmaster at 775-3331.

Cohen’s talents will complement a cast of Olympic and World Champions, including 1998 Olympic Champion Ilia Kulik (Russia) (or 2002 Olympic Pair Champions Jamie Salé and David Pelletier (Canada)); World Champion and six-time U.S. National Champion Todd Eldredge; World Champion and two-time Japanese National Champion Yuka Sato; two-time World Bronze medalist and three-time U.S. National Champion Michael Weiss; World Bronze medalists and three-time U.S. National Pair Champions Kyoko Ina and John Zimmerman; and six-time Canadian National Champion Jennifer Robinson.

Additions to the cast for the 2008 season are three-time World Pair Champions and two-time Olympic Bronze medalists Xue Shen and Hongbo Zhao (China), and two-time World Silver medalists and five-time Canadian National Ice Dance Champions Marie-France Dubreuil and Patrice Lauzon.

“The greatest skaters in the world are coming together to show America why they are the best,” Hamilton said in a prepared statement.

The performance includes a broad spectrum of popular music, intricate lighting, dynamic costumes, cutting-edge choreography and state-of-the-art technology.