Kurt Browning, World Champion Skater, discusses his tour and performs

Copyright 1999 National Broadcasting Co. Inc.

MATT LAUER, co-host: The Rockefeller Center skating rink this morning and they're here to see this man skate. Four-time Canadian national champion and four-time world champion, Kurt Browning.

Kurt, great to see you. Welcome.

Mr. KURT BROWNING (4-Time World Champion Skater): Yeah.

LAUER: So nice of you to do this for Ann Curry's birthday. I know she appreciates this. She really does.

Mr. BROWNING: I have a really busy schedule, but when they said it's her birthday...

LAUER: You couldn't resist.

Mr. BROWNING: ...yeah.

LAUER: Tell me about that schedule. You're touring with "Target Stars on Ice." Where does that take you?

Mr. BROWNING: Gosh, it takes us 60--65 different cities across the United States in about three months. So, thanks to Target, we make it across the country, somehow.

LAUER: It's an enormous tour. And you're also taking part in this--let me take this because apparently your mike's not working...

Mr. BROWNING: All right.

LAUER: In this "Star Skates Goes Country"...

Mr. BROWNING: Yeah.

LAUER: ...which has got to be a lot of fun. So you're skating to country music today, is that right?

Mr. BROWNING: Yeah, K-B Toys is sponsoring the event, kbtoysstarskates.com. And we're are here to show you a little bit of country skating. And it's very exciting. I took the job because I got to skate to Brian White live.

LAUER: Oh, which is cool.

Mr. BROWNING: And--yeah. And Martina McBride skated--I mean, she didn't skate, but she sang. And Kristi skated to her live. And for us, it's pretty special.

LAUER: A little something different.

Mr. BROWNING: Yeah.

LAUER: And you're going to skate to Larry Gatlin today.

Mr. BROWNING: Yeah, today's the Larry Gatlin tune. And it's a little bit of a mix-up between boogie and Beethoven. Let's go figure it out.

LAUER: Give it a shot.

Ladies and gentlemen, Kurt Browning.

Mr. BROWNING: Thank you.

LAUER: Great to see you.

(Kurt Browning performs)

LAUER: Four-time world champion, Kurt Browning.

Kurt, thanks very much.