Scott Hamilton Gives Cancer Update and Teases Ice Show: 'As Long as There Is Cancer I'll Be Raising Money' (Exclusive)

The Scott Hamilton and Friends ice show is happening on Sunday, Nov. 24. Why the gold medalist will never stop fighting for a cure — and why he's donating this activity instead of an ice skating lesson

Ice skating legend Scott Hamilton is returning to the rink with Scott Hamilton and Friends.

The event on Sunday, Nov. 24 at Nashville's Bridgestone Arena will raise money for his CARES Foundation, which donates to cancer research — a cause dear to him not just as someone who lost his mom to the disease, but also as a survivor.

"I'm feeling great!" he says now, of successfully beating testicular cancer in 1997 and currently living with a benign and asymptomatic pituitary gland tumor. "I'm 66, and when I think about what's next, I know that as long as there is cancer in the world, I'll be doing something in that space as a volunteer."

As for this year's show — which will feature performances by skaters like Kurt Browning and Katia Gordeeva and music by artists like CeCe Winans — he says it will be one to remember.

"It's Christmas-themed, and I think it will be huge because Christmas and ice-skating together is magic," Hamilton says of the show. "It just reminds you of Charlie Brown."

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After the event, there will be an exclusive celebration at the Omni Hotel Nashville, which will be filled with more live entertainment, cocktails, a seated dinner, a photo booth and a silent auction — including something personal donated by Mr. Hamilton himself.

Would that be an ice skating lesson? Nope — it's a golf outing with him instead.

"We did golf last year and it was so much fun," he says with a laugh. "So we'll be doing it again because we had such a blast. We went out with the winner and two of his friends, and it was the perfect day. I love golf. I'm terrible at it and want to get better, of course. But there's no time for that!"

Hamilton's rise to fame began in 1984 when he won gold in the men's singles competition at the Sarajevo Olympics, where he earned worldwide fame and became notorious for incorporating a backflip into his exhibition routines.

“I remember it all so vividly,” he told PEOPLE in February of his Olympic victory four decades ago. “It just feels like it happened to someone else!”

In 1997, tragedy struck when abdominal pain turned out to be testicular cancer. Surgery was successful, but Hamilton's outlook on life was forever changed. “I realized life was precious,” he said. “And I wanted to be an activist.”

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He launched CARES, as well as the foundation The 4th Angel, which pairs newly diagnosed patients with survivors. “I wished I’d had someone who had been there, done that, who could speak to me about what to expect,” he said. “I wanted to change people’s experience with cancer.”

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While he's endlessly proud of the work CARES has done, he's equally thrilled at how many young skaters also give back through his foundation.

"Being a part of something that's going to make their world better as they grow up, it just gives you a sense of peace that things are being done," he says. "And to be a big part of those things being done? It's really remarkable."

To get tickets to the Scott Hamilton and Friends Show or donate items to be auctioned, visit https://www.scottcares.org/scotthamiltonandfriends.