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EpaftngeUtftttmcd Fri.,Jar>,V,1970-Psrt!V 13 Ice Show Presents Its Silver Edition The silver anniversary edition of Holiday on Ice, which opened Wednesday Bight at Ingle wood's For- um, proved a little short on spectacle but long on wit, charm and a commodity often absent in more repetitiously glittery skate \aiiciy. to be sure, Lavish numbers in this Holidays the opening "Happy B i r thday" ser quence with the brilliantly silver-spangled corps de ballet, and the concluding "White Christmas" with the girls dressed as bright- decorated trees with lots of lights studding their skirts. In between, the emphasis is on comedy and individual virtuosity, with both categories richly represented. In Wednesday's performance, Ronnie Robertson, "the star of our 'HOLIDAY ON ICE* Ice revue presented at the Forum in Inglewood through Jan. 18. Created, staged and directed by Donn Arden. Production director John Finley. Costumes Freddy Wittop. Musical director Ben Stabler. Sets Glenn Holse. Lighting Dorothy Morris. With Grete Borgen, Marei Langenbein, Alice Quessy, Rav Balmer, Kris Cook, Alfredo Mendoza, John Ladue, Carol Johnson, Tommy Allen, Juanita Percelly, the Cnok family, Ronnie Robertson, Werner and Denise Muller, Paul Andre, Johnny Leech, Darolyn Prior. show" seemed a typical lee star of today ?╟÷ awfully adept, but on too briefly. In his two shortish appearances (during the show's two and a half hours) he amazed with high but easy jetes, and accelerated his pirouettes to blurs. Triumphant Antics He leaped and spun spectacularly as the Devil's Disciple at "Halloween Time" and as Pa- gliacci in a "Salute to the Opera," even though his triumphant antics hardly fit the anguished tenor aria which served as accompanying music. Els ewhereHoliclay director Donn Arden had the very proficient Carol Johnson sweeping happily through the tender poig- nance of "My Comic Valentine" and the ensemble dancing "Singing in the Rain" as if just any song would do. Why can't ice choreographers be more inventive? Fine Soloist Still, there was Alfredo Mendoza and John Ladue combining as the front and rear of a very funny "Ole Hound Dawg," the Cook Family with Mr. swinging Mrs. perilously close to the ice while their three kids added some cute byplay of their own, and Werner and Denise Muller displaying their hilarious chimps, who skate as well as many of their evolutionary successors. Well, not quite as well as a lovely lady from Germany named Marei Langenbein, the fine, soloist Alice Quessy, the startling acro batic duo of Tommy Allen and Juanita Percelly, the adroit adagio s k aters Grete Borgen and Ray Balmer or the sharply comic Paul 4ndre and Johnny Leech. But as if they weren't enou gh, there was another entertaining animal act involving Kossmayer's mules, who aren't easy riders and who use no ice at all. The humans joined forces for the too gaudily costu med " Rom a n H o! i - clav" and the rather dully clad "Easter Parade." The ensemble looked prettier d a r i n g "Independence Day" and their "Holiday in Rio." Ben Stabler's orchestra provided bright and sure backgrounds for the celebrity-filled opening night audience. Holiday on Ice continues at the Forum through Jan. 18. ?╟÷FREDRIC L. MILSTEIN