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I agree.THE NEWS AMERICAN Wed., Sept. 2*, i969 19?╟?D At tfoe Cfa?ic Center Holiday' Is Ziegf eld on Skates By THOMAS SCHEYE What burlesque shows are to the summer season, the ice show is to the winter, aproved crowd pleaser, and a glut on the market. The formula is unchanging and for ."Holiday on Ice," the first of this seasons chilly spectaculars, it has worked for a quarter of a century. The silver anniversary "edition," which is at he Civic Center this week, is really more of the same: Ziegfeld on skates FOR ITS TWENTY tii% birthday, "Holiday on Ice" has more elegance, and perhaps a Mttle more taste. The opening number is pointedly reminiscent of the Follies. The girls run to the statuesque, and the costumes emphasize silver and sequins. A Valentine's Day number has the girls in pink skirts and the boys like cotton candy and the boys in pink and white ice cream suits,, tinged with nostalgia. OTHERWISE, the best part of the show is the animals. The Muilier chimps in Mexican attire exhibit more personality than anyone else on the ice and have more life. The rest of the animals are skaters in costume, but they do the cleverest routines. The two men in a dog suit on skates routine adds an alluring French poodle and a fire plug. And a whole menagerie who seemed to have escaped from Walt Disney waltz on to the Triumphal- March from "Aida." THIS MAKES an interesting segue for the appearance of Aida herself, along with other familiar characters from opera, Madame Butterfly, the Merry Widow, Carmen, and finally, as Pagliacci, Ronnie Robertson, the star of the show. And so it goes. The ice show is pure entertainment without any redeeming social commentary. It is frivolous, but it is one of he last ' refuges of thoroughgoing professionals. SKATING STAR-Ronnie Robertson is a headliner in "Holiday On Ice" which opened last night at the Civic Center and will play through next Sunday.