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Paul Andre And Johnny Leech In 'Connie And Glyde' Sketch Donn Arden, Creator Of 1969 Ice Show, Gets In The Act Chimps Move In For Mules Holiday On Ice Tests One's Adjective Bank A Review BY JIM MCALLISTER Dally News Entertainment Editor WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - They still call the new West Palm Beach Auditorium the 'leaky teepee'?╟÷and it still leaks. Fortunately it didn't rain a couple of nights ago when I went there with former Greensboro Daily News police reporter and Highi Point bureau chief Kent Pollock and his wife, Barbara, to see the latest edition of Holiday on Ice, which opens in the Greensboro Coliseum Tuesday night. Kent was reviewing the show for the Miami Herald. He has been working in the Herald's West Palm Beach bureau for almost a month. WE DIDN'T compare notes, but I saw his review in the paper the next day ?╟÷ and apparently our wave lengths were hooked to the same adjectives. This seems to be a prerequisite for reviewing Holiday on Ice ?╟÷ one must have total command of the full range of descriptive adjectives. It doesn't seem quite ade- chimps. They do all sorts of acrobatics on skates, including the jumping of seemingly impossible obstacles. CLOWN PAUL ANDRE keeps the laughs coming both in a routine called "Connie and Glyde" 'and the old familiar "Hit the Deck" in which he is a sailor reeling around the rink getting dunked and coming to sudden, unexpected stops. Marea Langenbein of Germany is an impressive new fea- Robertson quate to say that the show was colorful, well-paced and masterfully put together. But, of course, it was. One also hesitates to speak of the flowing precision skating of Jorge and Helga Valle. But, alas, to say otherwise would be criminal ?╟÷ a bit like winning 200 bucks at the Jai Alai fronton on a three dollar bet. Ronnie Robertson, who still spins himself into a blur, is stupendous, incomparable!. How do you like those classy adjectives? BACKSTAGE, skater Cal Cook of the Cook Family gives an honest, unsolicited testimonial to Robertson: "He's truly the greatest. There has never been Cal Cook anyone like him before and there will never be anyone like him again." Cal and his children Kim, Kris and Kelly still have one of the most delightful acts in the show. In recent years one of the most amusing parts of the show was Dutchman Karl Kossmay- er's kicking mules. I could watch that act three times a day and I must confess I doubted that Holiday could come up with a comparable replacement when Mr. Kossmayer went back to Europe last year. I couldn't have been more wrong. Wait until you get a look at Werner Muller's skating tured skater with the show this season. Alice Quessy is better than ever with her cartwheels and leg-kicking. You will also see performetrs who are familiar to Greensboro audiences. Among them are Anna Galmarini, the tiny Italian skater; Tommy Allen and Juanita Percelly; Alfredo Mendoza and John Ladue as the "Ole Houn Dawg" and the attractive Grete Borgen.