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18-C?╟÷THE DETROIT NEWS?╟÷Wednesday, Oct. 15, 1969 Big changes made Ice show a nice surprise By RICHARD t. CLOONAN Assistant Amusement Editor If you've seen other productions of Holiday on Ice, you will be pleasantly surprised by the one which opened last night at Cobo Arena. There was a time when this skating revue came into Detroit with shoddy costumes and tired material, depending on a big star like Ronnie Robertson to draw crowds. But now someone has injected imagination and money into Holiday on Ice, and it's no longer the poor relative of the other two big ice shows that come here. COSTUMES ARE varied, richly made and they sparkle. The show's experts do wonders with lighting. All the comedy bits have clever twists to old gags and use surprise endings. The trick skating is so professional it looks easy. Robertson, of course, is an exception. He's still the most graceful and fastest glider on ice, and when he spins, he really does become a blur. You know it isn't easy. Last night the show opened with a request that the audience stand for a minute of silent tribute to Sonja Henie, the great skater who died this week of leukemia at 57. Only the crying of a child could be heard while the crowd of nearly 8,000 stood. THE TWO biggest hits of the first half of the show include the Cook Family: Cal and his wife Dbria nd their daughter Kim, 10, and twin sons, Kris and Kelly, 8. The children are such talented skaters that they perform part of the time without their parents in sight, and they go over big with youngsters in the audience. The other act?╟÷three chimps on skates who need very little prodding from trainers Werner and Denise Miiller?╟÷is one 'Holiday's' Lucille Carpenter of the funniest of its kind. The chimps jump rope, play hockey and do a steeplechase bit with a terrific ending. For girl-watchers, there is Juanita Percelly with Tommy Allen in the St. Valentine's Day segment and shapely blonde Grete Borgen with John Ladue in the Easter Story segment. MISS BORGEN also is the lovely Girl from Ipanema in the second half of the show during the Holiday in Rio number which has some fantastic lighting. Paul Andre and Johnny Leech follow this as Col. Sanders and Minnie Pearl in their co m e-apart, exploding automobile. Lucille Carpenter is one of the Adorable Witches, and Kossmayer's Mules provide some of the broadest slapstick you'll ever see. THE MUSIC, most of the time, can best be described as Auditorium Raucous. But that's about par for an ice | show. Holiday on Ice runs through next Sunday. Tonight's and Thursday night's performances begin at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday night shows are at 8 p.m., and there will be three matinees: Saturday at 2:30 p.m. and Sunday at 1:30 and 5:30 p.m.