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I agree.|t would be hard to imagine a Hollywood Ice Revue without Freddie Trenkler. Long acclaimed the Clown Prince of the Ice, one of the most amazing things about him is the fact that he gets funnier each year. Winner of the Austrian figure skating title at 19, Freddie soon abandoned that type of skating for his hilarious routines because, "I soon learned that laughing is what the world needs." Freddie has drawn at least a billion laughs since he began his career as the lovable, little tramp in Arthur M. Wirtz' 1940 production. He has become the world's foremost pantomimist and he figures he has taken at least 30,000 falls as the First Comedian of the Ice. ?╜ r WW > BAXTER /Another product of Arthur M. Wirtz's fabulous Rockefeller Center production, Skippy Baxter is he world s foremost male skater. Acclaimed by Ripley's Believe It Or Not as the first skater ever skates comP|ete revolutions in the air, Baxter is the uncontested world champion on in 10B/nXtH Hr leVer ?Σ≤T*1 PM~??rmanCe I" more than 5'000 since i??lnln9 ^e Wirtz company in 1940. He has been called the N.|.nski on skates by many writers. He held several amateur titles before turning professional. His versatility on ice makes it easy on the choreographers since he combines poise, rhythm, and dynamic skating touch which fits him for any type of production number Skippy won many amateur titles before turning professional. He is a great natural athlete His hobbies include photography and he is also a co-partner in a Walnut Creek, California skating studio where he works in the off season. M' ^ -m\