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Colorful 'Autumn Holidays' Routine In Holiday On Ice Show Silver Anniversary Edition Of Show Opens Tuesday In Greensboro Coliseum Ice Show Gets Better Each Year A Review BY JIM MCALLISTER Daily News Entertainment Editor NEW YORK ?╟÷ The face in the next seat at Madison Square Garden looked awfully familiar. We recognized each other almost simultaneously. It was Richard Bar stow, the famous choreographer who puts together the^ shows for Ringling Bros. Circus each year. Barstow had come to the Garden to see the Silver Anniversa- Ky edition of Holiday on Ice. He was accompanied by an attractive woman who also looked familiar. It was, I quickly realized, Penny Singleton, who played Blondie far so many years. "Isn't it marvelous," Barstow said at intermission. "This is the most beautiful ice show I've ever seen. And Ronnie Robertson has got to be the greatest skater the world has ever seen." * * $ THESE WERE my sentiments exactly. I know it sounds like a broken Gramophone record and tedious over-praise to keep repeating it every yea?. But the Holiday on Ice people do always seem to come up with new routines, better costumes and more elaborate staging than they had the previous year. This show opens in the Greensboro Coliseum Tuesday and will play nine performances through Sunday. The concluding number, called "A White Christmas," is the most beautiful thing I've ever seen on the ice ?╟÷ and I go all the way back to Sonja Henie a quarter of a century ago. THE SHIMMERING silver costumes in this extravagant piece are adorned with some of the most ingenious lights imaginable. If anyone comes close to rivaling Ronnie Robertson as a skater ?╟÷ and, believe me, no one does ?╟÷ then it would have to be Ray Balmer. Certainly no one in this show except Robertson rivals Balmer in his powerful moves and all-around artistry. Balmer returns to Holiday's U.S. company this season after two years with their European show. He and Alice Quessy ?╟÷ no stranger to Greensboro ?╟÷ have a stupendous number early in Part I of the show. It is entitled "To You With Love" and is part of the "A Happy Birthday" scene. Tommy Allen and Juanita Percelly ?╟÷ a married pair of talented skaters ?╟÷ bring some early punch and jump to the show with their rendition of "The Rockin' Love-Ins." 3JC 'Jfi ?╓¬ THE COOK FAMILY is back ?╟÷ and, as usual, their performance is flawless. If you saw these people last year you remember Cal and Dori Cook with their handsome children ?╟÷ Kim, Kris and Kelly. Cal is one of the world's more muscular skaters and he needs every bit of the strength for some of the feats he performs. Karl Kossmayer's mules ?╟÷ one of the funniest acts to ever play the local coliseum ?╟÷ are back with the show again after a year's absence. The mules are better than ever. I think I could watch this act every day without tiring of it. The comedy routines on ice are first rate. Paul Andre and Johnny Leech do a thing called "Those Chicken Delites" in which they play Minnie Pearl and Col. Sanders. It will break you up. Ole Houn' Dawg, with Alfredo Mendoza up front and John Ladue in the back will, of course, also be back. his acrobatic skating chimps Other names you will recog- that play hockey, ride horses nize are Marei Langenbein and and jump barrels. Grete Borgen. It all adds up to a terrifi Werner Muller returns with show.