60 Friday, April 5, 1985 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS BEST OF EVERYTHING Since 109 DANNY RASKIN 871-1590 7618 Woodward Ave. Heartily Extends The Very Utmost In Happiness and Health On This Passover We will be most happy to arrange your party for any occasion . . . up to 200 persons . Call and ask about our low prices 10 Mile at Southfield Road 559-4230 Extends Best Wishes For A Joyous And Healthy limner - NOT SO *-"*""-"' , ,s` 3"1"15"1"4 " 1401 S. COMMERCE (near the intersection at Maple/15 & Pontiac Trail) 624-6660 And Norm LePage's Entire Staff Heartily Wish All Their Customers and Friends The Utmost In Health, Happiness and Prosperity On PASSOVER - I FAMILY TAVER -.11 AND Neitthborhood Galherinst Place WIM44/1WOMPWEIVIOVALUMIECIAM ' THEY DANCED UP a storm . . . shrieked with excitement .. . thrilled themselves . . . and cried with joy. It was a wonderful night . . . win or lose . . . as Joe Cornell came in from California to put on his an- nual spring and dance competi- tion at Michigan Inn. The weatner was terrible out- side . . . rainy and foggy . . . but still about 500 people . . . stu- dents, friends, parents and rela- tives . . . came to witness what in each of 23 years has been a thorough fun night. Dance fever prevailed as both young and older started the eve- ning swishing feet to the rhythms of Jerry Fenby Orchestra . . . and the Joe Cornell "Party Perker Uppers." Last year's crowd of 650 might have been a bit too much . . . this seemed just right . . . as Joe, who like TV's Dick Clark, never seems to grow old, wife Kathie and su- perb staff, put on another very fine ball and dance competition. Such a great sight . . . Here was Joe onstage emceeing as he's done for umpteen years . . . and Leo Knight taking pictures galore .. . just like the days back in 1953 when they were across the street from each other on Wyoming and Curtis . . .• and on through the years at so many many affairs .. . This was Joe's first dance studio . . . and Leo's first photography studio. So much excitement as Joe kept asking from the stage, "What number do you like?" . . . while youngsters with numerals on back, did best for the judges walk- ing around . . . Proud moms, dads, grandparents and friends taking pictures . . . Morris Margulies snapping son, Adam . . . (Morris, owner of award-winning La Mir- age, Sunset Strip and Market Place, took lessons from Joe when a student at Mumford High) .. . Don Lakind getting shots of daughter Stacey . . . Mark Man- hoff with permanent "shooting" son Brad . . . George Jerris liter- ally leaping from his wheelchair to watch granddaughter Shayna Jerris . . . as her other grand- parent, Al Perlmutter, told of giv- ing Leo Knight his first photo- taking job in '53 . . . Sol and Ethel Lakind pointing to "That's our granddaughter" Stacey Lakind, daughter of Suzi Lakind and Don Lakind. All the youngsters marched in to marching music ofHail To The V ictorsand excitement reigriedl supreme. The couples danced their hearts out . . . as judges Ken Harris, Bob Spector, Steve Wolf, Marcy Shul- man, Larry Miller, Henrietta Weinberg, Laurie Levine, Tami Lifton, Jeff Milgrom, Sharon Eaton, Debra Moran-Rohr and Julie Schneider-Levinson walked around making selections .. . Their criteria were . . . timing, footwork, posture, deportment, carriage, animation and overall look as a team . . . You should have heard the shrieking when each couple's names were called as finalists! . . . The youngsters . . . so very cute . . . and well trained . . . had rested after their fox trot, cha-cha and rock-and-roll routines. Joe Cornell's mobile music "Party Perker Uppers" . . . Ken Harris, Bill Goldstein, Steve Wolf, Rick Lederman, Eric Gould, Bob Goldstein, Ron Lederman, David Stein and Mike Garfinkel . . . then spun discs for general dancing . . . Next came free-style dance contest . . . and finals. After more general dancing .. . big drum roll signified that the big moment had arrived . . . A hush came over the huge throng . . . and then, a surge of excite- ment as each name was called to receive trophies. Jason Rosen, son of Bill and Sue Rosen, was being bar mitzvah'd the next day . . . but it wasn't in the cards for him to receive a gift before . . . However, it was for Stacey Lakind, being bat mitzvah'd the next day at Temple Israel . . . Stacey and her partner, Dale Turken, received trophies for first place. Two years ago, Stacey's brother, Andy, had also taken first place. Second place went to Jessica Rodnick and Marc Nakisher .. . Third place was Dana Savas and Corbin Bell . . . Fourth, Tracy Horton and Brian Apple . . . Fifth, Lori Barton and Craig Weingar- ten . . . Sixth, Lori Rosenblatt and J.J. Modell. In the freestyle competition for all students . . . Brad Manhoff was a "show stopper" winner doing his excellent solo . . . break dancing with unusual poise and rhythmic precision. As usual was afterglow in room off to side of 'ballroom . . . where Joe and Kathy greeted folks .. . Among them was Henrietta Weinberg, David Hermelin's sis- ter and very fine actress about town . . . who was Joe's dance partner on Omena Inn in 1953 .. . Also Mimi Hozman and Sheila Axler of Gateway Travel on 12 Mile and Northwestern, who are responsible for Joe and Kathy coming to and from California .. . when not spending time at their condo here. Uncle Joe has a very enviable history . . . Not only has he made so many people happy with his wonderful master of ceremonies and dancing abilities . . . but he is solely responsible for helping to show thousands of youngsters the right ways in life . . . on growing up . . . This is Joe Cornell's very precious reward. BACK IN 1964, Dick Sharp and Gene Altschuler headed their own advertising agency . . . and on the side played musical in- struments together for shows at the Fisher Theater . . . Dick the piano and Gene on violin. Today, Dick is head of a medical laboratory . . . and plays eve- nings, Wednesday through Saturday, at Chef Theodore's piano bar on Orchard Lake Rd. between 12 and 13 Mile . . . Gene went to Baltimore, Md.and has been concertmaster of its sym- phony . . . Dick graduated Jul- liard School of Music . . . Gene from the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, N.Y. . . . receiving a '[ )