Diane Lev, left, Steve Krastof
and Sandy Roth renew
a friendship

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The Only
Spot In Town

Sheila Landis
and Top Drawer
provided music for dancing.

More than 800 Jewish singles
"partied" at the year-end dance
last week at the Jewish Center

HEIDI PRESS

Local News Editor

he Only Spot
in Town" for Jewish singles
last week was the annual
year-end party at the main
Jewish Community Center
in West Bloomfield.

More than 800 singles,
from their 20s to their 50s
danced to the music of
Sheila Landis and Top
Drawer and took advantage
of the opportunity to make
new friends and renew old
friendships.
A new feature to this
year's party was the Ice
Breakers and Match Mak-
ers computer dating set-up.
Party guests could register
for a small fee to meet three
other singles of the opposite
sex. Registrants were is-
sued numbers which they
wore at the dance. If there
were potential date-mates
they wanted to meet, they
just checked with the com-

puter operator to get the in-
formation.
Jeannette Davis, founder
of the computer match-up
company, said she started
the service about a month
ago. She said she had been
to other dances and felt
there was a need for "people
to meet people."
Davis said her service
was a safe way for singles to
meet each other. And, she
added, the participants can
make the calls to each other
from the privacy of their
homes.
About 250 persons par-
ticipated in the computer
match-up, including Davis,
a resource teacher for gifted
and talented students, who
herself sported a number.
Proceeds from the annual
dance/party benefit singles
programming at the Cen-
ter, according to Jill Cole;
singles program director. ❑

Mark Resnick, left,
and James Bragman survey
the scene.

Vince Bowler helped
computer match singles.

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