ENTERTAINMENT

Detroit's Jewish
community gets involved
in the Grand Prix
activities

SUSAN

Special to The Jewish News

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oday, tomorrow and Sunday
in downtown Detroit, more
than 250,000 spectators will
convene in the grandstands
along the Detroit Grand
Prix VI (DGP) track to watch
famous and not-so-famous race car
drivers compete in three events
that will make news around the
world.
These races are the SCCA
Bosch-Volkswagen Super Vee,
which is known as the driver's
stepping stone to the top, the Motor
City 100 a Trans-Am race with
high-performance autos, and finally
the aristocrat of all three — the

Formula One Race with state-of-
the-art cars driven by the world's
foremost drivers.
One of the reasons Detroit is
able to host the Grand Prix, and
host it in style, is because of the
dedication and drive of more than
2,000 volunteers.
"This race wouldn't be possible
without the volunteers," stated
Christine Wilson, director of opera-
tions for the Detroit Grand Prix.
She works for Detroit Renaissance
(DR), the non-profit organization
founded in 1970 to work for the
physical and economic revitaliza-
tion of Detroit. DR is the promoter

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for the DGP, which has the only
Formula One race in North
America.
"The races take an incredible
number of people who work hours,
days and weeks before and during
the races. Their dedication makes
an incredibly complicated event go
very smoothly," she said. "If we
had to pay these people to do their
work, there would not be a For-
mula One World Championship
auto race in Detroit."
The DGP volunteers belong to
two organizations. More than 1,300
of them are members of the Detroit
Grand Prix Association (DGPA).

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The other 800 are licensed mem-
bers of the Detroit Region of Sports
Car Club of America (SCCA).
Many of these volunteers are -
Jewish. Among them are Ronald
Krome, Terry Drilich, Lorelei and
Mel Hoberman, E.J. Levy, William
Pinsky and Rena Shanaman. Al-
though the race car drivers might
not know them by sight, the media
may not interview them and the
fans probably don't recognize them,
their work is as important to the
DGP as the cars are to the drivers.
Consider the job of Krome.
When he isn't involved in the DGP,

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PINE KNOB MUSIC THEATRE:
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7:30 p.m. Saturday and Sun-
day, Paul Simon 8 p.m. Mon-
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MUSIC IN THE PARK:
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"IN THE PARK" SUMMER

CONCERT SERIES: Shain
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p.m. Thursday, free, 611 1807.

MEADOW BROOK FESTIVAL:
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DETROIT SYMPHONY OR-
CHESTRA: Meadow Brook,
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Sunday, Mendelssohn con-
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WEST BLOOMFIELD PARKS
AND RECREATION: Henry
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Bloomfield, Livonia Youth
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Michael Brody, 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, 334-5660.

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CHILDREN'S FAIRY TALE
THEATRE: Jewish Communi-
ty Center; 6600 W. Maple Rd.,
Rumpelstiltskin, 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, admission, 661-1000.

THEATER

DOWNTOWN
DINNER
THEATER:
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hall, They're Playing Our
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Saturdays through July 18,
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ATTIC THEATRE: 7339 Third,
Detroit, A ... My Name Is
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8 p.m. Wednesday and Thurs-
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875-8284.

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