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Patrons And Employees Sway
With The Billy Rose Quartet

DANNY RASKIN

Local Columnist

W

hen you speak of
musical aggrega-
tions whose names
bring smiles and glittering
eyes to so many, one seems to
always be among those who
stand out. "
The Billy Rose Quartet,
crowd pleasers for so many
years, are now at Vickkie's
Steak House on Grand River
between Southfield , and
Outer Drive . . . Monday and
Wednesday, 7 p.m. to mid-
night, and Thursday, 5 p.m. to
9 p.m.
Vickkie's'seats 100 with a
piano bar of seven cushy
stools behind which .the
fellows play . . . Billy on
vocals and lead guitar; Billy
"Flying Fingers",Marr at the
piano; Rudy Golde, bass; and
Dan Hill, drums.
Waitresses like Pattie Well-
ing add to the good-time feel-
ings people get when at Vick-
kie's . . . Her personality and
efficiency are the type that
makes you want to return .. .
owners love this kind of
employee.
Pattie goes well with the
Billy Rose Quartet because
this is what the group also
likes to do . . . make people
feel good . . . Billy and the
boys bring back a lot of swell
yesterdays with "Just In
Time," "Day By Day," "It Had
To Be You," "Unforgettable,"
"Cottage For Sale," "I Hear
Music," "The Song Is You,"
"Kansas City," "I've Got A
Crush On You," "Leroy
Brown," etc.
When they swing away on
Stevie Wonder's "I Just Call-
ed lb Say I Love You,", a
hostess walks about happily
clapping her hands in rhythm
. . . As usual, Billy Rose is ex-
cellent on the vocals with his
very listenable tonal quality
warbling almost all the tunes
. . . And those "Flying
Fingers" of Billy Marr, rippl-
ing across the keyboards on
songs like "Brazil" and con-
tinuing into more Latin beat
with "Amour," is a sensation
. . . Such rhythmic patterns
by the entire group . . . Then
"Kansas City" as waitresses,
hostess and customers dance
together in much fun while
other waitresses carry trays
in jolly tempo.
The years roll by but the
Billy Rose Quartet never
seems to change in its presen-
tation of good music . . . Only
group alteration happened a
while back at 1940 Chop

House when Billy's son Chris,
on drums, left to live in Las
Vegas . . . Bu Dan Hill has
ably filled Chris' shoes .. .
Billy Marr and Rudy Golde
never change . . . Like Billy
Rose they're good . . . real
good.
A DREAM held by college
classmates has become big
business for Max Gottesman,
O.D., and Michael Weishaus,
O.D., who have built their vi-
sion into one of Michigan's
leading and highly popular
optometric practices.
Max and Mickey met dur-
ing their first year in op-
tometry school and developed
a friendship that has con-
tinued on after graduation
and the realization of that
dream of going into business
together.
After getting sheepskins
from the Illinois College of
Optometry in 1972, they pur-
chased their first office in
downtown Pontiac in 1973 .. .
18 years later, with wives
Beverly Gottesman and Katie
Weishaus, Max and Mickey
now operate four very suc-
cessful locations in the
Metropolitan Detroit area.
Pontiac Eye Clinic, their
flagship office . . . Optical
World, a northwest Detroit
setup that houses their
finishing and lens-molding
lab . . . the very popular
Roland Optics in Southfield's

Four veteran
musicians keep
the place
swinging.

Applegate Square, with its
unbelievable amount of high-
style frames plus many votes
as the number one optical
spot by local media tabula-
tions . . . and their newest of-
fice, Weisman Optometrists
in Rochester.
The operations have
become sort of a "celebrity"
stop for the sports figures and
prominent news folks.
Max and Mickey have
achieved more than having
their dream come true of
sharing a practice together
. . . They are also now
recognized nationwide for
their expertise in eye care and
work with hard-to-fit contact
lens users . . . having a strong
reputation fitting people for
contact lenses with the most
complex medical eye pro-
blems, including those who
need bifocals, individuals
with astigmatisms, corneal

disease, corneal transplants
and corneal injuries.
Their outstanding reputa-
tion has brought them
notable recognition . . . Max
and Mickey were recently
20/20
recognized by
Magazine, the foremost op-
tical trade journal, as being
among the 20 "best and
brightest" in the optical field
nationwide as voted by opti-
cians, optometrists and
ophthalmologists across the
country.
LOT OF WATER under
the dam as March 27, 1992,
approaches . . . That's when
the 50th anniversary -edition
of The Jewish News comes
out and memories galore
unfold.
Fifty years calls for more
than just a one-day celebra-
tion and that's why it'll pro-
bably last the entire year .. .
After all, as my 5-year-old
grandson Matthew in Atlan-
ta might say in his finest Yogi
Berra-ism and Casey Stengel-
ese, 50 years don't come
around every day.
Local eating , spots are
featuring specials geared
toward The Jewish News'
50th anniversary as well as
that of this writer.
Pickle Barrel on 12 and
Evergreen has a sandwich
featuring smoked turkey with
lettuce, tomato and mayon-
naise . . . Detroit Bagel's six
factories and delis plus
Manhattan Bagel on 14 and
Haggerty have Nova lox,
their own whipped scallion
cream cheese and tomato on
onion bagel.
Getting up concoctions to
feature include Unique
Restaurant Corp. (Deli Uni-
ques, Plaza Deli, etc.), Jane's
Place, Bread Basket,
Ristorante di Modesta and
Stage and Co. among many
others . . . None of the an-
niversary specials will be
alike.
A lot of fun.
GET WELL WISHES ...
to Sherwood Leitman . . . at
Providence Hospital.
THEATER GOERS of
Oakland County now get a
chance to show they haven't
been flapping their lips in the
breeze about wanting to at-
tend Attic Theatre produc-
tions if the notable stage
showcase were in their neck
of the woods.
Attic Theatre is now almost
a back yard jaunt with
historic Strand Theater on N.
Saginaw, Pontiac, the scene of
its presentation, Abundance,
through April 5.
By working with the city of