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Sale Ends Thursday,
May 7, 1992 at 9 p.m.
NEW HOURS: Mon - Fri 10 - 9
Sat 10-8 • Sun 11-5

348-9300

SOUTHFIELD

In F&M Plaza
Southfield Rd. at 12 Mile Rd.
(1Mile North of 1-696)

557-3344

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Darling Of The Ice Company
Is A 4-Year-Old Skater

KIMBERLY LIFTON

FREE DELIVERY!

In Pineridge Center
No Rd. at 10 Mile Rd.
(1-3/4 Miles south of1-96)

Grandma Phyllis Lowenstein, mom Judy Roberts and the Ice Company's Kevin Bryzek encourage A.J. Roberts.

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porting a helmet for
protection, Andrea
"A.J." Roberts tested
out the ice rink for the first
time a few months ago.
She fell more than she
skated.
But tonight, everything
changes for 4-year-old A.J.
when she dresses as a cricket
to take the stage in the
Southfield Ice Company.
If, by chance, she does take
a fall, A.J. knows exactly
what to do.
"I just get right back up,"
said A.J., of West Bloom-
field, the youngest (and
newest) skater in this
weekend's 21st annual
Southfield Ice Company.
When A.J. leads a well-
costumed team of youngsters
onto the ice for a perfor-
mance of Picnic In A Magical
Garden, she brings a bit of
history to the ice.
She is a third-generation
member of the ice company,
started through the City of
Southfield Parks and
Recreation department at
the urging of many skating
enthusiasts, including her
grandmother, Phyllis.
Loewenstein.
Mrs. Loewenstein and
A.J.'s mother, Judy
Loewenstein Roberts, skated
in the first Ice Company and
continued working on the
show for many years.

Now, young A.J. is follow-
ing the family tradition.
A.J. had just started
skating lessons when Ice
Company director Ron
Basten asked Mrs. Roberts if
her daughter would like to
be cast in the show to replace
a child who dropped out of
the performance.
"But she can hardly
skate," Mrs. Roberts replied.
With a little coaching, he
said, A.J. would do just fine.
"I was thrilled to have my
daughter follow in my
footsteps," Mrs. Roberts
said.
Mrs. Loewenstein started
figure skating at age 5 on
speed skates. But she bid
farewell to the sport when
she fell through the ice on a
lake in her hometown of
Boston.
Then when Mrs. Loewens-
tein's children were born,
the entire family started
skating together at' local
rinks and on outdoor ponds.
"We have always been a
skating family," said Mrs.
Loewenstein. Her husband,
Marshall, and sons played
hockey while she and her
daughter took a liking to
figure skating.
Other Jewish members of
the skating troupe are Elana
Averbach, Doug Burda,
Michael Gartner, Renay
Gartner, Brian Hartman,
Arica Jacobson, Ian Kamin-
sky, Hallie Kaminsky, Risa
Litchman, Renee Lieber-

man, Erica Meltzer, Aman-
da Mintzer, Stacey Nelkin,
Erik Phillips, Craig Phillips,
David Sherline, Stephanie
Sherline, Lindsay Sklar,
Heather Sklar, Alexa Shen-
copp, Kari Goldman,
Charlene Fine, Ron Adels-
tein, Madelyn Phillips and
Cinday Kaminsky.
Ice Company 1992 began
Wednesday and continues
with five weekend perfor-
mances through Sunday at
the Southfield ice arena. ❑

A.J. on her own.

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