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Come in & Relax

Enjoy the food of elegant
dining at family oriented prices

Satellite

soon to

come Full Service Bar

ow Accepting Registrations for
January Learn To Skate Classes

Classes offered:
`Iliesdays I 0:00 — I 0:50 am
Wednesday 5:00 — 5:50 pm
Saturdays 1:00 —1:50 pm
Simdays 2:00 — 2:50 pm

Cost: $99.00 (8 week session)
Professional instructors provide quality
instruction for recreational , Hockey and
figure skaters of all ages.

*Schedule is subject to change*
due to Special Events and Tournaments

5600 Drake Rd. just south of Walnut Lake Rd.
for more information
(248) 788-0966

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• Gift Baskets
• Sweet Trays
• Muffins
+ • Soups
• Cookies

Everything Made Fresh Daily

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(some exceptions)

6879 orchard Lake Rd.
in the Boardwalk Plaza

248-626-9110

Christian type of message" Jim Brickman:
him musically, and did-
because he feels it is inap-
"I think it is really
n't quite understand his
propriate.
important since there
interest in music. Not
"I think it is really
are two Jews, a Mormon yet into classical or jazz,
important since there are
and a Catholic on
he took to pop music
two Jews, a Mormon and a stage that we send a
and the "joyful music"
Catholic on stage that we
nonsectarian message.
he grew up with at the'
send a nonsectarian mes-
suburban temple where
sage, more of a holiday message.
he was con firmed.
"I try to sneak in Dreidel, Dreidel,
Though he played in a few bands,
Dreidel' or 'Oh, Chanukah.' I think
he wasn't terribly interested in being
the audience appreciates the nod there.
on stage or pursuing a career in
The show is about joy, hopefulness,
music. "I wasn't a child virtuoso," he
emotional connection and spirit. I
says simply. Yet the former radio and
hope the audience feels the same way.'' TV commercial jingle writer has done
all right.
Since the release of his first album,
Shaker Heights Roots
No Words, in 1994, the 40-year-old
Composer, pianist, author Brickman,
has earned four gold albums and
who grew up in the Cleveland suburb
worked with a string of high-profile
of Shaker Heights, describes his child-
singers including Kenny Loggins,
hood as "a Jewish suburban kid sort
Martina McBride, Pam Tillis and
of thing."
Olivia Newton-John. He's performed
While Brickman took piano lessons
for a president and appeared on TV's
as a child, his family didn't encourage
morning-show circuit.