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A momentary change in the Olympic seasons

By Helene Elliott
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This isn’t about the Beijing Games, but the Vancouver Olympics are just around the corner, and figure skating is never out of style.

The Los Angeles Figure Skating Club, which has launched more than 100 national, world and Olympic medalists, will celebrate its 75th anniversary at Pickwick Ice Arena in Burbank at 4 p.m. on Saturday.

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Among the skaters scheduled to appear are 1979 world champions Tai Babilonia and Randy Gardner, as well as current U.S. champions Keauna McLaughlin and Rockne Brubaker.

Southern Californian Linda Fratianne, the 1980 women’s Olympic silver medalist, and Debi Thomas, the 1988 bronze medalist also are scheduled to appear. The legendary Richard Dwyer -- ‘Mr. Debonair’ -- will present a special performance.

Tickets are $25 for children and $50 to $100 for adults, and can be purchased at www.lafsc.org, or by calling 866-668-7510.

--Helene Elliott

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Helene Elliott

Helene Elliott was with the Los Angeles Times’ Sports department from 1989 to 2024, first as a staff writer and then, starting in 2006, as a columnist. She became the first female journalist to be honored with a plaque in the Hall of Fame of a major professional sport as the 2005 winner of the Hockey Hall of Fame’s Elmer Ferguson Award, awarded to writers “who have brought honor to journalism and to hockey.” A native of Brooklyn, N.Y., and graduate of Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, she has covered 18 Olympics.

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