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Tickets available 2t the The night I was in L.A. I spoke to one of the young comedians who was signed that day by NBC and is now seen weekly on Saturday Night Live ... The Mount Zion Lutheran Church on Westmount Road is collecting toys for the needy families as part of its Advent Project. There are collection boxes at the church but no "war toys" will be accepted . .. Rosanne Toronchuk indicates that during the Christmas holidays there is free public skating at the Rinkâ€"inâ€"theâ€"Park from 2:30 to 4 p.m. on Dec. 30 and 31 as well as the regular adult session from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. from Tuesday to Friday ... With the first major snow fall of the season last week, Harry Murakami‘s snowmobile retail outlet at Columbia and Weber was packed to the door with Ski Doo One of the familiar Christmas sounds of my boyhood is fading away as the Salvation Army Band does not play any more on the street corner. The Army Band musicians have dwindled with the result there is one band which will play at some of the Malis. At Christmas, the band entertains the ‘Eventide Home, the Salvation Army hostel, and the Citadel the opening of retail stores on Sun Christmas. Right now the retail stor week from 9 a.m. till 10 p.m. at nigh run off their feet and surely we dor work on Sunday too. "bubble" recently. I must say with the white ceiling and the new lighting, the arena is very bright and has a modernistic look. However, I‘m glad they are going to be playing hockey in the bubble and not football because when you talk you feel you are in an echo chamber. You‘ll recall how at B.C. Place in Vancouver, the quarterback of the visiting team couldn‘t be heard yelling out his signals. I suspect in the excitement of a Siskin game, you won‘t be able to hear the comments of the fan in the next seat. You will also find that the seating capacity has been reduced. All the seats at the entrance area have been eliminated because the bubble drops down immediately behind both hockey goal sections of the arena. You will also enter and exit via turnâ€"stile glass doors so that the "pressure" will sustain the air bubble. As one workman said to me, it should be a great place for the home team to hear the fans. Roundup ... Last January I visited Yuk Yuk‘s comedy cabaret in Los Angeles where Johnny Carson often scouts for new acts. Now general manager Allen Gerskup indicates he will open No. 13 of the chain in late January in Kitchener customers . .. Wayne Deyarmond of O.W. Sports confirms that the annual Heritage "crossâ€"country" ski event will be held on the third weekend of January: details phone 886â€" 2840 . .. Mayor Marjorie Carroll‘s cat, Whiskers, always looks forward to Christmas morning as he is served breakfast in a champagne glass . . . Waterloo‘s Tom Moser presented a Christmas gift of $1500 to the Freeport Hospital on behalf of the K of C ... Westmount Rotarian Ken Bauman was proud of his members who made a $35,000 profit on the ‘"Vegas Show" plus another $14,000 on the Ford car lottery. Proceeds go to the world wide Rotary project of eradicating polio in the third world . . . Merry Christmas to all . . . We had an till 10 p.m. at night. The sales clerks are and surely we don‘t have to make them with Ted Rooney 10 W Chronicle Special Plan a memorable Christmas for the family dby attending Kitchenerâ€"Waterloo‘s first Outdoor Nativity Pageant. The pageant, held in an alcove of Waterloo Park, will be presented December 23 and 24. Scheduled performances begin at 6 p.m. each evening and will run 20 minutes apart four times consecutively concluding at 7:20 p.m. Between performances the audience will have the opportunity to pet the animals and talk with The pageant is a 12â€"minute production that reâ€" enacts the events surrounding the birth of the Saviour from Gabriel‘s initial visit to Mary to the visit of the Magi, presented by members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latterâ€"Day Saints. The production is patterned after pageants held across Canada and the U.S. and specifically, the script dand audio tapâ€" are the same as is used in Kingston, Ont., where they have successfully held its Outdoor Nativity Pageant for the past 10 supplied by the Park for limited seating, as well & C *t~ 3 .: _ " ‘? y i . f o T m‘ f _ o_‘ f ‘ M " f w“ *“ "‘T U 55 S " # Val *\ s & i sAE Te | ‘ boull BATON BUDDIES The pageant is planned as a public awareness Outdoor Nativity Pageant a Kâ€"W Christmas first 3) from the management and staff of the TW Arts Centre. ission is free. Bleachers will be . 1 pm. o 500 p.m course, babies to play the infant Jesus. Another highlight will be a cast of live animals to help authenticate the feeling of the first Christmas. Also, a 55â€"foot set is presently being assembled by a building crew at a local business who donated their woodworking facilities. A presentation of the pageant will be held tonight prior to the public performances for special groups including homes for the elderly and the disabled. For any hearing disabled, there will be an interpreter. Anyone interested in attending this evening as a group and has not already been invited, please contact Susan Neal at 886â€"6471. This production is supported by over 100 church members and with the cooperation and enthusiasm of the Waterloo Park and other local as concession from the park will be available for hot chocolate. Entrance to the pageant will be from Seagram Rd. where parking is available. Parking guides will be there to direct. Particulars of the pageant include over 20 cast m,mmmwm her baton routine. school has performed for Parkwood Manor resiâ€" dents for eight consecutive years now. BATON BUDDIES Lisa Wallace, 11, from King School of who are contributing with supplies and