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Show Twr" Park City News Thursday, March 3, 1983 Page A7 Village ice rink Skaters bring touch of class to Park City by Nan Chalat So far ice skating has not attracted much interest in Utah. Barbara Korpas believes this is because "there are so many other things to do here." But with the opening of the Park City Village ice skating rink and the recent arrival of professional figure skaters Barbara and Tamas Korpas, the sport is beginning to gain attention. "I've had quite a bit of interest in-terest from local skaters," said Ms. Korpas. "Unfortunately "Unfor-tunately we opened too late this season to organize school programs but we are looking forward to working with everyone." She added that one of the preschools in Park City has begun to arrange skating classes for its students and she has had several requests for private lessons. Both Barbara and Tamas Korpas have been skating since they were six years old. Ms. Korpas competed nationally in the singles figure skating division before joining the European Holiday On Ice show. In the show, she was cast as an adagio (pairs) skater and traveled throughout Europe the Far East and South America. In South America, she said, people were fascinated by the ice and often of-ten wanted to touch it after the show. Tamas Korpas is from the town of Vac near Budapest, Hungary. He held the junior men's championship title for singles figure skating before playing left wing for the national Hungarian hockey team. Hockey, he says, is the real reason he loves to skate but he added that figure skating improved his hockey game. He also toured with Holiday On Ice and met his wife through the show. They moved to Salt Lake City last year and became affiliated with the Cottonwood Cotton-wood Rink. Mr. Korpas coached hockey at the rink and for the Brighton High School team. When Ms. Korpas Kor-pas heard last summer that a rink was being built in Park City she contacted Park City Village and she and her husband were offered of-fered the opportunity to manage the rink. The Park City Village rink, Ms. Korpas explained, will be open year 'round with the possible exception of one or two weeks during the slow season in May. The rink is open from 10 a.m. until 10 p.m. She said that the evening hours, under the lights, have been most popular. They have 160 pairs of figure skates to rent ranging in size from children's 8 to an adult's 13. The charge for use of the rink is $3 per day for children and $3.50 per day for adults. Rentals are $1.00. Group and private lessons are available and may be arranged by calling 649-0192. The Korpas's maintain the 30' x 90' rink with a Zamboni ice resurfacing machine. When the rink is busy, Tamas said, the rink is resurfaced every one and a half hours. He is confident that the refrigeration system which is currently only working at half power will be more than adequate to keep the ice in good condition all summer. Unfortunately, he said that the rink will not be used to play ice hockey because of the danger of hitting hit-ting tourists with a flying puck. They will, however, offer of-fer broomball tournaments as a less dangerous alternative. alter-native. Ice skating may not currently be on Park City's list of varsity sports but Parkites have a reputation for leaving no stone unturned unturn-ed in the world of athletics. It is likely that the new ice rink and its coaches will inspire in-spire new wave of interest in figure skating. f'im rt ;1P W&, J , Brazier Restaurant SALE m& 1.69 Good thru March 6, 1983 Ifs the best meal going! OurlOO pure beef single burger, a regular order of crispy golden fries, your favorite small drink and top it off with a cool and creamy Dairy Queen "W; regular sundae. . Hwy 248 & Bonanza Drive, Prospector Square Tamas and Barbara Korpas pnoto By Nan Chalat r PARK CITY ROTARY Meets Tuesday 12:15 The Pub Holiday Inn William K. Evans announces the opening of offices for the practice of public accounting. 1790 Bonanza Drive Park City Business Commons Building Suite 210 . - ...... J.., , y . f- Y- m t J i : 1 , . . i f: i 4 1 : r 3 n i , i ri ' 5 - y - 1 c ' ' 'ICj . I r AA V " " , , . - " . . r 11 , r : AMIJLR DAYSTAR in Deer Valley TOWNHOUSES luxurious 3 bedroom condominiums ... spectacular views towards Snow Park Lodge uiid Bald Eagle Mountain. Southern exposure with passive solar design features. ... visit our model open from 1 - 6 p.m. daily or call your favorite broker. ... for further information telephone 649-2440 or 649-8550. GUMP&AYERS RfAl IS t A 1 I INC Deer Valley ... exclusively yours. |