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Jewish girl bounces into by I.oring Letter If all Jewish girls were as pretty and vibrant as Miss Lori Ann Agron, Portnoy wouldn't have had a complaint. The 20-year-old is one of the Kansas City Kings’ “Glitter Girls,” a busty bevy of eight college-age or older girls who entertain audiences during time outs at the Kings' basketball games. The Glitter Girls are among the growing corps of “entertainment troupes” sponsored by sports teams across the country, according to Miss Agron, who is currently working towards a cosmetology license. The Glitter Girls are dancers; their duties arc not lead cheers, but to perform dance routines, skits, some singing, and give the crowds a little cheesecake to go along with the hot dogs and beer. The girls also do promotions, like bank openings. Miss Agron said that the Kings are the second professional basketball team in the country to create a troupe, joining the Washington Bullettes, but the competition is already fierce amongst football teams. There are the Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders, the Chicago Honeybears, the Miami Dolphin Dolls, the Denver Bronco Belles, and the Washington Redskinettes, to name a few. These sideline sexpots have created quite a stir in professional sports, and Miss Agron said that the Glitter Girls, who arein their first season, have already caught some of the controversy. She reported that a male radio announcer accused them of being a “sexist, group who are being exploited.” “But I don't feel exploited, I think it’s great fun,” protested Lori. “Everyone is very nice to us, and the girls have a wonderful time together. Besides, public exposure never hurt anyone,” continued Miss Agron, the smallest Glitter Girl at S’l” tall and 100 pounds. The girls are paid $12 a game, with a $100 bonus for performing at 33 of 35 games. Including free tickets, free parking, and pre-game dinners, the girls will make about $1250 a season. Public exposure is not new to Lori, a 1975 graduate of Center High School who has worked for three summers as a dancer at Worlds of Fun. She choreo graphed and danced in three annual high school musicals, and was a member of the University of Kansas Dance Company, while she was a student there for three semesters. She began taking dance lessons at the age of four and then studied ballet at the UMKC Conservatory of Music. A member of the THE BACK YARD TEAM, INC Atlanta’s Only Private Residential Garbage Service is already providing many of your friends and neighbors with courteous, efficient, reliable backyard pick up. Won’t you join our team? Once-a-week service rates: $25.00 per quarter or $95.00 per year CALL 952-5049 for DETAILS Lori Agron perform* as a “Glitter Girl" while the team takes a break. children’s chorus at Starlight Theatre, she has studied tap, jazz, ballet, acrobatics, and modern dance, as welf as various special styles and techniques. Dancing it not her only interest. Miss Agron participated in speech contests in high school, and won awards in the B'nai B'rith Girls story-telling contest as a member '•of Shoshana BBG. She was a confirmand of Beth Shalom Synagogue, where she became a Bat Mitzva. But dancing is her over-riding passion. “I don’t intend to ever stop dancing,” she adamantly stated, but admitted that her “desire for security” prevents her from pursuing it as a sole profession. Her dream is to consolidate her interests in cosmetology and dance, and eventually open a salon-health spa, where men and women can come “to get everything in shape.” She sees this as a further extension of her belief that everyone has the potential to be attractive. “If people take care of themselves with proper exercise and diet, they are going to feel good, and if they feel good, they’re going to look good,” she said. The crowds seem to love the Glitter Girls, who elicit many comments from the spectators. 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