Page 4 Page 6,15 & 22 Cover: Young ladies glide through the barbershop quartet number during the Park Ridge Recreation and Park District's 10th Annual Ice Show last April. A cast of over 300 amateur skaters, all program participants, showed their skills in the production entitled "Put Your Best Skate Forward," held at Oakton Ice Arena. All show costumes are sewn by a large corps of volunteers. David Santee, figure skater on the 1976 U.S. Olympic team, has performed in each of the 10 shows to-date.

FEATURE The Role of Women in Leisure Service Management ............................. 4 SPECIAL ARTICLES Winter in the Natural World ............................................... 8 Go Cross Country!!.................................................................... 12 Are You Preparing for the Probable Tomorrow? ................................. 15 Special Recreation Associations: Past, Present, & Future............................... 20 Leisure in the 80's: Choices and Change.................................................................. 22 DEPARTMENTS Editor's Page...........................6 Legislative Scene...........................10 Conference Highlights...........................16-17 Guest Editorial..................................................18 Creative Corner........................................................24 People, Places 'N Things................................................26 Association Highlights..............................................................27

ILLINOIS PARKS & RECREATION

IAPD-IPRA JOINT EDITORIAL BOARD

David Markworth, Des Plaines Park District, Co-Chairman
Robert W. Nichols, Commissioner, Bensenville, Co-Chairman
Jeff Boubelik, Dolton Park District
Ralph Cianchetti, Commissioner, Highland Park
Robert Dunsmuir, Wheaton Park District
Earle Hodgen, Park District of Highland Park
Patricia H. Leonard, Commissioner, Champaign
Paul Swanson, Elk Grove Park District

Editorial Office: 600 E. Algonquin Road, Des Plaines, Illinois 60016

Illinois Parks and Recreation 3 January/February, 1980