Spring bonnets were aplenty at the
Vancouver Opera Guild's fundraiser April 13
at Hastings Park Racecourse to celebrate the
season's first week of dioroughbred racing, -
The event was conceived along the lines of
England's Ascot Day, where racegoersiryta
outdo one another with their fanciful ehapeaux. For
event organizer Wanda Halpert (top Jeft) it was a
chance to sport 4 creation by her own mother,.milliner
Ruby Halpert, a longtime resident of the North Shore. .
Vancouver Academy of Music soprano Lynn Hummel!
(centre left) raided the Vancouver Opera's
wardrobe department for her marabou-trimmed
confection. Other head-turners (clockwise from
top right): North Van resident Sydney Hallam, with
husband Robert, director of the opera guild; hard-
working volunteer Eleanor Strong; Marg Potter in a
Ae a j jaunty straw, Capilano College instructor Marilyn Taylor with ~
Boas) ah SRE a Ae, a bolero; opera guild president Sheila DeJong in a straw with silk
NEWS photos Paul McGrath _ _  foses and Susan Powell in a two-toned topper. .— Layne Christensen

‘North Van. tanning: 7
salon offers oxygen
to its customers

BY JAN NOBLE a
News Reporter

OXYGEN HAS become a fad. —

Sports teams use it to help athletes recover faster’
from injuries, and trendy customers at an oxygen
bar in Toronto pay $16 for 20 minutes of oxygen to...
relax, relieve headaches, get primed and increase’ ’
stamina for workouts. ape.

Now, a new, albeit controversial, chapter to the, °,
oxygen story is being written in North Vancouver... '

Dawn Delisle, the owner of North Van's
Hollywood Tans, has combined the forces of bronz-
ing with forces of oxygen in a move that will no.
doubt leave some gasping for breath. .

Delisle reasons that since oxygen moisturizes the -

skin and provides a darker, faster tan that is deeper
and longer-lasting, combining the two just makes
sense.
Poppycock, says Dr. Tom Taylor, a North.
Vancouver dermatologist. Not only is using oxygen
for tanning pseudo-science, he contends tanning
promotes skin aging and can be harmful to one’s
health. ;

“That's comical,” was his succinct summary
when told of oxygen tanning.

But such nay-saying has not prevented Delisle,
from putting her idea into practice.

: ; Delisle explains that oxygen speeds the tanning” ,
HOLLYWOOD TANS’ Dawn Delisle (right) and Sophie Mon-Kau are hoping that the addition of two oxygen tanks at process, Her evidence is that when people work out,
their Marine Drive tanning salon keeps them a step ahead of their competition. Delisle maintains that taking in extra they pump extra oxygen into their blood supply. The:
oxygen when tanning speeds the process, but a North Vancouver dermatologist says that claim is fuil of Kot air.

NEWS photo Brad Ledwidge

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