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24 economist sunsuntribune arts saturday april 22 2006 st pauls history 1834 st pauls original wooden church was built just 33 years after the original quaker settlement of newmarket 1883 the original building was demolished june 26 1884 rosamond mulock lays the foundation stone for the construction of the current stone church building 120 years later her great great grandnephew william thomas mulock turned the ceremonial sod for the building of a link between the church and rectory before 1900 r a baptismal font was donated by anne marie townley simpson ofsimpsonv j department stores her descendants i evaps are current members of st pauls 1998 work begins on the restoration project the basement was gutted and v replaced mortar between the stones was removed and replacedthe rectory was converted into offices and meeting rooms and most recently the church c and rectory were connected ft 3 staff photomike barrett acclaimed canadian jazz guitarist lome lofsky will perform a benefit concert at st pauls angliean church in newmarket may 27 tickets are 20 for adults 15 for seniors and students available by calling the church at 9058537285 proceeds will be used to renovate the historic building at age 26 lome lofsky had an opportunity most people can only dream of he was playing guitar at a toronto club when oscar peterson spotted him later asking if he was signed on with anyone and whether he would be inter ested in having the jazz legend pro duce an album for him it was a little nerve- wracking i had not done any recording he said at that time in 1980 mr lofsky was playing at the legendary toronto jazz venue georges spaghetti house with a trombone player named butch watanabe who was good friends with mr peterson from that album appro priately titled it could happen to you mr ixjfskys career has grown he had played in many recordings performed solo and with such jazz greats such as chet baker pepperadams bob brookmeyer and of course oscar peterson mr lofsky was a member of the oscar peterson quartet for several years and toured with mr peterson in north america brazil and all oyer europe he was fea tured on three cds with mr peterson including a dou blelive album recorded in paris he will be performing as part of the lome lofsky duo in a benefit concert in may to aid in the restoration of newmarkets st pauls anglican church this is mr lofskys fourth concert to benefit the church so far his shows have raised more than 7000 its a nice old historic building if theres a way i can keep it around a little aster lome lofsky strums for st pauls church lofsky on cd 1980 it could happen to you 1985edbickert lome lofsky and friends 1990 this is new 1992 lome lofsky 1994 bill please 1996 oscarln paris 2004 what is this thing longer i thought it would be worthwhile he said mr lofsky who has rela tives who attend the church has lived in newmarket for about 15 years growing up in toronto his passion for music began after his parejught him j a 1 guitar whence wjsv teenager and fiebeganplay- mg wim friends in a garage band in recent years he has taught music out of his home as well as teaching courses like iiitrbduction to jazz at york university these days the 51yearold also performs in and around toronto at the benefit concert lie will play two sets iastmgf about an hour each with an intermission mr lofsky will play with bassist shelley berger who has been his friend since grade 7 the concert will be may 27 at 730 pm in historic st pauls anglican church in newmarket tickets are 20 15 for seniors and stu dents for tickets call the church office at 905-853- 7285 all of the evenings proceeds will go toward restoration of the historic building for more information go to ymwlomelokfyconi here for opinions hey leaf fans youre suckers im not sure if there are any sports fans in the world as stupid as toronto maple leaf fans and you know what the corporate suits that own the franchise are counting on that as they count their millions yorkre gion com it clicks home they know that no matter what kind of pathetic product they throw on the ice at the air canada centre theyll fill every seat and next year when they suit up another team of losers theyll do it again youll find the rest of the story in johns blog on yorkregioncom 1111 i h read john slykhuis in the right in our blogs section