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novas n flscgoio h c16 tribune october 14 1987 imaginations will run wild for adult and child alike during magic festival 87 by bruce stapley its perfectly bananas and its all geared up to entertain stouffville october 30 and 31 thats the name of the touring magic show that will highlight this years magic festival and for the sixth year in a row stouffville will be the site of the only festival of its kind in all of canada were really excited about this years festival said george schlukbier a member of the stouffville magic club that is re sponsible for organizing this years proceedings weve got the local merchants more in volved than ever and a list of fea tures that will excite and enter tain people of all ages closeup magic the festival will run from octo ber 29 through 31st starting wednesday there will be close up magic demonstrations at the greens restaurant with the big show perfectly bananas sche duled to play at the high school on friday night and t hen again on saturday afternoon a special jmm szum fine seafood steak dining introduces the fabulous chateau briand bouqtietiere i 3795 fortwo our famous clam chowder included mondayfriday for dinner hours monday friday 11 am 11 pm saturday 5 pm 11 pm sunday 5 pm 10 pm resorvatlons a7ma0q recommended tvfc south wmt conwr of john st woodblrw av 2ts1 john si sulu t wnkham performance has also been arranged for students on friday afternoon featuring dancers ventrilo quists and magicians the first annual arts award will also be presented during the friday night performance there will be a trophy awarded to the merchant with the best win dow display while on saturday afternoon mcneil laboratories will sponsor a childrens magic show at latcham hall haunted house street magicians and clown bands will entertain saturday on main street and at the clock square family trust will also offer a haunted house and there will be a pumpkin decorating con test the saturday afternoon magic show at the high school will offer awards to children wearing the best costumes there will also be a magic pamphlet available throughout the festival explain ing how to do several magic tricks the principal organizers of this years festival are dan laffey dave houston sig kuzatz and reg holden mr schlukbier who has orga nized the festival for the past five years feels the best part of the program is it stimulates the im aginations of children and adults alike taichi inmarkham o health improvement stress reduction self defence meditation classes at markham community centre wed 800 930 pm info 6562110 proclamation that the week of october 1 9th to 25th 1987 be proclaimed as ontario public library week in the town of markham carole bell mayor faddingtens bed n bath is coming to markville shopping centre soon anything that stimulates the imagination has to be good he continued this type of thing brings a lot of joy to a lot of chil dren and tests the rational facul ties of adults however he is more than aware of the disapproval of cer tain churches towards the con cept of magic but says hes not afraid to discuss theology with anyone who feels the festival is evil or promotes witchcraft magic is a performing art he explained all you have to do is look at the history of magic to understand its the antithesis of demonology the first book ever written on magic the history of witchcraft was a debunking of witches powers it tried to inform the masses of how they were being duped into accepting witch craft as a religion not competing were not trying to compete with the churches he added but ou dont see magicians pro selytizing on national television for funds for their causes mr schlukbier claims magi cians donate so much time to hos pitals they love their art he said they dont make a lot of money he does realize however there will always be somone who will be offended by the idea of magic ours is a non denominational magic festival he concluded but im sure well offend every one regardless of religion race or creed small ads work to place yours in the service directory call 2942200 or 6402100 open nightly scarboro bingo emporium 2742 eglinton ave e 2614707 early birds at 715 pm 000 nightly 500 super jackpot in specified numbers or less on sundays chip bingo a variety of games excellent snack bar air conditioned ttc to the door north 401 lawrence ave e eglinton ave e subway south 2742 eglinton avo e bingo emporium parking a enlranco parking oanforth f oanforth road chopping miiffcvise cx 150 stores services meet ron parker friday oct 16 730 930 pm 2742 eglinton ave e scarborough markvillc hwy 7 mccowan on the run wolf pack 36500 950 sn published from an acrylic painting overall print size 24 x 37 imago size 19w x 33 pansfs art gallery lower level near centre court 4795338