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economist suntribune unionville festival thursday may 30 2002 13 us european criers dressing up main street by chrissie obrien special hear ye hear yelaprqclamationfrom the mayor while attending this years unionvule village festivaldont be con cerned when you see and hear dozens of men and women in period cos tumes yelling at the tops of their lungs the town of markham is hosting the golden jubilee championship of town criers during the festival it takes place saturday and sunday on unionville main street other events include a farmers market music food fair krazy kraft race parade and fun run this is the 50th anniversary of queen elizabeth ii explained john webster markhams official crier and we represent the queen griers from across canada from the usrand from the netherlands poland england and new zealand will meet at the millennium bandstand in crosby rpark at noon and 330 pm on saturday june 1 to engage in a battle of vocal cords the economist suntribune is the events media partner we were aiming for 50 competitors and have 30 signed up right now said mr webster that means lots of people walking around in traditional dress the costuming or deportment of town criers is vital to their competition as is attracting attention call content and of course sustained volume criers are evaluated on a points system for each of these aspects you tend to think of the town crier as just a guy in a funny costume but we take it very seriously said mr webster who will not be competing as he is the host i am the third generation in the community and my son and daughter are taking it up it started out being about letting people know what was going on at the markham fair in 1987 thenmayor carole bell saw it and i was appointed by the town ive now been all over the world to compete mr webster says town criers are usually older people though some younger criers have entered the com petition this year there are university students who want to be criers but its rare to see i do about 225 cries a year it works out to about three cries per week mr webster said also older people have a more active interest in history im a historian as well as a performer his vocation has not been spared by the information age participants in this this years competition have been sent information to prepare cries on markhamrelated topics they will write their cries from online research competitors need to know specific details about the town details that mr webster says many residents dont know for instance au towns have a motto in latin ours is in english and no one knows it its leading while remembering he noted markham is the hightech capital of canada it also won the prince of wales award for heritage last year and main street unionville was one rea- m mu summer school 2002 i july2ugusti miments harmony hisfory ftrgm examinations viigusf910 for course information registration or to receive a brochure call 9054729750 i0 9wjmvft son why these facts are important for competitors to know the program for this year has two set cries the first is about the queens golden jubilee mr webster said the other is what criers would be doing in their true historical usage going up and down the main street finding infor mation from stores then writing and performing cries the vocation of town crier is bestowed only after a long period of training a lot of the history associated with the position has remained since the time of lords and ladies and remains in the job description town criers represent the mayors said mr webster in actual fact as a crier i am a protected individual i tried to explain that once to a york regional police officer but he gave me the ticket anyway euse recycle se recycle recycle sefiagcle reduce reusefilscje reduce ree re reduce reugfe teuserecycle recycle recycle recycle the revolution continues now shop in comfort in our new indoor preownetl bmw showroom bmw certified series protection plan certified series protection plan up to 6 years or 120000 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