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He perfor ing the Waterioo Busker Carnival a couple of years ago. He was mesâ€" _ the carnival and earned a few bucks. Ar merized by the many juggling tricks the buskers performed, but he thinking about his future. was particularty impressed by devil sticks, a set of three sticks with "I always wanted to be a veterinarian which buskers perform gravityâ€"defying tricks. because I like animals," Felber says. "Bu "I came to the Busker Carmival a couple of years ago and saw the (street performing). We‘ll see what hapy people using devil stick and diablos and whatnot, and I said, 1 think i _ Bet his parent are thrilled about that. The winner of the competition would win the opportunity to perform through out the carnival along side topâ€"notch buskers who travel from across North America to perform in Waterloo. Felber was nervous as he took the stage. What 12â€"yearâ€"old wouldn‘t be? But he put his fears behind him and went on to the give the crowd the best 10 minutes he Felber was one of many participants in the Waterioo Busker Carnival‘s inaugural Fringe Competition, a competition estabâ€" lished by carnival organizers to include more local performers in the fourâ€"day By Deborah Crandall want a set of those devil sticks.‘ it was just three sticks, defying gravâ€" ity, going back and forth, one stick spinning on another stick. it was With a royal blue terry cloth towel pinned at his neck and draped _ just amazing to me," Felber says. "So I looked for a set for more than wer his shoulders like a cape, and a funny looking, furry Russian a year, finally found one, and took right to it. I just kept practising army hat plopped on his head, 12â€"yearâ€"old Tyler Felber strikes a super . .and practising." hero pose â€" hands on hips, feet slightly A & Felber, who also won a devil stick comâ€" apart, chin up. N ”Y- petition at Conestoga Mall, has spent the As the crowd gathered on King Street in . [R P s last year improving his juggling, diablo Waterioo begins to giggle with amusement . [Â¥ mA VC C1 â€" and devil stick skills. He‘s even created a and anticipation, young Felber‘s typical few tricks of his own. preâ€"teen persona slips away and he ‘ 2 p 'MJWMM}M‘&‘?" 6 PRINCESS STREET WEST * WATERLOO + 885â€"2950 "A celebration of the universal power of women and family te¢s." â€" tromo Sun. Winner of the 1995 Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, Antonia‘s Line is a intelligent and m‘e‘-%mg drama that BP , _ > September 2 & 3,7:00pm «PG + 1% . * wunzga".-u-;:c , traumas of four generations of Dutch women. i . _ recounts the joys and PREE PARKING AFTER S:00PM in DUPONT LOT BEHIND UBRARY. that a bit â€" make him a little friendlier." Felber had a great time throughout the weekend hanging around all kinds of neat busker tricks. He performed regularly throughout the carnival and earned a few bucks. And the experience has him thinking about his future. W ‘e C cas "I always wanted to be a veterinarian, but I think that‘s just _ because I like animals," Felber says. "But now I‘m thinking about this (street performing). We‘ll see what happens." really a regular person â€" he‘s super hero," Felber says. "So I think I might change says. "I have my diablo, I fling it up, I actuâ€" ally put the string around and flip in over. it looks really cool." Before he began to hone his busker talâ€" ents, Felber didn‘t have much of an interest in performing. He liked to read and just *hang" with his friends. He did, however, this summer attend Playing on the Moon, a performing arts camp for children offered at Albert McCormick Community Centre in Waterloo. There, he taught his fellow campers and counsellors to use devil sticks. Felber puts to use the skills he learned at Playing on the Moon because busking is about more than defying gravity. it‘s about theatrics, comedy, and audience involveâ€" ment. You have to know how to work a ‘ Felber, who also won a devil stick comâ€" petition at Conestoga Mail, has spent the last year improving his juggling, diablo and devil stick skills. He‘s even created a few tricks of his own. "Almost all my tricks on the diablo (a kind of Chinese yoyo) are fantastic, but I‘d have to say that my best trick is my own greation â€" The Cool Trick. I‘m a teenager, I‘m not really good with names," Felber "It‘s hard, because Busker Boy is not |$4.99 responsible for managing and coordinating the various functions of the gallery‘s administration in addition to providing advice to the board on the strategies needed to achieve the plan‘s goals. The curatorial function previously comâ€" bined with the position will now be separated to facilitate the new director‘s full attention to effectively administering the plan. Clay and Glass Gallery in Waterloo, announced Friday that she has resigned her position. The gallery‘s board of directors will seek an immediate replacement for Greening "in order to fulfill the goal of the institution‘s threeâ€"year development plan." The director will be _ edge and taking risks, both professionally and physically. Instead of being afraid of challenges, 1 embrace. David Copperfield will perform in Kitchener Aug. 29 and 30 at 6 p.m. and 9 p.m. Tickets are © $54.50 and $35.50, and are available at The Centre in the Square box office, 578â€"1570. With his unique skill * and talent, Coppertfield : has elevated his art to the highest level, refinâ€" ing the ancient craft to encompass the romance of theatre and spectacde of illusions. 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