Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 14, 1996, Winnipeg, Manitoba My adventure Romijn loved festival spectacle thrilled newcomer Gary Robijns Story is the next entry in a free press con test in which readers can win a trip simply for recounting their experiences at Winnipeg Folk during the summer of made the big move to Winnipeg from Edmon ton with my not a huge cultural but for a 14year old kid leaving his friends behind it seemed like the end of the i had met a few but we had not become close enough for me to be Able to Call Winnipeg then something special Hap on a warm August my parents told me to get ready for a night out on the when i questioned them As to where we were they informed me that we were going to being my first response want too what was this Fol Lorama anyway after we arrived at our first my View changed what a sight people from Many ethnic backgrounds hav ing an unbelievable time social izing and dancing to music that was and yet exhilarating at the same it was a spectacle to be and something i have not for it was this initial experience that brings me Back to Follo Rama every eight years i have grown in my Fol Lorama from the Young teenager to the Young i am still amazed at the Energy that is portrayed from the their enthusiasm to share their culture with the rest of Winnipeg is something that is truly unique to this great As a 14yearold new to win i could feel this enthusiasm and rejoice in i can truly say that i am proud to be nowhere else in the world can you find so much cultural diversity and yet have Unity at the same Fol Lorama exemplifies this spirit and allows me to be honoured to Call Winnipeg my Lake escape comfy in a Lores lome with lure Ulicee Var Vendor on pre Lwi 204 3492244 office 9 am9 pm in i Nawf 12 roses or 25 carnations for Kravco pools spas chlorine Coupon specials Oju Hail Sang Funi Al a they i Al has sic Playboy arrives on Cros Canada Hunt for models by Randy Turner staff reporter Rayboy magazines first Public visit to Winnipeg was met bluster in the streets yesterday As the adult Magazine faced the first protest in its Cros Canada Talent but the modest crowd at teasers burlesque Palace where a Playboy stripper contest is on All week was decidedly Low key last were pleasantly surprised but we thought there would be More people Here said bar Patron who declined to give his last Playboy scout David who arrived in town last said Winnipeg is the Only Canadian City on his Cross country tour to stage a this is the first time weve had a demonstration in any Woodrow i this Magazine has been in business for 40 Hugh Hefner has already fought those Bat Les years we dont get protests any about 25 teenagers and Young adults marched downtown waving banners at passing motorists and Phil free press protesters March at Portage Avenue and main Street in other magazines or local adults Only video they should really be going after other people because we really Are the classiest and most tasteful adult mag Azine out he were loved by Many for the very Small fraction that in in Woodrow said the protesters not the Magazine Are being were not trying to Force anybody to do what they dont want to yet these protesters Are trying to dictate what we can and cannot Woodrow said the Magazine on its first Public visit to Winnipeg is not Only looking for women but also locations for Layouts and film play pedestrians at the first of several protests they plan this its disgusting that they Are Selling our said Danielle we think they Are degrading and destructive to i was disgusted our City would do something like that for Ryan said he abhors the message the magazines readers its where mens first images of sexuality come men get robbed of any real sexuality because they Are Only seeing the two dimensional images in the Magazine instead of real Woodrow suggested that protesters should instead concentrate on More explicit pornography readily available Winnipeg free August As i mag boy spends a minimum of us per hiring local photographers and film it the Talent search is really the he we really plan to do a lot More work up in the Bank cabaret will be the site for a fashion show and contest for Poten tial playmates i dont understand Why there said Sabino owner of teasers and the if it brings Money to the Why not Tummillo said the protest brought Back memories of when the City was nixed As a shooting location for the movie legends of the fall when a controversy developed Over removing Trees in the Exchange District for the what is going to happen to Winnipeg in the year 2000 will it be a desert we should loosen City film commissioner Frank Kowalski this is educating the City once like the great tree of the economic merits of the film Indus Kowalski at least 40 Winnipeg women have already signed up for the Talent show Friday at the a fact that didst Surprise we get a lot of Bank Secre real estate he the dancers Only represent a Small amount of the people that turn specializing in wide widths for Back 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