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SCufWutoeJl Theme Weekends Scheduled For This Summer's Seventh Annual King Richard's Faire Exclusive French Cuisine Visit csr cszy, istisate 3 cscktail Ics8t for lonck and dimmer Banquet room nr ar 15 to 60 people The fifth Faire weekend (July 28, 29) will be highlighted by the popular His Majesty's Hound Show. This unique contest for hounds of the realm requires both owner and dog to be in costume. Cash awards are given in the following categories: Sir Benji Award for All-Around Excellence; Obedience Award; His Highness (largest); His Lowness (smallest) and Least Likely to Succeed (but taxable). Monday-Friday. Lunch 1 1 :30 a.m.-3 p.m.

Monday-Thursday Dinner 5:30 p.m.-lO p.m. Friday Saturday Dinner 5:30 lp.m. Closed Sunday 10 East Main (Rout His Majesty King Richard has announced that this summer's Seventh Annual King Richard's Faire will feature special theme weekends in which special events and activities are planned and coordinated in addition to regularly scheduled activities. The opening weekend (June 30, July 1) featured the King's Tournament of Athletes, a command performance from last year. Members of the University of Chicago Track Club demonstrated a wide variety of medieval athletic events such as the caber toss, 56 pound weight, hammer throw, putting the sheaf and the barrel toss.

A Renaissance Cross Country Morse Race is scheduled tor the second Faire weekend (July 7, 8) The one-mile horse race over hill and dale requires both horse and rider to be in appropriate period costume. Contestants will compete for $1500 in cash prizes. The third weekend at King Richard's Faire (July 14, 15) will be highlighted by the Royal Mime Festival. Another great crowd pleaser from last year, the Mime Festival, features competition among the area's most talented mimes for cash awards. Contestants will be judged in individual and group categories.

A Renaissance Music Festival is scheduled for the fourth weekend (July 21, 22). This will be a cultural event featuring a variety of Renaissance music including recorder groups, consorts, madrigal ensembles and related types of musical entertainment. -This particular weekend, which will also -feature many informative workshops, will be the only festival of its kind in the entire Midwest. St George's Dav A Guild Festival East Dundee (3l2)42f-0000 will highlight the Faire's final weekend Jf, (August 4, 5). In the true spirit of the rTWT'rTT'r A.

Renaissance, King Richard has com missioned nis merchants of the realm to engage in lively and entertaining competition such as an Irish jig contest, sand castle construction, arm wrestl-l ing, darts, a bake-off and quarter-staff compeuuon. Creative Comic Bill Cosby Returns to Mill Run Theatre For One Night Only, Sunday, July 8th His film credits include "Mother, Jugs, and Speed," "Uptown Saturday Night," "A Piece of the Action" and "Let's Do It Again." Cosby is a frequent a. MIS. -rial Ua headline attraction at major clubs such as The Las Vestas Hilton and Hair an n. imi a.

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4:30, 4:45, :00, 10:30. Sunday thru Thursday 2:30. 4:30, 4:45, :00. For one night only, Sunday, July 8th, that fabulously funny actorcomedian Bill Cosby will delight audiences of all ages wheri he brings his personable talents to the Mill Run Theatrejor two shows, 6 and 8:30 p.m. His many varied talents include night club comedian, television star, radio performer, recording artist, movie actor and author.

A native of Philadelphia, Cosby began his career in the night club circuit, playing clubs like "The Gaslight" in Greenwich Village, before Carl Jieiner "discovered" him in Pittsburgh. It was then Cosby was introduced to producer Sheldon Leonard, who felt he was the perfect co-star for his new TV series, "I Spy," which immediately became a big hit and garnered young Cosby his first three Emmy Awards. At the same time he was achieving televisipn success, he was proving his talents as a comic on record albums which told the stories of his old friends like "Fat Albert" and "Old Weird Harold'Vand brought him five Grammy Awards. Since then, he has starred in his own television shows, "The Bill Cosby Show" and "Cos' as well as starring In numerous specials. Bargain Matinee Monoay mru nrway a Saturday Sunday 'til 2:30.

Walt Disney's "Ml Dalmatians" 1G) Friday Satur day 2-15, 4:30. 4:45, sunoay unu i-day 2 00. 4:15. 4:30, 8:45. Bargain Matinees Monday toru Friday 'til 5:00.

Saturday Sunday til 2: 30. book (published by Random House) "Bill Cosby's Personal Guide to Tennis Power, or Don't Lower the Lob, Raise the Net" to help other amateur tennis players. He has excelled in the field of education, having received his masters and doctor of education degrees from the University of Massachusetts. Currently, Cosby is seen frequently in television commercials promoting such products as Jello and Del Monte because "he can communicate with kids as well as adults, one of those rare performers whb can do that) on both levels as one Del Monte Spokesman put it. Tickets for both shows are $10.75 each and are available at the Mill Run box of-office, Ticketron outlets, and by mail order.

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