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Traffic stopper: Dancer Habeeba Hobeika is centre-stage at the Metro Convention Centre yesterday as Shriners promote next week's activities
Traffic stopper: Dancer Habeeba Hobeika is centre-stage at the Metro Convention Centre yesterday as Shriners promote next week's activities

Traffic stopper: Dancer Habeeba Hobeika is centre-stage at the Metro Convention Centre yesterday as Shriners promote next week's activities

Date6/29/1989
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Original Toronto Star caption: Traffic stopper: Dancer Habeeba Hobeika is centre-stage at the Metro Convention Centre yesterday as Shriners promote next week's activities.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0014677F
      Habeeba Hobeika Egyptian Folklore Dance Troupe
      Habeeba Hobeika Egyptian Folklore Dance Troupe
      McConnell, Colin
      10/22/1995
      Before folding their tents and stealing away, four of 65,000 Shriners in Toronto all week for their annual convention soak their aching feet in bucket(...)
      Before folding their tents and stealing away, four of 65,000 Shriners in Toronto all week for their annual convention soak their aching feet in bucket(...)
      McConnell, Colin
      7/4/1975
      Busy signal: Peter Rhodes has been doing a lot of dialing in making arrangements for 75,000 Shriners coming to Metro for their annual convention
      Busy signal: Peter Rhodes has been doing a lot of dialing in making arrangements for 75,000 Shriners coming to Metro for their annual convention
      Griffin, Doug
      6/20/1989
      Two by two: As Shriners invade the Sheraton Centre for a closed initiation ceremony yesterday, the Hamilton Oriental Band takes over and escalator
      Two by two: As Shriners invade the Sheraton Centre for a closed initiation ceremony yesterday, the Hamilton Oriental Band takes over and escalator
      Gower, Patti
      7/1/1989
      Largest convention ever in Toronto was the Shriners', above, last year
      Largest convention ever in Toronto was the Shriners', above, last year
      Loek, Dick
      6/29/1975
      A Devil tempts a Metro policeman into a dance yesterday as the big Shriners parade rolled north, with its 135 bands so closely spaced that spectators (...)
      A Devil tempts a Metro policeman into a dance yesterday as the big Shriners parade rolled north, with its 135 bands so closely spaced that spectators (...)
      Bezant, Graham
      7/1/1975
      Real traffic stoppers in Scarborough yesterday were Marjorie and Harry Gordaneer in their Santa Claus costumes. Mrs. Gordancer, who has been a crossing guard for 20 years and is president of the Metro school crossing guards' organization, has been handing out candy canes to youngsters at her crossing on Clonmore Dr. Husband Harry, who's an area supervisor with the borough's board of education, has been playing Santa at a number of schools this week.
      Real traffic stoppers in Scarborough yesterday were Marjorie and Harry Gordaneer in their Santa Claus costumes. Mrs. Gordancer, who has been a crossing guard for 20 years and is president of the Metro school crossing guards' organization, has been handing out candy canes to youngsters at her crossing on Clonmore Dr. Husband Harry, who's an area supervisor with the borough's board of education, has been playing Santa at a number of schools this week.
      Lennon, Frank
      12/22/1977
      New camp for crippled child, Climaxing the four-day convention activities of the Civitan International the recently constructed camp for crippled chil(...)
      New camp for crippled child, Climaxing the four-day convention activities of the Civitan International the recently constructed camp for crippled chil(...)
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      6/27/1934
      An electronically timed bicycle race is one of the Ontario Science Centre's school-break activities
      An electronically timed bicycle race is one of the Ontario Science Centre's school-break activities
      Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
      3/16/1977
      Watched as the Shriners' clowns wheeled their way down Toronto streets one last time yesterday evening
      Watched as the Shriners' clowns wheeled their way down Toronto streets one last time yesterday evening
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      7/6/1989
      Helping out, The presence of George Knudson (left) and Arnold Palmer yesterday at the Richmond Hill club helped exhibition officials raise more than $18,000 for Shriners
      Helping out, The presence of George Knudson (left) and Arnold Palmer yesterday at the Richmond Hill club helped exhibition officials raise more than $18,000 for Shriners
      Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
      7/3/1978
      Who you gonna call? Bob Webster, 63, left, and Howard Clausen, 64, marshals at tomorrow's Shriners parade, show off their scooters at Ontario Place yesterday
      Who you gonna call? Bob Webster, 63, left, and Howard Clausen, 64, marshals at tomorrow's Shriners parade, show off their scooters at Ontario Place yesterday
      Mahler, John
      7/2/1989