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‘Canada’s young «and —
"amazing Doug Henning, :

. ..~ hailed:as ‘one of the most

dynamic new magicians to.

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SEASON .

_ special, Doug: Henning’s

“World: of . Magic, a live
telecast from Los Angeles

on. CBC-TV- Thursday,
-: December 23, 8 to 9 p.m.

- Michael: Landon hosts the
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dal, .
Theme of the magic show:

_ °“Nothing is impossible.”
And Henning plans to live up
_~ to-that theme — “I want to
. ‘go the ultimate. I want to

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Christmas|

- make -an elephant disap-

with .Taj, a four-ton: eight-
- foot-high ‘pachyderm.' In

sleeve?) for the TV special

_ which ~ are, ‘completely,

pear, while I’m riding it.’
elephant-disappearing trick

addition, he has (up his-

some 15 illusions, 10 - of

original and have never. Hamilton. In 1970, he.
-received a grant from the
Canada Council to further 1974, and in which he ‘has.
appeared von -the’ Great.

been. ‘performed before,
anywhere. In one of his acts,

“The Flaming Miracle”, he -

will be completely. engulfed

by. flames.

He. ‘promises, ; “There

won't be any filmed or taped _

inserts (on the TV special),
and there won’t be any trick.
photography.”

“Doug Henning was born in

Winnipeg some 29 years

ago, and started on the road
to his career in magic when,

_ at the:age of seven, he was

iven a magic kit for his
irthday. a .
Moving with his family to
Oakville (when he was 15),
he began performing at

parties. He attended Mc-
Master -<University in
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the Li
as-its warm-up act, on a.
cross-Canada tour. Building
on ‘that: success. (and _ he
received.a lot of attention on
the tour}, he achieved. his ..
first stage -hit — as star of : yz
his own magic-rock show, §
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during the 1973. Christmas -f
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‘international star‘ status in

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December, Henning starred
in his first, NBC-TV. special.
‘in. the United States,
_ drawing a hefty 56 percent
-of ‘the -viewing audience —
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