ESTEVAN - A fundraiser for the St. John the Baptist Roman Catholic Church’s Parish attracted nearly 200 people to the Wylie-Mitchell building in Estevan on Saturday night.
The featured attraction was Doug Arden, a comedian, magician and ventriloquist from Regina. Arden performed a number of sleight-of-hand magic tricks to the delight of the crowd that gathered. The ventriloquism portion of the night saw him converse and joke around with a dummy named “Uncle Harold.”
Arden incorporated crowd participation into his act on a number of occasions.
A supper, catered by A Little Taste of Heaven, was served.
There was also a 50-50 draw and raffles to help raise funds.
Proceeds from the event will be directed to the St. John the Baptist Community Centre. The church has reacquired the former St. John School and is trying to raise funds to repurpose the space.
Kim Skjonsby, one of the organizers of the event, thanked the event’s sponsors, the caterer and the volunteers, without whom the fundraiser wouldn’t have been possible.
