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Welcome Back To Brooklyn BeckonsBrooklynites Across America To Return HomeFor June 8th CelebrationEver get the urge for anEgg Cream?Does your mouth water fora Nathan%u2019s hot dog?Do you insist that theDodgers will never play areal home game until theyreturn to Ebbets Field?Does the Golden GateBridge pale in comparisonto Brooklyn's own?Does the word %u201cCyclone%u201dbring back memories o fbalmy summer nights atConey Island?If you answered %u201c yes%u201d to any o f the above, then you%u2019re a Brooklynite at heart, no m atter where you live. And best o f all, you%u2019re invited back home for the fourth annual W ELCOM E BACK TO BROOKLYN celebration on Sunday, June 8, 1986, from 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM.Hosted by Brooklyn Borough President How ard Golden, this day-long extravaganza will feature dancing in the streets; fam ous celebrities; foods from Brooklyn%u2019s best vendors and restaurants; mimes; jugglers; clowns; and a parade. Think Cecil B. deMille. Think Disneyland. Think about the most fun you%u2019ve ever had. And then join the celebration.entertained. There were art exhibits; displays; movies; and books for sale. This year%u2019s celebration will be bigger and better than ever. A fam ous Homecoming Celebrity will kick-off the day%u2019s events with a special ceremony. The renowned Brooklyn Trivia Booth will return. The New York Puppet Arcade will let you play puppeteer with life-size m arionettes.You can%u2019t afford to miss the fun andexcitement o f W ELCOM E BACK TO BROOKLYN day. So m ark your calendar and join the thousands o f people who will m ake W ELCOME BACK TO BROOKLYN the greatest day o f the year.Bed and Breakfast accom m odations are available in many o f Brooklyn%u2019s neighborhoods, including Sunset Park, Carroll Gardens, Park Slope, Fort Greene and Flatbush. For inform ation and reservations, call Mary M cAulayat Urban Ventures (212) 594-5650.The concept for W ELCOM E BACK TO BROOKLYN was developed by Brooklyn Union Gas Co. and the Brooklyn Arts & Cultural Association, Inc. Its sponsors include Brooklyn Union Gas, M anufacturers Hanover, New York Telephone, the New York City Departm ent o f Cultural Affairs, Citibank - Brooklyn/Long Island/Staten Island, and Philip Morris Inc. and Chase M anhattan Bank.You can %u201c sign in%u201d on the honor role o f your old high school, and see if Tony, Alice or any o f the old gang is back. Meet the people now living in your old neighborhood. Some you will still rem ember. Take a big bite o f nostalgia. Then see what changes have been made. Your favorite spots are still there %u2014 Prospect Park, the Public Library (don%u2019t forget that overdue book), plus the cheesecake, the pastram i, and the doo-wop music.Events will take place along Eastern Parkway from Grand Arm y Plaza to the Brooklyn Museum with additional activities flowing into Prospect Park and the Brooklyn Botanic G arden. Brooklyn Dodgers will return for an induction into a Hall o f Fame. Wellknown singers, dancers and actors will perform on two outdoor stages. Street entertainers will mingle with the crowds. A sense o f pride, exhilaration and joy will fill the air.Last year nearly 100,000 people joined the festivities. Perform ers such as Ben Vereen, Richie Havens, and O dettaKaye to be Crowned KingDanny Kaye is coming home. The73-year-oki superstar is the Homecoming King o f Brooklyn%u2019s Welcome Backto Brooklyn Day, Sunday June 8, andthousands of children %u2014 whose parentsand grandparents were children whatKaye made%u2019cm laugh %u2014 will march in aprocession to honor him under the archat Grand Array Plaza.Kaye was bom and reared in the EastNew York section o f Brooklyn and attended Thomas Jefferson High School.He was only 17 when he plunged intoshow biz. He bounced around for morethan 12 years before he got a break, tosing a jawbreaker %u201cTchaikowsky%u201d onBroadway. It catapulted him toHollywood stardom,Bom David Kaminsky in 19113, oneof three sons o f a Russian immigrantD anny K aye, %u201986 H o m ec o m in g K in gtailor, Danny got his first laugh as achild in a show at P.S. 149. In 1930,during the depression, he left Brooklynto work in Florida, then reached theCatskills and finally toured thevaudeville circuit.Danny Xaye has entertained at Buckingham Palace more often than anyother performer. In fact, he has entertained more kings of more countriesthan any other star. But on June 8,Danny Kaye will be the King ofBrooklyn!This event is being staged byBrooklyn Union Gas Co. and BoroughPresident Howard Golden to show thatBrooklyn%u2019s greatness is in its people.E a w c ip ia i q i i i i u c u w ii.ii p c iu u M io u u fthe Daily News.J u r e 5 ,1 9 8 6 , TH E P H O E N IX , Page 17