Musical and magical entertainment will be performed daily this week at noon in King Memorial Commons.

The entertainment, sponsored by the Student Association as part of the homecoming festivities, will be performed each day from noon to 1 p.m.

SA Homecoming Entertainment Chairman Dave Baum expects a good turn out. “Last year we had from 300 to 500 people on a good day,” he said. He also said the talent scheduled for this year is better than last year’s talent.

“Bill’s Magic Act” is scheduled to perform today in the commons. The act is less traditional Baum said, “They swallow fire and do more stuff like that,” he said.

The three-woman musical group “Betty” is scheduled to perform Wednesday. “They’re awesome,” Baum said. “They are a real quality group.”

The band “Dreams” is scheduled to perform on Thursday. “They’re basically a copy band,” said Baum. He said the band plays basic rock ‘n’ roll.

Guitarist Paul Smith, the only NIU student in the band, said the band plays Top 40 music such as “U2” and “Bon Jovi” but they also perform some original work. He described the band’s own music as a mix between “The Outfield”, “Bon Jovi” and “Van Halen”.

“I think the audience will be surprised,” Smith said. The noon-time performance will be the band’s first performance on the NIU campus. “We played in some clubhouses last year, but we usually play around our hometown (Oak Lawn),” Smith said.

The NIU performance will be the group’s second college appearance. “Last year we played at Illinois Benedictine,” Smith said.

Steve Kolander, a band from Los Angeles, will close out the week of entertainment. Baum said the country/western band, which plays original music, “just happened to be in the area.” He also said it was fitting that the week ended with a country music band since this year’s homecoming theme is “Hoedown ‘87.”

Although Baum expects a good crowd to turn out, he said it also depends on the weather. “On the last day last year the NIU Jazz Band played in the rain, and there were still almost 300 people,” Baum said.