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+ Band Festival

The West Vancouver
Band Association’s. 50th

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‘anniversary celebrations

were held last weekend in
West Vancoiver.:The mood
was set or Friday night at a
reception for alumni and
their guests, when a display
‘of photographs, old films
and slides was examined.

Former members who had
come from Toronto, On-
tario, Hawaii and other
places in B.C. and Alberta to
attend the cvent greatly
enjoyed greeting old friends
that they. had not seen for
many years.

On Saturday a_ large
number of alumni brought
out their instruments and
marched in: the West
Vancouver Community Day
Parade - remembering the
many times they had taken
part in May Day celebrations
held in West Vancouver
from 1930 to the early 70's.

On Saturday night a
dinner and concert were
held for some 250 guests. At

the concert a packed
audience in the West
Vancouver Secondary

School theatre gave former
conductor Arthur Delamont
a standing ovation when he
conducted o band which
included a number of his
former students,

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BLOWING HIS OWN horn Is Ian

Delamont, . who

Band Festival at Windsor Secondary School. Ian and his bass clarinet were in one‘of
“the 21 bands at the festival. (Terry Peters photo)

is now
nearly 90, had been in
hospital for eye surgery and
had insisted on being
discharged that day so he
could be with his old friends.

It was a very moving
moment when the band
played music that had been a
favorite of his through the

} ' n Strilchuk of Lynn Valley Elementary School during ~
“hfs school band’s performance Monday, June 8, at the North Vancouver Elementary’:

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years and had been learnt by
some of those present when
they were at Band Camp on

‘Keats Island in the ‘thirties’. —

_ Also present to conduct
the Band were Band
Directors Cliff Bryson, Len
Whitely, Roy Cornick and
present director Jeff
Kenyon.

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