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The 1930’s was the time of the big bands.  In Victoria one of these was led by Billy Tickle, a violinist.  His band played regularly at the Saturday night dances held at  the Empress Hotel.  In the afternoons he appeared at the Empress as William Tickle leading his string ensemble.  He played during the tea service…
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Carole Tarlington has worked as a director, author, teacher, talent agent, casting director, and drama consultant. Co-Founder of the award-winning Vancouver Youth Theatre, she has created plays with young people that have toured Canada as well as internationally. A well-known speaker and workshop leader, she has worked in North America, Australia, England and Japan, and…
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Lucille Marie Raymonde Savoie was born in St Boniface, Manitoba, on May 13,1938. She was raised in Port Coquitlam and Coquitlam’s Francophone community of Maillardville in British Columbia, where she learned to play guitar, bass and mandolin. In her teens Lucille began her career by singing with the local French ensemble Les Hirondelles.

Jacques Singer (1910 -1980) was a Polish born American conductor.  Jacques was trained in the violin from an early age, and began to give concerts in Poland at age seven. In 1921 his family moved to the U.S, settling in Jersey City. He began attending the Juilliard School in 1927 graduating in 1930.  While at…
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