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Guitar and vocal performer at age 10 The Children’s Hour, Bill Rea’s Roundup, Ranger’s Cabin CKNW New Westminster beginning in 1944; accomplished steel guitarist playing on TV and radio with Jack Jenson and the Rhythm Pals 1950s; assistant record librarian/control room/sportscast operator/all-night DJ and later commercial sales CKNW 1945-64; general sales manager CJOR Vancouver 1965;…
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Founder of Vancouver’s only lunchtime theatre at City Stage, Ray Michal was a tireless worker for the theatre community. He brought new plays and great energy to downtown office workers and provided an intimate venue for actors to work. He spent years developing a new space which would be more accessible during the evening. A…
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Linda McRae is a Canadian singer and songwriter who has built a following through amazing albums and a tireless tour schedule. Performing on guitar, banjo, accordian and Porchboard, her warm and world-weary voice, unforgettable melodies and thought-provoking lyrics, ake her a captivating and sought-after artist. Linda has performed in venues as diverse as Vancouver’s Orpheum…
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Prior to her life in dance, Lola MacLaughlin was a student of biology and psychology, and did a stint as a singer with a German rock band. She graduated from dance studies at Simon Fraser University and continued her training in New York, Toronto and Vancouver. Seminally influenced by her studies at the Freie Universitat…
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Trombonist and composer Ian McDougall was born in Calgary in 1938, the son of George McDougall, a banjo and guitar player in Calgary during the 1920s. The younger McDougall took up trombone at age eleven in Victoria, B.C. and began playing in bands at age 12. In 1960, he went to England, where he was…
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