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Described as “the greatest exterior camera artist in the world,” Osmond Borradaile (1898-1999) was a pioneering cameraman whose footage of some of the most remote locales on the planet introduced moviegoers to the beauty of India, sub-Saharan Africa, and Antarctica at a time when few Westerners traveled outside of North America and Europe. Borradaile was…
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Website Doug Cox is an extremely talented six-stringer. As a young bluesman, this devotee of bottleneck slide guitar had a life-transforming moment nearly 30 years ago when he first picked up the dobro. That eerie, slightly plangent music resonated deep in his soul and changed everything. Doug is deeply embedded in the entire world of…
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Kenny Colman’s unique talents as a jazz vocalist have been widely praised by everyone from the New Yorker to the late dean of American jazz critics, Leonard Feather. His list of admirers include the Grammy-winning producer David Foster, producer/composer Johnny Mandel and his long-time friend and mentor, the late Frank Sinatra. Kenny was a fixture…
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Since arriving in Vancouver as a member of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra in 1953, George Zukerman has successfully maintained two entertainment careers – as a solo bassoonist on the international touring circuit, and as Impresario for Canada’s smaller cities. He was awarded the order of Canada in 1993 and the Order of British Columbia in…
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Norman Young is a legendary figure in the British Columbia entertainment world. He is a renowned local theatre historian and teacher. After graduating from UBC, Young worked as an actor, production manager and design director for various theatre companies and the CBC in Ottawa, Toronto, Vancouver and London, England. He returned to UBC as technical director of the new theatre department…
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