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Bruce Pullan was born in England, and after education as a Choral Scholar at King’s College, Cambridge and New College, Oxford, came to Canada in 1974. In Canada he performed as a singer with most of the Symphony Orchestras and became a successful Choral Conductor. He was appointed Music Director of the Vancouver Bach Choir…
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 Harry Pryce was the Senior Music Director of Theatre Under the Stars (TUTS) for many years.  He also conducted and directed music for the Victoria Music Foundation productions and for many other musicals in various cities.  He was widely acclaimed throughout Canada for his outstanding work on many CBC shows – both radio and TV.…
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Began his singing/music career in Winnipeg in the early ’30’s…moved to Vancouver in 1936 and worked extensively in radio as a variety performer…appeared at Theatre Under The Stars in CAN CAN…starred with Betty Phillips in CBC Radio’s LOLLY TOO DUM…had a column in The Province newspaper in the late ’50’s “Some Folks Say”… and has…
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Ian Pratt is an Associate Professor Emeritus in the UBC Dept. of Theatre and Film. First employed there as a stage technician in 1961, he joined the faculty 10 years later and taught stage lighting, scenery construction and other stage crafts until his retirement in 2004. From 1974 to 2003 he was the Technical Director of the Frederic Wood…
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Barney Potts we was born April 25, 1910 in Harrogate, Eng. He led bands in the 1930s in Vancouver nightspots like the Alma Academy, Happyland, the Cinderella Ballroom, the Quadra Club, Mandarin Gardens, Odyssey Room and The Narrows. He performed in musicals in the 1940s, and spent 12 years with Theatre Under the Stars. Accompanied…
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