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Holly Maxwell was born in 1915, She co-founded the booking agency Famous Artist with Impresario Hugh Pickett in 1950, For more than three decades Famous Artists was responsible for bringing the world’s most prominent entertainers to Vancouver. They booked concerts at the Orpheum Theatre and other venues throughout the city featuring everyone from the Rolling…
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Judith Marcuse is the Founder and Co-Director of the International Centre of Art for Social Change (ICASC). Marcuse is also the Founder and Artistic Producer of Judith Marcuse Projects and Adjunct Professor in the SFU Faculty of Education. Judith Marcuse is one of Canada’s senior artist/producers with a career that spans over 40 years of professional work as a…
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John Fraser MacPherson was born in Winnipeg on April 10 1928. He was raised in Victoria, BC and he played clarinet as a youth under the influence of traditional New Orleans jazz, and then took up alto and tenor saxophone. He studied in New York in 1956-57. MacPherson worked for 20 years in local nightclubs, among them the…
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Normana Macmillan was born on15 September 1921, Vancouver, BC. Macmillan got her start as a stage actor. Thor Arngrim was co-founder of Vancouver’s first year-round professional theatre company, Totem Theatre. One of his hires was Norma Macmillan, who had studied speech at London’s Trinity College. ‘We weren’t attracted to each other in the beginning, but…
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Grace Macdonald is remembered as a dance teacher, choreographer and an inspiration to young performers in Vancouver. She holds a special place in the history of musical theatre in this city with her contributions to many theatre companies.  She also choreographed intricate dance routines for the B.C. Lions Cheerleaders. She taught and encourage students who…
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