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Allard de Ridder was born in Dordrecht, Holland on May 3, 1887. He studied violin and conducting in Holland and at the Cologne Cons. He was a guest conductor at Arnhem, The Hague, and Amsterdam. For two seasons he conducted the National Opera in Amsterdam. In 1919 he emigrated to the USA and became assistant…
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Jackson Davies is a Canadian actor and the Vice-President of UBCP, the BC Branch of ACTRA. For 16 years Jackson starred as Constable John Constable in CBC’s longest running TV series The Beachcombers for which he won the TV Week Viewer’s Choice Award for Best Actor four times. Jackson is one of only two Canadians who…
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One of the earliest “truly professional” actors on the Vancouver stage, Dorothy Davies’ list of awards is longer than some performers’ resumes. Dorothy Davies was born July 26, 1920, Salt Lake City UT. Dorothy’s family moved to Victoria from the United States when she was 2 years old. At 18, she received a Licentiateship in Speech Arts and…
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Dee Daniels musical career is as varied as her four-octave vocal range is thrilling.. One critic says, “Daniels’ voice has a hypnotic quality, delivering an impressive range that gives the romantic songs and verse of 50 years ago new life and raw emotion.” Dee has a B.A. Degree in Art Education and taught high school art for a year in…
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John Francis “Jack” Cullen was born in 1922. Jack Cullen enrolled in the Sprott-Shaw School of Commerce and Radio in Vancouver in 1945 after a tour of duty as a radio operator in the Canadian Navy. He began as a news announcer and then deejay at CJAV in Port Alberni, B.C. in November 1946. In…
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