Tag: Deceased

Douglas Bennett was born on October 31st 1951, in Toronto, Ontario. He formed Doug and the Slugs in Vancouver in 1977; the band originally consisted of Doug with John Burton (guitar), Drew Neville (keyboards), Dennis Henderson (bass) and Lawrence McGillveray (drums). They began by promoting their own shows and developed an avid following with outrageous ‘theme nights’. In 1978 the band…
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John (Henry Patrick) Avison was born in Vancouver April 25th,1915, He received his ATCM in 1929. He attended the University of British Columbia (BA 1935) and the University of Washington (B MUS 1936). After World War II service he resumed music studies at the Juilliard School in 1946, at Columbia U 1946-7, and at Yale in…
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Angelina Calangis Avison performed with her brother, Conductor George Calangis and her four sisters Geneva, Mary, Helen, and Ethel. A popular act, they were billed in vaudeville theatre as the Musical Calangis Family and they played various mandolins and banjos to entertain their audiences. Angelina, who had studied violin with Arthur Gramm, Wilfred Rutley, Jean…
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Thor Arngrim was born in Saskatchewan. Thor began his theatrical career in school plays and by the time he was 16 was cast in his first professional production. Arngrim performed in the original 1956 Broadway production of “Tamburlaine the Great” directed by Tyrone Guthrie and in the 1964 Tony-winning production of “Luther” starring Albert Finney, produced by David Merrick and in…
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Kathleen Mae Armstrong was born on September 22, 1921, in Armstrong, BC. Kay began dance classes in Vancouver and continued her training in Vancouver in the 1940s with the renowned teacher June Roper. In 1946 Armstrong found work in the ballet troupe of Radio City Music Hall in New York City. She returned to Vancouver in…
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