Tag: Inducted 1994

Dorothy Somerset was a Radcliffe College graduate, Somerset had performed with the Harvard Dramatic Society, studied theatre in England, directed the annual productions of the UBC University Players’ Club — the first all-student drama society in Canada — and made guest appearances with the professional British Guild Players. Dorothy was the leading lady of the…
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A Vancouver native, Dal Richards established his musical home in Vancouver before graduating from Magee High School where he formed a band in the late 1930s. By 1941 he was leading his band at Vancouver’s most popular dance venue, the Panorama Roof at the Hotel Vancouver. The Roof and the band became the centre of…
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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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Lorraine McAllister was born on April 15, 1922 in Saskatoon, Sask. Lorraine was a beautiful blonde singing star of radio and TV in 1the 950s, headlining CBC Toronto’s Holiday Ranch and Vancouver’s Burn’s Chuckwagon, Some of Those Days and her own show, Meet Lorraine. She was a popular headline performer for Theatre Under the Stars.…
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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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