Tag: Inducted 2004

Janet Wright was born in 1945 in England and moved to Saskatoon, Saskatchewan at a very young age. Raised in a family of theatre performers, Janet and her three siblings, Anne, John and Susan, all became successful actors.  She has performed for virtually every major theatre company in Canada. Together with her two sisters, Susan…
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Polson, Arthur (Ludwig). Violinist, composer, conductor, b Vancouver 2 Mar 1934, d there 25 Feb 2003. Polson began violin lessons with his father at four and studied subsequently in Vancouver and at the Music Academy of the West, Santa Barbara, Calif, and privately in New York. He was a member 1954-62 of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra…
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Terry Jacks was born on March 29, 1944 in Winnipeg, Manitoba. His first professional exposure in music was as singer and guitarist for The Chessmen who had a modicum of success in the Vancouver region with two singles on London Records and two singles on Mercury 1964 thru 1966. During one of The Chessmen’s many appearances on CBC-TV’s…
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Jim Hibbard’s professional career has spanned more than fifty years. He has worked in film, television, stage and nightclubs in disciplines such as dancing, singing, acting, choreographing, directing, writing, producing and post production foley work. Jim’s film work includes Hello Dolly with Barbra Streisand, Gypsy with Natalie Wood, Thoroughly Modern Millie with Julie Andrews, Bye Bye Birdie with Ann-Margret, six…
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As founder and Artistic Director of the Vancouver Recital Society, Leila Getz has presented the Canadian and/or Vancouver debut performances of some of the world’s most brilliant and respected young musicians, and has steadily built a diverse and loyal audience for the recital concert form that doomsayers had proclaimed out-of-vogue. Since 1980, the first season of…
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