Photograph of MESS band performing on stage at the Aluminum City Telethon. View shows line of students with brass instruments. Student with drums in foreground.
The Aluminum City Telethon was started in 1980. The Kitimat Sports Association was approached by the board of directors of the Child Development Centre, and asked for their assistance in raising funds. The idea of a Telethon was agreed on and a committee was formed.
Each year the Telethon executive receives requests from the different non-profit organizations within our own community. They then decide on how to disburse the funds raised that year. after the letters of requests are reviewed and a brief presentation is made to the board of directors explaining how the money received will be spent.
Custodial History
Dorothy Cheyne
Scope and Content
Photograph of MESS band performing on stage at the Aluminum City Telethon. View shows line of students with brass instruments. Student with drums in foreground.
The man on the right is playing an accordion, and the man on the left is playing the violin. There are also two men in the back with musical instruments, and they are all wearing suits. They are playing on stage with the curtains down.
The man on the right is playing an accordion, and the man on the left is playing the violin. There are also two men in the back with musical instruments, and they are all wearing suits. They are playing on stage with the curtains down.
Photo showing an entertainment band called Dolly's Trio playing at Kitimat Rod and Gun on New Years Eve, from left to right: Ken Austen, Dennis Tupman, and Dolly Robinson.
Photo showing an entertainment band called Dolly's Trio playing at Kitimat Rod and Gun on New Years Eve, from left to right: Ken Austen, Dennis Tupman, and Dolly Robinson.
Photograph of MESS band performing on stage at the Aluminum City Telethon. In the front row centre are Derek Stinson and Chris Campbell playing clarinet.
Photograph of MESS band performing on stage at the Aluminum City Telethon. In the front row centre are Derek Stinson and Chris Campbell playing clarinet.
Photograph of members of Erle Crawford's band performing on stage at the Aluminum City Telethon. They are both wearing hats. On the floor is a cello on the right, and another guitar on the left. Telethon phone number sign also on the left.
The Aluminum City Telethon was started in 1980. The Kitimat Sports Association was approached by the board of directors of the Child Development Centre, and asked for their assistance in raising funds. The idea of a Telethon was agreed on and a committee was formed.
Each year the Telethon executive receives requests from the different non-profit organizations within our own community. They then decide on how to disburse the funds raised that year. after the letters of requests are reviewed and a brief presentation is made to the board of directors explaining how the money received will be spent.
Custodial History
Dorothy Cheyne
Scope and Content
Photograph of members of Erle Crawford's band performing on stage at the Aluminum City Telethon. They are both wearing hats. On the floor is a cello on the right, and another guitar on the left. Telethon phone number sign also on the left.
The side view of a clown on stage with an actress, and an actor dressed as a king. There are children watching in the front, and in the back are curtains and framed pictures hanging on the walls.
The side view of a clown on stage with an actress, and an actor dressed as a king. There are children watching in the front, and in the back are curtains and framed pictures hanging on the walls.
