A picture of a van with the back doors wide open. The van reads, "Don Price's Training & Boarding School". There is a dog in the passenger window, and there is a picture of two dogs on the passenger door.
A picture of a van with the back doors wide open. The van reads, "Don Price's Training & Boarding School". There is a dog in the passenger window, and there is a picture of two dogs on the passenger door.
"Kitimat Northern Sentinel
Sensational RCMP Here Friday:
One of England's most famous bands, the London Metropolitan Police Force Baned, was the inspiration for the official formation of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police band, which will perform in Kitimat, October 7, as part of the British Columbia 1966 Centennial celebrations.
So impressed was the commisioner S.T. Wood by the London Police Force band, that in 1938 he established an official RCMP bnad which was to continue on part-time basis for twenty years.
But this official band was no means an innovation for the Force. Far from it. The first RCMP bands came into existence three short years after the establishment of the Force itself. The first unit was organized in 1876 at Swan River, Manitoba, then headquarters of the Force. The Swan River unit and others which formed spontaneously at Regina, For Walsh, Fort Macleod, Lethbridge, Calgary and Battleford were not only a morale booster for the isolated members of the early Force, but also contributed to the strengthening of ties between the police and the citizens of the western plains.
Members of the official band which formed in 1938 were gathered from all parts of Canada, much the same as itis today. Inspector J.T. Brown was the first director. Supt. #.J. Lyall, AT CM, LTCL, an outstanding cornet soloist with bands in Edmonton and Vancouver before joining the RCMP was appointed director in 1949.
The band of forty-five pieces made its debut on April 30, 1939 in Regina Saskatchewan. Less than one month later it played for Royalty when Their Majesties visited Regina.
Each concert by the band features instrumental and vocal sol solos and choral selections. Supt. Lyall carefully plans the unit's concert appearances and each programme includes classics, marches, novelty numbers and selections from popular musicals.
"Kitimat Northern Sentinel
Sensational RCMP Here Friday:
One of England's most famous bands, the London Metropolitan Police Force Baned, was the inspiration for the official formation of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police band, which will perform in Kitimat, October 7, as part of the British Columbia 1966 Centennial celebrations.
So impressed was the commisioner S.T. Wood by the London Police Force band, that in 1938 he established an official RCMP bnad which was to continue on part-time basis for twenty years.
But this official band was no means an innovation for the Force. Far from it. The first RCMP bands came into existence three short years after the establishment of the Force itself. The first unit was organized in 1876 at Swan River, Manitoba, then headquarters of the Force. The Swan River unit and others which formed spontaneously at Regina, For Walsh, Fort Macleod, Lethbridge, Calgary and Battleford were not only a morale booster for the isolated members of the early Force, but also contributed to the strengthening of ties between the police and the citizens of the western plains.
Members of the official band which formed in 1938 were gathered from all parts of Canada, much the same as itis today. Inspector J.T. Brown was the first director. Supt. #.J. Lyall, AT CM, LTCL, an outstanding cornet soloist with bands in Edmonton and Vancouver before joining the RCMP was appointed director in 1949.
The band of forty-five pieces made its debut on April 30, 1939 in Regina Saskatchewan. Less than one month later it played for Royalty when Their Majesties visited Regina.
Each concert by the band features instrumental and vocal sol solos and choral selections. Supt. Lyall carefully plans the unit's concert appearances and each programme includes classics, marches, novelty numbers and selections from popular musicals.
