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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1983-06-29, Page 1Aucknov, Single copy 35c Jamboree ',a Published in Lucknow, Ontario, Wednesday, June 29, 1983 24 Pages .The Lucknow Sentinel has printed scores of old pictures over the past 18 months contributed by our readers in anticipation of Jamboree '83. This week we are printing a page of pictures for you to get in on the fun by trying to identify the faces. We thought if only fitting that an old picture should grace the front page of the Jamboree week edition and we have chosen this picture of the Lucknow Brass Band. Inside the Sentinel see a collage of pictures on page 13. The Lucknow Brass Band in a picture taken about 1920 Included front from the left, Wilfred Anderson, Alvin Miller, Bob Fisher, Jim Nixon, Ed McQuillin, Wilfred Murdock, George Douglas, Harold Treleaven, .... Cole on Kittle Drum; centre, from the left, Ken Murdie, Lovell Murdock, Bob Andrew, Art McArtney, , Bill Lockhart, Garfield MacDonald; back, from the left, Evan McQuWin, Syd Decker, Dan McMorran, and Cecil Robb. [Contributed by Ed McQuWln] jamboree '83 „,The flags and buntingare hung, the storefront windows show displays, a splash of paint has touched up several spots in town and everyone is pitching in to get everything in place for the big weekend. After 18 months of preparation, Jamboree '83 weekend is now only days away and the hustle is on to do those things which have to wait until the last minute. To .help you, we have included a schedule of the highlights of the weekend celebrations and the times when they will take place. A complete calendar of events is included in the centrespread of section 1 in the Sentinel's souvenir special edition enclosed with subscribers' papers and on sale at various locations in the village. Thursday 9:00 p.m. Friday 1:00 p.m. 2:00- 4:00 p.m. 7:00- 9:00 p.m. 8:00 - 1:00 a.m. 10:00 p.m. 9:00-12:00 p.m. 9:00- 1:00 a.m. Saturday 8:00 - 10:00 a.m. 9:00-11:00 a.m. 12:30 p.m. 3:30 p.m. 9:00- 1:00 a.m. Sunday 8:00-10:00 a.m. 10:00 a.m. 1:30- 4:00 p.m. Queen of the Jamboree - Miss Lucknow Beauty Pageant, Variety Concert, Beard Contest, and Family Style Dance to Moran Brothers Official Opening of the Jamboree '83 Jamboree Playday, Fashion Show, Ball Game Princess Contest The New Barn Dance - Road Show Giant Fireworks Display Youth Dance - D.J. Dances Pancake Breakfast Back to School Days, Lucknow School Band Reunion Midway Parade Scottish Dancing Dances Sidden Bros., Whiskey Jack, Ian Wilbee Pancake Breakfast Church Services - at Church of your choice After Church services - Old Light Lodge - Open House The Ontario Mass Pipe and Drum Legion Band - Drumhead Parade and Service 2:00 p.m. Tea Party 4:00-8:00 p.m. Ham Supper 6:00- Variety Show - Leahy Family 8:00- 9:30 p.m. Sing Along 9:00- 1:00 a.m. 10:00 p.m. Dance - to Live Band Shirt Tail Parade Pick up your copy of the Jamboree souvenir history hook. A Glimpse of the Past. at the Jamboree registration desk. Lucknow Variety and Dry Goods and the Lottery Shoppe. Famed band will participate in Legion Drumhead service The Lucknow Legion Branch are very proud to have obtained the services of the famous Ontario Massed Legion Pipes and Drums to lead their parade from the Public School to the Jamboree Drumhead Service in the park on Sunday, July 3. The band will also entertain the audience following the completion of the service. Many will remember seeing this band on television representing Canada at the Tournament of Roses Parade on two separate occasions. The Ontario Massed Legion Pipes and Drums Band was a dream brought to reality in 1974 by Senior Pipe Major Ross Baxter of the Collingwood Legion Pipe Band. He dreamed of a happy band of ambassadors travelling to far away places representing Ontario, Canada and The Royal Canadian Legion. Since it's beginning, the tall and imposing figure of Senior Drum Major Bill McCutcheon has marched at the head of the Massed Band. He is a retired Toronto Police Sergeant and for many years was one of Canada's foremost Drum Majors leading the Toronto Police Pipe Band. He is now gaining the international recognition he so richly deserves. Following the Drum Majors, numerous pipers and many drummers, are the 20 Royal Canadian Legion Veterans proudly carrying the flags of Canada, Ontario, Legion Branches and various flags presented to the Massed Band in Mexico, Florida, California and Scotland. This fine body of "old" soldiers are very capably led by Sgt. -at -Arms Len Coupland and he has been "keeping them in line" since 1974 when the Band was formed. The members of the Colour Party come from Legion Branches all over Ontario with most of them having served as Branch, Zone and District Officers. The Massed Band has performed in every major parade and Highland Games throughout Ontario. The first major parade o':tside dhc country was in Miami at the King Orange Parade on December 31 1974 which of course is nationally televised and resulted in the Massed Band being noticed by many other people running parades. The Massed Band also established a tradition of giving concerts to the patients in Veterans' hospitals wherever they are able to. The Band was invited back to Miami to do the King Orange Parade again on December 31. 1976 and by then invitations to perform started to roll in. They next accepted the invitation to be in the Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena, California on January 2, 1978 which is the oldest and most prestigious parade in the United States. This 51/2 mile parade is viewed by 1,500.000 spectators lining the route and it is estimated that over 100 million people watch it throughout the world on television. During this trip the Massed Band also did a special invitational parade in Tijuana, Mexico where the day was declared a "holiday" so that the people and children could watch this unique band perform. Then followed an invitation from the City of San Francisco, which was accepted, for the Massed Band to be a part of their Parade of Carnations on September 24, 1978. However, the Massed. Band finally accepted all of the invitations they had been receiving from Scotland and did a Grand 18 Day Tour of the home of bagpipes from August 16 to September 3, 1979. They started off the fust weekend as the Feature Band at the Edinburgh Festival Cavalcade down the famous two miles of Princes Street lined by 500,000 spectators. Two miles that every piper in the world would like to march playing his heart out all the way. They ended their triumphant tour as the Feature Band of the grand old Royal Highland Gathering at Braemar on Saturday. September 1, 1979. In between these major weekends, the Massed Band did special invitational Parades in Glasgow, Aberdeedn, Dundee, Perth and Ayr. The next major trip was back to southern California to do the Rose Parade, again, on January 1, 1980; as well as parades in Disneyland, Knott's Berry Farm and another super trip to Tujuana, Mexico. This time almost 650 people travelled in the group. The Rose Parade was bigger than ever with the ex -Canadian Lorne Greene as the Grand Parade Marshall and floats from Ontario, Quebec, British Columbia and Calgary, added to the theme "The Great Outdoors". On Tuesday, January 4, 1983 almost 100 paraders along with about 300 supporters left Toronto aboard a Wardair luxury charter jet flying non-stop for the 10 hour journey to Honolulu to start the two week Hawaii/Canada Friendship Tour. They spent the 5 days on the big island of Turn to page 10 Jamboree pictures Last week's Jamboree '83 picture quiz featured Hugh Johnstone, Helen Johnstone and Wendy Emberlin, the Wagner Twins, Carl and Clifford and baby Fraser MacKinnon. Mary McIntosh correctly identified the Wagner twins. Detour traffic The Lucknow Fire Department wish to point out that parking restrictions in the village of Lucknow will be enforced during the Jamboree weekend. No parking on the main street 12 noon - 5 p.m, both Saturday and Sunday. Traffic on Highway 86 east and west and on Bruce County Road 1 and Huron County Road 1 north and south of the village will be detoured around the village from 11.30 a.m. until 4 p.m. Saturday (approximately) and from 11.30 a.m. until 3 p.m. Sunday (approximately).