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Centre A

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Here are some pics from the band’s latest outing on the Downtown Eastside.

Fred and Marc
Karen Henry and Alix Sales invited the band to provide the music for an artsy affair at Centre A.

Bryan
The city wanted to say thank you to all the contributors, artists, fabricators, organizers, whose efforts made the Olympic Art Project a great success.

Tara

‘Golden’ Brian, Mario

see the other pics from this gig in our flickr pool

Buzzer Blog

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Jhenifer at Translink has posted a nice article on the band playing for Angus’s last shift.

Ross, Tim, James, Fred, John Cl. Woogie

Bob, Tara, D, Mario


With Steph and Deb hanging on my arms I’d be smiling too

Angus Retires

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For 41 years Angus McIntyre has been a Vancouver bus driver, always on trolley routes.

For the past 20 years Angus has worked the Nanaimo/Dunbar route.

May 31 was his last official day of work.

Angus flanked by Ross, Steph and Debbie

Angus says a few words and relates one of the hundreds of anecdotes accumulated through a long, and by all accounts, enjoyable career.


The assembled well wishers


Steph and the 1947 Brill

Enjoy a long and happy retirement Angus !!!

Saltspring Weekend 1

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There are a pile of images from the band’s weekend on Saltspring Island.

It’s been busy with little time to process pics so I’ll post them in instalments as I work through them.

Imi

The band’s first gig was on Friday evening at the venerable Beaver Point Hall, complete with all the modern conveniences such as outdoor privies.

Suresh

This dance party was a fundraiser for the band to give us an opportunity to reimburse members for some portion of their travel expenses.

It looked like a good crowd so we may have made a few bob.

Fred’s Fancy Party

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Thanks to everyone who attended and to all the volunteers who made the fundraiser such a great success.

Fred and Marc, two cool dudes

Oliver and Fred

Okestar Slivovica
Robin Laine

More pics in the band’s flickr pool

Boise Visitors

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On May 17 the band had guests drop by from Boise, Idaho

Lisa and Steph had all 20 or so dancing in no time

There was lots of fancy footwork …

… a conga line …

… and no lack of enthusiasm.

more pics on flickr

Three Gig Saturday

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Jim the hairdresser and with Roisin, Mario, Jesse, Marc, Steph and Debbie

There were three gigs on the docket for Saturday, May 15. At 1:00 the band joined in the Vancouver Craft Beer Week funeral procession parody.

The procession/brewpub crawl sashayed from Steamworks to Dix Brewpub and BBQ

Following the VCBW gig the band headed for Science World to play for a VanAct organized rally.
The rally was a protest against the changes made to the affordable housing promised for the Olympic Village.

Brian and Eddie briefly contemplate life in the military


In the evening the band joined the protest over changes to Grandview Park

Additional photos can be found in our flickr pool