Cup St Saucer Parade, the fifth largest parade in Canada. The band was also selected as the feature band of the parade.

O’LEARY ORCHESTRA

During the late twenties and early thirties entertainment in rural areas was limited. People did not have access to or availability of the many avenues of diversion we enjoy today. Travel was difficult, often cumbersome, but this did not deter young people from enjoying themselves.

Between 1929 and 1934 a group of ambitious and talented local musicians decided to do something about this lack of merriment and

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