Vancouver Fire and Rescue Services (VFRS) Band Archive

Vancouver Fire and Rescue Services Band: News, photos, videos, events, and other posts about what we're up to across Metro Vancouver, BC

About VFRS Band

Official firefighters' band for the City of Vancouver and Vancouver Fire and Rescue Services, serving Metro Vancouver since 1927.

Sep
28

MP3 and CHART: Why Musicians Can’t Dance

🙂 NOTE:
Band members: Click on the red title above (MP3 and Chart: Why Musicians Can’t Dance) to view the full post with the downloadable resources in it. This front page index just shows a headline and an excerpt (kinda like when you view a newspaper on your iPhone)!

Sep
13

NEWS: We’re back!

Summer’s over, and we’re happy to be back!

Aug
13

MUSIC: Jump, Jive and Wail

Jump, Jive and Wail

Music by Louis Prima, Arranged by John Montgomery

 

Date: June 12, 2011
Event: 125th Anniversary of the Vancouver Fire and Rescue Services
Place: Gastown, Vancouver, BC
Band: Full Swing Band

 

Photo Credit: Erin Anne Beirne

Recording Credit: Erin Anne Beirne, with iPhone 4 using iRecorder Pro. (Yes, we know, it’s not the very best recording device around — but considering it’s just a phone stuck out in front of the band, well, it’s not THAT bad! Remember the days of the shoebox-style mono […]

Aug
11

MUSIC: Ain’t Misbehavin’

The musical firefighter and civilian members of the Vancouver Fire and Rescue Services Band play “Ain’t Misbehavin’,” a song that was written in 1929 — two years after the band was founded!

Jul
30

MUSIC: In the Mood

VFRS Band plays “In the Mood” for the 125th Anniversary celebration of the fire department’s service to Vancouver!