MP3 of Blue Skies: Written in 1927, the year the Vancouver Firefighters Band (our original name) was founded, and sung by Carla a mere 84 years later in the recently re-named Vancouver Fire and Rescue Services Band, this cheerful song endures!
VIDEO: TheProvinceOnline shares video of 125th Anniversary!
TheProvinceOnline, YouTube channel for The Province newspaper, made a video of Vancouver Fire and Rescue Services’ 125th Anniversary Event, complete with our very own tunes playing in the background!
MUSIC: Woodchopper’s Ball
Audio recording of the Vancouver Fire and Rescue Services Band playing Woody Herman’s 1939 classic, Woodchopper’s Ball, at the VFRS’ 125th Anniversary Celebration in Gastown, June 12, 2011.
VIDEO: Vancouver21.com blogs about the 125th Anniversary
Vancouver21.com blogged about the Vancouver Fire and Rescue Services’ 125th Anniversary Celebration in Gastown on June 12, 2011. Here is their post, along with a YouTube video of the ceremony, including the firefighters band leading everyone in O Canada.
MUSIC: Livin’ La Vida Loca
Audio recording of the Vancouver Fire and Rescue Services band blasting our way through “Livin’ La Vida Loca” – and people danced along with us! Must have been the sunshine…