Navy Centennial Celebration: Sailors & Song

Friday, July 23, 2010, 7:30 pm

Enmax Hall, Winspear Centre

Navy Centennial Celebration: Sailors & Song

2010-11 Events

  • The Naden Band of Maritime Forces Pacific
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Sponsored by the Edmonton Salutes Committee
Proceeds to the Edmonton MFRC

General Admission, all tickets $5.

For more information or to purchase tickets, call 780-973-4011 ext 6300.

“Sailors and Songs” is a musical tribute to a century of Canadian Naval Service. Inspired by the “Meet the Navy” musical review produced during the Second World War, “Sailors and Songs” will travel across Canada to bring the Navy to thousands of Canadians in communities from coast to coast to coast in celebration of the Canadian Naval Centennial.  
 
The musical repertoire covers the birth of Canada’s Navy; its early success through the First World War; its coming of age as the third largest Navy in the world during the Battles of the Atlantic and St. Lawrence River in World War Two; standing on guard through the Cold War; current operations on behalf of Canada; and meeting the challenges of the future on Canada’s three ocean frontiers. 
 
Supported by vintage photography, the program has been prepared to satisfy a variety of musical tastes. The audience will experience the story of the Canadian Navy through the stirring and exhilarating music and exciting and poignant images.

Artist Info


The Canadian Navy maintains two 35-member bands comprised of professional musicians on each of the Pacific and Atlantic Coasts. The bands are each celebrating their 70th anniversary in 2010. The Pacific Band is touring from Victoria. B.C. to Thunder Bay Ont. and the Atlantic Band is performing from St. Johns, Newfoundland to Windsor, Ont.

The Naden Band of Maritime Forces Pacific, directed by navy Lt. Robert Byrne will debut its show in Thunder Bay, Ont. on May 11 followed by 22 performances until Oct. 6. The Stadacona Band of Maritime Forces Atlantic directed by Lt.-Cmdr. Ray Murray will perform as many concerts in Eastern Canada beginning in Conwallis, N.S. on April 25 and finishing in St. John N.B. on Oct. 15. Itineraries for each band can be found at www.nadenband.ca and www.stadband.ca.

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