According to the Duke Where and When site, Ellington and the Orchestra must have arrived in Toronto, Canada on 16 March, 1970.
With the exception of a brief excursion back across the border to perform at an Elks Club dance in Portland, Oregon on 1 April, the Orchestra remained in Canada touring until Saturday, 11 April. We'll look at some key moments as close to fifty years to the day over the next month or so.
You can find my original post about this, Salvation at Hand here.
With the exception of a brief excursion back across the border to perform at an Elks Club dance in Portland, Oregon on 1 April, the Orchestra remained in Canada touring until Saturday, 11 April. We'll look at some key moments as close to fifty years to the day over the next month or so.
You can find my original post about this, Salvation at Hand here.
Sad to say that since the report was filed for Richmond News, she passed away on 18 December, 2017. Her obituary may be read here.
I have not yet been able to assign a specific date to Ellington's conducting the Salvation Army Band but I have found a superb photograph of the event from the City of Vancouver Archives. This is where I also sourced the photograph at the top of the post which shows Ellington with Miss Sally Ann of Salvation Army and Robert Bonner, holding a tambourine. Perhaps we will be able to narrow down the date eventually. Certainly, the photograph below was published originally on 16 April, 1970, though Duke had already left Canada by then.
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