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Parade of shriners says it's circus time! The first annual Shrine Circus parade - including 35 units of marching bands, drill teams and motorcades - w(...)
Parade of shriners says it's circus time! The first annual Shrine Circus parade - including 35 units of marching bands, drill teams and motorcades - w(...)

Parade of shriners says it's circus time! The first annual Shrine Circus parade - including 35 units of marching bands, drill teams and motorcades - w(...)

Date7/15/1984
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Original Toronto Star caption: Parade of shriners says it's circus time! The first annual Shrine Circus parade - including 35 units of marching bands; drill teams and motorcades - wound its way from Harborfront up Yonge St. to Elm St. and back to Queen's Quay yesterday afternoon. The hundreds of participants were promoting the charity circus; which opens today through Saturday in Mississauga; and runs next week in Scarborough.
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A Devil tempts a Metro policeman into a dance yesterday as the big Shriners parade rolled north, with its 135 bands so closely spaced that spectators (...)
A Devil tempts a Metro policeman into a dance yesterday as the big Shriners parade rolled north, with its 135 bands so closely spaced that spectators (...)
7/1/1975
Parading up University Ave. in today's 14,000-strong Shriners parade, members of the Go Cart patrol from the Peel Shrine Club roll along in their mini(...)
Parading up University Ave. in today's 14,000-strong Shriners parade, members of the Go Cart patrol from the Peel Shrine Club roll along in their mini(...)
7/1/1975
Out of gas at the very beginning of the seven-hour parade of Shriners today, a member of the Al Koran clown unit gets a fill-up from a fellow Shriner (...)
Out of gas at the very beginning of the seven-hour parade of Shriners today, a member of the Al Koran clown unit gets a fill-up from a fellow Shriner (...)
7/1/1975
The pipe-and-drum band of the Toronto Scottish Regiment performs last night in Nathan Phillips Square, where massed bands of three other military units presented a Dominion Day concert
The pipe-and-drum band of the Toronto Scottish Regiment performs last night in Nathan Phillips Square, where massed bands of three other military units presented a Dominion Day concert
7/1/1975
Daddy hasn't come by yet, Seven-year-old Debbie Jones and her brother, Harold, 11, wanted to see their father in the Shriners' parade last night - but(...)
Daddy hasn't come by yet, Seven-year-old Debbie Jones and her brother, Harold, 11, wanted to see their father in the Shriners' parade last night - but(...)
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Who you gonna call? Bob Webster, 63, left, and Howard Clausen, 64, marshals at tomorrow's Shriners parade, show off their scooters at Ontario Place yesterday
Who you gonna call? Bob Webster, 63, left, and Howard Clausen, 64, marshals at tomorrow's Shriners parade, show off their scooters at Ontario Place yesterday
7/2/1989
Best seats: Kurt Menzefricke, 4, and Atsuko Kikuchi, 2, join clown Bill Benz to watch the final Shriners' Parade
Best seats: Kurt Menzefricke, 4, and Atsuko Kikuchi, 2, join clown Bill Benz to watch the final Shriners' Parade
7/6/1989
Oriental band, composed of Shriners from Hamilton, play outside Queen Elizabeth Building as 350 Canadians were inducted into the international organiz(...)
Oriental band, composed of Shriners from Hamilton, play outside Queen Elizabeth Building as 350 Canadians were inducted into the international organiz(...)
6/29/1975
Two by two: As Shriners invade the Sheraton Centre for a closed initiation ceremony yesterday, the Hamilton Oriental Band takes over and escalator
Two by two: As Shriners invade the Sheraton Centre for a closed initiation ceremony yesterday, the Hamilton Oriental Band takes over and escalator
7/1/1989
Before folding their tents and stealing away, four of 65,000 Shriners in Toronto all week for their annual convention soak their aching feet in bucket(...)
Before folding their tents and stealing away, four of 65,000 Shriners in Toronto all week for their annual convention soak their aching feet in bucket(...)
7/4/1975
Watched as the Shriners' clowns wheeled their way down Toronto streets one last time yesterday evening
Watched as the Shriners' clowns wheeled their way down Toronto streets one last time yesterday evening
7/6/1989
Shriners - up to 1975
Shriners - up to 1975
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