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Music moved the crowds, whether to the sounds of an impromptu chairtop whistler or to the beat of a more professional band
Music moved the crowds, whether to the sounds of an impromptu chairtop whistler or to the beat of a more professional band

Music moved the crowds, whether to the sounds of an impromptu chairtop whistler or to the beat of a more professional band

Date8/4/1986
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Original Toronto Star caption: Music moved the crowds; whether to the sounds of an impromptu chairtop whistler or to the beat of a more professional band
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0103007F
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Hair singer Gail Garnett gets crowd's attention in Joy Day Celebrations on Toronto Islands Saturday
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Down beat
Down beat
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Twirling and spinning, gaily costumed dancers cavort to the pounding beat of musicians from the Trinidad and Tobago show at Expo, in Toronto as part o(...)
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Waiting for Love, Sun, and sound, which is what a heavy advertising campaign has told them to expect, thousands of young people - mostly from the U.S.(...)
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A Disenchanted rock fan, 11-month-old Chris Blakely obviously doesn't dig the sound at the Mosport rock festival as he rides in a papoose sling on the(...)
A Disenchanted rock fan, 11-month-old Chris Blakely obviously doesn't dig the sound at the Mosport rock festival as he rides in a papoose sling on the(...)
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Steel Bands turn Toronto Islands into Caribbean islands during the next few days during Caribana, which opens Friday
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