Gordon Laird - Life Writing

In 2001 I took a course at Brock House entitled "Life Writing"

Most of these stories were shared with that class.

Some of the following are PDF documents, in that they require the use of the free download program, Adobe Acrobat Reader. To obtain the reader follow this URL: Adobe Acrobat Reader

Memories from my Youth:

My Dad's Only Purchase (PDF)

Debut Times Two (PDF)

My Conducting Career - Part I(PDF)

My Conducting Career - Part II(PDF)

My Conducting Career - Part III(PDF)

Dicky and Me(PDF)

From my Working Career:

Mr. Scrim: Stop That Whistling!(PDF)

Kitsilano Boys Band 1950:

Command Performance Buckingham Palace (PDF)

Legacy of the Kits Band (PDF)

Arthur Delamont: the Matador of the Musical World(PDF)

It's Hard to Play a "Hymn Toon" Well! (PDF)

Sermon: Arthur, This one's for you! (PDF)

A Homecoming to a Home I never had(PDF)

Eva and the Registrar of U. B. C.(PDF)

From my "Booming Ground" summers 1951-52:

Booming in Andys Bay (PDF)

The Barbers of Andys Bay (PDF)

The Leekpot at Midnight (PDF)

The Leekpot and Marilyn (PDF)

Camping:

The Aroma of Lake Wenatchee (PDF)

Various Years:

1967: There but for the Grace of God go I (PDF)

1968: Two Adventures in the Truth (PDF)

1970: Mocassin Miles to Hope(PDF)

1973: Our Faithful Rusting Friend (PDF)

1999:David Lochhead Memorial Dinner with the Cramers July 8, 1999 (PDF)

2000: My first steps with a computer, the development of Ecunet, David Lochhead and my Dissertation (PDF)

2001: What Were You Doing When The Towers Fell? (PDF)

2003: Sermon: "Music is God's Language" (PDF)

Updated: March 26, 2008

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