Waterloo Bandberg Band Camp, Bamberg, Ontario
Description
- Creator
- Kitchener Waterloo Record, Photographer
- Media Type
- Image
- Item Type
- Photographs
- Description
- Spectators and band members walking through the Memorial Gates at the entrance to the Bandberg Waterloo Band Camp in Bamberg, at the dedication, on September 7, 1946.
- Notes
- The inscription on the gates reads: "In memoriam to the bandmen of Canada who died in the service during the two wars". Rev. J.V. Mills, rector of St. John's Anglican Church officiated at the dedication service. Also on the platform were Father L. Seiss, Rev. John Schmieder and L.O. Breithaupt, MP for North Waterloo.
The Canadian Boys' Band Camp called Bandberg was conceived by and largely paid for by Charles F. Thiele, bandmaster of the Waterloo Musical Society Band. Construction began in 1945, and the camp was dedicated on September 7, 1946. Accommodation was provided for boys from all over Canada. Each boy had to audition for Professor Thiele, to attend the camp. The camp included a working farm with cows, pigs and chickens to provide food. The camp was closed and the property sold after Thiele's death in 1954.
See "Kitchener-Waterloo Record" August 31, 1945 and September 10, 1945, and "Music in the Park" by John Mellor. - Date of Original
- 7 September 1946
- Date Of Event
- September 1946
- Dimensions
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Width: 25 cm
Height: 20 cm
- Image Dimensions
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Image Width: 25cm
Image Height: 20cm
- Subject(s)
- Local identifier
- Z-5-5
- Language of Item
- English
- Geographic Coverage
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Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 43.489015 Longitude: -80.688435
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- Copyright Statement
- Copyright has expired according to Canadian law. No restrictions on use.
- Location of Original
- Dana Porter Library, University of Waterloo
- Contact
- Waterloo Public LibraryEmail:askus@wpl.ca
Website:
Agency street/mail address:35 Albert Street, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, N2L 5E2
