Victoria Day Concert a celebration
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- Published on Friday, May 15, 2015
By John Drinkwater
The Neepawa Banner
To commemorate the 70th anniversary of VE Day, a concert took place May 10 in Neepawa. Organized by Remi Bouchard and the VCC, the music for 鈥淰ictory Day鈥� was provided by the Winnipeg based Rocky Bogart New Casbah Band.
For some of the musicians, this was their fourth visit to Neepawa, having previously being part of the Memory Lane Orchestra, which had performed at the VE Day 60th anniversary and the town 水果视频coming. Prior to the main concert the band 鈥渨armed up鈥� by playing prelude music which highlighted their extensive repertoire including, pop, country, jazz and polka.
Music and songs from the war years brought back memories to the appreciative Roxy audience.
Peter Sarmatiuk, a.k.a. Ricky Bogart, has been involved in the music business for many years, including being involved with Tredwell鈥檚 Music Centre of Winnipeg. He said, 鈥淲e enjoyed coming back to Neepawa. We would welcome the opportunity to perform again at the Roxy in the near future.鈥�
At the invitation of Remi, Brookdale resident Riordan Dennis provided poignant historical details of both world wars.
