Members of a Canadian military band sing songs to celebrate 100 anniversary of the Toronto Scottish Regiment. Photos by Tom Godfrey.
Members of a Canadian military alumni band had onlookers swinging as they performed some musical favourites to celebrate the 100 anniversary of the Toronto Scottish Regiment (Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother’s Own.)
PLAYING the lovely bagpipes by the Regiment’s Pipe and Drum Band.
A section of Sixth Street in New Toronto was closed on October 25 as a military band performed for about an hour in front of a massive Toronto Scottish Regiment poster to celebrate the event.
Uniformed members of the Regiment’s Pipe and Drums band performed some of their favourites by bagpipes.
THE Toronto Scottish Regiment Pipe and Drum Band.
MPP Christine Hogarth encouraged area residents to attend Remembrance Day ceremonies on November 11.
“We all have to be thankful for veterans and the work they have done,” Hogarth said.
Organizer Chris Korwin-Kuczynski, of the Lake Shore Village BIA, said residents loved the music and the military.
“We have to remember our vets,” he urged. “They gave their lives for us.”
TAKING IN the Big Band music are Chris Korwin-Kuczynski (left), MPP Christine Hogarth and Toronto Scottish Regiment officials.
Some Remembrance Day Ceremonies on November 11 in the area includes:
– Sunrise Remembrance Day Ceremony at 7 a.m. at the New Toronto Monument at Colonel
Samuel Smith Park just east of Lake Shore Blvd. and Kipling Avenue area.
– Remembrance Day Ceremony at 11 a.m. Royal Canadian Legion Branch 101 Long Branch, at 3850 Lake Shore Blvd. W. in front of the cenotaph. COVID-19 protocols in place.