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Band becomes a unit of the VFRS
By VFRS Band | About, News, Photos, PhotosFP
As of Oct 22, 2012, the Firefighters Band is now a formal unit of Vancouver Fire and Rescue Services!
MUSIC: Jump, Jive and Wail
By VFRS Band | Music, Photos
Jump, Jive and Wail
Music by Louis Prima, Arranged by John Montgomery
Event: 125th Anniversary of the Vancouver Fire and Rescue Services
Place: Gastown, Vancouver, BC
Band: Full Swing Band
Photo Credit: Erin Anne Beirne
Recording Credit: Erin Anne Beirne, with iPhone 4 using iRecorder Pro. (Yes, we know, it's not the very best recording device around — but considering it's just a phone stuck out in front of the band, well, it's not THAT bad! Remember the days of the shoebox-style mono […]
MUSIC: Ain't Misbehavin'
By VFRS Band | Music
The musical firefighter and civilian members of the Vancouver Fire and Rescue Services Band play "Ain't Misbehavin'," a song that was written in 1929 — two years after the band was founded!
MUSIC: In the Mood
VFRS Band plays "In the Mood" for the 125th Anniversary celebration of the fire department's service to Vancouver!
MUSIC: Blue Skies [Vocal]
MP3 of Blue Skies: Written in 1927, the year the Vancouver Firefighters Band (our original name) was founded, and sung by Carla a mere 84 years later in the recently re-named Vancouver Fire and Rescue Services Band, this cheerful song endures!