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But Canadians who entertained World War II troops engaged in the mucky, murky mess of war provided one of the best weapons for winning it . The weapon went by the name of "morale." Oakville writer W. Ray Stephens‘ latest book, ‘The Canadian Entertainers of World War II,‘ pays tribute to these gallant men who dropped their rifles and took up horns, drums and batons to lift the spirits of warâ€"slogging servicemen overseas. By BARB JOY Oakville Beaver Staff Music boosted morale of troops during WWII SALe !_‘gflOM:39¢ THE OAKVILLE BEAVER $ When Stephens joined the Canadian army in 1936, he brought with him a background of music. Born in Wales 77 years ago, he sang in his father‘s choirs, played the Eâ€" flat horn in the Royal Canadian Legion Band and tuba in the Regina Rifles band. After joining up, he Canadian," he writes. "My second book Memories and Melodies of World War II also contains snippets of the same as well as 42 best known songs of World War II." Stephens was writing from firstâ€" hand experience. By 1941, he had already seen two years in England as a sergeant in the infantry when he was plucked from the Princess Pats (Princess Patricia Canadian Light Infantry or PPCLI for short) to play tuba with the band of the 1st Canadian Infantry Division. ‘"My last four years were with the bands in England, Italy, France, Belgium, Holland and Germany and a detailed story of that period appears in my book The Harps of War (1986) which is now out of print being yerman STITCHERY KITS Cwe 1y played in the PPCLI‘s band in Winnipeg. But he was just a soldier overseas for two years before Canadian commanders realized that their fighting men needed respites from their stressful labors and music was a good way to fill that need. Hence the formation of the first band in which Stephens was one of its members. Gradually, nine more Canadian bands were formed from Oakville writer W. Ray. Stephens proudly poses with a copy of his new book, ‘The Canadian Entertainers of World War IL.‘ are yours for al, Bucilla & â€"cross stitch, eedlepoint. life & more! The Oakville Historical Society volunteers hosts the annual Thomas House Harvest Festival this Sunday, Sept. 26th, from 12 noon to 4:30 p.m. Featured will be homemade preâ€" serves, bake table, apple preserving demonstrations, cider and applesauce. The Thomas House is located in Lakeside Park, foot of Navy Street. Harvest Festival Stephens‘ book tells the story of World War II from a different perâ€" spective and should provide a source of memories for those who took part in it as well as an enticing "read" for those who didn‘t. "I won‘t eat sheep now," he said in an interview from his Gravenhurst cottage. Stephens is reticent about recountâ€" ing the adverse conditions under which he worked as musician during World War II. He mentioned trying to broadcast in England with buzz bombs falling all around. And he recalled eating mutton until it came out his ears. "The Canadians had a rough time after the Dâ€"Day landing especially around Caen," he writes. "We had no choice but to do show after show nonâ€" stop and on top of all that I had dysentery, also nonâ€"stop. I remember that cave only too well." In a part titled Invasion Review, Frank Shuster of Wayne & Shuster remembered performing for exhaustâ€" ed Canadian soldiers in a large cave in France converted into a theatre. While Canadian Entertainers is filled with pictures of the various groups at work and play, the most interesting part (to this reader) is conâ€" tained in the documentation at the back from many letters responding to Stephens‘ requests in newspapers across Canada. Here, former enterâ€" tainers recall some of their adventures and many of their hardships in bringâ€" ing laughter, levity and music to their fighting comrades. Then came the jazz groups such as the RCAF‘s Modernaires and The Streamliners which, in Stephen‘s opinion, "no one could touch." The formation of the bands was followed by "soldier concert parties" with skits and musical numbers that included female impersonators since no women were around to make them authentic. One of the groups, the Tin Hats, lost five men from the show when the ship taking them from Africa and Italy to England was torâ€" pedoed shortly after Dâ€"Day. EXPERT PINKING SHEARS & SCISSOR SHARPENING A letter enticing trombone player Terrence Spencer to join a band included a graphic description of the life of a bandsman. Describing it as "the life of Riley," Fred Hobson said: «.. $1.30 a day and everything all found except beer and cigarettes... We never get up before six a.m....and then practice at nine...in here we can get forty bucks a month clear..." "The bands were called upon for every possible type of service. Parades, inspections, church parades, dances, concerts, civilian affairs and were kept busy seven days a week with several performances daily," writes Stephens in his latest book. "The early official bands were often ‘loaned‘ out to support civilian moral. Factories, clubs, festivals etc. were all added to the daily workload of the bands quite apart from military duties." soldier musicians. In all, there were 10 bands with a total of 270 members to bring music to half a million over‘ seas Canadian troops. 19