In last week’s installment of “Sunny Days: The Skip Prokop Story” our young drummer, Ronn Prokop (he had yet to adopt his nickname), was heading to the Preston Scout House to hone his drum corps chops. Suffice to say Skip would not only become quite adept at marching band drum skills, but became a reigning SIX time champion in Canada and the United States with the Optimists Drum & Bugle Corp.
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SUNNY DAYS: THE SKIP PROKOP STORY (PART 2) by Jaimie Vernon
Posted in life, music, Serialized Book with tags Bill Marion, Bill Misener, Bob Cringan, Bob Segarini, Chuck Beal, David Bell, DBAWIS, Denny Gerrard, Dig Band, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Doug Guy, Fern Resort, Jaimie Vernon, Larry Sykes Music, Lighthouse, Optimists Drum & Bugle Corp, Paul Chabeau, Preston Scout House, Riverside 3, Ronn Prokope, Royal York Hotel, Skip Prokop, Skip Prokop Five, Sunny Days, The Beatles, The Paupers, The Spats, Toronto, Toronto Police Department, Waddington School of Music on March 23, 2020 by segariniPeter, The Great War, and Pop Goes to Camp
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags "miracle of Dunkirk", Allies, Barrie, Bob Hope, Camp Borden, Canada At War, Canadian Army, Dieppe, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Essex County, Essex Scottish regiment, Europe, Fern Resort, Nazis, NFB, Officer's Mess, Operation Olympic, Orillia, P.I.A.T. gun, Peter Montreuil, Remembrance Day, Robert Segarini, The Atherley Arms, The First, The Great War, Tim Hortons, Union Station, Windsor, World War 1 on November 8, 2018 by segarini
At 11:00 A.M. (Paris time) on the 11th of November, 1918, “The Great War”, “The War To End All Wars” a.k.a. World War I, came to an end. The face of Europe was forever changed. However, in this war’s wake, it fostered yet another global conflict, as less than 21 years later the “dogs of war” were let loose once again.
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