Ecofugal: March 2023

Eleanor Collins

Eleanor Collins is a Canadian jazz singer, television host and civic leader. She is known as the Canadian First Lady of Jazz.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleanor_Collins

https://vanalogue.wordpress.com/2017/02/18/eleanor-collins-vancouvers-first-lady-of-jazz/

https://scoutmagazine.ca/2017/02/22/you-should-know-about-groundbreaking-eleanor-collins-the-citys-first-lady-of-jazz/

https://bcblackhistory.ca/eleanor-collins/

http://virtualstampclub.com/lloydblog/?p=13408

August 7 1955. “Eleanor” (l-r) Juliette Cavazzi, Alan Millar, Eleanor Collins

Juliette Cavazzi

Canadian singer Juliette Cavazzi (1927—2017)

Juliette Augustina Cavazzi (née Sysak), CM, singer, entertainer, television host. With her folksy pop style and easy rapport with an audience, big band and country singer Juliette made her CBC Saturday night music variety program Juliette (1956–66) one of Canada’s most popular television shows. Known as “our pet Juliette,” she was the country's most successful television entertainer for more than a decade.

https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/juliette

https://fromthevaults-boppinbob.blogspot.com/2018/08/juliette-cavazzi-born-27-august-1926.html

Juliette and Friends 2009

This exhibition, culled from local photographic archives, offers insights to Vancouver history from the late 1950s to the mid 1970s. The title refers to an important Canadian television personality at that time and her program “Juliette and Friends”. The selection of eclectic images highlights photography that was produced from commercial purposes, business records and paying customers. Featured here are photographs from the archives of CBC Vancouver, the commercial photographer Dick Oulton, and the Penthouse Cabaret Night Club.

PRESENTATION HOUSE GALLERY

333 Chesterfi eld Avenue North Vancouver

https://thepolygon.ca/exhibition/juliette-and-friends/

https://thepolygon.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/2008-PressRelease2-Juliette-Friends.pdf