how fIVE overachievers made vancouver a better place
haight bea leinbach
faye leung
Arthur Delamont
george the barber
Ashbury north
dennis tupman
HAIGHT ASHBURY NORTH TV SHOW - Pilot episode (situation-comedy) *Four of the main characters have the potential to be spun off into their own TV show after season one. They all bring with them their own cast of characters who will be introduced over the course of season one. * The show is a vehicle to address social injustice in Vancouver’s past and present in the fields of discrimination, housing, homelessness and education.
The Empire is alive and well at General Gordon in Kitsilano as Arthur Delamont prepares to take another band of boys back to England to see the motherland, even though the monarchy ended four decades ago. Delamont is a 76 year old British band conductor, Victorian and set in his ways. He is very much an Archie Bunker type character who beneath that rough exterior has a heart of gold and has done a lot for the youth of Vancouver. He has been taking boys to England for thirty years but is feeling marginalized as times change. Band has just gotten into the public schools and music supervisors are head-hunting to fill up every high school and elementary school with a band. He doesn’t have the playing field to himself anymore. SETTING: Our show is set in 1964 Vancouver one week before the B.C. Lions win their very first Grey Cup game. It’s the sixties and no place is changing faster than Vancouver. If you are young and energetic with a fantasy and the guts to make it happen, then the sky is the limit. Our show focuses on five of Vancouver’s larger than life personalities who each have their own agenda and already are very successful. We join most of them when they are just starting out in their careers but one is near the end of his career and one is midway. This pilot episode introduces all five. Each new episode we learn more about each of them as their stories intertwine and unfold presenting a wonderful social tapestry of life in Vancouver in the sixties, seventies, eighties and nineties. MAIN CHARACTERS: ARTHUR DELAMONT – has been developing world class youth bands in the basement of General Gordon Elementary School since 1928. They always win the B.C. Music Festival and every three or
four years he takes them to England to show them the connection between British Columbia and England. He has had the field to himself for decades and his boys are way out in front of the nearest competition due to his skillful teaching. His boys are so good that everyone wants a band like his and the way to do it is by getting band into the public schools. This has just happened but it isn’t necessarily a good thing for Arthur as boys only have so much time and they can’t do everything. For decades his boys have been the who’s who of the Canadian music establishment and now his boys are filling teaching positions in many of the public schools therefore competing with him. FAYE LEUNG – along with her husband Dean are rising stars in Chinatown. She has been fighting for equality for her people for over a decade and is starting to make great strides when our show begins. She single handedly developed new houses at Oakridge on the west side and sold them for under one hundred thousand so the little guy could get ahead. She opened the very first trust company branch office in Canada in her little Chinatown real estate office so her people could get better interest on their savings than the big banks offer. She got the immigration laws changed so wealthy Asians can now for the first time since 1910 immigrate to Canada. The first boat has just landed. She is flamboyant, outspoken, shrewd, and cunning and a real winner and is always butting heads with establishment figures and winning due to her personality. She knows everyone and everyone wants to know the Chinese Auntie Mame. DENNIS TUPMAN – is the music supervisor for the Vancouver school board and he is head-hunting for new band teachers to fill up the schools in his district. There is a supervisor for each district and Dennis soon becomes the driving force for music advocacy in British Columbia. He is known as Dennis the Menace by school administrators and education department officials who he is always bunting heads with as he strives to show them the real value of music education for our youth. He is one of Delamont’s boys as are several others who have found a new home in the public schools. GEORGE the barber – has only been in downtown Vancouver for a couple of years but he has already established himself as the barber to the downtown business elite both Jewish and Caucasian. He arrived in town with a new technique being used back east and it is a hit. Everyone wants a haircut from George at the Riviera on Seymour across from The Bay. His winning personality makes it possible for him to open another shop below the Hyatt on Burrard where he caters to the Howe Street Boys and the shows and entertainers who frequent Vancouver breaking in their acts before heading to Vegas. He becomes an entrepreneur and has dreams of being a Greek shipping tycoon one day and almost succeeds. BEA LEINBACH –is Captain Bea of the Kitsilano Showboat a free entertainment venue on the waterfront at Kits Beach. Bea has been promoting Showboat for a decade and a half when we catch up with her and she will go on for several more. In the early days the shows and performers who came to town to play the nightclubs on Sunday would go over and play the Showboat for free. It soon became a magnet for young people who dreamed of a career on the stage but didn’t know where to begin. Several big name Hollywood stars started on the Showboat stage. When we catch up with it, it is still sailing along and Captain Bea is all over the place on the board of every charitable organization you can think of where she meets everyone. Her brand is already a Vancouver institution by the sixties and the list of acts and entertainers she has hired is legendary. Today, Showboat is now in its 88th season run by her son Barry.
THEME SONG Lyrics for - THE BALLAD OF MR. D There’s a band in Kitsilano, led by a man named Mr. D That’s the way it’s been since 1933 He likes to take his boys to England to see the motherland Kings and Queens, fish and chips, the British love our band Mister D, Mister D, he’s planning another trip to England wait and see He likes to take his boys to England, although the Empire is no more Kings and Queens, fish and chips, look for them if you can Home is General Gordon in the heart of the neighborhood The floor is uneven and the acoustics aren’t so good But it’s more than just a building; it’s a symbol of pride Of excellence, success and joy, that still lives on today Mister D, Mister D he’s the pride of Kitsilano and of Britain as you’ll see If you want to see the world, join the army, navy or marines But if you want to see England then sign on with Mr. D The band was in England in the summer of ‘39 Hitler invaded Poland and they said to him, get out of here They boarded the Empress of Britain and headed to France Down to Spain and out to sea the U-boats had no chance. Mister D, Mister D the U-boats couldn’t catch him on the seven seas Back home, his parents didn’t know what happened as they couldn’t tell They were sure all very happy when they came sailing home (continued on back cover)
GENERAL GORDON Delamont Living room, 1964 week before Grey Cup – AFTERNOON FADE IN Arthur is sitting in his easy chair reading the newspaper. Lillie comes in through the front door LILLIE Hi Arthur ARTHUR Oh, hi. (Keeps reading the paper) LILLIE How’s the trip coming along? ARTHUR Oh, all right but city council only gave me one thousand dollars. That’s barely enough for one boy let along thirty-nine. LILLIE That’s not good. The girls are coming over so I have to get things ready in the kitchen. ARTHUR Which girls? (Rather abruptly) LILLIE Well, there’s Bea. ARTHUR Oh great. I can ask her about playing at Showboat.
LILLIE Grace ARTHUR (Jumps up holding the paper) Oh good. I can see if she can get us some money from the government for the trip. LILLIE Then there’s Juliette. Don’t say anything to her about seeing Ray Smith. ARTHUR Oh, I haven’t seen Juliette in a long time. That will be nice. It’s okay if they see each other. Men need female companionship if their wives aren’t up to it. Or, you know what I mean. (Lillie looks confused) LILLIE And then there’s Faye. ARTHUR Not the one with the (He puts the paper down and pulls on the corner of his eyes to make them squint)(He flops back down.) LILLIE Now Arthur, you be nice. She is very influential and knows a lot of people. ARTHUR Geez Lillie. Did you have to invite her? LILLIE She knows a lot of people at City Hall since she stopped the freeway from going through.
ARTHUR I bet she does. And I bet they just love to see her too. LILLIE They do. She has them all over at Christmas. They all became friends because of her bubbly personally. ARTHUR You don’t say. I was just reading here in the newspaper (picks up the paper) where a bunch of her people have just landed in Vancouver from Hong Kong. I suppose she had something to do with that too. LILLIE As a matter of fact she did. She went to see Jack Nicholson in Ottawa and told him people with money in Hong Kong all want to come to Canada, ARTHUR Are you trying to tell me she knows people like the Honorable Jack Nicholson? LILLIE She helped launch his career in her house in Oakridge, Grace’s career too. She’s one of us now. She lives on the west side. ARTHUR Not quite one of us. Oakridge isn’t exactly on the west side it is more or less on the border. It isn’t like Shaughnessy or Kitsilano. LILLIE She built all the houses around Oakridge.
ARTHUR I’ve seen those houses. They all look the same. LILLIE That’s because they are all affordable so the little guy can get ahead. ARTHUR Her people you mean. LILLIE She might be able to help you get some money for your trip. ARTHUR (sits back down) Well, I hope she doesn’t bring any more of her people over. Pretty soon everyone will look like her. (frustrated) LILLIE Oh Arthur, be nice. (Lillie goes into the kitchen exit stage left) The front door opens and a woman rushes in. BEA Oh, hi Arthur. ARTHUR Geez, doesn’t anyone knock anymore? BEA Lillie said to just come in she left the door unlocked so you wouldn’t have to get up. ARTHUR Well that was nice of her. Oh hi Bea. I didn’t know it was you. I need to talk to you about playing at Showboat.
BEA Not now Arthur. We have to figure out what we are going to do for the show. You know what to do anyway. (She rushes through and into the kitchen) Arthur goes back to reading The front door opens again. Grace rushes in. GRACE Oh hi Arthur. ARTHUR (Arthur turns) Oh hi Grace. I need to talk to you about getting some money from the government for my next trip. GRACE Not now Arthur. We have to rehearse for Showboat on Friday night. (She rushes through and into the kitchen) Arthur goes back to his paper. The door opens again. JULIETTE Arthur Delamont. Boy, a lot of good musicians went through your band. (Arthur gets up) ARTHUR And I hear you are seeing one of them. (Juliette looks taken back) Nice to see you too Juliette. Lillie and the girls are in the kitchen. (She heads for the kitchen) The door opens again.
FAYE
You, (pause) must be Arthur. ARTHUR Oh, hi Faye. I was just reading here how some of your people have just landed here from Hong Kong. (Arthur stands up) FAYE My people, well, I guess you could put it like that. ARTHUR Do you really know Jack Nicholson and all the aldermen and the Mayor at city hall? FAYE Well, yes. Jack and I have been good friends for a few years. And the fellas at city hall all know me. ARTHUR I have been having a little trouble at city hall. They only gave me one thousand dollars towards my next trip. Can you put in a good word or two for me? FAYE You are asking me to help you? (She turns to audience) Well, that is a new one. Well, I am helping the Premier raise money for his new university. How much do you need? ARTHUR Maybe you can send a little of the university money my way. About forty thousand would be nice. If there is enough left I mean after they look after your people.
FAYE My people as you say, all have their own money. They won’t be a burden to the taxpayer I assure you. ARTHUR Well, I certainly hope not. I’ll even go down and welcome the next boat load. FAYE That won’t be necessary. I am already doing that. I help them get their kids into school, find then a house, open a bank account for them at Canada Trust. ARTHUR Canada Trust, why don’t you get them an account at one of the real banks? Or do you have your own bank as well? FAYE As a matter of fact I do. I opened the very first trust company branch office in Canada in my own little office in Chinatown. Didn’t you read about it in your newspaper? ARTHUR No, I didn’t see a thing about it. FAYE I’m not surprised. Caucasian newspapers only write about what your people want to hear, thee establishment. You should read the Chinatown News or the Chinese Times. ARTHUR I can’t read Chinese.
FAYE They’re in English. You should get out more Arthur and see how the other half lives. I will see what I can do for you Arthur regarding the money. (She says with a big smile) I guess everyone is in the kitchen? (She departs stage left.) ARTHUR If her smile was any bigger you could drive a car in there. Why does she have to wear those big hats? (He sits back down and continues looking at the paper.) I better check and make sure no more boats have landed or we’ll have people like her everywhere. FADE OUT FADE IN KITCHEN – DELAMONT HOUSE FAYE (To the others) Boy that husband of yours is something else. LILLIAN I hope Arthur didn’t give you a hard time. FAYE Oh no. He just insulted me a few times. I thought I was back in the age of discrimination for a moment. BEA Oh Arthur’s okay. He just thinks the Empire still exists and wants to keep taking boys back to see the mother country. (They all laugh) JULIETTE A lot of fine musicians have come though his band. He’s done a lot for the youth of Vancouver. LILLIAN You have to educate him Faye. He never had much of an education but once he figures something out he does the right thing.
FAYE Educate him you say. (She ponders the thought) BEA So, this is what I was thinking for the show. (She hands out song sheets.) BEA We each sing a line. I’ll start. You’ll be swell you’ll be great. (Points to Lillian) LILLIAN Gonna have the whole world on a plate. GRACE Starting here, starting now FAYE Honey, everything’s coming up roses. Bea Clear the decks, clear the tracks LILLIAN You’ve got nothing to do but relax GRACE Blow a kiss, take a bow.
FAYE Honey, everything’s coming up roses BEA Now’s your inning, stand the world on its ear LILLIAN Set it spinning, that’ll be just the beginning. GRACE Curtain up, light the lights. FAYE You’ve got nothing to hit but the heights. BEA You’ll be well, you’ll be great. LILLIAN I can tell, just you wait. GRACE That lucky star I talk about is due. FAYE Honey, everything’s coming up roses for me and for you. BEA Gee, that was great girls. We’ll knock their socks off. FADE OUT FADE IN LIVING ROOM, DELAMONT HOUSE ARTHUR IS STILL READING THE NEWSPAPER (Bea rushes through)
BEA Goodnight Arthur! ARTHUR Oh Bea, wait just a minute. (He gets up) I want to talk to you about playing at Showboat. (Bea is long gone. He sits back down) GRACE (Comes rushing through) Night Arthur! ARTHUR (Turns around) Oh, don’t forget to ask the government for some money for my trip) GRACE I won’t Arthur. (She yells as she disappears out the front door) JULIETTE (Arthur sees her.) Say hi to Ray for me. JULIETTE I WILL! ARTHUR It’s like Grand Central Station in here. (He sees Faye coming) Put in a good word for me at city hall. FAYE (She sings as she rushes through) Honey, everything’s coming up roses for me and for you.
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ARTHUR (After Faye departs) And don’t bring anymore boat loads of your people over. (He goes back to reading the newspaper.) We don’t want everyone over here looking like you. FADE OUT FADE IN CANADA TRUST DOWNTOWN OFFICE-INSIDE FAYE IS SITTING TALKING TO CHARLIE O’HARA THE MANAGER WHILE WAITING TO SEE JD WILSON THE REGIONAL MANAGER
photo of JD
J.D. Wilson
FAYE You know, you’re not doing any business with China. You’re missing out. HE’S NOT LISTENING. SHE GOES INTO SEE J.D. FAYE You’re missing out on a lot more business. We can make a lot more money for your trust company if we go to Hong Kong and let them know you’re doing daily interest calculations. They only know of the bank’s quarterly interest on the minimum. Why don’t we help the people and the company at the same time? J.D. Never mind, we’ll figure something out. FADE OUT FADE IN PENDER REALTY & INSURANCE IN CHINATOWN Faye and Dean are in their office FAYE Here comes Sing Fung. SING FUNG Hi Faye. It sure is a good thing you have this room in the back for those of us with no credit and need to roll their money up in a newspaper to pay in cash.
FAYE I have good news. I financed the 160 acres in Surrey next to your property and bought it from Gillette. Do you want it? SING FUNG I sure do. I will grow grass pellets on it to feed my animals to pay for the mortgage. FAYE There is another 160 acres as well. We can buy that one together. I will finance it through the Royal Bank if you are interested. SING FUNG Great! FAYE Done, now you are the largest landowner in Surrey. There is another 19 acres as well that is zoned for housing. SING FUNG Sure, I will take them as well. I want those to hoe. FAYE Okay, I will finance that through two other banks. Boy, it’s been a long time since you used to trudge up three flights of stairs to our school and haul down bags of garbage to feed your pigs. SING FUNG It sure has Faye but we’ve both done all right for ourselves. I’m going to Hawaii for a week. FAYE Oh that will be nice. SING FUNG I told my son Dennis he should quit his job. I pay more in taxes than he makes in a year. Sing Fung departs and the telephone rings.
FAYE Oh hello Bill. Dean, it’s Bill Forsythe from the Bank of Montreal. Do you want to have a branch office in Hong Kong? You don’t have one. BILL Wait, I’ll get John Ellis the President of Western Division on the other line. FAYE I will give you my clients. You can have my lists. They’re all my friends. You do, okay that’s great! Thanks Bill. (He hangs up) Can you believe it not even a thank you. DEAN Why do you go out of your way to help everyone? FAYE I don’t know. I guess it’s just my way. Hopefully it will come back to me in the future. DEAN The eternal optimist. Just then Harvey, Benny and Al from the Chinatown Lions come inside from Pender Street. HARVEY Hi Faye, Dean, we were just passing by and had to pop in and tell you how amazed we all are at your success. Others have tried to do what you have done open a branch office and they’ve all failed except you guys. FAYE Thanks guys! How’s everything at the Lion’s Club? BENNY Just great, we’re getting new members all the time. DEAN I was just saying to Faye this morning we’re getting too successful. We are going to need to open a bigger branch soon. HARVEY, BENNY & AL Okay, we have to be going see you around. FADE OUT
Harvey Lowe
FADE IN GENERAL GORDON, BAND PRACTICE, NIGHT ARTHUR Why,” Arthur thunders, “did you, you silly ass, take a rest before that 2-4? Why, why, WHY? BOY 2 (The little kid squirms and clutches his trumpet. Then another lad plays only half a note.) ARTHUR Stop! Stop this mess, you... what the... No wonder your parents send you to me! But even I can’t perform miracles. Further into Offenbach, another boy misses the beat, and Arthur explodes again. ARTHUR “Oh my gosh, gosh! Gosh! Dash!! Why, boy?” BOY 3 “I was just blowing my nose....” ARTHUR “Well, next time,” (he yells), “let it run!” PARENT Arthur’s bullying, raving, ranting, and tender loving care have made the band one of the best of its kind in the world. He never uses words unfit for children’s ears, but he always goshes and dashs to beat the band. PARENT IN THE BACK He has a marvelous way of going from the ‘terror to the teddy bear.’ PARENT 2 He really does, and those of us who are allowed to see that other side, it endears him to all of us, because we know he isn’t really a tyrant. ARTHUR The Lost Chord. (He picks up his trumpet)
With his eyes closed, he plays solo, the first verses of The Lost Chord.... that classic, haunting, Arthur Sullivan hymn that by now they all know by heart. His tone is seasoned by age but still strong. In the echo chamber of the school’s basement, he presses out each even tone with a single sweet voice. Then... in the final chorus, fifteen odd trumpeters quietly step up to his flanks beside him. In one long note that starts as a hush and then crescendos to a deafening roar through the building, vibrating the chairs, the music stands and everyone’s chest.... they all join in and everyone finds, somewhat to their surprise, that they finish playing the hymn with tears in their eyes!
FADE OUT FADE IN YICK FUNG – VICTORIA – DAYTIME Faye has come to Victoria to their family home where she grew up to help her Aunt Susie for the day and they are having a heart to heart. AUNT SUSIE Peter Hem encouraged you to marry Dean as well and not waste your marriage like me. I told him I would not marry him because I had to look after my siblings and felt I could not do both. I was wrong Faye and he was right and look at you now. You have two beautiful boys, you are successful with your own business, and several I understand. FAYE I never talked to you about my social life because you were in Victoria. Father was still very much opposed to me marrying Dean and threatened, “I will not be here, and I will not give you away.” Dean, of course, was not the type to back Aunt Susie
Shopping for the ring
down. He said, “That’s alright. We will go to the church together.” “You must marry with pride and joy,” Peter Hem told me. He encouraged me and gave me the strength and power and assurance that we could rise to anything. We could marry and also look after our siblings and we did. If father would not give me away, Dean and I agreed we would be married privately by Minister Clarkson at his church on Rupert Street. After I was maid of honor at George and Nellie’s wedding reception at the Stanley Park Pavilion on April 30, 1953, Dean saved a big bag of money in small change and bills. Before they went to San Francisco, Nellie and George pushed us to go shopping for my engagement ring. The four of us went to Birks. Dean chose both my engagement and my wedding ring. AUNT SUSIE I am so glad you told me all this. I was afraid you were mad at me. FAYE How could I ever be mad at you Aunt Susie. You are my role model in business. Everything I know I first learned from you. AUNT SUSIE Thanks Faye for that. It makes a spinster’s ears happy. FAYE My parents would never know what it was like to be us that feeling that the world was at our feet, we were unstoppable. My parents had made it out of Chinatown but they were not really part of the postwar dream of a house in the suburbs, a family car, and vacations by the beach that was our dream and it soon became our reality. There were so many fantasies I wanted to live present and future and now it looks like we were going to soon be rocketing to the moon and back at least metaphorically speaking but first things first. AUNT SUSIE You broke the 500-year-old taboo about marrying someone with the same last name. Breaking the taboo opened the door for many other Chinese Canadians to follow and have relationships. I am sure of it. FAYE Dean was always positive. He said, “We hold our heads up high, and we’re proud of our love. We’ll show them that we’ll make a life together.” The Chinese community was behind us and we were thrilled. They honoured our marriage. We needed to focus on the present not on the past. Times were tough
in the past and times are still tough. We were lucky though because we had good friends that got us started off together in life but we couldn’t waste any time. AUNT SUSIE What did you do next? FAYE I built Oakridge of course. Everyone has their fantasy. It’s the rare ones that are able to make their fantasies reality. People think you are great as long as your fantasy coincides with theirs. But every time you push further, people can become resentful and confused. Chinatown wasn’t UBC where everyone was young and intellectual and supposedly the sky was the limit – I couldn’t just come out and say what we were going to do even if we knew what we were going to do. This was Chinatown. People could legally move out of it if they could afford to but no one could afford to move. No one had any money. Getting into other areas of Vancouver was like joining a club. Everyone in Chinatown knew each other. Hardly anyone in Chinatown knew anyone in the rest of Vancouver in those days. It was this aspect of communal living that brought people together. One person moved into a neighborhood and others followed. Nobody’s door was ever shut in Chinatown. Chinatown was sweet in that way in the 1950s. Everyone sat around shaking their heads wondering how to get out. They could see new housing developments taking shape around Vancouver, they weighed the pros and cons of moving so what if their plumbing didn’t work; they were getting by. They would take trips to other neighborhoods around town to see what how a new house looked. There were no main players yet in Chinatown in those days just the pioneers and old folks and the young people shaking their heads wondering how to get out. Everyone in Chinatown could see Dean and me coming a mile away. We had ‘that,’ we want to do something for everyone look written all over tour faces, with lots of intellectual and other aspirations. Dean was from China – HECK everyone was from China away back – and I was home grown, with lots of credentials organizing parties, bringing groups together and a pedigree that went
The Cave Supper Club
all the way back to Chiang Kai Sheik so we were in the right place at the right time. Everyone in Chinatown loved us especially the pioneers. We could always be counted on to pitch in and lend a hand. If there had been a vote in school for ‘who was the most likely to succeed’ I surely would have won. I was the Chinese Canadian girl who brought everyone together. I had even gone to San Francisco a few times and hobnobbed with the sons of presidents so I could get around in high society. My literary talents had me writing and producing an authentic Chinese Wedding Ceremony that we performed in Vernon one night. Dean had the right credentials as well acting in plays in China during World War II to keep the moral of the soldiers high. It took us awhile to get a nice clear picture of what we were going to do. We started slow at first. It was more to condition ourselves to do more in the future. We saw Chinatown as a land of business opportunities. Whatever it was we were going to do, we were going to build it into the biggest in the area. We were going to be a success story and wind up living in the suburbs somewhere and we were going to take the people of Chinatown with us. The postwar boom in America was coming to VANCOUVER. It was going to sweep the neighborhoods and we were going to be a part of it. There was going to be freedom and mobility and money to pay for all. All we had to do was figure out HOW TO DO IT!
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FADE OUT FADE IN CRUISE SHIP CONCERT – DAY – VANCOUVER Arthur is talking to a bunch of his old boys. ARTHUR What are you doing here? (He says to one of them) The band plays California Here I come for those going to California, Waltzing Matilda for those going to Australia and then Arthur plays Auld Lang Syne solo on his trumpet. ROY JOHNSTON (Manager of Arthur’s pro band)
Arthur you have a funeral, a Lion’s game and a school concert. What are you going to do about them? ARTHUR You can do the school concert. I am a little too busy this week. I’ll do the Lions and the funeral. ROY JOHNSTON Okay I will do the school concert. FADE OUT FADE IN Arthur is playing in a B.C. Lion’s home game at halftime in the Lion’s Band.
FADE OUT FADE IN A Chinese funeral procession is making its way down Pender Street with Arthur in the middle of his band.
FADE OUT FADE IN Arthur is sitting on a high swivel chair he took from the library with all the music laid out and the chairs all arranged when everyone else arrives. Roy can’t believe it. Roy hired all the guys but he didn’t tell them Mr. D would be there. OZZIE McCOOMB (arrives and sees Arthur) What the hell are you doing here Arthur?
ARTHUR Oz, when I go, this is where I want to be. FADE OUT FADE IN PENDER REALTY & INSURANCE, CHINATOWN, DAY Faye and Dean are in their office when the telephone rings. FAYE Oh hi Premier Bennett! Thanks for calling me back. I met Arthur Delamont the other day and he is taking his band back to England. He is raising money for the trip. I said I would see if I could help. BENNETT We have our own SOCRED band now Faye. FAYE Oh, which one is that? Delamont’s done a lot for the youth of Vancouver. BENNETT Gordon Olson and his B.C. Beefeater Band; they are the Lion’s FC official marching and show band. Gordon has done a lot for the youth of Vancouver as well but I will see what I can do. (Faye hangs up the telephone) DEAN It’s too nice of a day to sit here in the office. Do you want to go look for property? FAYE Great idea, let’s go! (They both get up and go out the front door.) FADE OUT FADE IN (View through the front window of their car from the back seat with Dean driving and Faye in the passenger seat) FAYE Let’s drive up Robson Street. Gillette owns the gas station on the corner of Homer. He owns all five adjacent properties on that side up to Richards. There they
are (Faye points). That would be a good investment. DEAN It certainly would (they both look as they drive by.) FAYE To a great many of us, a piece of land is a symbol of the future. Money for city boys! Owning property means liberation from the present social order and a great leap forward into the Canadian dream. DEAN It sure does Faye. Where to next? FAYE Let’s go over the Lion’s Gate Bridge to West Vancouver. It’s getting so that one of the typical rural sites in addition to Grouse Mountain, Burrard Inlet, the old heritage buildings, sea and mountain cabins, lakefront cottages and strip malls is, beside a house, a FOR SALE sign.” DEAN It’s the sixties and anything is possible. Just look at us FAYE Look, look, look, over there stop the car. (A sign reads VISCOUNT APARTMENTS FOR SALE) Let’s go inside. FADE OUT FADE IN Faye and Dean are standing in the lobby and a concierge comes out.
Lions Gate Bridge
FAYE Is all this for sale? CONCIERGE Yes, the whole building. Would you like to see the penthouse? It is empty so I can show you. FAYE Sure, we would. (They all get in the elevator and the door closes) FADE OUT>FADE IN
The door opens and they come out into a huge open apartment with sea views in every direction. FAYE Oh, this is marvelous! We can use this for our retirement one day. It’s perfect. Is it fully rented? CONCIERGE Yes except for this penthouse but someone is coming to look at it this afternoon. I thought you were them actually. FAYE No but we are interested in buying the entire building. Why you can see all the way over to Vancouver Dean. CONCIERGE Well, that’s even better. FADE OUT FADE IN BURNABY MUSIC SUPERVISOR’S OFFICE, DAY A SIGN ON THE DOOR READS: EARL HOBSON, MUSIC SUPERVISOR (Arthur knocks and a voice says come in.) EARL Well, hi Mr. D (Gets up from behind his desk in a very small office) ARTHUR So what do you guys do all day? You can’t sit around in this office that’s for sure. It’s too small.
EARL No, I guess not. Geez it’s good to see you. Working on a new trip? ARTHUR Yes, you know me always looking for boys. With you guys now trying to put bands in every high school, it should be getting easier to find boys but it seems to be getting harder. EARL Supply and demand. The pie is the same size but now more people want a slice. ARTHUR I guess you could say that. I always have Lillie make two pies and I get one to for myself. EARL I wish it were that easy. Boy, those sure were great days. Remember when you needed more boys in ’55. You called Howard Denike in Victoria. ARTHUR Yes, and he sent me you, Donny Clarke and Dennis Tupman. I need to drop in and see Dennis later today. EARL Dennis the menace you mean! He might be able to help. Between him and Fred Turner before him they head hunted band teachers for almost all of Vancouver’s high schools even in Burnaby. Next up is to fill the elementary schools. ARTHUR You don’t say elementary schools too. Why did you call him Dennis the menace? EARL Oh that’s not me, that’s what school administrators and education department officials call him because he is a thorn in their side always advocating for public school music education. ARTHUR Really, that’s good to here. We need lots of thorns. Just remember, don’t take anything for granted. Not everyone likes bands. You’re on the track but you may become targets both you and your elementary school bands. EARL That’s what you did. You were so far ahead of your time. None of this would be possible if it weren’t for you, this is your legacy. ARTHUR What do you mean? EARL Remember how you used to make us get off the train across Canada and play at whistle stops and sometimes pull our train off to the side overnight to perform a concert for the townspeople. Well, afterwards every town across Canada wanted
their own boy’s band that played like yours. Soon every town in Canada will have their own high school band and it’s because of you. Whether they play like we did is up to their band teachers. It’s our job to try and keep the standards high and make sure they do. I will see if I can send you some kids Mr. D. ARTHUR Just be careful Earl. They will go after your elementary programs first. Without reinforcements many battles have been lost. They will also go after your Generals and cut off the head. FADE OUT FADE IN VANCOUVER MUSIC SUPERVISOR’S OFFICE, DAY DENNIS TUPMAN, MUSIC SUPERVISOR (sign reads) Arthur knocks on the door and a voice says Come in. DENNIS Arthur Delamont I don’t believe it. Come in Mr. D. ARTHUR Boy, I thought YOU might at least get a bigger office. DENNIS No, I think they’re trying to tell us something. ARTHUR Dennis the menace you mean? DENNIS You heard. Not too flattering I guess but I don’t care. You’ve been standing up for bands all your life outside of the system. Someone’s got to do it inside the system now that band is on the curriculum. If we don’t blow our own horn so to speak no one else will. ARTHUR Very true but as I said to Earl be careful. If band starts interfering with other people’s programs they will come after you. Why do you think I always told my
boys my band comes first? If I didn’t say that someone else would have grabbed you guys for football or soccer or whatever. You are starting off the right way though in my opinion. Getting bands into the elementary schools as fast as possible is a really important. With the position of music supervisor you will be able to oversee everything and hopefully stop any problems before they happen. I wish I had that luxury. I have to do everything as you know supervise, teach, PR and recruit which is why I came by. DENNIS Don’t tell me you are still taking boys to England to see the motherland. Don’t you know the Empire ended four decades ago? ARTHUR I know but it is my life. It doesn’t matter that the Empire has ended what matters is the education the boys are getting, and the broadening of their young minds. DENNIS Like the Follies Bergere and Two Ton Tessie O’Shea? ARTHUR Well that too but, I mean like the Louvre and the Royal Museum and the theatres of London. DENNIS Education is a big field. You need more boys. I will see if I can send some down. FADE OUT FADE IN JOHN OLIVER HIGH SCHOOL BAND ROOM-DAY A sign on the door reads Ron Pajala, Band Director Arthur knocks and goes inside. RON (Sitting on his swivel chair in the middle of the room looking at some music sees him enter) Mr. D how great to see you. ARTHUR Now this is more like it a nice big bandroom not like those dinky little offices they gave Earl and Dennis.
RON No, I think the Department of Education is trying to tell them something. They weren’t too happy when they heard getting band on to the curriculum meant hiring music supervisors to make it happen. ARTHUR Oh well, the world is music crazy right now there is live music everywhere. Public opinion is in favour of everyone playing a musical instrument. There are bands everywhere. RON I know Duke Ellington is coming to the Cave next week are you going? ARTHUR No that’s not my kind of music. RON Well aphael Mendez will be at the Wueen Elizabeth soon. The Beefeaters have invited him for their concert. ARTHUR The Beefeaters. That’s the new marching band for the Lions. RON That’s right Dal hired them and is working with Gordon Olson to develop half time shows. They are exciting times Arthur. ARTHUR Dal you say I will have to look into that. RON Those sure were great times on the ’53 trip . Remember when I was playing Lady of Spain on the Hippodrome stage in London and you were in the wings yelling more bellows, more bellows. ARTHUR I sure do. Do you have any kids you can send me? RON I have one clarinet player Keith I will send him down ARTHUR
Thanks Ron!
FADE OUT FADE IN BAND PRACTICE GENERAL GORDON-NIGHT ARTHUR Why,” Arthur thunders, “did you, you silly ass, take a rest before that 2-4? Why, why, WHY? BOY 2 (The little kid squirms and clutches his trumpet. Then another lad plays only half a note.) ARTHUR Stop! Stop this mess, you... what the... No wonder your parents send you to me! But even I can’t perform miracles. Further into Offenbach, another boy misses the beat, and Arthur explods again. ARTHUR “Oh my gosh, gosh! Gosh! Dash!! Why, boy?” BOY 3 “I was just blowing my nose....” ARTHUR “Well, next time,” (he yells), “let it run!” Three men enter from the back and Arthur sees them and waves. Goes over and greets his son Gordon, Ron Colograsso and Jimmy Pattison GORDON Hi dad good to see you. I see nothing’s changed (he looks around) ARTHUR (to Ron) I hear you changed your name to Collier. What was wrong with Collograsso that’s a good musicians name. RON Show biz Arthur. Colograsso is too long.
Gordon
JIMMY How is everything Arthur? ARTHUR Good but I have been so busy this week I didn’t even get time for a haircut. JIMMY Me neither. I was just going to swing by George the barber and see if he is still around why don’t you come with me? ARTHUR I’m in the middle of a band practice. GORDON That’s okay dad I’ll take them until you get back. (Gordon takes Arthur’s baton and goes up front) One and a two be-bop a bing bang boo…(and there off) ARTHUR He’s a be-bopper! (Jimmy and Arthur leave.) FADE OUT FADE IN THE RIVIERA HAIR SALON on SEYMOUR – NIGHT Jimmy goes in followed by Arthur. George is finishing up with someone and sees Jimmy JIMMY Hello George GEORGE Hello Mr. Pattison what are you doing here still working. JIMMY No I just finished. This is my friend Arthur Delamont. GEORGE Hello Mr. Delamont. JIMMY We have both been so busy this week neither of us have had time for a haircut. GEORGE I was wondering where you are.
George
JIMMY Can you fit us both in. GEORGE Well the Lion’s football team were supposed to come by Herb called but they’re not here yet so sure. Jimmy motions Arthur to go first and he sits down to wait his turn. It isn’t long before ten members of the Lions come in wearing their uniforms followed by Herb Capozzi the manager. They all sit down in a row facing Arthur and Jimmy who has gotten up and sits in the next chair to give them room. CAPOZZI Sorry George we were a little late finishing practice so we came right over. I told these guys they had to look smart for the game on Saturday and if they didn’t I was going to march them down here myself and here we are. GEORGE That’s okay Herb as long as they win the Grey Cup on Saturday that’s what counts.
FADE OUT FADE IN PENDER INSURANCE & REAL ESTATE, CHINATOWN, DAY Faye is in her office and an old friend comes by. FAYE Well, hi Mr. Tan (She gets up to greet him) you should have let us know you were coming to Vancouver. T.K.Tan Hi Faye, it is nice to see you again. So what have you been up to? FAYE Home inspections, bank loans, real estate transactions, inspecting construction sites, getting permits from city hall; all just our weekly routine (she replies frustrated).
T.K.Tan What no parties? FAYE We went to the Lieutenant Governor’s Garden Party in Victoria. The Lieutenant Governor’s wife is always so lovely on these occasions. She greets everyone the same Jack, Grace, Ed, Bill, David during these extravagant garden parties they’re so famous for holding. What afternoons! There are well known people everywhere in the garden, inside Government House, out on the patio. They are all very influential people mayors, aldermen, representatives from charity organizations, sports stars, media personalities, performers, actors…. and now us Dean and Faye Leung in this decade of change and upheaval around the world. Forty eight hours earlier we were over here in Vancouver’s Chinatown helping some of the pioneers get ready for city inspectors to inspect their homes this week. T.K. Tan Times are sure changing and you have put yourself right in the middle of it all. FAYE The very idea that we could actually be rubbing noses with high society and the government and business elite is mind boggling. Everyone cast a glance our way or stared or tried to smile trying to size us up and then their attention returns to the house, the gardens and the opulent grandeur of it all. Deny us if you want but we have arrived! A Victoria columnist says to us, “I’ve never met an oriental couple at one of these garden parties. You both look very handsome and fit in very well. T.K. Tan Sounds like fun, (laughing), how’s the construction business? FAYE Almost overnight the Vancouver skyline especially downtown appears to be on steroids as it has shot up into the stratosphere, the same on the east side and the west side. The AGE OF CONDOMINIUM LIVING has begun. There is more to it all
though than just the introduction of strata title thanks to you, there has to be a way of building these towers quickly and then filling them quickly with people. T.K. Tan There is take me over to one of your constructions sites and I will tell you how. FADE OUT FADE IN CONSTRUCTION SITE, DAY Faye and T.K. Tan are standing on a construction site a few blocks away. Faye is wearing a hard hat. T.K.TAN Look, the cement is so cheap and thin it doesn’t even look like proper cement. Why don’t you go and tell the builder to make pre-fab concrete in slabs three inches thick? Pre-fab will enable builders to build taller buildings. That is why buildings in Vancouver are only two or three stories high. FAYE But how do I fill them quickly with people? T.K.TAN That’s easy the concept is pre-sales. I have been very successful in building strata title properties in Indonesia and Hong Kong and selling them on a re-sale basis. You can be the first to use this idea in Vancouver. Before pre-sales, the banks used interim construction financing. Financing construction has changed. Today in many countries, realtors pre-sell eighty percent of a project to relatives and friends. They call this in-house financing. The sellers collect a large part of the construction costs and approach a bank for the rest of the money, but be careful there is a downside that’s how speculating starts. FAYE Gee thanks Mr. Tan I’ll get them using them immediately. Now, what can I do for you? T.K.TAN My wife and I want to buy a house. Can you find us a good one?
Casa Mia
FAYE Let’s go!
FADE OUT FADE IN LARGE MANSION ON MUSQUEAM LAND, DAY Faye, T.K. Tan and his wife are standing in front of a big house. T.K. TAN This is my wife Yeung Shew King. She is a champion swimmer and was dubbed the mermaid of the sea. She is a lovely lady. Our daughter Alice and our son are from my first marriage. Then we have two daughters together, Monica (called Sweetie) and Yvonne (called Honey). FADE OUT FADE IN PENDER REALTY & INSURANCE, CHINATOWN, DAY Faye is sitting at her desk and in walks Nam Kong and Lui Lok, two of five infamous Hong Kong police chiefs who Faye has helped find a house. FAYE (Looks up) Hi Nam, Lui! NAM Hi Faye, we want to ask you and Dean to come with us to Nanaimo this weekend on my yacht. I am taking Dr. Kwok Ting Yue and his wife on a cruise and we would like you to come. FAYE Sure we’d love to come. How are the houses working out? NAM & LUI
We are both glad to be living near to you in Oakridge. We feel very safe here in our new home after all the corruption in Hong Kong. My wife is very grateful for you help finding schools and doctors for our six kids. FADE OUT FADE IN LIVING ROOM, DELAMONT HOME, DAY Arthur is asleep under his newspaper. Lillie comes in the front door. LILLIE Hi Arthur boy what a day. The traffic is just terrible for some reason. The girls are coming over. This is our final rehearsal before tomorrow night’s show at the Showboat. (Not a peep out of Arthur. Lillie looks over. I have to get things ready. I have left the door unlocked again so they won’t bother you. (Lillie goes into the kitchen) Grace comes in through the front door GRACE Oh hi Arthur. Don’t get up. I asked around about getting you some funds for your trip and they are going to get back to me. Hmph! I thought that would be worth a thank you or even a standup. (She looks over him) Well, I guess I’ll go into the kitchen and help Lillie. (She leaves the room as well.) In a few minutes Juliette comes through the front door. JULIETTE Oh hi Arthur. I told Ray you said hello. He said he will call you about the reunion and not to worry everything is going fine. He and Jimmy have it all arranged. (Juliette leaves for the kitchen) Faye comes in the front door looking exhausted after her busy week. FAYE Oh hi Arthur. (She sees the empty sofa chair next to Arthur and goes and flops down. Oh that feels so good! In a minute she is fast asleep. After a pause Arthur wakes up and removes the newspaper from over him. He looks around and sees Faye fast asleep.
ARTHUR Hay, I don’t remember saying anything about sleeping over (he looks her way). She wakes up. FAYE What’s that did someone say something? ARTHUR Ya, I did you were supposed to come over to help Lillie and the others. There was nothing in the contract about room nights. FAYE I’ve had such a busy week. It feels so good just to relax for a moment. ARTHUR You had a busy week why what did you do in Chinatown that kept you so busy? FAYE What didn’t I do all the usual home inspections, bank loans, real estate transactions, inspecting construction sites, getting permits from city hall; all just our weekly routine. Then we went looking for properties found a great apartment block in West Vancouver. An old friend dropped by and I sold him a big mansion on Marine Drive. Then Joe Wei the architect invited me to the Grey Cup game. Did you have a busy time in front of the TV, is that why you’re so tired. ARTHUR Hardly, I had band practice, and then I had to play a cruise ship concert you know Waltzing Matilda for those going to Australia, California Here We Come for those going to California. Then I had a halftime show to play for at Empire Stadium and then a Chinese funeral. Maybe you were there. There were a lot of your people everywhere. One guy said to me someone in the box wants to say hello to you. I open the casket and there is a stiff staring me in the face maybe he was one of your relatives. Then I visited a few music supervisors and teachers to recruit new boys and then another band practice. If that isn’t enough for one week, I wound up at George the barbers with Jimmy Pattison and the BC Lions Football team. I didn’t know you people went to football games. FAYE
I also asked Premier Bennett if he could help you out. ARTHUR Oh, that was nice of you. What did he say? FAYE He said he has his own Socred band now Gordon Olson and the Beefeater Band but he said he would see what he could. ARTHUR Forget everything I just said Faye you’re all right. Thanks for asking him for me. FAYE Is that an actual apology from Arthur Delamont? ARTHUR Well I wouldn’t go that far and don’t tell anyone, have to keep up appearances you know. FAYE Yes I heard the terror and the teddy bear. ARTHUR If I didn’t come on like that the boys would never listen to me. It’s been working for thirty years. LILLIE pokes her head out from the kitchen LILLIE Oh there you are Faye. We need you for the rehearsal. Faye gets up and goes with Lillie into the kitchen FADE OUT FADE IN DELAMONT KITCHEN LILLIE Are you getting along better with Arthur? FAYE I’m educating him or should I say we are educating each other.
Bea hands out another song sheet BEA I thought we would try a different song tonight. I’ll start it off and each of you jump in. Oh we ain’t got a barrel of money. GRACE Maybe we’re ragged and funny JULIETTE But we’ll travel along FAYE Singing our song ALL Side by side BEA Don’t know what’s comin tomorrow GRACE Maybe its trouble and sorrow JULIETTE But we’ll travel the road sharing our load FAYE SIDE by Side BEA Through all kinds of weather GRACE What if the sky should fall JULIETTE Just as long as we’re together FAYE It doesn’t matter at all BEA When they’ve all had their quarrels and parted GRACE
GRACE We’ll be the same as we started JULIETTE Just traveling along, singing our song FAYE Side by Side BEA Hey that sounds pretty good girls. So which one should we sing? GRACE Let’s try the first one again. BEA Okay! You’ll be swell you’ll be great. (Points to Lillian) LILLIAN Gonna have the whole world on a plate. GRACE Starting here, starting now FAYE Honey, everything’s coming up roses. Bea Clear the decks, clear the tracks LILLIAN You’ve got nothing to do but relax GRACE Blow a kiss, take a bow. FAYE Honey, everything’s coming up roses
BEA Now’s your inning, stand the world on its ear LILLIAN Set it spinning, that’ll be just the beginning. GRACE Curtain up, light the lights. FAYE You’ve got nothing to hit but the heights. BEA You’ll be well, you’ll be great. LILLIAN I can tell, just you wait. GRACE That lucky star I talk about is due. FAYE Honey, everything’s coming up roses for me and for you. BEA I think we should do them both. Start off with Side by side and then end with the other one. It’s a real showstopper. ALL Ya, that sounds great!
FADE OUT FADE IN LIVINGROOM Arthur is reading the newspaper and Grace comes in. GRACE Night Arthur ARTHUR You guys sounded pretty good in there. You should take it on the road. Just kidding! (Arthur stands up and Grace leaves) Juliette comes in from the kitchen JULIETTE Night Arthur. Did you hear me tell you Ray will give you a call about the reunion. Oh okay, thanks! (She leaves as well) Faye comes in FAYE Night Mr. Delamont ARTHUR Oh you can call me Arthur now Faye. And thanks for what you did for me. FAYE (Stands on his left side) Oh that’s okay Arthur it was a pleasure. (She leans over and gives him a big kiss on the cheek) ARTHUR (Arthur’s eyes open up full tilt. He wipes his face with a long draw of his sleeve) Geez you didn’t have to do that. I didn’t deserve that.
FAYE Oh yes you did (she says with a big smile and turns and leaves, leaving him wondering what just happened.) FADE OUT FADE IN KITSILANO SHOWBOAT-EVENING PERFORMANCE ANNOUNCER And here’s Captain Bea
Captain Bea
CAPTAIN BEA Hello everyone and welcome to SHOWBOAT. We’re going to start off the program with a little soft shoe by me and some friends. Then we will have several acts and the Arthur Delamont and his Kitsilano Boys Band will play for you always a favorite here at Showboat. We will then return with a finale that you will want to both see and hear. Oh we ain’t got a barrel of money. GRACE Maybe we’re ragged and funny JULIETTE But we’ll travel along FAYE Singing our song ALL Side by side BEA Don’t know what’s comin tomorrow
GRACE Maybe its trouble and sorrow JULIETTE But we’ll travel the road sharing our load FAYE SIDE by Side BEA Through all kinds of weather GRACE What if the sky should fall JULIETTE Just as long as we’re together FAYE It doesn’t matter at all BEA When they’ve all had their quarrels and parted GRACE We’ll be the same as we started JULIETTE Just traveling along, singing our song FAYE Side by Side ANNOUNCER Let’s hear it for Bea and her friends The announcer introduces several more acts and the Kitsilano Boys Band
DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF THE ORIGINAL SHOWBOAT
THE LOST CHORD With his eyes closed, he plays solo, the first verses of The Lost Chord.... that classic, haunting, Arthur Sullivan hymn that by now they all know by heart. His tone is seasoned by age but still strong. In the echo chamber of the school’s
basement, he presses out each even tone with a single sweet voice. Then... in the final chorus, fifteen odd trumpeters quietly step up to his flanks beside him. In one long note that starts as a hush and then crescendos to a deafening roar through the building, vibrating the chairs, the music stands and everyone’s chest.... they all join in and everyone finds, somewhat to their surprise, that they finish playing the hymn with tears in their eyes! ANNOUNCER Let’s have a rousing Showboat applause for Arthur Delamont and his world famous Kitsilano Boys Band. ANNOUNCER And now for the finale we welcome back Captain Bea and the SHOWBOAT singers. BEA You’ll be swell you’ll be great. LILLIAN Gonna have the whole world on a plate. GRACE Starting here, starting now FAYE Honey, everything’s coming up roses. Bea Clear the decks, clear the tracks LILLIAN You’ve got nothing to do but relax GRACE
Blow a kiss, take a bow. FAYE Honey, everything’s coming up roses BEA Now’s your inning, stand the world on its ear LILLIAN Set it spinning, that’ll be just the beginning. GRACE Curtain up, light the lights. FAYE You’ve got nothing to hit but the heights. BEA You’ll be well, you’ll be great. LILLIAN I can tell, just you wait. GRACE That lucky star I talk about is due. FAYE and ALL Honey, everything’s coming up roses for me and for you. FADE OUT
(continued from inside front cover) THEME SONG (Lyrics) THE BALLAD OF MR.D His boys went back to fight in the skies above old London town Lancasters, spitfires and mozzies were their instruments of war Many lost their lives in that battle for freedom fighting for us all Kings and Queens, fish and chips now everything has changed Mister D, Mister D he never forgot the ones who died nor shall we He always played a hymn tune at each concert there on in In honor of his boys who played their last tunes marching in his band There’s a lady in Kitsilano, they call Captain Bea She has her own paddlewheeler she sails Vancouver’s seas All year round she hand picks her crew to give them all a chance It’s all free so come on down when the Showboat comes to town Captain Bea, Captain Bea she’s the captain of the Showboat and the show is all free Every summer it’s docked in Kitsilano just behind the great big pool Come see the show and bring a friend and remember it’s for you There’s a new sheriff in town but he doesn’t use a gun Instead he has a razor and he’s cutting the hair of everyone. His clients include big shots like Jimmy, Joe and Sid Get your hair cut like theirs and maybe you too will get rich quick George Chronopoulus, George Chronopoulus He’s the barber to the stars in our downtown Everyone wants their haircut when they visit Seymour Street By razor cutting George the barber the new sheriff in our town Soon a band will be in every high school in BC The man responsible speaks so elegantly About music education and the benefits for youth Those with a tin ear call him Dennis the menace and go right through the roof Dennis Tupman, Dennis Tupman he’s the voice of music education in our schools One day there’ll be a band in every high school in BC Because of one man who took up the challenge and spoke so eloquently There is a new voice in Chinatown her name is Faye Leung She’s got her hand in everything from housing to immigration She knows everyone and everyone wants to know her She’s a cross between the music man, Hello Dolly and Auntie Mame Faye Leung, Faye Leung Everybody wants to meet her, everybody knows her name She’s fighting for the little guy so he can have a chance And doesn’t care what anyone says, and likes to wear big hats