WINDSOR CENTENNIAL MUSIC FESTIVAL FONDS
1966-1989
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Municipal Archives
Windsor Public Library
Acc. No. 1990/24, 1990/31 Wendy Woytasik
0.9 m 26 Jun 1992
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Box and Unit Listing
Content Note
Historical Note
Summary of the Records
Series Description
Appendices
I - Spiral Scrapbook (II-6/1)
II - Promotional Booklet (II-6/2)
III - List of Newspaper Clippings (II-6/3)
IV - RAD entry from Municipal Archives’ Institutional Index
BOX AND UNIT LISTING
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Box 1 I-1/1 – 1/10
I-2/1 – 2/15
Box 2 I-2/16 – 2/18
I-3/1
I-4/1 – 4/31
Box 3 I-4/32 – 4/110
Box 4 I-4/111 – 4/115
I-5/1 – 5/2
I-6
Box 5 II-1/1 – 1/13
Box 6 II-1/14 – 1/21
Box 7 II-1/22 – 1/39
Box 8 II-1/40 – 1/44
II-2/1 – 2/22
Box 9 II-3/1 – 3/6
II-4/1 – 4/6
II-5/1 – 5/4
II-6/2
II-8/1
II-9/1 – 9/5
II-10/1 – 10/6
Box 10 I-2/9 – 2/10
(o/s) I-2/12 – 2/13
II-1/24
II-6/1
II-6/3
Photographs are located in the Photograph Collection, PC/1141 to PC/1199
CONTENT NOTE
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This fonds includes the Executive and Festival records of the Windsor Centennial Music Festival (W.C.M.F.) spanning the years 1966 to 1989, with the bulk of the files dating from the mid-1970s to the mid-1980s. In addition to the records of the W.C.M.F., there are records from its predecessor, the Windsor Music Festival, (1947-1964) and its successor, the Kiwanis Music Festival Windsor Essex County (circa 1989/90).
The files are divided into two series: Executive Records (1966-1989) and Festival Records (1947-1989).
HISTORICAL NOTE
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The Windsor Centennial Music Festival (W.C.M.F.) was pre-dated by the Windsor Music Festival, first held in 1947. This project was co-sponsored by Kiwanis and the Essex Branch of the Ontario Registered Music Teachers Association (O.R.M.T.A.). The Secretary of this first festival was Miss Greeta French, who would remain active in both ORMTA and Windsor’s music festivals for over 40 years.
The annual Festival ran until 1964, when it was discontinued due to declining interest. In 1966, the Essex Branch of O.R.M.T.A., then headed by Miss Greeta French, decided to host the “Windsor Centennial Piano Competition” in 1967 as part of Canada’s Centennial Celebrations. By the Second Competition in 1968, they had attracted approximately 544 entries, from piano students throughout Essex, Kent and Lambton counties, as well as from London.
In 1969, it was decided that additional categories should be added to the Competition. The following year, the Executive voted to include a string category in the 1972 Competition. Thus, in 1971, the name was formally changed from the “Windsor Centennial Piano Competition: to the “Windsor Centennial Music Competition”.
By 1973, the Competition had expanded to include piano, strings, organ and accordion. An additional expansion took place in 1976 with the inclusion of vocal classes. The growth in non-competitive classes led to a proposal in 1980 to change the name again to the “Windsor Centennial Music Festival”.
During the late 1970s and early 1980s, the Festival continued to grow under the leadership of Allen and Muriel Loney. Continuing financial and administrative problems, particularly in the vacuum left after Allen’s death in 1986, undermined many of the achievements. There were a number of attempts to renew the prior association between Kiwanis and O.R.M.T.A., which were not successful until 1989, when the Festival’s assets were assumed by Kiwanis. This created the current Kiwanis Music Festival Windsor Essex County.
SUMMARY OF THE RECORDS
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I EXECUTIVE RECORDS 1966-1989
1. Minutes 1966-1989
2. Financial Records 1966-1989
3. Constitution [after 1966]
4. General Correspondence and Reports 1966-1989 (not inclusive)
5. Mailing Lists 1979-1988 (not inclusive)
6. Willistead Conservatory Records 1977 –[ca. 1979]
II FESTIVAL RECORDS 1947-1989
1. Syllabi and Programs 1947-1989
2. Awards 1967-1988
3. Provincial and National Finalists 1982-1988 (not inclusive)
4. Festival Schedules 1979-1987 (not inclusive)
5. Fundraising Activities 1981-1988 (not inclusive)
6. Scrapbooks and Clippings, 1966-1988 (not inclusive)
7. Photographs [ca. 1967 – ca. 1989]
8. Ephemera [ca. 1980]
9. Music Books 1978-1983
10. Samples [1967-1988]
EXECUTIVE RECORDS
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Series Description
The series includes Executive and committee minutes, financial records, copies of the Constitution, general correspondence and copies of mailing lists. These records cover the period 1966-1989, with the bulk of the records for the period 1979-1988. In additional to the original, there are a number of undated proposed revisions to the constitution. According to the minutes, some of these copies can be dated to the period 1971-1989.
MS 29 I-1 MINUTES 1966-1989
Unit Description Date Remarks
1 -Executive Committee Minutes 1966-1969
2 -Executive Committee Minutes 1970-1974
3 -Executive Committee Minutes 1975-1979
4 -Executive Committee Minutes 1980-1984
5 -Executive Committee Minutes 1985-1989
6 -Handwritten Executive Minutes [1985-1987]
7 -Syllabus Committee Minutes 1984-1989
(not inclusive)
8 -Syllabus Committee Proposals and [1979-1990]
Revisions (not inclusive)
9 -Music Selection Committee 1977-1986
(not inclusive)
10 -Nominating Committee Report 1982
MS 29 - EXECUTIVE RECORDS - Series Description
MS 29 I-2 FINANCIAL RECORDS 1966-1989
Unit Description Date Remarks
1 -Financial Statements & Auditor’s Reports 1975-1989
(not inclusive)
2 -Fiscal Reports sent to O.R.M.T.A. and 1974-1987
O.M.F.A. (not inclusive)
3 -Bingo Receipts 1982
4 -Bingo Receipts 1985
5 -Bingo Receipts 1986
6 -Bingo Receipts 1987
7 -Bingo Receipts 1988
8 -Tax Return [ca. 1986]
9 -General Ledger 1966-1980 Oversized
10 -Disbursements Ledger 1980-1981 Oversized
11 -Loose Ledger Pages 1980-1981
12 -Receipts/Disbursements Ledger 1981-1983 Oversized
13 -Receipts/Disbursements Ledger 1984-1987 Oversized
14 -Bingo Account Ledger 1985-1987
15 -Bank Statements – Trust Account 1977
16 -Bank Statements – Current Account 1975-1987
(not inclusive)
17 -Bank Statements – Bingo Account 1985-1987
18 -Miscellaneous – Letter re: rent increase 1985
MS 29 I-3 CONSTITUTION
Unit Description Date Remarks
1 -Constitution and Proposed Revisions [after 1966]
EXECUTIVE RECORDS - Series Description
MS 29 I-4 GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE AND REPORTS 1967-1989
Unit Description Date
1 -Miscellaneous correspondence 1974
2 -Executive correspondence 1979
3 -Executive correspondence 1980
4 -Executive correspondence 1981
5 -Executive correspondence 1982
6 -Executive correspondence 1983
7 -Executive correspondence 1985
8 -Executive correspondence 1986
9 -Executive correspondence 1987
10 -Miscellaneous correspondence [ca. 1988]
11 -Festival Secretary’s book [ca. 1967-1973]
12 -Festival Secretary’s book (Muriel Loney) 1974-1976
13 -Festival Secretary’s correspondence 1979
14 -Festival Secretary’s correspondence 1981
15 -Festival Secretary’s correspondence 1982
16 -Festival Secretary’s correspondence 1983
17 -Festival Secretary’s correspondence 1984
18 -Festival Secretary’s correspondence 1985
19 -Festival Secretary’s correspondence 1986
20 -Festival Secretary’s correspondence 1987
21 -Festival Secretary’s Checklist [197?]
22 -Miscellaneous Correspondence 1989
23 -Correspondence to Kiwanis 1989
24 -Fundraising Letters & Drafts 1976-1988 (not inclusive)
25 -O. M. F. A. Reports and Minutes 1969-1987 (not inclusive)
26 -F. C. M. F. Reports [198?]
27 -Adjudicators – file card index 1967-1988
28 -Adjudicators – Festival correspondence 1970
29 -Adjudicators – Festival correspondence 1977
30 -Adjudicators – Festival correspondence 1978
31 -Adjudicators – Festival correspondence 1979
32 -Adjudicators – Festival correspondence 1980
33 -Adjudicators – Festival correspondence 1981
34 -Adjudicators – Festival correspondence 1982
35 -Adjudicators – Festival correspondence 1983
36 -Adjudicators – Festival correspondence 1984
37 -Adjudicators – Festival correspondence 1985
38 -Adjudicators – Festival correspondence 1986
39 -Adjudicators – Festival correspondence 1987
40 -Adjudicators – Festival correspondence 1988
MS 29 I-4 GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE and REPORTS 1967-1989 – cont’d
Unit Description Date
41 -Adjudicators’ promotional information - 1977
Ralph Aldrich
42 -Adjudicators’ promotional information - 1983
Carolyn Arnason
43 -Adjudicators’ promotional information - 1975
Barbara Bailey
44 -Adjudicators’ promotional information - 1982
John Bailey
45 -Adjudicators’ promotional information - 1975
Gwen Beamish
46 -Adjudicators’ promotional information - 1988
Jo-Anne Bentley
47 -Adjudicators’ promotional information - [ca. 1984]
Richard Bradley
48 -Adjudicators’ promotional information - 1979
Irena Bubniuk
49 -Adjudicators’ promotional information - 1981
Patrick Burroughs
50 -Adjudicators’ promotional information - 1988
Philip Dent-Candelaria
51 -Adjudicators’ promotional information - 1979
John Churchill
52 -Adjudicators’ promotional information - 1978
Elwyn Davies
53 -Adjudicators’ promotional information - 1979
Mario De Sotto
54 -Adjudicators’ promotional information - 1976
Raymond Dudley
55 -Adjudicators’ promotional information - 1977
Carl Duggan
56 -Adjudicators’ promotional information - 1983
Chester Duncan
57 -Adjudicators’ promotional information - 1981
Laure Fink
58 -Adjudicators’ promotional information - 1979
Shirley Fischlin
59 -Adjudicators’ promotional information - 1988
Rose Goldblatt
60 -Adjudicators’ promotional information - 1981
Paul Green
61 -Adjudicators’ promotional information - 1982
Joyce Grimes
MS 29 I-4 GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE and REPORTS 1967-1989 – cont’d
Unit Description Date
61 -Adjudicators’ promotional information - 1982
Joyce Grimes
62 -Adjudicators’ promotional information - 1977
George Haddad
63 -Adjudicators’ promotional information - 1987
Robert Hamilton
64 -Adjudicators’ promotional information - 1988
Jane Hayes
65 -Adjudicators’ promotional information - 1978
Leonard Isaacs
66 -Adjudicators’ promotional information - 1983
Elaine Keillor
67 -Adjudicators’ promotional information - 1979
Gordon Kushner
68 -Adjudicators’ promotional information - 1988
Daniel Kwasnica
69 -Adjudicators’ promotional information - [ca. 1983]
Anya Laurence
70 -Adjudicators’ promotional information - 1983
James Lawless
71 -Adjudicators’ promotional information - [198?]
Diana Lawton
72 -Adjudicators’ promotional information - 1984
Clifford McAree
73 -Adjudicators’ promotional information - [198?]
Boyd McDonald
74 -Adjudicators’ promotional information - 1984
Brian McDowell
75 -Adjudicators’ promotional information - 1978
Diana McIntosh
76 -Adjudicators’ promotional information - 1977
John McIntosh
77 -Adjudicators’ promotional information - 1980
Donald McKellar
78 -Adjudicators’ promotional information - 1977
Wesanne McKellar
79 -Adjudicators’ promotional information - 1985
Margaret McLellan
80 -Adjudicators’ promotional information - 1984
Victor Martens
81 -Adjudicators’ promotional information - 1977
Sylvia Novak
MS 29 I-4 GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE and REPORTS 1967-1989 – cont’d
Unit Description Date
82 -Adjudicators’ promotional information - 1988
Jan Overduin
83 -Adjudicators’ promotional information - 1983
William Perry
84 -Adjudicators’ promotional information - [ca. 1983]
Tom Plaunt
85 -Adjudicators’ promotional information - 1983
George Proctor
86 -Adjudicators’ promotional information - 1980
Daphne Sandercock
87 -Adjudicators’ promotional information - 1978
Gordon Scott
88 -Adjudicators’ promotional information - 1983
Ray Sealey
89 -Adjudicators’ promotional information - 1984
Helen Simmie
90 -Adjudicators’ promotional information - 1978
Robert Skelton
91 -Adjudicators’ promotional information - 1985
Peter Smith
92 -Adjudicators’ promotional information - 1980
Sandra Stark
93 -Adjudicators’ promotional information - 1985
William Stevens
94 -Adjudicators’ promotional information - 1976
Jeffrey L. Stokes
95 -Adjudicators’ promotional information - 1988
Karoly Sziladi
96 -Adjudicators’ promotional information - [ca. 1986]
Malcolm Tait
97 -Adjudicators’ promotional information - [ca. 1986]
John Tuttle
98 -Adjudicators’ promotional information - 1977
Clifford Von Kuster
99 -Adjudicators’ promotional information - 1980
Lorne Watson
100 -Adjudicators’ promotional information - 1984
Sandra Webster
101 -Adjudicators’ promotional information - 1982
Gerald Wheeler
102 -Adjudicators’ promotional information - 1980
James Whicher
MS 29 I-4 GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE and REPORTS 1967-1989 – cont’d
Unit Description Date
103 -Adjudicators’ promotional information - 1979
Gladys Whitehead
104 -Halls and Accommodation – All Saints Church 1979-1987
105 -Halls and Accommodation – Art Gallery of 1976-1977
Windsor
106 -Halls and Accommodation – Campbell Baptist 1987
Church
107 -Halls and Accommodation – National Travellers 1978-1987 (not inclusive)
Hotel
108 -Halls and Accommodation – Riverside United 1978-1981
Church
109 -Halls and Accommodation – St. Matthews Church 1979
110 -Halls and Accommodation – Ste. Cecile Academy 1984-1987 (not inclusive)
111 -Halls and Accommodation – Temple Baptist 1976-1987
Church
112 -Halls and Accommodation – University of 1976-1987
Windsor
113 -Halls and Accommodation – Windsor Press Club 1978
114 -Miscellaneous – Easter Seal Campaign Award 1985
115 -Miscellaneous – Computer Programme 1987
Information
MS 29 I-5 MAILING LISTS 1979-1988
Unit Description Date
1 -W.C.M.F. Executive 1980-1988 (not inclusive)
2 -O.R.M.T.A. 1979-1986 (not inclusive)
MS 29 I-6 WILLISTEAD CONSERVATORY 1977-[ca. 1979]
Unit Description Date
1 -Proposals, correspondence, applications 1977-[ca. 1979]
FESTIVAL RECORDS
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Series Description
This series is composed of materials from the early Windsor Music Festival, the “Windsor Centennial Piano Competition”, the “Windsor Centennial Music Competition” and the “Windsor Centennial Music Festival”. Finalists from the Centennial competitions during the 1980s were also selected for competition at the Provincial level in preparation for the Nationals.
There is a near-complete collection of syllabi and programs from the two Festivals, as well as a number of programs from Provincial and National competitions. In addition there are a number of organizational records, primarily from the 1980s. Finally, the series contains a number of clippings relating to the Festival, to alumni of the Festival and to music festivals elsewhere in Canada.
MS 29 II-1 SYLLABI AND PROGRAMS 1947-1989
Unit Description Date Remarks
1 -W. C. M. F. – Syllabus and Programme 1967
2 -W. C. M. F. – Syllabus and Programme 1968
3 -W. C. M. F. – Syllabus and Programme 1969
4 -W. C. M. F. – Syllabus and Programme 1970
5 -W. C. M. F. – Syllabus and Programmes 1971
6 -W. C. M. F. – Syllabus and Programme 1972
7 -W. C. M. F. – Syllabus and Programme 1973
8 -W. C. M. F. – Syllabus and Programme 1974
9 -W. C. M. F. – Syllabi and Programmes 1975
10 -W. C. M. F. – Syllabi and Programme 1976
11 -W. C. M. F. – Syllabus and Programme 1977
12 -W. C. M. F. – Syllabi and Programme 1978
13 -W. C. M. F. – Syllabi and Programme 1979
14 -W. C. M. F. – Syllabi and Programme 1980
15 -W. C. M. F. – Syllabus and Programmes 1981
16 -W. C. M. F. – Syllabi and Programme 1982
17 -W. C. M. F. – Syllabi and Programme 1983
18 -W. C. M. F. – Syllabus and Programme 1984
19 -W. C. M. F. – Syllabi and Programme 1985
20 -W. C. M. F. – Syllabi 1986
21 -W. C. M. F. – Syllabi and Programmes 1987
22 -W. C. M. F. – Syllabi 1988
23 -W. C. M. F. – Printer’s copy of Syllabus 1989
MS 29 II FESTIVAL RECORDS
MS 29 II-1 SYLLABI AND PROGRAMS 1947-1989 – cont’d
Unit Description Date Remarks
24 -Final Concert Programs 1970-1979 Oversized
(not inclusive)