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- ↑ "Clef Choral Society Presents Pirates", Toronto Daily Star, 17 February 1938
- ↑ "Gondoliers Excellent", Toronto Daily Star, 14 April 1934
- ↑ McCarthy, Pearl,"Operatic Society Staging of Ida Best Effort Yet", The Globe and Mail, Toronto, 8 February 1956
- ↑ "Love to Sing, Eaton Ready for Gondoliers", Toronto Daily Star, 13 January 1954
- ↑ Smith, Leo, "Simpson Avenue United Church Gives Patience", The Globe and Mail, Toronto, 23 April 1951
- ↑ "Cast Excels in Presenting The Mikado", The Evening Telegram, Toronto, 5 December 1947
- ↑ Patience Program, Toronto Light Opera Association, 12 and 13 May 1949
- ↑ "Iolanthe Returns", The Globe and Mail, Toronto, 26 October 1957
- ↑ "Dramatizing Dickens in Aid of Children", Toronto Daily Star, 25 November 1940
- ↑ "Choir in Pirates", Toronto Daily Star, 17 April 1937
- ↑ "Give Opera in School", Toronto Daily Star, 16 December 1935
- ↑ "Pirates O Penzance Staged by Men's Club", Toronto Daily Star, 23 April 1941
- ↑ McCarthy, Pearl, "Churches Found Place to Enjoy G. & S. Culture", The Globe and Mail, Toronto, 2 Nov 1955
- ↑ "Amateurs Give Polished Work in Light Opera", Toronto Daily Star, 27 Mar 1947
- ↑ "Erskine Operetta Launches Pirates", Hugh Thomson, Toronto Daily Star, 11 March 1959
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