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- ↑ Lee Bacchus, "Harmony Cats'll have you humming: No Oscar, but music is real fine". The Province , May 10, 1993.
- ↑ Gasher 2002, p. 93.
- ↑ "The Lotus Eaters strong contender at Genies". The Globe and Mail , December 11, 1993.
