{"id":47901,"date":"2014-02-28T16:45:39","date_gmt":"2014-02-28T21:45:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/?p=47901"},"modified":"2014-03-01T10:03:01","modified_gmt":"2014-03-01T15:03:01","slug":"event-torontos-first-post-office-fundraiser-pays-tribute-dumbells-march-6th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2014\/02\/28\/event-torontos-first-post-office-fundraiser-pays-tribute-dumbells-march-6th\/","title":{"rendered":"EVENT: Toronto&#8217;s First Post Office fundraiser pays tribute to \u201cThe Dumbells\u201d March 6th"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Our friends at <a href=\"www.townofyork.com \">The Town of York Historical Society<\/a> are throwing a 180th birthday party for Toronto (and along the way raising some needed cash for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.townofyork.com\/pages\/first-post-office-town-of-york.html\">Toronto&#8217;s First Post Office<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p><strong>WHO<\/strong>: The Town of York Historical Society<\/p>\n<p><strong>WHAT<\/strong>: \u201cSoldiers of Song,\u201d a tribute to The Dumbells (purchase tickets <a href=\" http:\/\/www.cabinmedia.ca\/tickets\/tickets\/22\">here<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><strong>WHERE<\/strong>: St. Lawrence Hall, 157 King Street East, Toronto<\/p>\n<p><strong>WHEN<\/strong>: March 6th, 2014, 7:30 p.m. (doors at 7:00)<\/p>\n<p><strong>WHY<\/strong>: To support Toronto\u2019s First Post Office, a museum and National Historic Site<\/p>\n<p>From Historical Society:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>On March 6, at magnificent St. Lawrence Hall, the Town of York Historical Society will present <b>\u201cSoldiers of Song,\u201d<\/b> a tribute to the sketch comedy\/musical troupe <b>The Dumbells<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p><i>Monty Python<\/i>,\u00a0<i>Wayne and Shuster<\/i>,\u00a0<i>SCTV<\/i>\u00a0and\u00a0<i>Saturday Night Live<\/i>\u00a0owe a lot to The Dumbells, who are considered the pioneers of sketch comedy. Formed by members of the Canadian army&#8217;s Third Division\u2014and named for the red dumbbell in the Division&#8217;s emblem\u2014The Dumbells bolstered troop morale during the First World War with live \u201cconcert parties\u201d featuring irreverent humour that often skewered senior officers and the military system itself.<\/p>\n<p>The Dumbells\u2019 popularity was not limited to troop shows along the trenches. These Canadian soldier-entertainers also managed a run in London\u2019s West End, and became the first-ever Canadian production to score a hit on Broadway. Touring the nation for some twelve years after the war, The Dumbells became a household name in Canada.<\/p>\n<p>The Dumbells\u2019 journey from Vimy to Vaudeville is celebrated in this new musical play by award-winning author and two-time Juno-Award-nominee Jason Wilson. In this highly entertaining show, Wilson is joined by Canadian storyteller Lorne Brown, actors Jim Armstrong and Andrew Knowlton, and Wilson\u2019s own era-appropriate band.<\/p>\n<p>Since 2005, the Town of York Historical Society has been observing Toronto\u2019s birthday on March 6th with a show that both celebrates the history of this great city and raises funds for Toronto\u2019s First Post Office, a museum and National Historic Site. This year\u2019s choice of \u201cSoldiers of Song\u201d is in recognition of the 100<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary of World War One.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets are $25 each and can be purchased online at <a href=\"http:\/www.cabinmedia.ca\/tickets\/tickets\/22\">http:\/www.cabinmedia.ca\/tickets\/tickets\/22<\/a>, or in person at Toronto\u2019s First Post Office, 260 Adelaide Street East, 416-865-1833,<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our friends at The Town of York Historical Society are throwing a 180th birthday party for Toronto (and along the way raising some needed cash for Toronto&#8217;s First Post Office). WHO: The Town of York Historical Society WHAT: \u201cSoldiers of Song,\u201d a tribute to The Dumbells (purchase tickets here) WHERE: St. Lawrence Hall, 157 King<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2014\/02\/28\/event-torontos-first-post-office-fundraiser-pays-tribute-dumbells-march-6th\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"sr-only\">&#8220;EVENT: Toronto&#8217;s First Post Office fundraiser pays tribute to \u201cThe Dumbells\u201d March 6th&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4004,"featured_media":47900,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47901","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","category-history"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>EVENT: Toronto&#039;s First Post Office fundraiser pays tribute to \u201cThe Dumbells\u201d March 6th - Spacing Toronto<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2014\/02\/28\/event-torontos-first-post-office-fundraiser-pays-tribute-dumbells-march-6th\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"EVENT: Toronto&#039;s First Post Office fundraiser pays tribute to \u201cThe Dumbells\u201d March 6th - Spacing Toronto\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Our friends at The Town of York Historical Society are throwing a 180th birthday party for Toronto (and along the way raising some needed cash for Toronto&#8217;s First Post Office). WHO: The Town of York Historical Society WHAT: \u201cSoldiers of Song,\u201d a tribute to The Dumbells (purchase tickets here) WHERE: St. Lawrence Hall, 157 KingContinue reading &quot;EVENT: Toronto&#8217;s First Post Office fundraiser pays tribute to \u201cThe Dumbells\u201d March 6th&quot;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2014\/02\/28\/event-torontos-first-post-office-fundraiser-pays-tribute-dumbells-march-6th\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Spacing Toronto\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2014-02-28T21:45:39+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2014-03-01T15:03:01+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/02\/Dumbells-poster.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1275\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1650\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Shawn Micallef\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@Spacing\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@Spacing\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Shawn Micallef\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2014\/02\/28\/event-torontos-first-post-office-fundraiser-pays-tribute-dumbells-march-6th\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2014\/02\/28\/event-torontos-first-post-office-fundraiser-pays-tribute-dumbells-march-6th\/\",\"name\":\"EVENT: Toronto's First Post Office fundraiser pays tribute to \u201cThe Dumbells\u201d March 6th - Spacing Toronto\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2014\/02\/28\/event-torontos-first-post-office-fundraiser-pays-tribute-dumbells-march-6th\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2014\/02\/28\/event-torontos-first-post-office-fundraiser-pays-tribute-dumbells-march-6th\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/02\/Dumbells-poster.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2014-02-28T21:45:39+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2014-03-01T15:03:01+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/#\/schema\/person\/8d98edb04b3feea4f2216e6da54ba5d5\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2014\/02\/28\/event-torontos-first-post-office-fundraiser-pays-tribute-dumbells-march-6th\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2014\/02\/28\/event-torontos-first-post-office-fundraiser-pays-tribute-dumbells-march-6th\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2014\/02\/28\/event-torontos-first-post-office-fundraiser-pays-tribute-dumbells-march-6th\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/02\/Dumbells-poster.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/02\/Dumbells-poster.jpg\",\"width\":1275,\"height\":1650},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2014\/02\/28\/event-torontos-first-post-office-fundraiser-pays-tribute-dumbells-march-6th\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"EVENT: Toronto&#8217;s First Post Office fundraiser pays tribute to \u201cThe Dumbells\u201d March 6th\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/\",\"name\":\"Spacing Toronto\",\"description\":\"Canadian Urbanism Uncovered  |  Toronto Architecture, Urban Design, Public Transit, City Hall, Parks, Walking, Bikes, Streetscape, History, Waterfront, Maps, Public Spaces\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/#\/schema\/person\/8d98edb04b3feea4f2216e6da54ba5d5\",\"name\":\"Shawn Micallef\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/964f908ab2d251eb62a28900a2f8bd76?s=96&d=blank&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/964f908ab2d251eb62a28900a2f8bd76?s=96&d=blank&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Shawn Micallef\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/shawnmicallef\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/author\/shawn-micallef\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"EVENT: Toronto's First Post Office fundraiser pays tribute to \u201cThe Dumbells\u201d March 6th - Spacing Toronto","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2014\/02\/28\/event-torontos-first-post-office-fundraiser-pays-tribute-dumbells-march-6th\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"EVENT: Toronto's First Post Office fundraiser pays tribute to \u201cThe Dumbells\u201d March 6th - Spacing Toronto","og_description":"Our friends at The Town of York Historical Society are throwing a 180th birthday party for Toronto (and along the way raising some needed cash for Toronto&#8217;s First Post Office). WHO: The Town of York Historical Society WHAT: \u201cSoldiers of Song,\u201d a tribute to The Dumbells (purchase tickets here) WHERE: St. Lawrence Hall, 157 KingContinue reading \"EVENT: Toronto&#8217;s First Post Office fundraiser pays tribute to \u201cThe Dumbells\u201d March 6th\"","og_url":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2014\/02\/28\/event-torontos-first-post-office-fundraiser-pays-tribute-dumbells-march-6th\/","og_site_name":"Spacing Toronto","article_published_time":"2014-02-28T21:45:39+00:00","article_modified_time":"2014-03-01T15:03:01+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1275,"height":1650,"url":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/02\/Dumbells-poster.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Shawn Micallef","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@Spacing","twitter_site":"@Spacing","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Shawn Micallef","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2014\/02\/28\/event-torontos-first-post-office-fundraiser-pays-tribute-dumbells-march-6th\/","url":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2014\/02\/28\/event-torontos-first-post-office-fundraiser-pays-tribute-dumbells-march-6th\/","name":"EVENT: Toronto's First Post Office fundraiser pays tribute to \u201cThe Dumbells\u201d March 6th - Spacing Toronto","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2014\/02\/28\/event-torontos-first-post-office-fundraiser-pays-tribute-dumbells-march-6th\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2014\/02\/28\/event-torontos-first-post-office-fundraiser-pays-tribute-dumbells-march-6th\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/02\/Dumbells-poster.jpg","datePublished":"2014-02-28T21:45:39+00:00","dateModified":"2014-03-01T15:03:01+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/#\/schema\/person\/8d98edb04b3feea4f2216e6da54ba5d5"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2014\/02\/28\/event-torontos-first-post-office-fundraiser-pays-tribute-dumbells-march-6th\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2014\/02\/28\/event-torontos-first-post-office-fundraiser-pays-tribute-dumbells-march-6th\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2014\/02\/28\/event-torontos-first-post-office-fundraiser-pays-tribute-dumbells-march-6th\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/02\/Dumbells-poster.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/02\/Dumbells-poster.jpg","width":1275,"height":1650},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2014\/02\/28\/event-torontos-first-post-office-fundraiser-pays-tribute-dumbells-march-6th\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"EVENT: Toronto&#8217;s First Post Office fundraiser pays tribute to \u201cThe Dumbells\u201d March 6th"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/#website","url":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/","name":"Spacing Toronto","description":"Canadian Urbanism Uncovered  |  Toronto Architecture, Urban Design, Public Transit, City Hall, Parks, Walking, Bikes, Streetscape, History, Waterfront, Maps, Public Spaces","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/#\/schema\/person\/8d98edb04b3feea4f2216e6da54ba5d5","name":"Shawn Micallef","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/964f908ab2d251eb62a28900a2f8bd76?s=96&d=blank&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/964f908ab2d251eb62a28900a2f8bd76?s=96&d=blank&r=g","caption":"Shawn Micallef"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/twitter.com\/shawnmicallef"],"url":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/author\/shawn-micallef\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47901","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4004"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47901"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47901\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47905,"href":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47901\/revisions\/47905"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47900"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47901"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47901"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47901"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}