[ Howard Cable Orch ], (20's)
No information currently available.
In 1941, Cable's orchestra opened the newly renovated Dunn's Pavilion in Bala, Ontario.

      [ Dave Caplan's Toronto Orch. ], 1920s - '30s
aka: Dave Caplan's Toronto Band From Canada
aka: The Toronto Orchestra.
Please also see (Hal Swain and) The New Princes Toronto Orchestra.
In private correspondence, Mr. Jack Litchfield has mentioned
       "......(the New Princes Toronto Band) should have a separate entry from
       Dave Caplan. The personnels were more than half different, and the two
       bands recorded under different names - each under its own name. The
       leaders were different - Hal Swain and Dave Caplan.

In the 1920s, British musician's had been taken unawares by the public's desire to listen to American "Jazz", and this opened the British music scene to American musicians. Eventually, the British Musician's Union, worrying over jobs for it's members, prevailed upon the government to prohibit Americans from playing music in Britain for any extended period of time. But, this order did NOT include musicians from the British Empire. Such Canadian musicians were considered "British" and could work for as long as they pleased in England. A number of Canadian musicians took up residency in England, with some spending most of their careers there. Thus, a group of musicians from Toronto formed this band that enjoyed a long residency at the New Princes' Restaurant in London. In 1926, a somewhat modified version of the band played in Germany as Toronto Orchestra From Canada, with the men identified, and another photo of the Toronto Orchestra From Canada, showing the group with Art Christmas in the center of the photo. Note that in all these pictures, Art Christmas and Dave Caplan appear in the Center of the photo, sometimes with Christmas shown as "starring" (Caplan is to the right of Christmas in both pictures). It is interesting to conjecture that perhaps the two men were (in fact, if not legally) co-leaders of the Toronto Orch. Art Christmas went on to a wonderful career in Great Britain and Europe as a star in his own right. (These three photos are by the kindness of Art Christmas' son, - Mr. Art Christmas.) Still another "version" of the band continued playing at the New Princes' Restaurant (in London, Eng.) under bandleader "Alfredo's" leadership.

      [ Lafe Cassidy Orch ], (20's)
Currently no information available. (20's)

      [ Loren Cassina Orch ], (20's)
Currently no information available. (20's)

      [ Len Chamberlain Orch ], (20's)
Currently no information available. (20's)

      [ Les Crane & his Canadians ], (20's)
Currently no information available. (20's)

      [ The Culley Orchestras ], (20's)
Their father, flutist Teck Culley, played with the Toronto Symphony Orch. d. 1948. Teck's brother, William - trombone, was a sideman with some theater orchestras before joining the Toronto Symphony Orch. where he stayed from 1940 - 1955.

Edwin
yongest brother, Sax,
Was a member of the Orig. Casa Loma when it appeared at Casa Loma in 1927. He was a sideman in the Fred Waring orchestra when they opened a new Cleveland, OH, hotel in 1934. U.S. laws prvented him from continuing on to NYC with Waring due to travel restrictions as a non US Citizen. He returned to Toronto where he was a sideman in local bands.

Harry, d.1970
oldest brother.
Harry is the father of Ross Culley, who emigrated to England, and of Harry Culley, Jr. Sax. Harry was MD of the Royal Alexandra Theatre for many years.

Just before the WW2, Harry and his wife, Claudette, formed a piano team. At first, they played in Canada. But, subsequently they joined a pair of silent film stars, Bebe Daniels and Ben Lyon, and toured England and South Africa.

Fred, violin. d. 1968
By the early 1920's, Fred was MD of the Shea Hippodrome. In 1929, The Ben Bernie Orchestra came up from NYC for the opening of the new Royal York Hotel. Ben stayed for a few weeks, after which Fred's orch. took over.

In the 1930's, Fred disbanded and went to the U.S. where he accepted the position of MD for Fred Waring & his Pennsylvanians. Fred spent the remainder of his life in the USA, working with Waring's band until his death.

George, trumpet. d. 1948
Followed in the footsteps of his brothers, Fred and Edwin, and played with Fred Waring's Band. George died in 1948.