Photograph of an unidentified member of musical group Alma Libre playing an acoustic guitar, as part of a performance at a press conference to announce the nominees for the 2001 West Coast Music Awards.
Photograph of an unidentified member of musical group Alma Libre playing an acoustic guitar, as part of a performance at a press conference to announce the nominees for the 2001 West Coast Music Awards.
Collected by editorial for use in a March 2001 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
Caption from metadata: "Alma Libre performs at a special press conference at Metropolis at Metrotown to announce the nominees for the 2001 West Coast Music Awards. The band is nominated for Best World Release, and Best Instrumental Release, Non-Classical."
File contains photographs of Canadian pop star Avril Lavigne playing an acoustic outdoor mini-concert at Metrotown to promote her upcoming album. Photographs depict Lavigne performing and the crowd during the performance.
File contains photographs of Canadian pop star Avril Lavigne playing an acoustic outdoor mini-concert at Metrotown to promote her upcoming album. Photographs depict Lavigne performing and the crowd during the performance.
Collected by editorial for use in an April 2004 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
Caption from metadata for 535-2367-1: "Canadian pop star Avril Lavigne plays an acoustic set at a free outdoor mini-concert at Metrotown Tuesday, to promote her upcoming album."
Caption from metadata for 535-2367-2: "Fans of all ages enthusiastically greet Canadian pop star Avril Lavigne at a free outdoor mini-concert to promote her upcoming new CD, Tuesday at Metrotown in Burnaby."
Caption from metadata for 535-2367-3: "Canadian pop star Avril Lavigne performs a six-song acoustic set at a free outdoor concert Tuesday at Metrotown in Burnaby. The concert was the only local stop in a tour of North American shopping malls to promote her upcoming CD, "Under My Skin.""
Photograph of Leonard Complin, a conductor. The photograph is taken from above and Complin reaches toward the camera, pretending to conduct, with an open sheet of music in front of him.
Photograph of Leonard Complin, a conductor. The photograph is taken from above and Complin reaches toward the camera, pretending to conduct, with an open sheet of music in front of him.
This portion of the recording pertains to Charmaine (Yanko) Bayntun's father and the influence he had on her in her enjoyment of school as well as on her decision to become an educator herself. She discusses her family's interest in music and gardening, and how it is closely tied to being members o…
This portion of the recording pertains to Charmaine (Yanko) Bayntun's father and the influence he had on her in her enjoyment of school as well as on her decision to become an educator herself. She discusses her family's interest in music and gardening, and how it is closely tied to being members of the Ukrainian Community.
Date Range
1929-2012
Photo Info
Charmaine Yanko (later Bayntun) nursing a goat from a bottle, [1969]. Item no. 549-015.
Recording is an interview with Charmaine (Yanko) Bayntun conducted by Burnaby Village Museum employee Eric Damer, October 22, 2012. Major themes discussed are: education and family heritage.
Biographical Notes
At the age of twenty, John Ivan Yanko met his future wife Leida Doria "Lillian Doris" Carman while visiting relatives in Burnaby. Lillian received a rail pass because of her dad’s employment with the CPR and at fourteen had gone to visit her Godmother in Burnaby.
John Ivan Yanko and Lillian Doris (Carman) Yanko were married October 16, 1948 in Nelson, British Columbia and moved into the basement of John’s sister’s house on Union Street. Lillian began working at the downtown Woodward’s store as a cashier in 1948.
In 1950, the young couple bought property at 7385 (later renumbered 7391) Broadway in Burnaby and began constructing a house as they could afford it. Knowing she’d be let go if she was pregnant, when Lillian was expecting her first child, Jenny sewed her several versions of the same outfit; they all used the same material, but each was a little bit larger than the last to accommodate her expanding girth.
Rhonda, born in 1953 and Charmaine, born in 1955, grew up in the Broadway home. They attended school at Sperling Elementary, and later at Burnaby North high school. Lillian left her job to be a stay-at-home mom when Rhonda was born, but that changed in 1963 when John and Charmaine were in a car accident that left John temporarily unable to work.
John Yanko later returned to work, establishing his own tile setting business and working until age eighty-two. John and Lillian lived out the rest of their married lives on the Broadway property.
John Ivan Yanko passed away in 2010; his wife Lillian Doria Leida (Carman) Yanko passed away in 2011.
Charmaine (Yanko) Bayntun completed her schooling in Burnaby and became a teacher for twenty-two years, followed by ten years as a Burnaby elementary school principal.
Eric Damer is a lifelong British Columbian born in Victoria, raised in Kamloops, and currently residing in Burnaby. After studying philosophy at the University of Victoria, he became interested in the educational forces that had shaped his own life. He completed master’s and doctoral degrees in educational studies at the University of British Columbia with a particular interest in the history of adult and higher education in the province. In 2012, Eric worked for the City of Burnaby as a field researcher and writer, conducting interviews for the City Archives and Museum Oral History Program.
Collected by editorial for use in an April 2002 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
Caption from metadata: "Micheal and Don Fraser are framed by some of the early bloomers at Deer Lake Park's rhododendron gardens. But the father-son jazz duo hope to be surrounded by flowers when they play at Burnaby's Rhododendron Festival, on May 5."
Photograph of Burnaby sound designer Jeff Tymoschuk posing with a guitar. Computer monitors and other technical equipment are visible in the background.
Photograph of Burnaby sound designer Jeff Tymoschuk posing with a guitar. Computer monitors and other technical equipment are visible in the background.
Collected by editorial for use in a December 2002 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
Caption from metadata: "Jeff Tymoschuk is a Burnaby sound designer who's done music for local theater productions, video games, tv and film projects. He fell into his work after he gave up on his teenaged dreams of becoming a rock star."
Collected by editorial for use in a June 2000 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
Caption from metadata: "John McCulloch does most of his composing in his basement studio. He's nominated for two Jessie Awards, for best music and best sounddesign."
Photograph of Leonard Camplin, the conductor and music director of the Burnaby Symphony Orchestra, posing against a railing at the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts. Camplin holds a conducting baton and a program for "Overture to Candide."
Photograph of Leonard Camplin, the conductor and music director of the Burnaby Symphony Orchestra, posing against a railing at the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts. Camplin holds a conducting baton and a program for "Overture to Candide."
Collected by editorial for use in a September 2002 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
Caption from metadata: "Leonard Camplin, the conductor and music director of the Burnaby Symphony Orchestra, is preparing for the group's first full season."
File contains photographs of the Lorne Kellet Quartet, with Alvin Cornista on saxophone, performing during the lunchtime Metrotower Summer Music Series at Metrotown. Unidentified audience members are listening to the concert in the background.
File contains photographs of the Lorne Kellet Quartet, with Alvin Cornista on saxophone, performing during the lunchtime Metrotower Summer Music Series at Metrotown. Unidentified audience members are listening to the concert in the background.
Collected by editorial for use in an August 2002 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
Caption from metadata for 535-2618-1: "Lunchtime music fans are framed by Alvin Cornista, sax man for the Lorne Kellet Quartet, playing at the Metrotower Summer Music Series."
Caption from metadata for 535-2618-2: "Alvin Cornista, sax man for the Lorne Kellet Quartet, grooves at the Metrotower Summer Music Series, in the plaza behind Metropolis at Metrotown. The free lunchtime concerts run through the summer."
Photograph of two unidentified members of a classical music trio, Lyra, performing on flute and guitar outside of the Eaton's Centre Metrotown during a summer lunchtime concert series.
Photograph of two unidentified members of a classical music trio, Lyra, performing on flute and guitar outside of the Eaton's Centre Metrotown during a summer lunchtime concert series.
Collected by editorial for use in a July 2000 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
Caption from metadata: "Two-thirds of the classical trio, Lyra, entertain shoppers outside the Eaton's Centre Metrotown, at the mall's annual free summer lunchtime concert series."
Photograph of Kim Mostat posing outside of Myles of Beans Cafe & Coffee House on Kingsway & Griffiths Avenue. Mostat holds a musical instrument case and the cafe's sign is visible behind Mostat.
Photograph of Kim Mostat posing outside of Myles of Beans Cafe & Coffee House on Kingsway & Griffiths Avenue. Mostat holds a musical instrument case and the cafe's sign is visible behind Mostat.
Collected by editorial for use in a May 2002 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
Caption from metadata: "Kim Mostat, the owner of Myles of Beans Cafe, in Burnaby's Middletown area has kept her coffee shop alive as a venue for local musicians and poets to perform their works."
Photograph of guitarist Rich Rabinett posing with a guitar on the slope of the lawn at Deer Lake Park that is also an outdoor ampitheatre. The Shadbolt Centre for the Arts is visible behind Rabnett.
Photograph of guitarist Rich Rabinett posing with a guitar on the slope of the lawn at Deer Lake Park that is also an outdoor ampitheatre. The Shadbolt Centre for the Arts is visible behind Rabnett.
Collected by editorial for use in a March 2004 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
Caption from metadata: "Rich Rabnett, the guitarist for his own jazz quintet, The Rabnett 5, may soon have a new venue for live music in Burnaby, as the city transforms the slope in Deer Lake Park, behind the Shadbolt Center, to an outdoor amphitheater."
Photograph of Ray Piper, of the Ray Piper Trio, playing an acoustic guitar during a performance at the Metrotown Eaton Centre's outdoor stage for the Vancouver Jazz Festival.
Photograph of Ray Piper, of the Ray Piper Trio, playing an acoustic guitar during a performance at the Metrotown Eaton Centre's outdoor stage for the Vancouver Jazz Festival.
Collected by editorial for use in a June 2000 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
Caption from metadata: "Ray Piper of the Ray Piper Trio grooves at the opening performance at the Eaton Centre's outdoor stage for the Vancouver Jazz Festival. The free noon-hour concerts run everyday through Friday."
Photograph of a trumpet player playing beneath Don Calder and another unidentified person in a cherry picker, at the United Way's headquarters in Burnaby. Calder is unveiling the United Way's 1999 fundraising total on a sign post.
Photograph of a trumpet player playing beneath Don Calder and another unidentified person in a cherry picker, at the United Way's headquarters in Burnaby. Calder is unveiling the United Way's 1999 fundraising total on a sign post.
Collected by editorial for use in a January 2000 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
Caption from metadata: "A Dixieland trumpeter heralds the unveiling of the United Way's 1999 fundraising total, by Campaign Chair Don Calder, at the organization's headquarters in Burnaby. More than 5,000 volunteers raised $27.1 million dollars."