For more than seven decades, the Dal Richards' Orchestra has delighted Canadians with memorable dance music. Just this past New Year's Eve December 31, 2006, Dal celebrated 72 consecutive years bringing in the New Year swinging. A Vancouver native, Dal Richards established his musical home in Vancouver event before graduating from Magee High School when he formed a band and was entertainment at clubs and dances around Vancouver in the late 1930s. By 1941 he was leading his band at Vancouver's most popular dance venue, the Panorama Roof at the Hotel Vancouver. The Roof and the band became the centre of Vancouver's social scene for more than 25-years and brought as taste of Vancouver night life to Canadians across the country on live CBC broadcasts from the Roof on Saturday nights.
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