Flipping through past issues of Grande Prairie newspapers, you can see the importance of community celebrations. There are announcements for and descriptions of any number of dances, school entertainments, pageants, concerts… even programmes for special radio concerts were published in the weekly papers. This 1926 entertainment included songs, recitations, and skits, and of course no Christmas entertainment would be complete without the appearance of Santa Claus himself.
Photograph: Christmas concert at Beaverlodge School, 1925 (SPRA 362.02.12.22)
