Toronto Optimists History

A Myriad of Memories

• Memories thru the years (web pages and Acrobat files, organized by year)

Colin Hedworth's book: "From Toronto...The Optimists!"

The book, a history of the Toronto Optimists, is 400 pages and includes hundreds of photos.

• Webpage about the book
• "From Toronto...The Optimists!" The FIRST Edition in Acrobat format
• "From Toronto...The Optimists!" The SECOND Edition in Acrobat format

Miscellaneous

• members of Drum Corps Hall of Fame
• Optimists Drum Majors
• Al Morrison, Drum Major
• Phil Hennings. Drum Major

The Optimists Family Tree

• Boy Scout Band (precursor)
• Opti-Corps (precursor)
• Toronto Optimists
• Seneca Optimists (formed by a merger of the Toronto Optimists and Seneca Princemen)
• Optimists Alumni (created by former Toronto Optimists, Seneca Optimists and members of other corps)

Toronto Optimists Feeder Corps

• Bantam Optimists
• Optimist Cadets
• Optimist Lancers and Cadet Lancers

Our Optimists Roots

A History of The Optimists by Vern Johansson

• Diceman Radio has an audio version of this history
• Vern's complete article in Acrobat Format
• Links to each of the topics in Vern's article
  1. The Beginnings
  2. Their Hearts Belong to Daddy
  3. Are These Guys for Real?
  4. On, March On
  5. Maybe This Green Machine Has too Many Miles On It
  6. "You Better Bleed on the Finish Line"
  7. How Long Can This Machine Last?
  8. The Field Is Still Green, But the Sky Is Cloudy
  9. Happy Birthday, Canada
  10. Small, But Mighty
  11. Those Were The Days
  12. Seneca Optimists (1 + 1 = 1)
  13. Former Optimists

Video footage showing the Toronto Optimists

• Please visit our Videos Page