The Police Choir Practice
In support of the
Robert Warner Memorial Fund.
The CPA-Robert Warner Memorial Fund is a joint endeavor between the Canadian Police Association and Paystation Inc. The Memorial Fund distributes an immediate, one-time financial assistance payment to the families of officers who lose their lives in the line of duty.
The Police Fall Luncheon will take place on Tuesday, September 13, 2011. We will be enjoying the comfortable surroundings of The Lakeview Arts Barn and with its pleasant ambiance it is an ideal setting in the City of Kawartha Lakes. Proceedings will begin at 11:00am and lunch is served at 12:30pm.
Roast Beef Buffet
Again this year we will try to commandeer The Toronto Police Service bus for the journey to the Choir Practice. The bus holds 50 including the driver.
Call Sandra Morgan 416-444-6250 to reserve your spot!
The Choirboys, is a novel and a controversial 1975 work of fiction
written by Los Angeles Police Department officer-turned-novelist Joseph Wambaugh.
In the book a group of officers conducts end-of-shift get-togethers they euphemistically call "choir practices"
Due to the popularity of the book, the slang term "choir practice" became a somewhat popular euphemism for off-duty
recreational activities.
"I'm sorry that I cannot join you at the September choir practice. I had the pleasure of spending a month in the great city of
Toronto many years ago to prep a CBS miniseries that I adapted from my nonfiction book, "Echoes in the Darkness." We turned portions of
Toronto into Philadelphia and filmed a scene on the banks of Lake Ontario which we turned into Miami Beach. It happened to be a very warm
Spring day but when I woke up the next morning there was nearly a foot of snow on the ground! We knew we were not in Miami then. All the
best to you Canadian choirboys."
Fraternally, Joe Wambaugh
