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Drumming up a strom with some hair-raising stick work, Skip Prokop does his thing at Lighthouse rock band's concert in the Forum of Ontario Place last(...)
Drumming up a strom with some hair-raising stick work, Skip Prokop does his thing at Lighthouse rock band's concert in the Forum of Ontario Place last(...)

Drumming up a strom with some hair-raising stick work, Skip Prokop does his thing at Lighthouse rock band's concert in the Forum of Ontario Place last(...)

Date8/9/1972
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  • Drumming up a strom with some hair-raising stick work; Skip Prokop does his thing at Lighthouse rock band's concert in the Forum of Ontario Place last night. Almost 11;000 persons jammed the band area; filled the seats and crowded the steps to the hills to give one of North America's biggest-selling rock bands a rousing welcome home. They cheered the 10 musicians right through to a second encore.
  • Drumming up a strom with some hair-raising stick work, Skip Prokop does his thing at Lighthouse rock band's concert in the Forum of Ontario Place last(...)
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Original Toronto Star caption: Drumming up a strom with some hair-raising stick work; Skip Prokop does his thing at Lighthouse rock band's concert in the Forum of Ontario Place last night. Almost 11;000 persons jammed the band area; filled the seats and crowded the steps to the hills to give one of North America's biggest-selling rock bands a rousing welcome home. They cheered the 10 musicians right through to a second encore.
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