{"id":507,"date":"2012-10-29T06:00:55","date_gmt":"2012-10-29T10:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dicemanradio.com\/dhp\/?p=507"},"modified":"2016-03-22T01:41:32","modified_gmt":"2016-03-22T05:41:32","slug":"episode-055-toronto-optimists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/dicemanradio.com\/dhp\/?p=507","title":{"rendered":"Episode 055: Toronto Optimists"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_2055\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-507-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/dhp\/traffic.libsyn.com\/drumcorpshistorypodcast\/DHP055.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/dhp\/traffic.libsyn.com\/drumcorpshistorypodcast\/DHP055.mp3\">http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/dhp\/traffic.libsyn.com\/drumcorpshistorypodcast\/DHP055.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/dhp\/traffic.libsyn.com\/drumcorpshistorypodcast\/DHP055.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('http:\/\/dicemanradio.com\/dhp\/?powerpress_pinw=507-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/dhp\/traffic.libsyn.com\/drumcorpshistorypodcast\/DHP055.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"DHP055.mp3\">Download<\/a> | <a href=\"#\" class=\"powerpress_link_e\" title=\"Embed\" onclick=\"return powerpress_show_embed('507-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Embed<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_embed_box\" id=\"powerpress_embed_507-podcast\" style=\"display: none;\"><input id=\"powerpress_embed_507-podcast_t\" type=\"text\" value=\"&lt;iframe width=&quot;320&quot; height=&quot;24&quot; src=&quot;http:\/\/dicemanradio.com\/dhp\/?powerpress_embed=507-podcast&amp;amp;powerpress_player=default&quot; title=&quot;Blubrry Podcast Player&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; scrolling=&quot;no&quot;&gt;&lt;\/iframe&gt;\" onclick=\"javascript: this.select();\" onfocus=\"javascript: this.select();\" style=\"width: 70%;\" readOnly><\/p><p>&#8221; The Toronto Optimists actually began life as a Boy Scout Band. A Toronto District scouting commissioner named Al Baggs woke up one morning in 1955 and saw the writing on the wall. Most of the scouts in the band would be aging out of scouting. 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