The Lillooet Brass Band was developed according to Bishop Paul Durieu's reduction system. In 1890, the Lillooet Brass Band performed, along with four or five other bands, for the opening festivities of Our Lady of the Rosary.

Bailey and Neelands, City of Vancouver Archives, Out P426.

The Lillooet band is wearing flower-bedecked buckskin jackets and straw hats, ca. 1890.

Lillooet Brass Band, date unknown.

Royal British Columbia Museum 16695.

Author: Brian Stride (2006)