Dec 20, 2018
By Frank Proctor
When I was asked to prepare a Christmas Eve program in 1978, I decided to write a story and produce it with all of the sound effects as well. That is when my book, The Day the Welland Canal Monster Met Santa was born!
Peter was and is essentially a “Bubble Boy.” Without going into detail about the nature of his illnesses, he is a prisoner in his own home with his extremely weak immune system keeping him from the outside world where he is so susceptible to diseases of all kinds. In spite of it all, he and his wife Wendy present a cheerful outlook.
Pete asked me to come down to his basement studio to help record the song. My eldest son, Kelly was 10 and his younger brother Toby was 7. Kelly played drums on the recording and Toby was part of the background singers known as the Clamaphones; in honour of Clarence the Clam, one of the heroes of the story! Pete not only wrote all the music and sang lead, he also inserted many other instruments. Here is the song…
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