Edited sentence: 1981), originally of Nanaimo and a trumpet and violin player, were broadcast on CJOR radio.<ref>History of Metropolitan Vancouver website, 1981 Chronology page<.Constance Brissenden has written that he began playing trumpet and violin in Vancouver clubs in the 1920s, and from 1936 to 1939 was band leader at the Commodore Ballroom.From 1936 to 1939 shows by bandleader Charlie Pawlett (d.His shows were broadcast on CJOR radio.In 1969, management of The Commodore was taken over by Drew Burns,, launching an era which saw the ballroom transformed into a major venue for popular music.Nanaimo-born (1902) band leader Charlie Pawlett died, aged about 79