The Kingston Historical Society is now 110 years old, and Donna Ivey and Norma Kelly kindly arranged a celebration by organizing a Grand Concert of music written to honour Sir John A. Macdonald and Lady Macdonald in the beautiful Memorial Hall of Kingston City Hall dating from the mid 1840s. An audience of more than 150 sang, clapped and generally had a good time listening to spirited renditions of such late 19^th century music as Sir John's Welcome to Kingston - a Song for the Times! and the Sir John A. Macdonald Waltz. But the greatest appreciation was reserved for 15-year-old Aventi Dey's original piece, Land of the Free, an ode to Sir John A. And what concert of this nature would be complete without The Maple Leaf for Ever, O Canada and God Save the Queen. Sir John A. Macdonald himself (reincarnated in the guise of Brian Porter) entertained the audience and introduced the fine singers and pianists who were in attire suited to the era of their repetoire.