GREG BOND

Greg's album, FUNNY DAY SATURDAY, is no longer available on CD, but you can listen — and share — on this site and on Spotify!

BREAKING NEWS: We are thrilled to announce the creation of a second “Greg Bond Memorial Award” that will be granted annually to a deserving fourth-year student at Ontario's Sheridan College. The new award will be for $2,000. We have also been able to increase Sheridan's "Greg Bond Memorial Alumni Award” (for a qualified graduate) from $1,000 to $2,000, starting this year. 

The college faculty are planning for a return to an in-person ceremony this year, on the evening of April 27 at the Oakville campus…

From 1998–2020, we were thrilled to provide (through a charitable partner) an annual $1,000 award in Greg’s memory at the Betty Mitchell Awards. As of 2020, our charitable partner was no longer able to facilitate this award, and since the Betty’s is not a registered charity, we had to discontinue it for now. 😢 Congratulations to all of the previous recipients!

The Wildwood Community Association's May 2022 newsletter features a lovely article by the Edworthy Park Heritage Society about Greg's song. Here's an excerpt:

“A teenaged Greg Bond, who grew up in Wildwood, was inspired to sing about the gulls in a song that he composed while sitting in his high school class at the old Ernest Manning…In many ways this song captures spring, the poetry in nature, the spirit of our community, and the beauty of windy days and gulls soaring overhead high above the park.”

On Monday, March 14th, 1985, at 8:00 p.m. in the Elgin Theatre, an amazing event took place. In a venue that hadn't been used for live theatre in sixty years, the hit Broadway show CATS opened with an all-Canadian cast and crew. It took the City of Toronto by storm for two years and then took over the entire country for two years while the Elgin Theatre was being restored to its original glory. After touring coast to coast, CATS returned to sell-out crowds at Massey Hall. Five years...what a trip!

This year…

Greg was loved by many fans and members of the musical theatre community, and is fondly remembered by those who worked with him as a highly dedicated professional with a wonderfully positive attitude towards the theatre and towards life.

One of his passions and concerns was the environment. His song "Fixing Up This World" reflects the urgency he felt in taking responsibility towards saving the environment. To this end we feel that this song needs to be heard.

Greg's family has produced a CD of his music which…