Shirlie Toro-Fralick elaborates on what it was like to return to Canada after the end of World War II and her tour as a performer in an army band. After deciding that she wanted to continue singing, Shirlie went to CKEY and made an appointment with Lorne Green to sing for him. He liked her so much that he took her to the CBC where the producers had her sing and be adjudicated. One adjudicator was Mart Kenney, a well-known jazz musician and bandleader in the 1930s and 40s. After passing this next stage, she was located in the Brant Inn in Burlington, Ontario, known at the time as *the* place to perform. Following her residency there, she returned to Toronto and became a "singer-for-hire" doing various individual jobs. Later, after working in what she calls a "sleazy" hotel, she lost her desire to continue in the business and ended up working for the Promenade Music Centre in Toronto at St. Clair and Yonge. One of the customers of the store invited her to see his new television and introduced her to his brother-in-law, Charles Leadley, who she later married.
