 From New York he went to Toronto by train to join Granville Bantock.This was to be at the five Festivals of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia.This was the first Ontario Festival (Toronto) (with Robert Watkin-Mills and Boris Hambourg also in attendance), the 6th in Winnipeg (with Herbert Witherspoon and Cecil Forsyth assisting), where the Earl Grey trophy was competed for, the 16th in Edmonton (Alberta), with choirs from Lethbridge and Calgary, and in Prince Albert they were with Herbert Howells.