The Etobicoke Temple Band, rising from the merger of the Salvation Army's Dovercourt and Rexdale corps in 1969, traces its roots to the Dovercourt Citadel Band formed in 1904. In the long-standing traditions of Salvation Army banding, the men and women comprising this all-brass amateur ensemble represent a broad range of professions who combine their love of music with their responsibility to communicate their Christian faith. The band has traveled extensively in Canada and The United States, and participates in the worship services at Etobicoke Temple each Sunday. The band also takes its musical message through visits to nursing homes, hospitals and seniors' residences and churches in the Greater Toronto area.