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Members of the Canadian Brass donned maroon-coloured shiny patent shoes, complete with white soles and shoe laces, to show their support for McMaster and to celebrate their honorary doctorate of letters degrees. The quintet thrilled an appreciative audience at the Faculty of Humanities and Arts & Science Convocation at Hamilton Place yesterday. Left to right are: Jens Lindemann (trumpet), Ronald Romm (trumpet),Christopher Cooper (French horn), Eugene Watts (trombone) and Charles Daellenbach (tuba). An honorary doctorate was also awarded to Toyoshi Yoshihara.