ECH family & community mourn the loss of Tyson Haller

The Embassy Cultural House (ECH) family and community are grieving the loss of Tyson Haller who passed away recently in Ottawa. He was a strong supporter and advocate of the ECH both during its original program at the Embassy Hotel between 1983 - 1990 and its present online format.

Tyson's parents Helen and Egon owned the Embassy Hotel from the late 1970s until it was sold in 2001. He was a huge part of the running of the hotel and organized the music program in the hotel bars. Tyson went on to study film at Ryerson University in Toronto. Our heart goes out to his family and all his friends in London, Toronto and Ottawa and around the world who are mourning his untimely death.
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Please visit Tyson's page to see some of his film work and photos.

The Embassy Hotel
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I grew up here
Always chasing what's possible 
Ya I grew up here
With the old men
The ladies and escorts
The 1st Peoples
The bands
Social Distortion, DOA, No Means No, Rancid, SNFU, Face To Face
The Art
The Art exhibits 
The Embassy Cultural House
Remember
Polish your Eyes
Greg Curnoe, Tom Benner, Ron Benner, Eric Stach
They taught me to  hum a song
Till the feeling is gone
It burnt down
Now I look at the stars at night
Oh the modern world
You made my eyes red and raw
Lived through it 
To get to this moment
So I close my eyes
Click my heels 3 times
Embassy 
Home
You had to go 
I know I know
But if you look around
You just might feel the ghost
Floating around
Reminding us
That the winds are blowing 
And we can always choose what is possible than what we see...
 
Tyson Haller, August 2020

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