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Popular As	Paul James Bannerman
Occupation	Music Department
Age	56 years old
Zodiac Sign	Leo
Born	August 20, 1968 (Brussels, Belgium)
Birthday	August 20
Town/City	Brussels, Belgium
Nationality	Belgium

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Paul James Bannerman’s zodiac sign is Leo. According to astrologers, people born under the sign of Leo are natural born leaders. They are dramatic, creative, self-confident, dominant and extremely difficult to resist, able to achieve anything they want to in any area of life they commit to. There is a specific strength to a Leo and their "king of the jungle" status. Leo often has many friends for they are generous and loyal. Self-confident and attractive, this is a Sun sign capable of uniting different groups of people and leading them as one towards a shared cause, and their healthy sense of humor makes collaboration with other people even easier.

🌙 Chinese Zodiac Signs

Paul James Bannerman was born in the Year of the Monkey. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Monkey thrive on having fun. They’re energetic, upbeat, and good at listening but lack self-control. They like being active and stimulated and enjoy pleasing self before pleasing others. They’re heart-breakers, not good at long-term relationships, morals are weak. Compatible with Rat or Dragon.

Paul was born and raised in Brussels, Belgium. After studying drums & percussion at school, he attended several Jazz summer programs in London (England) and Brussels (Belgium). He also attended the Classical Music Program at England's prestigious Canford School of Music.

After graduating from high school with the school's music award, he moved to Canada to pursue his musical career. At the age of 19, he graduated with the performance-oriented Jazz Music Diploma with Honours from St.

Francis Xavier University. Following his military service in Ottawa, with Canada's National Military Band of the Ceremonial Guard for the 'Changing of the Guard' ceremony on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Paul moved to Toronto and attended the music programs at Humber College for the Applied Arts (Jazz / Commercial Music Performance) and the Harris Institute for the Arts (Music Business).

After 31 years of drumming professionally, Paul has recorded on 20 CDs (Cirque Du Soleil, McCauley, Solitudes), one DVD (Cirque Du Soleil's 'Varekai'), performed in two motion pictures ('The X-Men'), three videos (Justin Gray), and ten live television shows (The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Live with Regis and Kelly).

He performed in 2,000 to 18,000-seat venues in Toronto on a regular basis backing international artists and groups. He has performed in the pit orchestra for 49 musical/theatre productions worldwide, numerous jazz/swing big bands (Glen Miller Orchestra), and several pipe/marching bands (Ontario Provincial Police Pipes and Drums, Governor-General's Horse Guards, Royal Regiment of Canada).

Paul also performed as a timpanist with Symphony Nova Scotia, the Nova Scotia Youth Orchestra, the Etobicoke Philharmonic, the Scarborough Philharmonic, and the Mississauga Symphony Orchestra. He is on the musical staff of five cruise lines including Princess Cruises.

Up until 2001, Paul taught privately for several years and conducted percussion seminars in schools all over Toronto. In the Spring of 2001, Paul was hired as the featured drum set player with the Emmy-nominated/Tony Award-winning Broadway Show 'Blast!' at Disney's Epcot Center in Orlando, Florida.

In December 2001, Paul passed world-wide auditions and joined Cirque Du Soleil to tour the world with their brand new production show 'Varekai'. He performs over 400 shows to over one million spectators annually with this Emmy-award winning show.

Paul Has been touring with Cirque Du Soleil for 10 years. He has lived in 70 cities in 16 countries on 4 continents. His touring/traveling has brought him to more than 93 countries on 6 continents.Paul speaks 6 languages including Mandarin Chinese.

Some of Paul's previous jobs include Policy Advisor in the Minister's office for the Ontario Government (6 Years), Manager of In-Flight Services, Flight Attendant Instructor, and Company Aviation Safety/Security Officer with a VIP charter airline (6 Years), uniformed Auxiliary Police Constable with the Ontario Provincial Police (7 years), a Corporal in the Canadian Armed Forces Primary Reserves (7 Years) and a paralegal in traffic and criminal court for X-Copper Legal Services.