Remembering Gord
ShareBy John Swartz Wednesday May 1, was not the day it was supposed to be, as weather forecasters predicted. The
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It’s Not Just Spring, It’s Concert Season
Or, you could leave the autopilot set to the Opera House and see Classic Lightfoot Live at 7:30 p.m.
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Her performance was a great way to end the 10th year of Roots North.
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The Kids Are Alright
I get the sense there is a community of music teachers doing great things with their programs in Ontario of the kind I envied when I was a high school student.
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As this thing was being finalized word was received Dave Beckett has died.
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However, when the City had $276,000 on the line in 2022 and picked all but one of the artists who got commissions from outside the Orillia area, we were told preference to a group of artists was not allowed under City policy.
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ShareBy John Swartz The Orillia Sunshine City School Music Festival held at the end of March at Orillia Secondary School
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You can catch all three of our high schools performing on Tuesday. OSS bands perform on all three days.
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In the first half they did one cover everyone knows, Gord’s Song for a Winter’s Night. They didn’t say which one they were going to do, just that they felt they needed to sing something of his.
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ShareBy John Swartz Saturday night the Mariposa Folk Festival has their spring concert happening at St. Paul’s Centre Saturday, March
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