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His Way Is the Way

May 7, 2024May 10, 2024 Sunonline/Orillia OCB, Rick Stephenson, St. Paul's Center

I am not going to wear a hat, throw a coat over my shoulder, smoke a cigarette and try and make you believe you’re seeing Frank Sinatra.

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May 6, 2024May 8, 2024 Sunonline/Orillia City of Orillia, Cloud Gallery, Creative Nomad Studios, Hibernation, Mariposa Arts, Mariposa Folk, ODAC, OMAH, Opera House, Orillia Youth Centre, Peter Street Fine Arts

This is after two months without a manager at the Opera House. I find it odd that someone of her calibre and proven success has not been asked to interview.

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Remembering Gord

May 4, 2024May 4, 2024 Sunonline/Orillia City of Orillia, Cloud Gallery, Creative Nomad Studios, Hibernation, Mariposa Arts, Mariposa Folk, ODAC, OMAH, Opera House, Orillia Youth Centre, Peter Street Fine Arts

ShareBy John Swartz Wednesday May 1, was not the day it was supposed to be, as weather forecasters predicted. The

Steve Eyers, Eric Kidd, Gordon Lightfoot and John Stinson at the 2016 Lightfoot Days event at Lake Country Grill orillia

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It’s Not Just Spring, It’s Concert Season

April 29, 2024April 30, 2024 Sunonline/Orillia Lightfoot Days, Opera House, OSB, St. Paul's Center

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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April 26, 2024May 4, 2024 Sunonline/Orillia Bleeker, Canada Day, Cassie Dasilva, City of Orillia, Cloud Gallery, Danny Webster, Hibernation, Leacock Medal For Humour, Mariposa Arts, Mariposa Folk, OCB, ODAC, OMAH, Opera House, Peter Street Fine Arts, Roots North, St. Paul's Center

Her performance was a great way to end the 10th year of Roots North.

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The Kids Are Alright

April 19, 2024April 19, 2024 Sunonline/Orillia Orillia Secondary School, Patrick Fogarty Band, Twin Lakes Secondary School

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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April 19, 2024April 19, 2024 Sunonline/Orillia City of Orillia, Dave Beckett, Hibernation, OMAH, Opera House, Orillia Youth Centre, OSB, Roots North, St. Paul's Center

As this thing was being finalized word was received Dave Beckett has died.

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April 17, 2024April 17, 2024 Sunonline/Orillia City of Orillia, Cloud Gallery, Creative Nomad Studios, Hibernation, Mariposa Arts, Mariposa Folk, ODAC, OMAH, Opera House, Orillia Youth Centre, Peter Street Fine Arts, Roots North

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.