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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.

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Fade To Black, The End, What’s Next?

April 14, 2024April 14, 2024 Sunonline/Orillia Humour, Jim Foster

Last night it was Audrey Hepburn who kept me awake most of the night remembering her Eliza Doolittle from My Fair Lady.

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I Remember Perfectly What I Said, And I Have Notes

April 7, 2024April 7, 2024 Sunonline/Orillia Humour, Jim Foster

… a young lady from Guelph won the right for women to go topless in Ontario. Sadly, it never caught on.

The OSS Hawks Jazz Band at the 2024 Sunshine City School Music Festival

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April 6, 2024April 7, 2024 Sunonline/Orillia Bleeker, City of Orillia, Hibernation, Leacock Medal For Humour, Mariposa Arts, ODAC, OMAH, Opera House, Orillia Secondary School, Orillia Vocal Ensemble, Orillia Youth Centre, OSB, Peter Street Fine Arts, Roots North, St. Paul's Center, Twin Lakes Secondary School

ShareBy John Swartz The Orillia Sunshine City School Music Festival held at the end of March at Orillia Secondary School

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‘Just Looking’ In The Digital Age

March 31, 2024March 31, 2024 Sunonline/Orillia Humour, Jim Foster

Not only that, it would mean each of us would have to lift 250 pounds and with my back… I couldn’t ask her to lift it by herself.

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Let Willy Be

March 24, 2024March 24, 2024 Sunonline/Orillia Humour, Jim Foster

They do hibernate, that’s true, and they do wake up at this time of year, but it isn’t the weather that awakens them it is the urge to mate.

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March 23, 2024March 24, 2024 Sunonline/Orillia Canada Day, City of Orillia, Hibernation, Leacock Associates, Leacock Museum, OCB, ODAC, OMAH, Opera House, Orillia BIg Band, Orillia Concert Association, Orillia Secondary School, Orillia Vocal Ensemble, OSB, Patrick Fogarty Band, Peter Street Fine Arts, St. Paul's Center, Twin Lakes Secondary School

You can catch all three of our high schools performing on Tuesday. OSS bands perform on all three days.

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Forgotten History

March 17, 2024March 17, 2024 Sunonline/Orillia Humour, Jim Foster

But if he was so great, why isn’t there a statue of him in every park in the United States?

Main: Irish Mythen (photo by Stewart MacLean) and James Campbell

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March 15, 2024March 15, 2024 Sunonline/Orillia Arts Orillia, City of Orillia, Hibernation, Leacock Associates, Leacock Museum, Mariposa Arts, Mariposa Folk, OMAH, Opera House, Orillia Concert Association, Orillia Vocal Ensemble, OSB, Peter Street Fine Arts

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.