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June 5, 2019September 28, 2019 Sunonline/Orillia Brownstone, Building Hope, Casino Rama, City of Orillia, Cultural Roundtable, Geneva, Hibernation, Hog N Penny, Lake Country Grill, Leacock Associates, Leacock Medal For Humour, Leacock Museum, Lee Contemporary, Mariposa Arts, Mariposa House Hospice, Mariposa Inn, ODAC, OFAA, OMAH, Opera House, Orillia Centre for Arts+Culture, Pedal Powered, Peter Street Fine Arts, Port of Orillia, ShineBrite Festival, Streets Alive, Terry Savage, Valis Sound

Just to show some of you just how conservative I can be (stop sniggering, I’ll wait while you get something to wipe the monitor clean)

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Lost For Words

June 2, 2019September 28, 2019 Sunonline/Orillia Humour, Jim Foster

Just one more word and we can move on – well maybe three.

Jason McCoy at the Building Hope Country Gala

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Building Hope Gala Ropes In Donations

June 1, 2019June 3, 2019 Sunonline/Orillia Building Hope, Casino Rama

ShareBy John Swartz Last Friday night’s Building Hope Country Gala fundraiser at Casino Rama had a packed room of 286

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May 29, 2019September 28, 2019 Sunonline/Orillia Alphabreff, Bleeker, Brownstone, Building Hope, Casino Rama, Cellar Singers, City of Orillia, Cultural Roundtable, Geneva, Grey Eyes, Hibernation, Hog N Penny, Hugh Coleman, James Hilts, Jubilee Chorale, Lake Country Grill, Leacock Medal For Humour, Leacock Museum, Lee Contemporary, Liz Anderson, Mariposa Arts, Mariposa House Hospice, OCB, ODAC, OFAA, OMAH, Opera House, OSB, Peter Street Fine Arts, Reay, ShineBrite Festival

It’s a shame only about 200 people heard it. We’re a very small club. No one else will get to experience what we did.

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Repeat After Me, Today I Learned

May 27, 2019September 28, 2019 Sunonline/Orillia Mariposa Arts

Frank starts to understand learning what the system wants you to learn has a conforming affect on individuals

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A Literary Survey

May 26, 2019September 28, 2019 Sunonline/Orillia Humour, Jim Foster

Some people, not me of course, but some people have a pretty odd sense of humour.

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May 22, 2019September 28, 2019 Sunonline/Orillia

If the two events above are not enough to have happening all at once, read on.

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Countrycon Strikes Again

May 20, 2019September 28, 2019 Sunonline/Orillia Cottage Countrycon, Mariposa Inn

ShareBy John Swartz The 3rd annual Cottage Countrycon happened Sunday at the Mariposa Inn. Toy, model, sword, and of course

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Alone With My Thoughts

May 19, 2019May 19, 2019 Sunonline/Orillia Humour, Jim Foster

I once wrote a column about the dangers of teaching a dog or cat to speak. Not a good idea folks!

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May 15, 2019September 28, 2019 Sunonline/Orillia Brassworks, Brownstone, Building Hope, Casino Rama, City of Orillia, Cottage Countrycon, Cultural Roundtable, Geneva, Hibernation, Hog N Penny, Lake Country Grill, Leacock Medal For Humour, Leacock Museum, Lee Contemporary, Mariposa Arts, ODAC, OFAA, OMAH, Opera House, Orillia Vocal Ensemble, OSB, Patrick Fogarty Band, Peter Street Fine Arts, ShineBrite Festival, St. Paul's

Many large music ensembles program their events with an easy tune or two off the top so everyone can catch a stride with long notes, moderate tempos, lots of time to warm up the lips and listen to each other for blend and balance. Not these folks.