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Yup, still on concerts. The Orillia Jazz Festival is barrelling down on us.
Read moreYup, still on concerts. The Orillia Jazz Festival is barrelling down on us.
Read moreKevin said their fundraising efforts of the past year have been fantastic. Just with concerts this year $16K has been raised. Their Smile Cookie Campaign at Orillia Tim Horton’s raised $97K.
Read moreOf course the main attraction is the Walk The Plank event Saturday at 4 p.m. This is a fundraiser for the Rotary Club of Orillia.
Read moreIf you are anywhere and find out he is doing a gig, you will not regret making time to see it.
Read moreIt seems to me a higher percentage of Native people turn to artistic expression whether it be through music, visual expression, or writing and I think it would be good for the rest of us to pay more attention to the stories they are telling.
Read moreI didn’t really get a lot out of what was being said, oOther than it became clear to me this was music teacher Laura Lee Matthie last concert because she’s retiring.
Read moreTwo pieces in particular are by Howard Cable. Right off the top is his arrangement of O Canada, which the band, in its Orillia Wind Ensemble years, played soon after it was written. The band will also do Hockey Night In Canada, which was also fresh off the printer back in 2002 At that earlier concert both were conducted by Cable.
Read moreTwo artists left us recently.
Read moreShareBy John Swartz The fire downtown was devastating to several arts related businesses. I count comic books and fashion as
Read moreShareBy John Swartz The Orillia Concert Association starts their annual concert series October 27 with a 2:30 p.m. concert at
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