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August 21, 2019September 28, 2019 Sunonline/Orillia Alleycats Music, Brownstone, Chippewas of Rama, City of Orillia, Creative Nomad Studios, DOMB, Hibernation, Hog N Penny, Lake Country Grill, Lakehead, Lee Contemporary, OMAH, Opera House, Orillia Centre for Arts+Culture, Orillia District Chamber of Commerce, Orillia Youth Centre, Roots North, St. James', St. Paul's, Starry Night

I think someone has a thing about people getting wet in the basin next to the Port of Orillia building because the main attraction is walking the plank at 2 p.m. next Saturday.

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August 14, 2019September 28, 2019 Sunonline/Orillia Alleycats Music, Brownstone, City of Orillia, DOMB, Geneva, Hibernation, Hog N Penny, Lake Country Grill, Lee Contemporary, OMAH, Opera House, Orillia Centre for Arts+Culture, Peter Street Fine Arts, Starry Night

They do a really good job of stretching a 3 minute song out to oh, about however long they can jam on it in true Grateful Dead fashion.

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July 24, 2019September 28, 2019 Sunonline/Orillia Bleeker, Brownstone, Danny Webster, Doug Trucker, Geneva, Hibernation, Hog N Penny, Leacock Museum, Lee Contemporary, Opera House, Orillia Scottish Festival, Patrick Fogarty, Peter Street Fine Arts

ShareBy John Swartz Jim Johnston of the Doug Trucker Band is behind a fundraiser to buy 15 Fender acoustic guitars

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July 18, 2019September 28, 2019 Sunonline/Orillia Aqua Theatre, Brownstone, Geneva, Hibernation, Hog N Penny, Lake Country Grill, Leacock Museum, Lee Contemporary, OFAA, OMAH, Opera House, Peter Street Fine Arts, Scottish Festival

The Swartz was way too powerful with this guy and it affected eyesight. For two weeks I ran a line about Movies in the Park at the Aqua Theatre…

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July 10, 2019September 28, 2019 Sunonline/Orillia Brownstone, Geneva, Hibernation, Hog N Penny, Lake Country Grill, Leacock Museum, Lee Contemporary, Mariposa Arts, Mariposa Folk, Opera House, Orillia Fine Arts Assoc., OSB, Peter Street Fine Arts

SUNonline/Orillia is partnering with the Geneva Event Centre to give away 5 sets of tickets to see the next installment of Yuk Yuks July 20

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June 12, 2019September 28, 2019 Sunonline/Orillia Aqua Theatre, Art & Home, Arts District, Brownstone, Building Hope, City of Orillia, Cultural Roundtable, Geneva, Hibernation, Hog N Penny, Lake Country Grill, Lakehead, Leslie Fournier, Mariposa Arts, Michael Martyn, ODAC, OMAH, Opera House, Orillia Centre for Arts+Culture, Port of Orillia, Shadowbox, Simcoe County, St. Paul's, Streets Alive, Tango Artspace, Terry Savage, Three Crows, Tiffin's Creative Centre, Zachary Lucky

On the latter point, the worst time to hear about a good idea is after a facility‘s doors open.

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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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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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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.

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May 1, 2019September 28, 2019 Sunonline/Orillia Brownstone, Cottage Countrycon, Hibernation, Hog N Penny, Kiwanis Music Festival, Lake Country Grill, Lance Anderson, Leacock Medal For Humour, Leacock Museum, Liz Anderson, Mariposa Arts, OCB, OFAA, OMAH, Opera House, Orillia Concert Association, Orillia Youth Centre, OSB, Patrick Fogarty, Patrick Fogarty Band, Roots North, Rustica, ShineBrite Festival, Skye Wallace, St. Paul's, Valis Sound, VK

I think setting up a recording studio is an excellent idea and having spent a lot of time in studios working on videos and music I can vouch for how it can eat time like you wouldn’t believe.