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March 20, 2019September 28, 2019 Sunonline/Orillia Alleycats Music, Bakes by the Lake, Brownstone, Building Hope, Geneva, Hibernation, Hog N Penny, Kevin Gangloff, Lake Country Grill, Lakehead, Lance Anderson, Lee Contemporary, Manticore Books, Mariposa Arts, Mariposa Folk, OCB, OMAH, Opera House, Orillia Youth Centre, Peter Street Fine Arts, Roots North, Rustica, St. Paul's, Story Telling Orillia, Tango Artspace, Tapps Performing Arts, Tiffin's Creative Centre, Valis Sound

A concert is happening Saturday night at St. Paul’s Centre with the Orillia Concert Band. This is not last because it’s not so important. If you hadn’t noticed, I’m working on a theme here.

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March 13, 2019September 28, 2019 Sunonline/Orillia Alex, Bakes by the Lake, Brownstone, Eclectic Cafe, Geneva, Hibernation, Hog N Penny, Jubilee Chorale, Lake Country Grill, Lance Anderson, Lee Contemporary, Mariposa Arts, Mariposa Folk, Mariposa Gala, OCB, OMAH, Opera House, Orillia Youth Centre, Peter Street Fine Arts, Roots North, St. Paul's, Story Telling Orillia, Tango Artspace, Tapps Performing Arts, Tiffin's Creative Centre, Tony Bianco, Valis Sound

ShareBy John Swartz It’s not exactly The Boys Are Back In Town, because there are girls in Alex, but the

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March 6, 2019September 28, 2019 Sunonline/Orillia Alex, Brewery Bay Foood Co., Brownstone, Cellar Singers, Champlain Monument, City of Orillia, Geneva, Gordon Lightfoot, Hibernation, Hog N Penny, Lake Country Grill, Lakehead, Lance Anderson, Leacock Museum, Lee Contemporary, Mariposa Arts, Mariposa Folk, OCB, OMAH, Orillia Youth Centre, Peter Street Fine Arts, Peter's Players, Roots North, St. James', St. Paul's, Tango Artspace, Tiffin's Creative Centre

Last year Dave Beckett made a painting on the spot. This time it’s Tony Bianco, and no he’s not going to be making money, even though he’s our local Canada Mint coin creator.

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February 27, 2019September 28, 2019 Sunonline/Orillia Brownstone, Cellar Singers, City of Orillia, Geneva, Hibernation, Hog N Penny, Lake Country Grill, Lee Contemporary, OMAH, Opera House, Orillia Concert Association, Orillia Vocal Ensemble, Peter Street Fine Arts, Roots North, St. James', St. Paul's, Tiffin's Creative Centre

Why is it people will pay 50 bucks to see a show at the Opera House by Joe Schmedly from Saskatoon and right up the street is something as good, if not better and there’s only a handful of people taking it in?

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February 20, 2019September 28, 2019 Sunonline/Orillia Alphabreff, Bob Hawkins, Brownstone, Cellar Singers, Hibernation, Hog N Penny, Lake Country Grill, Lance Anderson, Lee Contemporary, OMAH, Opera House, Orillia Vocal Ensemble, OSB, Peter Street Fine Arts, Peter's Players, Roots North, Ross Love, St. James', St. Paul's, The Free Label, Tiffin's Creative Centre

It’s not really new, but it plays like new. It’s a refurbished Steinway concert grand, not one of those questionable Steinways made these days, but one from 1917,

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February 13, 2019September 28, 2019 Sunonline/Orillia Alphabreff, Bob Hawkins, Brownstone, CDC, Geneva, Hog N Penny, Lake Country Grill, Lance Anderson, Mariposa Arts, Mariposa Folk, Michael Martyn, Orillia Vocal Ensemble, OSB, Peter's Players, Ross Love, Rustica, St. Paul's, The Free Label, Zephyr

It’s so very hard to rank the 8 versions of the Gospel and Blues concerts, each has had its own unique moments (and several versions of Georgia), so I’ll just say this last one, being the freshest, was the best.