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April 26, 2024April 26, 2024 Sunonline/Orillia Bleeker, Canada Day, Cassie Dasilva, City of Orillia, Cloud Gallery, Danny Webster, Hibernation, Leacock Medal For Humour, Mariposa Arts, Mariposa Folk, OCB, ODAC, OMAH, Opera House, Peter Street Fine Arts, Roots North, St. Paul's Center

Her performance was a great way to end the 10th year of Roots North.

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

Colin Linden, Bruce Cockburn, and Maestro Fresh Wes will play the 2024 Mariposa Folk Festival

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March 2, 2024March 8, 2024 Sunonline/Orillia Cellar Singers, City of Orillia, Geneva, Hibernation, Leacock Medal For Humour, Leacock Museum, Mariposa Folk, OCB, OMAH, Opera House, Peter Street Fine Arts, St. Paul's Center

It will likely only be days before Don Porter is no longer with us.

The Orillia Secondary School senior concert band with composer Brian Sarazin (left) at the premier of Nish Princess

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February 16, 2024February 18, 2024 Sunonline/Orillia Cellar Singers, City of Orillia, Hibernation, Leacock Medal For Humour, Leacock Museum, Mariposa Arts, Mariposa Folk, OCB, ODAC, OMAH, Opera House, Orillia Secondary School, Peter Street Fine Arts, St. Paul's Center, Storytelling Orillia

While it usually helps to know what the story line is… you really don’t need to know the minutia of the plot.

Steve Eyers, Eric Kidd, Gordon Lightfoot and John Stinson at the 2016 Lightfoot Days event at Lake Country Grill orillia

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February 10, 2024February 21, 2024 Sunonline/Orillia Bleeker, City of Orillia, Danny Webster, Hibernation, Leacock Medal For Humour, Leacock Museum, Lightfoot Band, Lightfoot Days, Mariposa Arts, Mariposa Folk, ODAC, OMAH, Opera House, Peter Street Fine Arts, St. Paul's Center, Zachary Lucky

It didn’t take 7 full years from the time John F. Kennedy said “We choose to go to the Moon,” and when Neil Armstrong took the first steps, can’t we figure this one out?

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January 20, 2024January 20, 2024 Sunonline/Orillia City of Orillia, Hibernation, Lance Anderson, Leacock Medal For Humour, Leacock Museum, Mariposa Arts, Mariposa Folk, OMAH, Opera House, Orillia Youth Centre, Roots North, St. Paul's Center

ShareBy John Swartz Monday evening at 7:30 p.m. the first look at the St. Paul’s Centre production of The Music

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November 11, 2023November 12, 2023 Sunonline/Orillia City of Orillia, Cloud Gallery, Creative Nomad Studios, Hibernation, Leacock Medal For Humour, Mariposa Arts, Mariposa Folk, ODAC, OMAH, Opera House, Orillia Regional Arts and Heritage Awards, Peter Street Fine Arts, Soldiers' Memorial Hospital Foundation, St. Paul's Center

MAT is also hosting an anniversary party at the rehearsal hall from 1 to 5 p.m. November 11. It’s free to attend.

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August 12, 2023August 12, 2023 Sunonline/Orillia Brassworks, City of Orillia, Cloud Gallery, DOMB, Glen Robertson, Hibernation, Lance Anderson, Leacock Medal For Humour, Mariposa Arts, Mariposa Folk, ODAC, OMAH, Opera House, Orillia Jazz Festival, Orillia Youth Centre, Peter Street Fine Arts, Roots North, St. Paul's Center

So while some of us are reminded of our age by the passing of great musicians, are effected with the knowledge they’ll never get to hear new or old music performed by the departed again, we should celebrate we were alive at a time when they also walked the rock and let the memories leave us smiling.