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July 9, 2022July 9, 2022 Sunonline/Orillia Mariposa Folk

Friday nights have long been viewed by the festival as the time to program the main stage for the younger crowd and boy did they score big this year.

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July 7, 2022July 7, 2022 Sunonline/Orillia Cloud Gallery, Gordon Lightfoot, Hibernation, Mariposa Folk, ODAC, OMAH, Opera House, Orillia Youth Centre, OSB, Peter Street Fine Arts

The festival is the beacon showing us, teaching us, it’s good to think big; big can happen in Orillia, we shouldn’t be afraid of big and don’t give up.

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June 30, 2022July 5, 2022 Sunonline/Orillia Hibernation, Mariposa Arts, Mariposa Folk, ODAC, OMAH, Opera House, Orillia Youth Centre, Peter Street Fine Arts

I asked summer theater artistic director Jesse Collins about Foster writing the part for Debbie sand he said, “I know, what you mean” and said Norm Foster who had seen some of the rehearsals said it seemed like he wrote the part for her.

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June 18, 2022June 18, 2022 Sunonline/Orillia Aaron Mangoff, Charles Pachter, City of Orillia, Couchiching Craft Brewing Company, Gordon Lightfoot, Hibernation, Hog N Penny, Leacock Museum, Mariposa Arts, Mariposa Folk, OCB, OMAH, Opera House, Orillia Centre for Arts+Culture, Orillia Public Library, Orillia Secondary School, Orillia Youth Centre, OSB, Park Street Collegiate, Peter Street Fine Arts, st, St. Paul's Center, Zachary Lucky

Three finalists will be announced August 15 and the winner picks up the hardware and cheque at the Once Again Annual Stephen Leacock Medal For Humour dinner September 17.

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Couchiching Jubilee House Fundraiser

June 15, 2022June 15, 2022 Sunonline/Orillia Casino Rama, Couchiching Jubilee House, Mariposa Folk

ShareBy John Swartz For 22 years Couchiching Jubilee House has been helping women and children break out of their troubled

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June 10, 2022June 10, 2022 Sunonline/Orillia Charles Pachter, City of Orillia, Couchiching Craft Brewing Company, Creative Nomad Studios, Hibernation, Kayla Mahomed, Leacock Museum, Mariposa Arts, Mariposa Folk, OCB, ODAC, OMAH, Opera House, Orillia Centre for Arts+Culture, Orillia Public Library, Orillia Secondary School, Orillia Youth Centre, OSB, Peter Street Fine Arts, Steven Henry

Here’s the thing, I forgot to do step two. I woke up at 9:15 and immediately had a panic.

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June 4, 2022June 4, 2022 Sunonline/Orillia CDC, Cellar Singers, City of Orillia, Creative Nomad Studios, Hibernation, Hog N Penny, Leacock Museum, Mariposa Arts, Mariposa Folk, OCB, ODAC, OFAA, OMAH, Opera House, Orillia Centre for Arts+Culture, Orillia Public Library, Orillia Secondary School, Orillia Youth Centre, Park Street Collegiate, Peter Street Fine Arts, Sustainable Orillia, Zachary Lucky

Overall though, the entire program was like being stuck in the middle of sound meant to have a peaceful effect.

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May 6, 2022May 6, 2022 Sunonline/Orillia Cloud Gallery, Hibernation, Mariposa Arts, Mariposa Folk, ODAC, OMAH, Orillia Concert Association, Orillia Youth Centre, Peter Street Fine Arts

Roger Harvey learned a bit about the Youth Center when he was here last September to play at a fundraiser for the Green Haven Shelter for Women and Youth.

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April 29, 2022April 29, 2022 Sunonline/Orillia Craig Mainprize, Creative Nomad Studios, Danny Webster, Even Steven, Hibernation, Mariposa Arts, Mariposa Folk, OMAH, Opera House, Orillia Youth Centre, Peter Street Fine Arts, Roots North, Run With the Kittens

Jake was next and instead of ramming a bunch of notes all over his set like every other drummer on the planet would do, he played a snippet of a tune on a small set of orchestra bells.

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April 15, 2022April 15, 2022 Sunonline/Orillia Cloud Gallery, Creative Nomad Studios, Hibernation, Lance Anderson, Mariposa Folk, OMAH, Opera House, Orillia Concert Association, Peter Street Fine Arts, Roots North, Sustainable Orillia

I think the genius of this concert series, and the tribute shows Lance puts together is not just picking great musicians for the bands, but matching tunes to the qualities and capabilities of the singers, and then ordering the tunes in a way that drags your adrenaline along whether you want it to or not.