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ShareBy John Swartz First a brief note about missing a column last week. As I was sitting down to write
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This was the largest version of the OVE that I recall. They, and the next group in question, could use some more male voices.
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The big announcement the youth center’s director, Kevin Gangloff, had last week (the day after the column ran) is that Serena Ryder and Lydia Persaud have a concert at Creative Nomad Studios December 21.
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ShareBy John Swartz Friday, October 24th’s Orillia Youth Centre fundraising concert at Creative Nomad Studios with Ronnie Douglas, Angie Nussey
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I 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.
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Two 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.
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May 1 will be the second anniversary of Gordon Lightfoot’s passing. Like last year, there will be a remembrance celebration at Tudhope Park out on Barnfield Point where his statue is. Bring a lawn chair.
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Two artists left us recently.
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ShareBy John Swartz The fire downtown was devastating to several arts related businesses. I count comic books and fashion as
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ShareBy John Swartz Jug bands aren’t exactly a lost art from, but it’s possible to live a lifetime and never
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