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June 9, 2024June 9, 2024 Sunonline/Orillia Canada Day, Chamber of Commerce, City of Orillia, Cloud Gallery, Coldwater Studio Tour, Creative Nomad Studios, Dan Austin, Gordon Lightfoot, Hibernation, Mariposa Arts, Mariposa Folk, OCB, ODAC, OMAH, Opera House, Orillia Youth Centre, Peter Street Fine Arts, Port of Orillia

I don’t know how I would have processed the information if I had it. I do know now it makes me angry the adults in the room let this happen.

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May 19, 2024May 25, 2024 Sunonline/Orillia Arts Orillia, Canada Day, Cassie Dasilva, Cellar Singers, City of Orillia, Cloud Gallery, Leacock Medal For Humour, Mariposa Arts, OCB, Old Dance Hall Players, OMAH, Opera House, Orillia BIg Band, Orillia Secondary School, Orillia Vocal Ensemble, Peter Street Fine Arts, Rick Stephenson, Shawn William Clarke, St. Paul's Center, Travis Shilling

Rick did the concert two more times last Monday, once with the OCB at Leacock Retirement Lodge and then by himself at Atrium Retirement Residence.

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May 11, 2024May 11, 2024 Sunonline/Orillia Arts Orillia, Canada Day, Cellar Singers, City of Orillia, Cloud Gallery, Creative Nomad Studios, Hibernation, Leacock Medal For Humour, Mariposa Arts, OCB, OMAH, Opera House, Orillia Secondary School, Orillia Vocal Ensemble, Peter Street Fine Arts, Rick Stephenson

The Cellars became one of the great musical groups in Canada and we are fortunate to have them right here in Orillia, and were fortunate to have Albert leading them. Many communities wish they had an Albert Greer.

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May 7, 2024May 10, 2024 Sunonline/Orillia OCB, Rick Stephenson, St. Paul's Center

I am not going to wear a hat, throw a coat over my shoulder, smoke a cigarette and try and make you believe you’re seeing Frank Sinatra.

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April 26, 2024May 4, 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.

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March 23, 2024March 24, 2024 Sunonline/Orillia Canada Day, City of Orillia, Hibernation, Leacock Associates, Leacock Museum, OCB, ODAC, OMAH, Opera House, Orillia BIg Band, Orillia Concert Association, Orillia Secondary School, Orillia Vocal Ensemble, OSB, Patrick Fogarty Band, Peter Street Fine Arts, St. Paul's Center, Twin Lakes Secondary School

You can catch all three of our high schools performing on Tuesday. OSS bands perform on all three days.

Boreal - Katherine Wheatley, Tannis Slimmon and Angie Nussey - play St. Paul's Centre Saturday night.

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March 8, 2024March 8, 2024 Sunonline/Orillia City of Orillia, Hibernation, Leacock Associates, Leacock Museum, Mariposa Folk, OCB, OMAH, Opera House, Orillia Concert Association, Orillia Vocal Ensemble, OSB, Peter Street Fine Arts, St. Paul's Center

ShareBy John Swartz Saturday night the Mariposa Folk Festival has their spring concert happening at St. Paul’s Centre Saturday, March

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.

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December 8, 2023December 8, 2023 Sunonline/Orillia Cloud Gallery, Creative Nomad Studios, OCB, Opera House, Orillia BIg Band, Orillia Vocal Ensemble, Ronnie Douglas, St. Paul's Center

The difference of the sound was like jumping from a grade 8 level to 11 or 12, a big leap in quality.