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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

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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.

Karen Hilfman Millson and Gordon Lightfoot at ST. Paul's Centre February 2013 Orillia

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February 24, 2024February 24, 2024 Sunonline/Orillia City of Orillia, Cloud Gallery, Creative Nomad Studios, Hibernation, Mariposa Arts, Mariposa Folk, ODAC, OMAH, Opera House, Orillia Youth Centre, Peter Street Fine Arts

A concert of laughter is happening March 8 at the Opera House when the Old Dance Hall Players do their improv show, Guns and Rosies.

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 27, 2024January 29, 2024 Sunonline/Orillia Bleeker, Cassie Dasilva, City of Orillia, Creative Nomad Studios, Hibernation, Leacock Museum, Mariposa Arts, Mariposa Folk, ODAC, OMAH, Opera House, Orillia Concert Association, Orillia Scottish Festival, Orillia Youth Centre, Roots North, St. Paul's Center, Zachary Lucky

The other big topic was what is ODAC? That’s not an easy question even members and board members can answer succinctly. So the order of the day was develop a clear statement of what ODAC is.

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January 6, 2024January 6, 2024 Sunonline/Orillia Bleeker, City of Orillia, Creative Nomad Studios, Hibernation, Mariposa Arts, Mariposa Folk, ODAC, OMAH, Opera House, Orillia Youth Centre, Roots North, St. Paul's Center, Streets Alive

We could embrace the folly and forge an identify no other town cold set out to create on purpose… Spare no crazy idea.

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December 30, 2023December 30, 2023 Sunonline/Orillia City of Orillia, Cloud Gallery, Creative Nomad Studios, Hibernation, Mariposa Arts, Mariposa Folk, ODAC, OMAH, Opera House, Orillia Youth Centre, Peter Street Fine Arts

For the in between major league stuff, you can always watch Orillia council online (or go check out in person the renovated council chamber – visually – same old lousy sound and lighting) for a wide range of horror, drama and comedy offerings.