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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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Mark generally gets it right, but he can’t make silk purses out of poor signals handed over to him.
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ShareBy John Swartz St. Paul’s Centre is the venue for the annual Christmas Prelude concert Saturday December 6 at 7:30
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ShareBy John Swartz The Orillia Museum of Art and History made out like bandits on Wednesday. They scooped up 50
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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 What a month this has been so far. Mariposa Arts produced and performed fantastically with Jesus Christ
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I have to say, having heard several medleys based on Chicago’s tunes, this one is the best arrangement I’ve heard.
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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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