This Week In Art/Culture/Entertainment
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.
Read moreI 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.
Read moreTwo 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.
Read moreMay 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.
Read moreThe celebration of Suds Sutherland’s fantastic life is June 22 at Hawk Ridge Golf Club from 1 to 4 p.m.
Read moreI think everyone who was there should realize they saw Dmytro before he becomes Dmytro.
Read moreThe evening concert (7:30 p.m.) has the Orillia Vocal Ensemble and Alex Teske as guest performers.
Read moreShareBy John Swartz So the first Christmas concert happens Saturday evening, November 30 and it snowed for the first time
Read moreRick did the concert two more times last Monday, once with the OCB at Leacock Retirement Lodge and then by himself at Atrium Retirement Residence.
Read moreThe 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.
Read moreI get the sense there is a community of music teachers doing great things with their programs in Ontario of the kind I envied when I was a high school student.
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