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April 19, 2024April 19, 2024 Sunonline/Orillia Orillia Secondary School, Patrick Fogarty Band, Twin Lakes Secondary School

I 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.

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.

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 3, 2023December 3, 2023 Sunonline/Orillia City of Orillia, Cloud Gallery, Creative Nomad Studios, Hibernation, Leacock Museum, OCB, ODAC, OMAH, Opera House, Orillia BIg Band, Orillia Secondary School, Orillia Vocal Ensemble, OSB, Patrick Fogarty Band, Peter Street Fine Arts, Sharing Place, St. Paul's Center

Also appearing is Milli Schop, who you may recall I mentioned once or twice as being a fantastic singer.

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October 21, 2023October 21, 2023 Sunonline/Orillia Arts Orillia, Brassworks, Cloud Gallery, Creative Nomad Studios, Lance Anderson, Mariposa Folk, OCB, OMAH, Opera House, Orillia Jazz Festival, Orillia Secondary School, OSB, Twin Lakes Secondary School

hen the mob ruled. My Son the Hurricane is a dozen little whirlwinds working together to make everyone get up and dance.

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July 22, 2023July 22, 2023 Sunonline/Orillia Brassworks, City of Orillia, Duck Soup, Hibernation, Mariposa Folk, ODAC, OMAH, Opera House, Orillia Secondary School, Orillia Youth Centre, Peter Street Fine Arts, Scottish Festival, Streets Alive

I’m sure he would like to do better, wouldn’t we all (I’m president of the club), but to be able to say, – I‘m making a living doing what I love and know how to do, in the arts, in Canada, and I’m doing it on my own – is something special.