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Share By John Swartz We have reached a point in time when I feel comfortable leading with Christmas stuff –
Read moreShare By John Swartz We have reached a point in time when I feel comfortable leading with Christmas stuff –
Read moreThe internet, well, Facebook, is buzzing since it was announced yesterday Gordon Lightfoot has cancelled some more concerts.
Read moreMany large music ensembles program their events with an easy tune or two off the top so everyone can catch a stride with long notes, moderate tempos, lots of time to warm up the lips and listen to each other for blend and balance. Not these folks.
Read moreShareBy John Swartz The Washago Song contest happened Sunday at the community center with 10 entries getting to perform and
Read moreWhy is it people will pay 50 bucks to see a show at the Opera House by Joe Schmedly from Saskatoon and right up the street is something as good, if not better and there’s only a handful of people taking it in?
Read moreShareThe Orillia Vocal Ensemble with guests the Nai Children’s Choir of Toronto and the Orillia Music Centre Choir raised $3,020
Read moreIt’s not really new, but it plays like new. It’s a refurbished Steinway concert grand, not one of those questionable Steinways made these days, but one from 1917,
Read moreIt’s so very hard to rank the 8 versions of the Gospel and Blues concerts, each has had its own unique moments (and several versions of Georgia), so I’ll just say this last one, being the freshest, was the best.
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