Shining Light Where It's Needed
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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Many people experienced electrical outages last week, some many times, and the gremlins struck twice at the Orillia Youth Centre fundraising concert at Creative Nomad Studios.
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I sat next to a pianist for this concert who is no slouch whatsoever at the keyboard and he was as gob smacked as I was with what we just witnessed.
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Kevin said their fundraising efforts of the past year have been fantastic. Just with concerts this year $16K has been raised. Their Smile Cookie Campaign at Orillia Tim Horton’s raised $97K.
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ShareBy John Swartz There is an exhibition/sale of Marlene Bulas’s paintings happening at Creative Nomad Studios September 16. It’s the
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ShareBy John Swartz The Orillia Museum of Art and History and the Orillia Silver Band partnered for a presentation at
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It seems to me a higher percentage of Native people turn to artistic expression whether it be through music, visual expression, or writing and I think it would be good for the rest of us to pay more attention to the stories they are telling.
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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.
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