Walking Down Memory Lane The history of folk music is on stage at Victoria Playhouse in Petrolia, with five incredible singers who are creating a flood of nostalgia for those of a certain age. For Folks Like Us, the back of the stage is decorated with black and white photos of the greats in Canadian […]
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Last summer, Second Wind played a pop-up concert on the new Rotary Stage on Grand Bend’s beach. The evening was so successful that they have been invited back again as part of the Wednesdays’ Familiar Favourites Concert Series, to perform this year on Wednesday, August 16 at 7:00 p.m. In a bid to see the
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Note: This show was reviewed at Huron Country Playhouse. After also running on stage at the Drayton Festival Theatre August 9 to September 2, 2017, it has moved to Toronto. This production will be onstage at the CAA Theatre (formerly Panasonic Theatre), Toronto, Dec. 12, 2017 to Jan. 7, 2018. Please note that Aaron
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Note: This show was reviewed at Playhouse II, Grand Bend. It is now on stage at St. Jacobs Country Playhouse, August 9 to 27, 2017. A Stellar Cast Makes This Musical Lucky Stiff is an interesting little musical, first produced Off-Broadway in 1988, and based on the novel The Man Who Broke the Bank
An evening of show tunes and fun is planned for Grand Bend’s Beach, August 2nd, 7:00 p.m., presented by Grand Bend’s own Thomas Alderson alongside three other top young Canadian musical theatre performers. Alderson grew up in the ’Bend and has often appeared on stage at Huron Country Playhouse. He was also seen frequently on
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Celebrating 50 Year Old Songs Happy Together 1967, now on stage at Victoria Playhouse, Petrolia, is like jumping in a time machine and travelling back 50 years. This musical revue offers about 58 different songs – rock ‘n’ roll, pop, country, show tunes, movie sound tracks – all from the year 1967. A cast
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Turning the Rez into an Amusement Park Germans are fascinated with the Indigenous people of Canada. I learned this several years ago, when chatting with an acquaintance originally from Germany. He told me that he came to Canada as a child. A friendly immigration officer asked him what he wanted to do, now that he
A Capella on the Beach Keeping things harmonious is the goal of a Barbershop Chorus. And who wouldn’t want to live in a world of harmony? Two of the best Barbershop Choruses in Ontario will be on the Rotary Stage at Grand Bend Beach Wednesday, July 19. The Seaforth Harmony Kings and the Forest City
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All Shook Up: Funny, Corny, but with a Great Message Put Elvis’ music together with the plot of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night. Then add a message about diversity that we need to hear right now. Love is love is love, no matter the race or sexual orientation. That message comes wrapped in a wonderful package
Play Something Scottish My parents were big fans of Guy Lombardo. They lived in St. Thomas when they were dating in the 1930s and would go dancing at the Stork Club in Port Stanley to the Lombardo brothers’ sounds – “The Sweetest Music this Side of Heaven”. My mother even had a record album –
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