BRACEBRIDGE — If you heard — and how could you miss — a lot of bell wringing and cries at Memorial Park Saturday morning at the Farmers’ Market, you probably wondered why more than a dozen people were dressed up in fancy dress, tri-cornered hats, frilly shirts, white gloves and buckled shoes. Well, hear ye […]
Photos and review Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com HUNTSVILLE — It’s hard to say which is more captivating — Kyung-A Lee’s playing or personality. Both can’t be beat. Audiences were enraptured by her this weekend in two performances with the Orillia Silver Band at the Algonquin Theatre. An absolutely delightful person, Lee outshone herself with two […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Maggie Muir’s doctor told her not to run after her hip operation. But that was a decade ago. So after playing ball in Bracebridge for 15 years, when her daughter invited her to play again this year she became a walk-on with the KJ’s Muskoka team in the Gravenhurst […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com HUNTSVILE — “Rachmaninov is every pianist’s dream to play,” says Kyung-A Lee. “Because it represents everything that a piano can possibly do.” Saturday night and Sunday afternoon at the Algonquin Theatre she and the Orillia Silver Band, conducted by Neil Barlow, share the stage for an incredible performance that will showcase […]
HUNTSVILLE — A South River driver is jail and a baby raccoon that was his passenger is now in Aspen Wildlife Sanctuary today. Police say they rescued the raccoon and charged a driver after a report from the public Wednesday, July 12, at 8:10 a.m. It is unclear why the driver was in possession of […]
MUSKOKA — As of 4 p.m. Tuesday, July 11, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry has lifted Muskoka’s the Restricted Fire Zone (RFZ) that has been in place since June 1. With this announcement, the Muskoka Association of Fire Chiefs has moved the fire danger rating in #Muskoka to moderate and lifted the fire […]
Photos Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com ORILLIA — Can Mariposa survive without Lightfoot? The possibilities are endless after a weekend of entertaining artists bent on following in big footsteps. Tudhope Park was teeming with talent of a new kind with plenty of potential and plenty electric, eclectic and exciting new Canadian and international artist with a […]
Story, photos Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com ORILLIA — Judy Collins remembers her only performance in Gravenhurst in 2000. I asked her. “I do remember,” she said yesterday after coming off Mariposa’s hot Main Stage — henceforth to be called the Lightfoot Stage after this weekend’s honour. She particularly recalled Pamela Wallin, a lovely lady who […]