LIGHTFOOT DAYS 2014-Birthplace Celebration - Honour a Legend

[jj]

Orillia Opera House event with memorabilia (Char you are welcome to show off your collection ) and tribute performances… we are up first to perform

there are other festivities too… Open Mic, Cafe performers, Eatery gigs, etc

www.gordonlightfoottribute.com

(also a tribute concert for the Colours of Fall event next week in Aurora)

[formerlylavender]

Sounds like a great time...wish I could be there

[jj]

oh Lisa, we'd certainly love that too ... long overdue that this came together

they come up with a nice logo! we've all been in our own Gord daze for decades

[T.G.]

This sounds like a blast, unfortunately I have a church gig every Saturday afternoon or I'd be there.

[charlene]

RJ said he might head up...

[lighthead2toe]

It's on the agenda as a high priority Char.

Wow! In the "Gordon Lightfoot Auditorium." Doesn't get much better, eh?

I need to be there when the autumn wind goes sailin'.

Don't want to pass up an opportunity to catch those last few rays of an Orillia firey autumn haze.

I hope to get there early, check out the Orillia farmer's market and maybe take a stroll around that beautiful little town before the show.

Can't wait to see and hear the band once again.

[jj]

well, Ron… i think both you and TG should be there (and have Tim drive up too, lol) to do your stuff.. i think RJ should open the show actually… some solid folk era Gord stuff like Echoes of Heroes or Face of 1000 People … you're the original Mariposa guy! ...anyhow, there is an Open Mic … it overlaps a bit with the Opera House session… poster attached

[jj]

Barry Keane attended our last concert… terrific gent

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32j_jlIrSr8

You Tube

[paskatefan]

Awesome interview with Barry - thank you!

[lighthead2toe]

Wow!

What a great thread. Thanks JJ, and thanks also for your kind words.

Loved the Barry Keane interview. I sure made me laugh. He's a true gentleman.

Marian from the Mountains and I have a hotel room booked in town for the night so I'll throw an axe or two in my van just in case the offer comes up for a song.

Really looking forward to the show.

[charlene]

http://www.orilliapacket.com/2014/10...htfoot-his-due Orillia will honour homegrown Canadian music icon Gordon Lightfoot with a three-day festival.

“There’s a small, committed group of people who have formed a committee and felt because this is his hometown, this is his birthplace, this is where his story all began, this would be a great place to have a festival in his name,” said Jacqueline Soczka, the city’s manager of culture.

Orillia’s first Lightfoot Days will take place Oct. 31 to Nov. 2 and will include a number of tribute bands playing at venues across the city.

The idea for the event was spawned by the community’s enthusiastic response to the 75th-birthday celebration in downtown Orillia for Lightfoot last year, said Soczka.

Lightfoot was born in the city Nov. 17, 1938.

Jack Nicolle, a guitarist in a local tribute act called The Circle is Small Band, was involved in Lightfoot’s 75th-birthday celebration. He now chairs the Lightfoot Days committee.

“I have quite an affiliation with the music, which is a love of mine,” Nicolle said, adding he was a former music student of the lead guitarist in Lightfoot’s band.

Nicolle said he was contacted by Lightfoot’s nephew, Steve Eyers, in light of last year’s birthday celebration. Eyers, who also sits on the Lightfoot Days committee, wanted to be more involved, Nicolle said.

Eyers and his band, Even Steven, will be part of the Lightfoot Days lineup, which includes Nicolle’s band as well.

The highlight will be a tribute concert, scheduled to take place Nov. 1 between 2 and 5 p.m. in the Gordon Lightfoot Auditorium at the Orillia Opera House. It will include performances by the John Stinson Band, Eric Kidd and Steve Eyers, Even Steven and the Circle is Small Band. Karen Hilfman Millson, who, as the former minister of St. Paul’s United Church, spoke with Lightfoot on several occasions, will share her stories.

Lightfoot won’t be able to make the festival this year as he is on tour in the Prairies, Nicolle said.

“However, he has called us up and expressed his gratitude for doing this,” Nicolle said, adding Lightfoot’s sister, Bev, will attend.

Tickets to the tribute concert cost $15 and can be purchased at orilliaoperahouse.ca or by calling 705-326-8011.

For a full schedule of events, follow Orillia Lightfoot Days on Facebook.

roberta.bell@sunmedia.ca

Twitter: @roberta__bell

[jj]

hey Ron!… there was also a book of petty that was supposed to be ready for the event but it got delayed and they are now having a separate event at Hugh's


new article in local paper about the LightfootDays weekend
http://www.orilliapacket.com/2014/10...htfoot-his-due
Orillia will honour homegrown Canadian music icon Gordon Lightfoot with a three-day festival.

“There’s a small, committed group of people who have formed a committee and felt because this is his hometown, this is his birthplace, this is where his story all began, this would be a great place to have a festival in his name,” said Jacqueline Soczka, the city’s manager of culture.

Orillia’s first Lightfoot Days will take place Oct. 31 to Nov. 2 and will include a number of tribute bands playing at venues across the city.

The idea for the event was spawned by the community’s enthusiastic response to the 75th-birthday celebration in downtown Orillia for Lightfoot last year, said Soczka.

Lightfoot was born in the city Nov. 17, 1938.

Jack Nicolle, a guitarist in a local tribute act called The Circle is Small Band, was involved in Lightfoot’s 75th-birthday celebration. He now chairs the Lightfoot Days committee.

“I have quite an affiliation with the music, which is a love of mine,” Nicolle said, adding he was a former music student of the lead guitarist in Lightfoot’s band.

Nicolle said he was contacted by Lightfoot’s nephew, Steve Eyers, in light of last year’s birthday celebration. Eyers, who also sits on the Lightfoot Days committee, wanted to be more involved, Nicolle said.

Eyers and his band, Even Steven, will be part of the Lightfoot Days lineup, which includes Nicolle’s band as well.

The highlight will be a tribute concert, scheduled to take place Nov. 1 between 2 and 5 p.m. in the Gordon Lightfoot Auditorium at the Orillia Opera House. It will include performances by the John Stinson Band, Eric Kidd and Steve Eyers, Even Steven and the Circle is Small Band. Karen Hilfman Millson, who, as the former minister of St. Paul’s United Church, spoke with Lightfoot on several occasions, will share her stories.

Lightfoot won’t be able to make the festival this year as he is on tour in the Prairies, Nicolle said.

“However, he has called us up and expressed his gratitude for doing this,” Nicolle said, adding Lightfoot’s sister, Bev, will attend.

Tickets to the tribute concert cost $15 and can be purchased at orilliaoperahouse.ca or by calling 705-326-8011.

For a full schedule of events, follow Orillia Lightfoot Days on Facebook.

roberta.bell@sunmedia.ca

Twitter: @roberta__bell
cheers!
JJ

[charlene]

http://www.corfid.com/vbb/showthread.php?t=27587

[charlene]

http://www.simcoe.com/news-story/495...-start-oct-31/
Orillia's Lightfoot Days start Oct. 31

Area performers will celebrate Gordon Lightfoot’s music during a three-day event happening in downtown Orillia this weekend.
Orillia Today
By Frank Matys
Gordon Lightfoot’s living legacy is the focus of a three-day tribute in downtown Orillia this weekend.

Songs, stories and memorabilia celebrate the singer/songwriter’s lasting impact on folk and pop music during the inaugural ‘Lightfoot Days’ event.

“Orillia seemed the most logical place to create a festival in Lightfoot’s name,” said organizing committee chair Jack Nicolle. “It is his hometown, his birthplace where his story began some 70 years ago.”

Running from Oct. 31 to Nov. 2, the event features a variety of tribute artists at several venues in the city’s core.

Venues include Marcel’s (formerly Zats), Bistro 179, Brewery Bay Food Co., and Apple Annie’s Café.

Lightfoot’s nephew, Steve Eyers – one half of the duo Even Steven – is participating as a committee member and as a performer, organizers noted.

In addition to the artists scheduled at downtown venues, the Orillia Opera House hosts an afternoon tribute concert on Nov. 1.

Even Steven joins a roster of artists that includes Eric Kidd, the Circle is Small Band and the John Stinson Band starting at 2 p.m.

Karen Hilfman Millson will share stories culled from her conversations with Lightfoot during her years as minister of St. Paul’s United Church, his boyhood parish.

Visitors are also invited to peruse a display of Lightfoot memorabilia in the opera house’s green room.

Admission to the exhibit is free.

Elsewhere, local musicians wishing to honour Lightfoot’s legend through their own songs are invited to join an open mic tribute at the Brownstone on Saturday following the opera house concert.

This year’s event builds on the success of a celebration held in 2013 to mark Lightfoot’s 75th birthday.

More information is available on Facebook on the ‘Orillia Lightfoot Days’ page.

Tickets to the opera house concert are $18 per person, and are available online at orilliaoperahouse.ca, or by calling 705-326-8011.

[jj]

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[charlene]

pic doesn't open James.. same prob i've been having. I e-mailed Florian..

[jj]

its the concert program…i posted to FB

[jj]

the 2nd annual LightfootDays Festival has begun in Orillia - Oct 31 to Nov 2

Circle is Small Band kicked it off in the Brewery Bay pub, owned by the new Mayor

have very safe travels (Ron Jones, Paul Bartlett, etc) …there is some snow

they are selling posters and T shirts… I can't seem to post any images here

Gordon's sister, Bev, and his musical nephew, Steve Eyers helped form this!

congrats, Orillia and Gordon

[charlene]

t-shirt has this logo across chest

[charlene]

John Stinson and Barry Keane!

[charlene]

Kenyon's TWITTER pic: about to go onstage at The Orillia Opera House-Gordon Lightfoot Auditorium for the 2nd annual LIGHTFOOT DAYS celebration weekend!

[lighthead2toe]

Just back in Toronto from the Lightfoot festivities in Orillia and I can tell everyone that this weekend Orillia Town was just a-hoppin' with Gordon Lightfoot events.

Gigs goin' on all over the place and although Gord was out on tour his hometown was on fire.

Marian from the Mountains and I arrived mid day or so and headed straight for the Orillia Opera House.

What a special feeling, just being there, inside the "Gordon Lightfoot Auditorium" where Gord performed many times and all that rich history alive and just bubbling. Hard to describe really.

The guys were doing their sound check when we arrived so there was time to just stroll about and absorb the vibes jolting around that magic place and sometimes you could even feel it when they hit you. That's the time to capture them and if you can, keep them wrapped up so they stay with you as long as possible. I think I snagged a few because even though I'm half asleep here I want to continue on just a bit.

For a guy like me, anything remotely connected to the music of Gordon Lightfoot is something I want to graft onto and nurture it along the way, anyway I can.

This weekend in Orillia it was a bonanza!

To be able to sit there and close your eyes and hear those wonderful sounds and let your mind drift back to when you first heard it all... such a wonderful sensation.

Hopefully we'll get to see some of the shows here on Corfid if anyone captured anything on video. Sorry, I'm not good in that department. Too old to hear new chimes I guess.





Thanks gals and guys,

[charlene]

http://www.orilliapacket.com/2014/11...-music-of-icon

Orillia paid tribute to homegrown Canadian music icon Gordon Lightfoot on the weekend with a three-day festival.

Orillia’s first Lightfoot Days, which began Friday, included a number of tribute bands playing at venues across the city.

The idea for the event was spawned by the community’sresponse to the 75th-birthday celebration in downtown Orillia for Lightfoot last year.

Lightfoot was born in the city Nov. 17, 1938.

Lightfoot Days
Sounds and images of Gordon Lightfoot were everywhere in Orillia this weekend. Check out what people have been sharing about this Canadian music legend.

During a break in the music at the Orillia Opera House, Eric Kidd shares a story about his first Gordon Lightfoot concert. Kidd was one of five performances held during a tribute concert for Gordon Lightfoot, honouring the music legend. Mark Wanzel QMI AGENCY

[charlene]

Gordon Lightfoot memorabilia was on display all weekend at the Orillia Opera House, honouring the music legend. Mark Wanzel QMI AGENCY

[charlene]

Fans wander though a collection of Gordon Lightfoot memorabilia during the inaugural Lightfoot Days music festival held at venues across the city, including the the Orillia Opera House, Saturday. Mark Wanzel QMI AGENCY