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imported_Next_Saturday · 04-24-2009, 10:29 AM

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Lightfoot Lightfoot -- or bust
ARTS AND CULTURE: What a relief for hometown hero
Posted By IAN SHELTON, SPECIAL TO THE PACKET AND TIMES
Posted 3 hours ago

Gordon Lightfoot immortalized the stories he sang about. But the Hamilton artist who sculpted Lightfoot says that in his face you can read the stories of the troubadour's own life.

"Faces are like road maps that tell about a person's victories and defeats," Gino Cavicchioli said yesterday. "His (Lightfoot's) face is extremely expressive. There are so many experiences and stories in there."

For Cavicchioli, a widely commissioned artist who barely finishes one project before starting another, sculpting the Orilliaborn folk hero's bust was more

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Gino Cavicchioli sculpted this 350-pound bust of Orillia's own Gordon Lightfoot.

personal. Each year, he takes time out of his commissioned work to sculpt something that is, as he said, "near and dear" to him.

"Mr. Lightfoot is someone I admired my whole life. He's just an incredible poet."

Though in fact, it was not until Cavicchioli immigrated to Canada as a 13-year-old that he first heard

Lightfoot's music.

Though Born in Australia, Cavicchioli spent his formative years serving mass in a small church 24 kilometres from the Vatican, and was occasionally called up to the big show for special holidays.

He says he spent many of these years in close contact

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imported_Next_Saturday Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 443	Orillia Packet - Lightfoot Lightfoot -- or bust http://www.orilliapacket.com/Article...aspx?e=1538181 Lightfoot Lightfoot -- or bust ARTS AND CULTURE: What a relief for hometown hero Posted By IAN SHELTON, SPECIAL TO THE PACKET AND TIMES Posted 3 hours ago Gordon Lightfoot immortalized the stories he sang about. But the Hamilton artist who sculpted Lightfoot says that in his face you can read the stories of the troubadour's own life. "Faces are like road maps that tell about a person's victories and defeats," Gino Cavicchioli said yesterday. "His (Lightfoot's) face is extremely expressive. There are so many experiences and stories in there." For Cavicchioli, a widely commissioned artist who barely finishes one project before starting another, sculpting the Orilliaborn folk hero's bust was more Submitted photo Gino Cavicchioli sculpted this 350-pound bust of Orillia's own Gordon Lightfoot. personal. Each year, he takes time out of his commissioned work to sculpt something that is, as he said, "near and dear" to him. "Mr. Lightfoot is someone I admired my whole life. He's just an incredible poet." Though in fact, it was not until Cavicchioli immigrated to Canada as a 13-year-old that he first heard Lightfoot's music. Though Born in Australia, Cavicchioli spent his formative years serving mass in a small church 24 kilometres from the Vatican, and was occasionally called up to the big show for special holidays. He says he spent many of these years in close contact Continued After Advertisement Below __________________ "I'll see you all next Saturday..."