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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,