yeah, Sir J… was chatting with a small sampling of locals who agree with you, but the columnist isn't some young, uninformed journalist ..probably just provoking conversation… there are many who given their lives to the education system but it will be interesting to see a nominee list
i think they have 'begun' to commemorate Lightfoot, but festival is new
Lightfoot Trail - who has walked it?
Lightfoot Days festival (3 day event with musicians performing Gord songs in multiple venues, open mic, locals sharing stories that you can't hear anywhere else, a memorabilia display like no other, cake cutting at Mariposa Market to rap
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Gordon Lightfoot Ave. (lol, it's cute but not official… it's an alley)
Fred from Leacock Museum just coordinated a 50 Poems for Gordon Lightfoot collection and it was launched last week… char posts lovely videos at her channel
renaming the Couchiching cruise (Island Princess) or Mariposa Festival or Tudhope Park or Harvey St. could upset many and puzzle the man himself… i think having a scholarship or music award in his name at the existing collegiate would be nice… maybe one of those "put an instrument into the hands of all students" programs might be nice… Gord must pay lots of tax and i think these initiatives help with that as well… he's s sharp man, and I'm sure he and his people have chatted about this and that…. i don't know if there is a Lightfoot foundation or if a section of the Memorial Hospital has a dedication for all the benefits he's done … as for Toronto, there Hugh's Room tribute and there is the the Walk of Fame…where did that Hamilton bust" end up?
I don't think anyone would object to anything being named after Gordon. I think the Trail and Auditorium are terrific. Rename the Aqua Theatre perhaps. I don't know how many towns these days have welcome signs that name their favourite sons or daughters? Anyhow?
great pic, John … the sound in that room is wonderful… as Gordon would want it