2nd LEAF to be unveiled at Mariposa on Sun.July 10,2016.
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Another honour will be held Sunday to celebrate one of the city's favourite sons.
Officials from the city of Orillia along with the Mariposa Folk Foundation and figurative artist Timothy P. Schmalz will be at Tudhope Park to unveil Black Day in July - the second bronze leaf in a series of sculptures honouring Gordon Lightfoot.
Part of a large artistic project being led by Schmalz, the individual maple leaves, born of the principal monument, encapsulate songs written by the folk legend and are being installed along the Lightfoot Trail System in Orillia and at key locations across North America.
In 2015, the first leaf was installed together with the 13-foot bronze sculpture Golden Leaves to mark the 40th anniversary of the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald that inspired the 1976 song written by Lightfoot.
Similarly, Black Day in July was created in anticipation of the 50th anniversary of the 1967 Detroit race riot.
The three sculptures within the park were donated to the city by the Rudolph P. Bratty Family Foundation.
The 1 p.m. unveiling is part of this weekend's Mariposa Folk Festival, a ticketed event, and will take place rain or shine.
Tickets can be purchased online at mariposafolk.com or at the Mariposa Folk Foundation Office at 10 Peter Street South.