by Anya Shor // Photography by Roger Klein & Jessica Crandlemire
End of summer, traditionally, marks the start of fundraising season. And what a great time around the Bay to host an event for a good cause! Collingwood was abuzz with events and On The Bay magazine was there to capture it all.
Collingwood General & Marine Hospital Foundation kicked off the season with its signature gala Into the Woods, Saturday, Aug. 28. Sotheby’s realtor Joseph Pugliese, and Dr. Michael Lisi, chief of staff at CGMH, were amongst the guests treated to surprise delights at a secret location transformed into an enchanted forest. The gala raised $475,000 to help fund a new CT scanner.
Jeff Wilkins, vice-president of operations at Agnora, and Jenn Wilkins, artist and member of the Blue Mountain Foundation for the Arts and the Downtown Collingwood BIA.
Sotheby’s realtor Joseph Pugliese and CGMH chief of staff Dr. Michael Lisi.
No fundraising season is complete without a rockin’ concert! The Collingwood Brewery played host to Escarpment Fest, Saturday, Sept. 10, in support of the Escarpment Corridor Alliance. Guests rocked out to the sounds of local bands while raising funds and awareness to protect our beautiful region.
Christina Eaton, Jeanette Walta, Ann Kerr and David Scoon, enjoying a cold one at Escarpment Fest.
Gary Green of Save Georgian Bay and Freda Ariella Muskovitch, psychotherapist, are all smiles at the Collingwood Brewery in support of the ECA.
On Friday, Sept. 24, Hospice Georgian Triangle Foundation raised $400,000 at their annual Care Gala, in support of hospice palliative care. Donations made by guests were matched up to $100,000 by Collingwood resident Ricki Thompson. The sold-out elegant evening, held at Blue Mountain Resort, attracted 300 guests and included a live auction, raffle and dancing to a live eight-piece band.
Tom and Joanne Talbot, and Gord Canning.
Sandra Sullivan, executive director of Hospice Georgian Triangle Foundation, and Patrick Coulter, president, Coulter Dawe and Associates.
Who’s Treading the Boards This Fall
by Dean Hollin
To “tread the boards” is, indeed, a thing. Yes, it’s a theatrical term that’s been around for a few hundred years. The “boards” quite literally refer to the stage itself—and to “tread” them is simply to be on them—to be up on stage.
Thankfully, here in Southern Georgian Bay we are blessed with a number of stages for talented folks to do their treading! While none have been around for as long as the term “treading the boards” has, we do have one or two—or maybe even three—that hover on either side of that 100-year mark. That has made for a whole lot of treading.
Of course the boards themselves are universally identical—it’s the setup around those boards that varies greatly. Some are proscenium houses while others are a bit more “thrust” in nature. Some spaces are intimate while others are vast. Then there are balconies, raked or non-raked seating, wing-space offerings, crossovers, orchestra pits, fly galleries, scrims, cycloramas and the like. Each and every performance space has its own unique personality, idiosyncrasies and peculiarities that collectively make it unlike any other on the planet. Each one truly has its own magic.
Thankfully, SGB’s local theatres are back to being as busy as ever. Audiences have been enthusiastically heading back for live entertainment in impressive numbers—and we entertainers, I can assure you, continue to be so very happy to be back “treading the boards”! Check out my selection of some of the standouts hitting SGB stages this fall.
Wingfield Lost & Found
(Meaford Hall)—Oct 20
Ray Bonneville & Bruce Molsky
(Midland Cultural Centre)—Oct 20
Lunch At Allen’s
(Murray McLauchlan, Marc Jordan, Cindy Church & Ian Thomas)
(Gayety Theatre)—Oct 28
Halloween, Too Much Fun
(Glacial Erratic/Too Loud For Tina)
(Marsh Street Centre)—Oct 28
Don’t Misunderstand Me
(Marsh Street Centre)—Nov 3 to 12
The Devil’s Trill
(Sadie Fields, violin/Ken Gee, piano)
(Harmony Centre)—Nov 12
Michael Kaeshammer
(Meaford Hall)—Nov 22
Billy Bishop Goes to War
(Roxy Theatre)—Dec 1
Matt Dusk Sings Sinatra
(Midland Cultural Centre)—Dec 3
