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Now & Then Episode 14 - December 2023
We may as well call this episode The Morrison Show, because my main guests are three members of that family, all of which are performers of their own.
First we have General Manager Craig Metcalf talking to us about not just upcoming attractions but how the theatre operates with contract deals, how they negotiate, and how they adapt to different requests from different guests who rent the stage.
Then I talk to David and Colleen Morrison. David and Colleen are both from the Kawartha Lakes Concert Band. I in fact interviewed David recently. David talks about how they moved back to Lindsay in 1989 after living away for a bit, and his first experience with the theatre when he was a music teacher at LCVI in 1991 and he was looking for better places to play the school concert rather than the gymnasium.
Colleen talked about how when she was in high school, her school was looking for a pit band for a Kiss Me Kate production and she went there in 1978, playing her flute. There was no going back for either of them.
Plus, their daughter Meaghan, who prefers to go by Meg, has been a star at various plays, especially musicals, at the theatre. She was in 4th grade and doing dancing and it was enjoyable but wasn't completely clicking for her. Then she decided to audition for an adaptation of Seussical and got the role of the Baby Kangaroo.
Our renowned historian Ian McKechnie is also back, and it is incredible how fascinating the history of this building is. In the 1930's, in the middle of the Great Depression, many things were happening. Homelessness and poverty were in crisis mode, and people were begging for food. The local Kiwanis Club and Rotary Club formed the Citizens Relief Assocaition, wehre they ran a soup kitchen at the armoury, checked on homes that were in need, and on Feb 7 1932 they hosted a Community Song Service at the Acaademy with a 15-minute concert and more. The theatre also had a few other worthy causes attached to it at the time.
Hope you enjoy!!
0:00 - Randy Intro
02:00 - Craig Metcalfe
06:30 - David and Colleen Morrison
15:37 - Iain McCechnie
25:17 - Meg Morrison
29:58 - Outro
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By Randy ReadWe may as well call this episode The Morrison Show, because my main guests are three members of that family, all of which are performers of their own.
First we have General Manager Craig Metcalf talking to us about not just upcoming attractions but how the theatre operates with contract deals, how they negotiate, and how they adapt to different requests from different guests who rent the stage.
Then I talk to David and Colleen Morrison. David and Colleen are both from the Kawartha Lakes Concert Band. I in fact interviewed David recently. David talks about how they moved back to Lindsay in 1989 after living away for a bit, and his first experience with the theatre when he was a music teacher at LCVI in 1991 and he was looking for better places to play the school concert rather than the gymnasium.
Colleen talked about how when she was in high school, her school was looking for a pit band for a Kiss Me Kate production and she went there in 1978, playing her flute. There was no going back for either of them.
Plus, their daughter Meaghan, who prefers to go by Meg, has been a star at various plays, especially musicals, at the theatre. She was in 4th grade and doing dancing and it was enjoyable but wasn't completely clicking for her. Then she decided to audition for an adaptation of Seussical and got the role of the Baby Kangaroo.
Our renowned historian Ian McKechnie is also back, and it is incredible how fascinating the history of this building is. In the 1930's, in the middle of the Great Depression, many things were happening. Homelessness and poverty were in crisis mode, and people were begging for food. The local Kiwanis Club and Rotary Club formed the Citizens Relief Assocaition, wehre they ran a soup kitchen at the armoury, checked on homes that were in need, and on Feb 7 1932 they hosted a Community Song Service at the Acaademy with a 15-minute concert and more. The theatre also had a few other worthy causes attached to it at the time.
Hope you enjoy!!
0:00 - Randy Intro
02:00 - Craig Metcalfe
06:30 - David and Colleen Morrison
15:37 - Iain McCechnie
25:17 - Meg Morrison
29:58 - Outro