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Now & Then Episode 8 – June 2023

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For this nice and hot new month, we’re interviewing a Maestro, and a retired high school Music teacher; David Morrison of the Kawartha Lakes Concert Band, an orchestra of dozens of musical geniuses. The band has a concert at the FLATO Academy Theatre June 24th at 7 p.m.! We’re also reuniting with the Imrie women; Alana, Claire, and Mama Kate, talking with us about what it’s like to program gigs at theatres and dance studios and audition processes. Our historian Ian McKechnie will be bringing us back through time when Dennis Sweeting and Hi Meehan commandeered the theatre, and how they revolutionized how the theatre was seen and how Hi liked to play movies on the big screen there. We also hear from board member Tom Collver, who is one of the founders of the Triple Threat Theatre group to talk about the upcoming Matilda play, and what it’s like being involved in the Academy’s art programs and owning a design agency.

0:30 – Intro

0:59 – Academy Schedule

2:25 – David Morrison

6:40 – Imrie Women

18:40 – Iain McCechnie

26:50 – Tom Collver

38:36 – Mary

40:54 – Outro

Now & Then Episode 5 – March 2023

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In this episode we have some new guests, both under the name Read. The first is some tunes from my late father Alexander “Ragtime” Read who would’ve celebrated his 100th birthday this month. And the other is another Randy Read who’s the artistic director of the New Stages theatre company in Peterborough. Who would have guessed two people with the same name also love the same industry?!!

00:27 – Intro w Mary

02:55 – Alex Read

05:18 – Doug Tangney Interview

32:19 – Randy Read Interview

41:18 – Ian McKechnie

46:51 – Craig Metcalfe

48: 17 – Mary’s Song/Outro

Now & Then Episode 4

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Our newest episode has some familiar voices; the theatre’s general manager Craig Metcalf, our historian Ian D. McKechnie and former theatre president Ray Marshall. But that’s far from all! Ian is going to be discussing legendary Lindsay actor and producer Dennis Sweeting. A local who moved here from Calgary and lived from 1915-2000, he was once the president of ACTRA (The Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists) and the former revee of Lindsay. Also with us is Doug Tangney, a Canadian actor who has been in local theatre for over 40 years. He and Ray have teamed up to discuss their fondest and funniest memories. Also, our dear Mary the Ghost is back, recording out of British Columbia, to sing us a lovely Valentine’s Day song. Which reminds me, Happy Valentine’s Day!!

  • 0:00 Intro
  • 1:47 Craig Metcalf
  • 4:21 Ian McKechnie
  • 10:13 Ray Marshall
  • 34:00 Doug Tangney
  • 37: 49 Mary Song
  • 40:00 Outro

Now & Then Episode 3

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This episode has us with Ray Marshall and Jim Brown, two Flato Academy Theatre veterans who have represented the institution for generations! It was incredible talking to them and there’s so much more conversation to be had in the near future with them!

TIMECODES

0:00 – Intro/Mary Convo

7:07 – Jim Brown Pt. 1

12:49 – Ray Marshall 

30:14 – Jim Brown Pt. 2

41:45 – Upcoming Events

43:30 – Outro

Now & Then Episode 2

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Excited to have the next episode with you today! (A timeline will be coming up!)

For this episode we will be talking to some of our previous guests; Craig Metcalf, Ghost Mary, and Ian McKechnie. In addition, we are talking to Pete Paquette of Paquette Productions, who is bringing his Christmas Spectacular here to Kawartha Lakes soon. We also have Jeff Gutteridge from the band Looking for Heather!!!

0:25 – Introduction

1:57 – Craig Metcalf

6:00 – Jeff Gutteridge

10:27 – Allyssa Adams

16:22 – Ian McKechnie

25:02 – Vaudeville

29:43 – Pete Paquette

34:04 – Outro

Now & Then Episode 1

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Thank you for tuning in! This is the first episode of my very first podcast, and I am delighted to be sharing it with you today.

I have a big handful of people who I interviewed for this episode; a local historian, the manager of the Pie Eyed Monk, the manager of the theatre, some of the cast and crew of the upcoming Seussical musical set to take the stage November 25th-27th, and a little someone named Mary the Ghost!

BREAKDOWN

0:00 – Introduction

3:05 – Mary the Ghost

6:07 – Ian McKechnie

21:35 – Craig Metcalf

31:48 – Vaudeville

36:16 – Erastus Burley

39:31 – Seussical

43:43 – Outro