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Orillia & Lake Country is your four season destination, located 90 minutes north of Toronto. Boasting some of the best resorts, venues and attractions in Ontario such as Horseshoe Valley Resort, Casino Rama Resort, Burl’s Creek Events Grounds, Mount St. Louis Moonstone or Hardwood Ski & Bike to mention a few! The area offers many different options for accommodations such as several B&B’s, Hotels and accommodation resorts making it perfect for your over night stay! With many events happening in the area we are your go to destination for young and old located in Orillia, Oro-Medonte, Rama, Ramara, Severn and area's four season playground in Simcoe County.
Tom Allen at Coldwater Library
November 29 @ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
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Tom Allen, CBC Host, performer and author, is coming to the Severn Library in Coldwater on November 29 at 1:00 pm. The presentation is free, but we would like to know if you are planning to come! Please contact us at library@severn.ca if you have any questions.
He was born in Montreal and went to school there at Marianapolis College and McGill, before finishing degrees at Boston University and Yale. Tom worked as a bass trombonist in New York City when there were still places you just didn’t go, then in Toronto and on tour with the Great Lakes Brass. He began working for the CBC on his 30th birthday, a very long time ago, and at the time of writing, still is with the CBC. He has written three books, been a Resident Artist with Soulpepper Theatre, delivered storytelling workshops at various University music programs and at the Banff Centre, been named an honourary Doctor of Letters by Thompson Rivers University, hosted countless concerts across the country and written a series of cabaret storytelling shows he calls Chamber Musicals, including From Weimar to Vaudeville, The Missing Pages, A Poe Cabaret, Being Lost and the latest: JS Bach’s Long Walk in the Snow.
Tom lives in Toronto with his beloved, the harpist Lori Gemmell, their son, and a very enthusiastic dog.
