When:	Back to Calendar August 17, 2012 @ 12:00 pm – August 19, 2012 @ 6:00 pm
Where:	Couchiching Beach Park Canice St Orillia,ON L3V Canada	View Full-Size Map ✔ Add to Calendar Add to Google Calendar
Contact:	Fred Addis 705.329.1908 x803 faddis@leacockmuseum.com
Categories:	Special Events

Sunshine City Festival

Leacock’s  Sunshine  Sketches Turns  100

The Sunshine City, is throwing a big party and everyone is invited.

Officials in Orillia, Ontario will mark Stephen Leacock’s birthday on December 30^th  to announce their plans for the 100^th anniversary of his Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town highlighted by a three-day celebration in August.

The Sunshine City Festival will feature all things 1912, offering a glimpse of Orillia’s heritage and life as it was in Ontario and in Canada at the time Leacock’s renowned story collection first appeared in print. Everything from horse and buggy rides to antique cars, from hot-air balloon rides to a heritage carnival, will be on display in Orillia from August 17-19, 2012.

Volunteers Needed !

(must be 16 years of age)

The Sunshine City Festival needs your help to stage its 3-day festival celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the publication of Stephen Leacock’s Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town.  The event is a celebration of All Things 1912 and features a heritage carnival, historical exhibits and displays, antique cars and wall-to-wall musical and dramatic performances and presentation.

If you’re 16 and over, we’ve have lots of interesting volunteer positions to suit you.  Whether for a few hours or a few days….  we need enthusiastic and highly motivated volunteers to assist as:

Carnival Barkers
Game Operators
Ticket Sellers
Button Sellers
Parking Attendants
Information Kiosk Greeters

EVENT DATES: August 17-19

VOLUNTEERS TRAINING SESSION: Thursday Aug 16 at 7pm.

CONTACTS:

Email or call  Jenny at the Leacock Museum

admin@leacockmuseum.com      705-329-1908

or Darcy Hoover at Orillia City Hall

dhoover@orillia.ca                             705-325-4283.

Special Events and Performers Schedule

Friday August 17

SPECIAL EVENTS

12:00pm: OPENING CEREMONIES – Couchiching Bandstand

1:00pm and 4:00pm: 1912 FASHION SHOW “The Working Class” – Event Stage

1:30pm, 3:30pm, 5:30pm: “Turning Clouds Inside Out: A Country Woman’s Life In The Twentieth Century” – Catherine Ashton – Living Mariposa Tent

3:00pm: ORILLIA’s BEST BUTTER TART – judged competition – Champlain Pavilion

5:00pm COSTUME OF THE DAY – judged competition – Event Stage

8:30pm: OUTDOOR FILM SCREENING “Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town” – Aqua Theatre

ENTERTAINMENT

1:00pm: SERENITY ROAD – vocal duo – Couchiching Bandstand

2:00pm:  JAMES HARRIS – hammered dulcimers – Couchiching Bandstand

3:00pm:  THE BAND OF HOPE – brass quartet – Couchiching Bandstand

1:00pm:  ALEX The Minstrel Band – performance – Aqua Theatre

2:00pm: FRESHWATER TRADE – performance – Aqua Theatre

5:00pm: THE BARLEY JUICE STRING BAND – performance – Aqua Theatre

6:00pm: FRESHWATER TRADE – performance – Aqua Theatre

ALL DAY

12:00pm – 11pm – Carnivale Lune Blue – historic midway and carnival

12:00pm – 6pm – Heritage Tents

12:00pm – 6pm – Orillia Fine Arts Association, Couchiching Pavilion

12:00pm – 6pm: Kids Zone, Couchiching Pavillion

12:00pm – 6pm – steam power, farm implements, static heritage displays

12:00pm – close – Food Vendors, Artisan Village, Beer Garden  and Market Place

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Saturday August 18

SPECIAL EVENTS

10:00am – 5:00pm: ANTIQUE CAR DISPLAY – Terry Fox Circle

10:00am – 5:00pm: Horse and Buggy Rides, Blacksmith and Horse Corral

12:00pm: SUNSHINE CITY BALL and period dance lessons – Aqua Theatre

1:00pm and 4:00pm: 1912 FASHION SHOW “Society’s Elite”  – Event Stage

1:00pm and 4:00pm: THE MEDICINE SHOW – kids show – THEATRE TENT

3:00pm: ORILLIA’s BEST PIE – judged competition – Champlain Pavilion

5:00pm COSTUME OF THE DAY – judged competition – Event Stage

8:30pm: OUTDOOR FILM SCREENING “The General” starring Buster Keaton – Aqua Theatre

ENTERTAINMENT

12:00pm:  THE BAND OF HOPE – brass quartet – Couchiching Bandstand

2:00pm:  JAMES HARRIS – hammered dulcimers – Couchiching Bandstand

4:00pm: SERENITY ROAD – vocal duo – Couchiching Bandstand

10:00am: FARRUCAS! – Latin Band – Aqua Theatre

11:00am: ORILLIA SILVER BAND – performance – Aqua Theatre

12:00pm:  THE SILVERY MOON SALON ORCHESTRA  – performance – Aqua Theatre

1:00pm: THE COUNTY CHORDSMEN – vocal performance – Aqua Theatre

2:00pm:  THE SILVERY MOON SALON ORCHESTRA  – performance – Aqua Theatre

3:00pm:  ALEX The Minstrel Band – performance – Aqua Theatre

4:00pm: THE BARLEY JUICE STRING BAND – performance – Aqua Theatre

5:00pm: SHEESHAM and LOTUS – performance – Aqua Theatre

6:30pm: THE RONNIE DOUGLAS BLUES BAND – performance – Aqua Theatre

ALL DAY

10:00am – 11pm – Carnivale Lune Blue – historic midway and carnival

10:00am – 6pm – Heritage Tents

10:00am – 6pm – Orillia Fine Arts Association, Couchiching Pavilion

10:00am – 6pm: Kids Zone, Couchiching Pavillion

10:00am – 6pm – steam power, farm implements, static heritage displays

10:00am – close – Food Vendors, Artisan Village, Beer Garden  and Market Place

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Sunday August 19

SPECIAL EVENTS

10:00am – 12:00pm: COMMUNITY PANCAKE BREAKFAST – Fairgrounds

10:00am – 5:00pm: Horse and Buggy Rides, Blacksmith and Horse Corral

1:00pm and 4:00pm: 1912 FASHION SHOW “Sunday Picnic”  – Event Stage

1:00pm and 4:00pm: THE MEDICINE SHOW – kids show – KIDS ZONE

1:30pm, 3:30pm, 5:30pm: “Turning Clouds Inside Out: A Country Woman’s Life In The Twentieth Century” – Catherine Ashton – Living Mariposa Tent

2:00pm: EVALYN PARRY’S “SPIN” – theatrical show – THEATRE TENT

3:00pm: MARIPOSA CAKE CONTEST – judged competition – Champlain Pavilion

5:00pm COSTUME OF THE DAY – judged competition – Event Stage

ENTERTAINMEENT

12:00pm:  ALEX The Minstrel Band – Gospel Performance – Aqua Theatre

1:00pm: SERENITY ROAD – vocal duo – Couchiching Bandstand

2:00pm:  JAMES HARRIS – hammered dulcimers – Couchiching Bandstand

3:00pm:  THE BAND OF HOPE – brass quartet – Couchiching Bandstand

1:00pm: ST. JAMES CHOIR and Friends with Paul and Amy Doddington, conducted by          Albert Greer – Aqua Theatre

3:00pm: SHEESHAM and LOTUS – performance – Aqua Theatre

4:15pm: SKYLINERS BIG BAND – performance, Aqua Theatre

6:30pm: SKYLINERS BIG BAND EVENING CONCERT – performance – Aqua Theatre

ALL DAY

12:00pm – close – Carnivale Lune Blue – historic midway and carnival

12:00pm – 6pm – Heritage Tents

12:00pm – 6pm – Orillia Fine Arts Association, Couchiching Pavilion

12:00pm – 6pm: Kids Zone, Couchiching Pavillion

12:00pm – 6pm – steam power, farm implements, static heritage displays

12:00pm – close – Food Vendors, Artisan Village, Beer Garden  and Market Place

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