Gordon Lightfoot sculpture unveiling in Orillia

Join the City of Orillia, Canadian singer/songwriter Gordon Lightfoot, and figurative artist Timothy P. Schmalz for the unveiling of “Golden Leaves” – a 13-foot bronze sculpture installed on the Gordon Lightfoot Trail in J.B. Tudhope Memorial Park, Orillia, on Friday, Oct. 23, 2015.

Open to the public, the unveiling of “Golden Leaves” celebrates Orillia native and Canadian folk legend Gordon Lightfoot. The sculpture was commissioned by and gifted to the City of Orillia by the Rudolph P. Bratty Family Foundation.

What: Unveiling of “Golden Leaves”

When: Friday, Oct. 23, 2015
1 p.m.
Official remarks begin at 1:30 p.m.

Where: Gordon Lightfoot Trail
Barnfield Point on the trail
J.B. Tudhope Memorial Park
450 Atherley Rd., Orillia
(see attached map)

Interview and photo opportunities will be available. The sculpture unveiling will take place rain or shine.

The City of Orillia is a city of 30,586 people in the heart of Central Ontario on the shores of Lake Couchiching and Lake Simcoe. Visit our website at orillia.ca.

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Jacqueline Soczka
Manager of Culture
705-325-4530
jsoczka@orillia.ca

Jennifer Ruff
Manager of Communications
705-325-8929
705-238-9209 (cell)
jruff@orillia.ca

Attachments

• Location map for unveiling of “Golden Leaves”