Theatre Collingwood happily announced a $62,400 grant from the province's charitable foundation to help support local theatre productions during last night's Porchside Festival performance.
In a backyard on Ontario Street on July 24, Deborah Bloom Hall, a Collingwood resident and member of the Ontario Trillium Foundation grant decision group, let the crowd in their lawn chairs know Theatre Collingwood received the grant.
Hall congratulated the group and encouraged local non-profits and charities to apply for Trillium funding.
Theatre Collingwood's executive director, Erica Angus, brought greetings and regrets from MPP Brian Saunderson and asked Theatre Collingwood board member David McFadden to deliver the company's message of thanks.
McFadden reminded the crowd of the origins of the Porchside Festival, when pandemic-related controls limited the backyard crowds to 25 people, but Theatre Collingwood wanted to do something to give artists a chance to perform. He thanked the Ontario Trillium Foundation and all of Theatre Collingwood's supporters for helping to support the arts.
The Porchside Festival performance for the evening was titled The African Resistance Soundtrack, and featured Quammie Williams with Tiki Mercury Clarke.
The Porchside Festival is continuing through to July 30 with seven more performances, featuring three different acts.
The African Resistance Soundtrack continues today (July 25) at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Songs My Sister Played on July 27 at 7 p.m. and July 28 at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. and Maria Branje and Friends on July 29 and 30.
For details about the performances, the backyards where they will be, and to buy tickets, visit theatrecollingwood.ca.
