By Carol Thomson
May 27, 2021 | 10:26 AM
Dancing Sky Theatre in Meacham figured out a way last year to continue live performances by moving outdoors to a newly built amphitheatre, and now Fireside Stories II begins on Thursday. Saskatoon actor, Kent Allen, says each artist or group has a different story to tell.
His story comes from his dad, who wrote about his experience growing up in the Prairies in the Dirty Thirties. Allen’s dad never told the family about his experiences, but decided to write it down back in the 1980s.
Allen says, “For Prairie people in terms of the 1930’s, there is a shared experience for many, and so telling it now during these difficult times, I think is terribly appropriate.”
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Al Vickaryousâs summers are usually spent travelling to festivals, unloading trucks full of gear, setting up stages and backlines, then tearing it all down and doing it again in another place.
Summer of 2020 looked nothing like that.
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Last year started out âgangbusters,â said Cheryl Vickaryous, Alâs wife and business partner at Barndog Productions.
They were staffing Juno-related events in Saskatoon and their summer was booked solid.
Last year started out “gangbusters,” said Cheryl Vickaryous, Al’s wife and business partner at Barndog Productions.
They were staffing Juno-related events in Saskatoon and their summer was booked solid.
“We were 50-60 per cent higher than the year before in revenues,” said Cheryl. “And as soon as the Junos cancelled, I got I don’t know how many calls a day cancelling, cancelling, cancelling.”
Festivals and outdoor concerts went on pandemic hiatus across the Prairies and into Ontario big events in Saskatoon, Minnedosa, Dauphin, Thompson, Thunder Bay, which were meant to have multiple Barndog stages at each.
Business is worse than the Vickaryouses have ever seen since they founded their company in 1987.
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