Nine Years of the Odyssey

-85 students have received the “Odyssey experience”

-Over 1400 hours of rehearsal

-Over 120 performances

-Over 300 songs

-24 alumni have continued with post-secondary studies or careers in the world of music.

-Thousands of students from TLDSB schools have been entertained and enriched by our school shows, our annual student matinee concert series, as well as four performances at mass band days and five performances at the Trillium Lakelands Arts Camp.

-Our members have received performance workshops with the likes of Chad Smith, the Tower of Power horn section, Brent Turner, Dave Stillwell, Larry Shields, John Chalmers, Rick and Terri Johnson and Eric Smeaton.

-Our kids made a real connection with the Tower of Power, attending four of their concerts and hanging with them after the shows.

-We shared the stage and had a performance workshop with the Blue Jackets Required from Humber College

-We opened for the Nylons at the Academy Theatre

-Odyssey performed at the G8 Youth Summit in Huntsville

-We were part of the world’s largest ever LipDub filmed in Lindsay

-Along with I.E. Weldon’s Contemporary Music Class we raised $10,000 at our 2014 Free the Children benefit concert (enough for Free the Children to build an entire school)

-Three straight appearances at Lindsay Rotanza

-Outstanding results at festival in Peterborough every time

-6 appearances at Splendour of the Season

-14 Canada Day performances in 8 eight years

-7 performances at Sparrow Lake Camp including their 100th anniversary celebration

-Two weekends of fun times spent in the recording studio putting together our album “Pieces of VIII”.

-Countless performances at community celebrations

-Over $17,500 raised for Free the Children with our annual benefit concerts.

-Locally, the band has helped countless non-profit organizations and charities raise money by performing at their fund raising events.

-We have celebrated with our community at torch run celebrations for both the 2010 Olympics and the 2015 Pan Am Games

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The Odyssey Project would like say thank you to…

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The Academy Theatre

Bobcaygeon Canada Day Committee

Bobcaygeon Music Council

Boys and Girls Club of Kawartha Lakes

Brent Turner

Brian Hewson and Escarpment Studios

Cam Walter

City of Kawartha Lakes

Dave Stillwell

DeLaSalle College

Eric Smeaton

Humber College and the Blue Jackets Required

I.E. Weldon S.S.

Jim and Pam Railey

John and Maryon Allen

John Chalmers

Kate Imrie

Larry Shields

Linden and Stephanie Mackey

Lindsay Collegiate and Vocational Institute

Lindsay Dance Studio

Lindsay Little Theatre

Orillia Canada Day Committee

Pat and Kerri Murphy

Peter and Angie Ursel

Rick Johnson

Rotary Club of Lindsay

Sparrow Lake Camp

Terri Crawford

Trillium Lakelands Arts Camp

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Thank you John Maerzluft of ProMix Audio for many years of amazing sound, support and friendship.

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Thank you Thomas Mackey for being brave and stepping into some very big shoes when John Maerzluft moved away. You have done an incredible job making us sound fantastic.

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Thanks to all of ourBand Alumni for all of your hard work, dedication and spirit and friendship.

Carolyn Allen, Danny Allen, John An, James Barker, Laura Barker, Iain Becking, Nathan Bottomley, Dallas Burke, Katie Carter, Jacqueline Chartier, Noorie Choi, Shelbie Clarke, Scotty Corley, BriannahCotton, KateDorotheou, Rachael Dyer, Katherine Eddy, Shannon Fiedler, Cat Flindall, Nicole Formica, Sara Francis, Damon Geelen, Daynna Hartjes, Ray Hartjes, Emily Hawkin, Stephanie Ho, Will Hodgins, Peter Holbrook, Jesse Houston, Claire Imrie, Emily Irwin, Mackenzie Jenkins, Jason Jones, Sam Kelsey, Max Kier, Etienne Lavigne-Lagace, Hugo Lavigne Lagace, Beckie Lindsay, Kira Loeb, Sophia Mackey, Thomas Mackey, Kylie McCullough, Brayden McGregor, Andy McNeilly, Elly Millington , Caelin Morrison, Graeme Morrison, Meaghan Morrison, Maggie Murphy, Sandy Murphy, Holly Nicholson, Jazmine Oliver, Jordan O’Neill, Lexie O’Neill, Akalia Ouellet, Amanda Peltenburg, Ethan Pillsworth, Jasmine Plumley, Ryan Railey, Christina Ridout, Matty Robbins, Ian Robbins, Brittany Rundle, Nick Russell, Che Saunders, Kevin Scates, Kezia Shipclark, Mary Sisson, Noel Sisson, Olivia Sisson , Erica Snoddon, Graham Snoddon, Connor Stephen, Nathan Tripp-Hammond, Grady Ursel, James Ursel, Hope Vohra-Finney, Peter Warren, Emma Whyte, Andrew Vallee, Katie Wildman, Xander Winter, Mark Young, Matt Young

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Special thank you to Colleen Morrison for the work that very few people saw; the time spent making arrangements, communicating with band members and their families, doing banking, paying insurance, ordering pizza, making phone calls etc. Without this we would not have been able to function.

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And finally to Sheri Brenneman and Randy Read- It was said recently by one of our alumni that “Odyssey isn’t a band but a lifestyle and a culture all on it’s own”. Randy and Sheri are living proof of this. They have each donated somewhere between 1500 and 2000 hours of their lives over the last nine years. To put it in perspective, that is between 37 and 50 forty hour weeks. There is no Odyssey Project without these guys. They have taught, coached, sung, played, mentored, arranged music, loaded equipment, unloaded equipment, driven equipment, driven kids, planned shows, created posters, taken photos and so much more. Most of all though, they have been the best role models to our kids, the best colleagues to work with and the very best friends a person could have. We have been very fortunate to have a team of people whose skills so complimented each other’s, who worked so well together, and who shared the same love for kids, music and life. So thank you very much!

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If I have missed anyone please accept my apology; my memory is not as good as it used to be and looking back nine days can be a challenge at times let alone nine years. Please know that I will always reflect back on these past nine years as a time of immense joy and satisfaction largely because of what you have all given to the Odyssey Project.

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Kind Regards,

David Morrison

Musical Director/Program Coordinator