TORONTO — Gordon Lightfoot’s folk music legacy could still be honoured with a museum in his Ontario hometown. Pam Carter, president of the Mariposa Folk Festival, said local officials in Orillia, Ont.
TORONTO — Gordon Lightfoot’s folk music legacy could still be honoured with a museum in his Ontario hometown.
The group was to consult with Lightfoot’s estate about memorabilia that might be available for display. They were also asked to consider the feasibility of a standalone museum versus an exhibit within the established Orillia Museum of Art & History. Carter described the group as operating on a"rolling deadline" for future reports, while Orillia mayor Don McIsaac did not return requests for comment.
"He's a Canadian icon, and it truly would be a shame to see things just distributed no lasting legacy," Carter said. Before his death, Lightfoot donated his first guitar, purchased when he was 12 years old, to Massey Hall, the Toronto concert venue he often called his second home. "It doesn't necessarily mean that items belonging to Gordon, or any other legacy artists, won't make their way back," he said.
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