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The Daytripper For more information, go to www.town.petrolia.on.ca SHOP LOCAL 396 Fletcher Street, behind the Library 411 Greenfield Street, Petrolia I 519-882-2350 396 Fletcher Street, behind the Library FREE ADMISSION 2022 VICTORIA PARK, PETROLIA Legion Breakfast • Kids Fishing Derby • Flag Raising • Food Booths Wild Goose Chase • Live Music • Parade @ 2 • Fireworks @10 For more information, go to www.town.petrolia.on.ca or visit us on Facebook Friday, July 8 - 11am to 7pm Saturday, July 9 - 9am to 5pm Over 55 artists and artisans! Live Music in the Bandshell! Youth Idol Contest • Food Vendors • Kids Area www.artintheparkpetrolia.com BARN DANCE Featuring Scott Manery & the Barnburners Opening Band: TBA Saturday, July 9 Gates (& Beer Garden) open 5:30 to 11pm Farmers’ Market Pavilion Free Community Event • Optimist BBQ • Bring a lawnchair! 4th Annual farm to table Sept. 17th at 6 pm Tickets on Sale Now! Dancing Under the Stars Entertainment by the Victoria Playhouse Band Cash Bar Local Beer & Wine Local Chefs will prepare the meal with local food items purchased from Petrolia Farmers’ Market vendors, and area farmers. For more information, go to www.town.petrolia.on.ca Page 28 “Warning: do not use on eyes” (note in manual for heated seat cushion) Summer 2022
Lake Huron MI ONTARIO NY Be sure to enjoy live theatre at Victoria Playhouse Petrolia BREAKFAST, LUNCH & DINNER Check Facebook for Specials & Hours 4211 Petrolia Line PETROLIA • 519-882-0400 Steps away from Victoria Playhouse Petrolia Open for Tours! Oil Field History... in Action. July & August: Thursday-Sunday 10am to 4pm (other days by appt.) To Book a Tour ~ call, email or Facebook us! Photo by Carol Graham www.PetroliaDiscovery.comww.PetroliaDiscovery.com com petroliadiscovery@outlook.com t s over ery@ ou tloo ook. com Hogie & Rog & Victoria By Mark Moran, Daytripping Country Yarns Everything for your Knitting, Crocheting, Cross Stitch & Needlepoint Needs! - Mention this ad for a 15% discount! - 2776 LaSalle Line, Petrolia Between Mandaumin & Waterworks Rd. (Enter St. Clair, Ontario in your GPS) 519-882-8740 Wed. 10-5 / Thurs. 10-6 / Fri. 10-5 / Sat. 10-3 www.country-yarns.com • handmade signs • kitchen + table • pillows + linens •faux greenery • rugs + baskets • wall art/decor 4215 Petrolia Line, Petrolia willowandoakpetrolia.com Home decor to help make your house a home. TUE 11-4 & 6-9 WED-FRI 11-4, SAT 10-2 WRITERS WANTED! (well, readers are wanted too!) Send in your articles & recipes! P.O. Box 430, Bright’s Grove, ON N0N 1C0 info@daytripping.ca In Petrolia's Restored, Historic Post Office Moments before the curtain rose for the debut performance of Dynamic Duos at Victoria Playhouse Petrolia, David Hogan welcomed the sold out crowd and happened to ask the audience if anyone didn’t know him. Not a single hand went up… everyone that’s been to a VPP production in recent years knows David Hogan. He’s one half of the Artistic Director team with partner David Rogers who ironically was expected to welcome the crowd. Hogan, or Hogie to his friends (so everyone) was supposed to be in Cambridge bringing their home grown production of Fiddler on the Loose to a new audience but had a day off. Personally, I was looking forward to hearing David Rogers, or Rog, welcome the crowd because his dry humour apparently equals Hogie’s always gregarious nature. It seems that the two couldn’t be more different but wow, do they ever work well together. Victoria Playhouse Petrolia has been welcoming crowds for decades now, with capable staff and strong community support over the years, but something changed when David and David came to town in 2012, and it’s been full steam ahead since then. Even Covid couldn’t dampen the enthusiasm for what they dub the “Season Worth Waiting For.” It’s been slow cooking for three years. For starters, David Hogan is an unstoppable ball of energy and you can’t not like him. And while they’ve both performed in countless roles and theatres, David Rogers was “The Phantom” in “The Phantom of The Opera,” and that type of instant credibility meant a whole lot when they came to a small town that’s full of character and torn between its love for hockey and theatre and country music and its legendary oil history. Credibility is exactly what they brought to the table. Stellar actors, musicians and vocalists from the stages of Stratford and New York and Hollywood have been calling Petrolia home, and even the most famous of them such as Michael Learned and Ralph Waite (Ma and Pa Walton from The Waltons) lined up to meet the theatre’s guests after each performance. Learned had been waiting two years to play the lead role in “On Golden Pond” David Rogers, left, and David Hogan Photo courtesy of Victoria Playhouse Petrolia this year but suffered an injury. So the incredibly suitable replacement they found is Karen Grassle. I have no idea how two guys working in Petrolia, as talented and wonderful as they are, managed to get Mrs. Ingalls from Little House on the Prairie to replace Ma Walton when the chips were down and they had to come up with a quick solution. Many of the shows at VPP are musicals and the Davids have also nurtured an amazing cast of young performers (and supporting staff) bringing them back in different and sometimes recurring roles. Many of these performers are now household names to this theatre’s many fans. Musical Director Mark Payne certainly deserves a shout out for what his talent has meant to the many productions. After many years of fabulous, sold out shows they must now relish the opportunity to create new productions to suit the talent they’ve played a part in honing. There’s also a dedicated team managing the operations, and great support from the town to enable the artistic directors to do their best work. That hasn’t always been the case, and many small town theatres still struggle to stay afloat year after year, but this is a great example of how well it can work. In hindsight, it’s hard to fathom that many residents didn’t want to invest the money to rebuild Victoria Hall after a massive fire burned it to the ground in 1989. Thirty-three years later it is unquestionably the heart of this community, and that heart is beating stronger than ever. And VPP, the theatre within this National Historic Site is a well oiled machine, in a town that knows well oiled machines. Be sure to meet David and David when you come to Victoria Playhouse Petrolia. It’s pretty easy… Hogie will probably walk you across the street and might even take you to your car. Treat Yourself at the Olde Post Parlour! • Painted dFolk Art & Pine Furniture • Scented Candles • Repurposed Furniture • Birdhouses, Signs & Much, Much More! 4189 Petrolia Line, PETROLIA • 519-882-0747 HOGAN P•H•A•R•M•A•C•Y Don’t Miss One of Petrolia’s Best Gift Shops! Senior’s Discount Every Wednesday • Wedding • Birthday • Baby • Home Decor Full Service Pharmacy Full Service Cosmetic Department Full Service Home Health Care Dept. 4177 Petrolia Line, Petrolia • 519-882-1840 Mon-Fri 9-6 • Sat 9-6 • Sun 10-5 “Do not look into laser with remaining eye” (label on a laser pointer) Summer 2022 Page 29
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