Tom Fincher is here today, to chat about a store that’s been in many of our lives for most or all of our lives! For 70 years, Fincher’s has stood near the corner of Courthouse Square and Colborne St.

Started by Tom’s dad Dennis and continued on by Tom we are going to talk about the decision to retire, what it’s meant to him to have that business in town all these years and what he thinks his dad might think about all that has happened and the upcoming retirement.

We’ll chat about some of Tom & Dawn’s proudest moments and challenges through the years and we’ll share a little about the new owners and the new name of the business

And we will wrap with what’s next for Tom and Dawn as they settle into retired life and Tom’s heartfelt message to you.

I’ve known this wonderful human for a very long time. Maybe more accurately I've known her parents for a very long time and more known of her and her siblings shenanigans as peers of my own kids.

I’ve watched her grow to follow in her mom’s step dancing shoes, become an accomplished musician, a poet, a songwriter, a performer with Drayton Entertainment, a business owner with her sister that offers performing arts training for youth and a producer/director of shows for those same youth. She performs regularly with her family "The Ballaghs" and with her siblings as “The Crew.” And she's a solo artist with two projects to her credit. We'll hear a little music from her current release in this episode.

So that’s a lot of what she does, but who is the real Paige Ballagh? I hope you have as much fun learning the answer to that question as I did.

Local Christmas Magic. When I wrote this up and autofill decided on the word "Magic" before I could type "Music", I couldn't help but think it was a better choice.

Today is a Radio Sessions podcast with the extended versions of conversations heard on the Saturday morning show on Shoreline Classics. Our studio was full of friends including, Kim & Travis Teed and several members of the HuronSong Chorus (Deborah Bailey, Michele Hansen, Richard Madge, Craig Wark & Nisa Howe Lobb)

You'll hear details on some upcoming Christmas shows, but you'll also hear a lot of passion from our guests today. Passion for the magic of community, belonging, singing and contributing to great causes.

And now for something completely different!

In a bit of a departure from the last production of The Rocky Horror Show, and proving that Goderich Little Theatre has a little something for everyone, comes their latest offering, James and the Giant Peach!

Joining us this time around to talk about the show is the director Keith King, and his daughter Valerie who also happens to be one of the players!

On the pod this episode, my friend Sarah Louise and one of her band mates Paul McInnis of The Maitland Hollar, a great local band that was in Nashville recently recording some music.

We're going to get to know them to know a little and maybe we can talk them into sharing one of their newly recorded songs with us while they’re here. :)

I was lucky enough to be asked to co-mc an event recently with my friend Roz. It was a United Way Perth-Huron workshop called Belonging Matters and it put a frame around some things I think I knew sub-consciously but hadn’t quite defined in my mind, mostly that belonging does indeed matter.

Much of it was based on a book called “Bowling Alone” by Robert Putnam about the collapse and revival of community and a movie based on the book called “Join or Die.”

I'm joined in this episode by my friend Michelle Millar of the United Way to talk about the workshop and what’s next.

It feels like the talk of the town recently, The Goderich Little Theatre's production of The Rocky Horror Show hits the stage on October 22nd.

In this episode, we’re going to get to know the Stage Manager, Nicole Griffin and the Director David Armour.

We will talk about music that is about as infectiously fun as music gets , the history of the show, who it’s for and we’ll find out what a Stage Manager does and all the dozens of other moving parts of a production like this.

We’re featuring a couple of extended versions of interviews from my Saturday Morning radio show on Shoreline Classics this week.

The Radio Sessions for September 20th highlight something I’m really looking forward to next Sunday (28th) It’s Volkfest, happening for the first time around the Square in Goderich! Ryan Somers, the man behind it all since it’s inception is here with all the details.

AND

The Goderich Track Rebuild. If you’re a little older like me, you might remember a former teacher at GDCI by the name of Lynn Myers. He was the man behind the original track that is well over 40 yrs old now and in dire need of a rebuild. It’s an important thing I think for our community (Who knows what future Canadian Olympian might train on the track?) Doug Cruickshank is here to get us up to speed on all the fund raising efforts.