It has been another tough week in the Arts and elsewhere due to COVID-19, so we'll update a few things here this week along with a few collected thoughts on what we're going through at the moment.
The only arts-related announcement to cross my desk this week was from the Niagara Symphony, which announced, not surprisingly, their annual Summer Camp is cancelled for this year due to COVID-19. That will be tough for all the musically-inclined kids who look forward to the musical education they receive in the summer months, but really, the NSO really had no other choice. As with most arts organizations this year, planning for the future is very difficult right now.
The Niagara Symphony also announced this week the FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre will be in touch with subscribers about refunds and/or possible donations in light of the now-cancelled season, and will put on hold the new season announcement for the time being. So stay tuned and I'll pass whatever information I get when it becomes available.
In other matters, life continues along in some way or another for most people, although it is much different now and likely will be for some time to come. I have enjoyed a week off from work this week and other than my daily walks I rarely leave the house. I have been cleaning out the basement and the garage and both are almost done now, so that gives me a feeling of accomplishment.
Yes, it is tough to do without so much of our daily routines right now but we simply have to for the greater good. We will all benefit in the near future if we simply follow the directives from public health and the government and get this over with in relatively short order.
But the toll in the meantime is mounting here in our country and indeed in our community, further magnifying the importance of practicing social distancing and using good common sense. Just yesterday we heard of the passing of Wilma Morrison in Niagara Falls, who was still sharp and active at the age of 91 when she passed away due to Covid. It struck me as so sad as I had long known and respected this local giant of the Black community in Niagara, as I had often spoken to her on the phone to book her for interviews on the CKTB radio programme I used to produce.
Wilma was a leader in so many ways and I know the Niagara community will greatly mourn her loss. Even at 91 I feel she still had much to contribute to the betterment of our society as a whole. Hopefully in the future we can come together as one and honour her and her great work in Niagara and beyond.
Her passing is just one of many, of course, and we should be careful not to put more importance on one at the expense of others. We all have a roll to play in this world and all our contributions are important. So every life lost is a great loss not only to the family involved but to the community as a whole. Let's never forget that.
So, that's it for this week. Perhaps a bit of fatigue is setting in at this point for me, so I will leave it at that and wish you a good week, good health and best wishes to you and yours. Take care and be good.
Have a good weekend!
April 25th, 2020.
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