THE ROTARY CLUB OF BRACEBRIDGE’S MUSICAL REVUE

HELP SUPPORT SOUTH MUSKOKA HOSPTIAL FOUNDATION BY BUYING A TICKET TO THE ROTARY CLUB OF BRACEBRIDGE’S MUSICAL REVUE

If you have not purchased your ticket to Rotary Club of Bracebridge’s musical revue All Together Now! get it now!  Go to the club’s website at www.bracebridgerotary.com to purchase your ticket for this online concert. It will stream one time only on Saturday, November 13 at 8 p.m. Tickets are only $20 and all proceeds go to the South Muskoka Hospital Foundation.

Many people have expressed curiosity about how this virtual event will work for patrons. Rotarian Jean Polak explains that tickets are purchased online. Part of that process requires the supporter to provide an email address. On the day of the performance, a Vimeo link will be sent to each audience member who has bought a ticket.  The link can then be used on any of a personal computer, a tablet or a smartphone.  The virtual “lobby” will open at 7 p.m. and those with the link can join at any time thereafter by clicking on it and just like a performance at a theatre, if the viewer comes late they will have to join the show in progress. There is no opportunity to restart the program.  The virtual curtain goes up at 8 p.m. and viewers should log in before that so they do not miss a moment! 

This concert has been made possible by the generosity of Music Theatre International, the rights holder for all the songs made available for this delightful musical revue.  The Muskoka version of All Together Now! is part of a global event celebrating local theatre.  During the weekend of November 12- 15, 2021, over 5,500 performances of this musical revue will be staged in more than 2,500 schools and theatres in over 40 countries.  The song selection may differ from production to production, but the motivation behind All Together Now! is the same all around the world. 

Theatres everywhere, including those here in Muskoka, have been seriously impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. This shared event allows all who have been missing live theatre to celebrate the joy that community theatre has brought us – and the joy it will bring again. This concert represents a bridge between the past and future of the Bracebridge Rotary Club’s annual musicals, and also gives us all a chance to make a donation that is a concrete “thank you” to the hospital and its workers. The club considers it important to give the community an additional chance to express its gratitude to some of the healthcare heroes who have been facing unprecedented pressure the past eighteen months for the benefit of all of us.

Looking to the future, the our club has affirmed its intention to carry on the tradition of an “annual Rotary musical” each spring.  Ongoing public health restrictions meant that the club was not able to cast and rehearse a show for next spring, but it is back on track for the spring of 2023.  In February and March 2023 the Rotary Club of Bracebridge will produce its 44th annual musical, which will be the perennial favourite, 'The Sound of Music'.   That does mean an unprecedented thirty-six months between “annual” musicals, but the concert performance of All Together Now! halfway through that span should remind you that community theatre is only paused, and will soon be back!

Tickets are available now and can be purchased online through the “Events” page on the website of the South Muskoka Hospital Foundation (www.healthmuskoka.ca/our-events/) or on the home page of the Rotary Club of Bracebridge (www.bracebridgerotary.com). Any questions can be directed to producer Jean Polak at ejpolak@polaklaw.mobi or 705-646-2855.

Yours in Rotary,
Jean Polak
Musical Committee
Rotary Club of Bracebridge