The Radio Sessions are extended conversations of interviews heard on my Saturday morning radio show on Shoreline Classics FM

In this episode, Dr. Tiffaney Kittmer on the importance of obtaining an MRI machine for AMGH

And Ava Dawe (Avie Graves) Our very own local singer/songwriter/producer/engineer who recently released her first single. And yes, we'll play it for you :)

Next year in 2027, Goderich will celebrate its bi-centennial. In preparation, we’re happy and proud to present The Goderich Chronicles, a limited series on the history of the town and the stories of a few long time residents.

I remember the car lot on the corner of St Andrew and Hamilton streets when I was a kid.

Founded just down the road on Hamilton street by Reg McGee in 1929, it’s now a long-standing, family-owned dealership, closing in on (well, do the math) a century of service in Huron County.

In this episode, one of Reg’s sons, a guy who sold his first car when he was just 12 years old, who started working there as a boy and eventually took it over and ran McGee Motors for well over five and a half decades.

It's the life and times of Ken McGee and the stories of the McGee family's 5 generation love affair with Goderich.

This is year, on the Saturday morning closest to the beginning of each new month, I'm doing a “What’s Up At” kind of radio show on Shoreline Classics FM. I’ll be checking in with a few of our favourite non-profit, public, and/or cultural institutions … places that make life good for us all.

Today's conversations featured:

Sinead Cox - Huron County Museum

Danielle Bettridge - Huron County Library, Goderich Branch

& Randy Carroll - The Goderich Legion.

Here are the extended versions of those conversations.

BTW - A new episode of The Goderich Chronicles will drop on Monday morning.

This week we put a spotlight on what is going to be another amazing production from our friends at Goderich Little Theatre.

Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks stars a couple of people I’ve had the pleasure to work with and consider good friends, both of whom are incredible actors that this community is blessed to have! Susan Carradine & Art James are here as well as the director of the show Brian Makcrow.

Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks plays at the Livery Theatre in Goderich beginning Feb 11th with a pay what you will night. It continues with 8:pm performances on Feb 12, 13, 14, 19 & 20 @ 8pm AND Feb 15, 21 and 22 at 2:pm

Next year in 2027, Goderich will celebrate its bi-centennial. In preparation, we’re happy and proud to present The Goderich Chronicles, a limited series on the history of the town and the stories of a few long time residents.

In this first episode we go back to the beginning, 1827, with friend and local historian David Yates, who will help us sort through some folklore, to separate fact from fiction. We’ll learn about our founding fathers, the 12 apostles, duels on the river flats, brothels, cowards & poltroons, heroes, catastrophic weather events, landmarks and a ton of other things that shaped who we are now.

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.