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Juno and Canadian Folk Awards - nominated solo artist Mike Ford performs for J. Douglas Hodgson Elementary School students on Tuesday, Feb. 26. Ford, who staged performances for the high school and the public, is a bilingual singer and songwriter that encourages French learning and knowledge of history. DARREN LUM/HALIBURTON ECHO/QMI AGENCY

Ford gives JDHES passionate performance

Children, eyes wide, listened intently as Mike Ford strummed his guitar and marched like a soldier, gesticulated wildly for the J. Douglas Hodgson Elementary School students on Tuesday, Feb. 26.

TV's Survivorman Les Stroud, also a musician, put on a concert at the Northern Lights Performing Arts Pavilion on Feb. 16. CHAD INGRAM/HALIBURTON ECHO/QMI AGENCY

Survivorman visits Haliburton County

Les Stroud is best known for his television series Survivorman, but the TV star is also a musician. On Feb. 16, Stroud and his band played a concert featuring a number of Stroud’s self-penned tunes at the Northern Lights Performing Arts Pavilion.

Bilingual singer to entertain Haliburton audience

You don’t have to be in French immersion to enjoy French.It’s one of the messages Canadian Parents for French member Nancy Ballantyne wants to get out there and her group is bringing a bilingual performer to Haliburton at the end of the month to prove it.

John Nolan, as the badger, addresses the audience in The Wind in the Willows, as part of the Rag and Bone performance at the Northern Lights Performing Arts Pavilion in Haliburton on Sunday, Jan. 20. This is part of the children's Razzamataz series of shows. The next show Circus Montreal is at the pavilion at 2 p.m. on March 24. Season passes ($20) for next year are available now. For information see www.razzamataz.ca. DARREN LUM/HALIBURTON ECHO/QMI AGENCY

Razzamataz kids' show thrills audience

Kathy MacLellan puppets the Toad, who wears a dress to escape jail, in The Wind in the Willows, a Rag and Bone performance at the Northern Lights Performing Arts Pavilion in Haliburton on Sunday, Jan. 20. This is part of the children’s Razzamataz series of shows. The next show Circus Montreal is at the pavilion at 2 p.m. on March 24.

Haliburton native Kate Campbell sings Christmas songs with Nick Mancini, left, Ross MacIntyre and Mark Kelso at the Northern Lights Performing Arts Pavilion Dec. 17, 2012 in Haliburton, Ont. Campbell now lives in Los Angeles and hosted the concert as a fundraiser for the local YWCA and her new charity SHE Lifts Off. JENN WATT/HALIBURTON ECHO/QMI AGENCY

Campbell dazzles at Pavilion

Haliburton’s Kate Campbell was met with warm smiles and loving applause at her Christmas performance, I’ll Be Home For Christmas, at the Northern Lights Performing Arts Pavilion last week.

Snowflakes of all ages circle around the Snow Queen, played by Jessica Bishop, during The Nutcracker, performed at the Northern Lights Performing Arts Pavilion on Dec. 8 and 9. The show is put on annually by Heritage Ballet and was performed to sold out audiences this year. ANGELICA BLENICH/HALIBURTON COUNTY ECHO/QMI AGENCY

Nutcracker lights up stage

Heritage Ballet performed it's annual rendition of The Nutcracker, at the Northern Lights Performing Arts Pavilion on Dec. 8 and 9.