If you missed the Trent Valley Archives fundraising production of the play, Crossing Over, or you enjoyed the music in it, or you’d like to learn more about the history of the Robinson settler emigrant transport John Barry, you should buy your tickets to Behind the Curtain: Historical and Music Highlights of the Voyage of the John Barry.
The combined history and music presentation takes place on Wednesday, June 11, at 7:30 PM in the Right to Heal PTBO Hall, 441 Rubidge Street, the former S.Andrew’s Church. Enter from the Brock Street Parking lot.
It’s a joint fundraiser for Trent Valley Archives and its community partner, Right to Heal PTBO.
The history component of the presentation focuses on factual details of the voyage, and some of the historical figures on board. It includes a performance of period music. It will be hosted by local historian, researcher, writer, and presenter Don Willcock and multi-instrumentalist folk musician Michael Ketemer, performing traditional 19th-century Irish music.
Don is a long-time docent at Hutchison House Museum as well as a Town Ward resident, president of the Peterborough Historical Society, and on staff at the Peterborough Museum & Archives. Second, they found an article by Don Willcock, Peterborough Museum & Archives staff member and President of the Peterborough Historical Society: “The Adventures of John Keleher: An Irishman, A Sailor, An Immigrant,” published in the Heritage Gazette of the Trent Valley, Volume 14, number 2, August 2009. It can be found online at: https://trentvalleyarchives.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/2-ISSN-1206-hgtv-August-2009E.pdf
Michael Ketemer is a talented and well-known Peterborough-based musician and musical director. He plays tunes from the lyrical to the lively in various folk traditions, as well as ragtime, classical, and everything in between. He is a multi-instrumentalist on fingerstyle guitar, hammered dulcimer, tin whistle, and concertina. Michael is excited to infuse Irish tunes from the last 200 years into the show. If you’re lucky, you may hear him singing along.
Tickets cost $25 and are available from eventbrite.ca under the Trent Valley Archives banner and include light refreshments. Reserve your tickets early to avoid disappointment. Trent Valley Archive events sell out quickly. Seating is limited. https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/behind-the-curtain-historical-highlights-of-the-voyage-of-the-john-barry-tickets-1347295058789 .
Admission at the door is cash only with exact change. For details on accessibility, contact Madison at 705-298-2350 or .
Image Captions:
- Behind The Curtain poster
- Don Willcock is a long-time docent at Hutchison House Museum
- The Robinson settler emigrant transport John Barry was storm-tossed and ran aground in the St. Lawrence River.
Media Contacts:
Madison More, president, Trent Valley Archives board of directors: 705-298-2350 or OR .
History Presenter: Don Willcock, staff member at the Peterborough Museum & Archives, historian, researcher, author, & president of the Peterborough Historical Society: 705-768-6602.
The play is inspired by Carol Bennett McCuaig’s 1994 article “The Voyage of the John Barry” from The Beaver: Canada’s History Magazine. You can read the article online: https://www.canadashistoryarchive.ca/canadas-history/the-beaver-feb-mar-1994/flipbook/22
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Trent Valley Archives
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