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Charles W. Stockey Centre for the Performing Arts

Charles W. Stockey Centre for the Performing Arts

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The Charles W. Stockey Centre for the Performing Arts is a performance hall and sports museum in Parry Sound, Ontario, Canada. It is the primary performance venue for the annual Festival of the Sound summer classical music festival. The centre is named for Charles W. Stockey, an early and enthusiastic supporter and board member of the Festival of the Sound.[1] Construction of the CAD$12.4-million centre was started in the spring of 2002 and the official opening took place in July 2003 (2003-July).[2]

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The centre sits on a 1.5-hectare (3.5-acre) site on a peninsula where the Seguin River flows into Parry Sound on Georgian Bay and adjacent to the town's harbour area. The building has 2,500 square metres (27,000 square feet) of floor space. It includes a 480-seat music hall with acoustics by Artec Consultants[3] and the Bobby Orr Hall of Fame, celebrating the Parry Sound native and ice hockey legend Bobby Orr.[2] The centre was designed to look and feel like a Georgian Bay cottage; wood is used extensively for structural and decorative purposes.[2]

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  1. [1]
    "Charles W. Stockey". Charles W. Stockey Centre for the Performing Arts. Archived from the original on 2011-08-27. Retrieved 2011-07-04.
  2. [2]
    "History". Charles W. Stockey Centre for the Performing Arts. Retrieved 2011-07-04.
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    "Festival Performance Hall". Artec Consultants. Retrieved 2011-07-04.
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