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The Lucknow Sentinel, 2015-09-23, Page 1616 Lucknow Sentinel • Wednesday, September 23, 2015 They face new challenges every day. The sex ed. and health curriculum can help. The first updates since 1998 will help parents and teachers give kids the skills they need to stay safe. Find out what kids will learn grade by grade at ontario.ca/hpe. ontario.ca/hpe Paid for by the Government of Ontario Ontario Sheila Pritchard Goderich Folk Trio Reynolds, Robinson & Lodge Perform at the First Ever Concert Night at The Kingsbridge Centre The Kingsbridge Centre welcomes Goderich folk trio Reynolds, Robinson & Lodge On September 12, the Kingsbridge community welcomed acoustic folk group Reynolds, Robinson & Lodge as first ever performers at the newly reopened community hub. The by -donation event brought in an audience of all ages and helped promote not only the trio's latest CD Into the Wind, but also the Centre as a venue for future performers. Sheila Pritchard Freelance writer September 12 marked yet another milestone for the community of Kings- bridge as The Kingsbridge Centre wel- comed Goderich's acoustic folk trio Reynolds, Robinson & Lodge as first ever performers at the recently reno- vated and reopened historic church and community hub. The group, consisting of Mike Reyn- olds, Warren Robinson and John Lodge, played to an eager audience of all ages made up of local residents and visitors to the area who came out to experience an evening of by -donation musical entertainment and to support the beginning of a concert series at The Centre. Robinson, who has a personal con- nection to the Kingsbridge area, said he was happy to play at the Centre and give back to the community he had spent much time in. "My family had a cottage just north of here. We came to mass here for almost 20 years. But it's not just a church, it's also a community." He noted that the sound that the siz- able building interior produces is ideal for musical performances and he hopes other performers will recognize that and seek it out as a venue too. "I'll tell you, to play here - stunning acoustics, absolutely stunning acoustics. I think people are going to be beating the doors down for a chance to play here." "I really enjoyed it," says Lodge. "I'm not sure I've ever set foot in [the church] before, but as others were saying, the acoustics were just wonderful. It sounded great as we were doing the instrumental stuff, but just as I started to sing, I was thinking 'whoa, who's that?' It's a lovely place to sing in - great sound." The trio members are long-time friends and have played together in various formats for years, but recently, Reynolds, who has also collaborated musically with members of the Kings- bridge community for over two dec- ades, was inspired to move to the banjo as a lead instrument. "People have a preconceived idea about what a banjo is and what I do is not that," he says. Instead of the familiar bluegrass sound that is associated with the instrument, the trio's flavour is one of folk and a unique, organic expression of who they are and the stories they have to tell. "Its music you can really get lost in. If it transports you somewhere, it's doing what it's supposed to do," says Lodge. The group's new format began to make public appearances during 2014 while working on Reynolds' tunes and pre- paring to record their first CD Into the Wind which was released in June and has had great response. "One hopes the people here tonight say they had a great time," says Robin- son. "So they'll go to the next one and bring a neighbour or a friend." can be purchased at Ernie King Music in Goderich. To learn more about the trio, visit the Reynolds, Robinson & Lodge Facebook page. To learn more about The Kingsbridge Centre, visit the St. Joseph's Kingsbridge Community Facebook page.