Wow that takes me back. In Southwestern Ontario the Odd Fellows and Freemason halls were often rented out by us as teenagers and young adults for shows. That s

Wow that takes me back. In Southwestern Ontario the Odd Fellows and Freemason halls were often rented out by us as teenagers and young adults for shows. That said, we were also often kicked out of them (bunch of dumb, loud kids were we) and did something of a circle between the Masons, Odd Fellows, Shriners, Kinsmen's, and other community halls and then back again over the years. A few guys from Brantford (ON) eventually got sick of getting kicked out and set up a non-profit that was a little more raw and ragged than your friends' efforts, but it was surely equal of passion! [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ford_Plant https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ford_Plant] It was a great time... Buying one of those halls was a totally prescient move! There's a major venue downtown Toronto that was once a YMCA, aptly named The Great Hall that sounds similar in operation (though I believe it's for-profit?) [https://www.thegreathall.ca/history/ https://www.thegreathall.ca/history/] Thanks for sharing! I love these kinds of stories