James Reaney

Met Up With My Late Mother’s “Moo Cow” Marionette at Museum London, November 3, 2018

Canadian Museum of History, Colleen Thibaudeau Reaney, James Reaney, Jay Peterson, Museum London, Western Fair / /

In 1965, my mother Jay Peterson assisted James Reaney in designing marionettes for his “Apple Butter” play. Mom’s contribution, “Moo Cow,” now resides at the Canadian Museum of History. In November 2018, James Reaney’s son James Stewart Reaney gave a presentation about the “Apple Butter” saga at Museum London and “Moo Cow” was in attendance.

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Part One of Four: Tribute to Jay Peterson (1920-1976), on the 40th Anniversary of her Passing, December 15, 2016 – Recent Examples of Her Legacy Being Acknowledged

Catherine McEwen, Colleen Thibaudeau Reaney, Ed (Ted) Bartram, Ivey Family London Room, James Reaney, Jay Peterson, Museum London, Peterson Family, Service League of London, Western Fair / /

This is the first of a four-part tribute to my mother on the 40th anniversary of her passing December 15, 1976. I discuss her 1950s paintings of children, her design of the “Moo Cow” marionette for James Reaney’s “Apple Butter” play, and her baby chair invention which was acquired by Museum London.

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Jay Peterson (1920-1976)

Canadian Museum of Civilization, Charles T. Peterson, Colleen Thibaudeau Reaney, Don Peterson, Greg Curnoe, James Reaney, Jay Peterson, Marydel Balderston, Museum London, Service League of London, Western Fair / /

My mother invented a baby chair that was used by the Service League of London as a fundraiser from about 1958 to 1967. Museum London has two different versions of this chair in their collection. Poet Colleen Thibaudeau Reaney penned the poem that is on my mother’s grave at the Leith, Ontario United Church cemetery.

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Hollywood Documentary to Showcase Pirate Radio Deejay Tom Lodge (1936-2012)

Chris Peterson, Fanshawe Music Industry Arts, James Reaney, Jay Peterson, Radio Caroline, Ship That Rocked the World, Stu Peterson, Tom Lodge, Tom Maguire / /

This is a follow-up to my March 19, 2012 post about my mother and my brother Chris’s connection to Radio Caroline top deejay Tom Lodge. Lodge publicly thanked my mother and brother for their support. I attended an October 2011 London event to raise funds for Lodge’s cancer treatment. Unfortunately, he died March 25, 2012.

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