Keep A Melody Ringing plaque

The KEEP A MELODY RINGING plaque is a permanent memorial dedicated to Canadians who loved Barbershop Harmony.  When Sing Canada Harmony receives a memorial donation to honour a chapter member, their spouse or friend, the name of the individual is posted to the In Memoriam section of Sing Canada Harmony’s website.  When the cumulative In Memoriam donations reach $1000 or more, a memorial plate is engraved with the individual’s information for the plaque.   The KEEP A MELODY RINGING plaque is located at BHS Headquarters in Nashville, TN. 

This listing reflects the information that appears on each plate of the plaque.

Plate #1

Frank Ward (1926 – 2007, Capital City Chorus, Ottawa, ON)

Doug Durant (1943 – 2007, Capital City Chorus, Ottawa, ON)

Ed Arnold (1931 – 2007, Twin City Harmonizers, Kitchener – Waterloo, ON)

Paul Eckland (1927 – 2007, Capital City Chorus, Ottawa, ON)

Bob Knapp (1931 – 2008, Capital City Chorus, Ottawa, ON)

Plate #2

Lloyd Brown (1927 – 2008, Capital City Chorus, Ottawa, ON)

John Mitchell (1951 – 2008, Townsmen, Kingston, ON)

Ray Williams (1929 – 2008, Trentones/Quinte Regional, Belleville, ON)

Bill Massena (1921 – 2006, Stampede City Chorus, Calgary, AB)

Carol Gardner (1953 – 2006, Capital Chordettes (HI), Ottawa, ON)

Plate #3

Ron Dawson (1948 – 2008, Greater Montreal Chapter, Montreal, QC)

Linda Labine (1952 – 2009, North Metro Chorus (SAI), Toronto, ON)

Len Boone (1943 – 2009, Capital City Chorus, Ottawa, ON)

Bob Stimpson (1934 – 2009, Capital City Chorus, Ottawa, ON)

Jerry Dunlap (1933 – 1990, Capital Chordettes (HI), Ottawa, ON)

Plate #4

Roy Keys (1917 – 2009, Suburbanaires Chorus, Markham, ON)

Roy Keys (1917 – 2009, Arranger of renown, Ontario District)

Gord Stacey (1930 – 2009, Back In Time Quartet, St. Thomas, ON)

Don Eckford (1921 – 2006, Calgary Foothills Chorus, Calgary, AB)

Mac Fletcher (1937 – 2009, Ontario District, Chatham, ON)

Plate #5

Leslie Locke (1961 – 2009, Harbourtown Sound, Hamilton, ON)

Paul Tamblyn (1943 – 2010, Kingston Chap., Ontario Dist., Kingston, ON)

Pauline Gair (1916 – 2010, Mississauga, Ontario Dist., Mississauga, ON)

Ken Curry (1923 – 2010, Capital City Chorus, Ottawa, ON)

Flory Ward (1911 – 2010, North Metro Chorus (SAI), Toronto, ON)

Plate #6

Shaun Erb (1937 – 2010, Capital City Chorus. Ottawa, ON)

George Staples (1933 – 2010, Golden Horseshoe Chorus, Oakville, ON)

David Mortin (1937 – 2004, Bridge City Chorus, Lethbridge, AB)

Eric Roberts (1921 – 2010, Golden Chordsmen, Winnipeg, MB)

Terry Crowe (1933 – 2010, Brass Quartet, Calgary, AB)

Plate #7

Brian Etmanski (1956 – 2010, North Bay, Huntsville, ON)

Ron Treadgold (1936 – 2010, Kingston Townsmen. Kingston, ON)

Max Woudstra (1932 – 2010, Dukes of Harmony, Scarborough, ON)

June Hugman (1932 – 2010, Montreal City Voices (HI), Montreal, QC)

Mabel MacDougall (1913 – 2011, Etobicoke, Oakville, ON)

Plate #8

Don Pyper (1934 – 2011, Ontario District)

Chester Colpitts (1926 – 2009, Greater Vancouver Chapter, Vancouver, BC)

Margaret MacTaggart (1935 – 2007, Riverlights (SAI), Windsor, ON)

Al Knight (1915 – 2011, Stampede City Chorus, Calgary, AB)

Pat Roberts (1927 – 2011, Assiniboine Chorus (SAI), Winnipeg, MB)

Plate #9

Mac (Malcolm E.) Baker (1921 – 2011, Stampede City Chorus, Calgary, AB)

Don McRae Duncan (1921 – 2011, Charter Member, Halifax-Dartmouth, NS)

Bob Thomas (1937 – 2012, Contest Administrator EVG, Vancouver, BC)

Paul Eberwein (1935 – 1997, Sun Parlour Chorus, Windsor, ON)

John MacGregor (1933 – 2010, Sun Parlour Chorus, Windsor, ON)

Plate #10

Joyce Bradley (1943 – 2011, Hamilton The Sound, Guelph Overtones (HI) )

Bob Gills (1939 2011, Hamilton The Sound, Charter Member)

Norman Shelswell (1925 – 2011, Barrie Chapter, Charter Member)

Jeep Enns (1924 2012, Golden Chordsmen, Winnipeg, MB)

Paul Thompson (1957 – 2012, Acappella Quinte, Belleville, ON)

Plate #11

Terry Reagh (1945 – 2011, Golden Chordsmen, Winnipeg, MB)

Raymond Johnston (1918 – 2010, Supporter of Music Education, Richard, SK)

Laveta D. Johnston (1946 – 2011, Music Educator, Richard, SK)

Herbert (Bert) Overton (1883 – 1975, Kirkland Lake, Ontario)

Stella Overton (1894 – 1986, Kirkland Lake, Ontario)

Plate #12

Harry Sirna (1934 -2011, Treasurer & VP Finance, Ontario District)

Jules Selano (1938 – 2013, Dukes of Harmony and, Toronto Northern Lights)

Bob Pyper (1940 – 2013, Director, Niagara Gateway, Grimsby & Toronto, ON)

David McTaggart (1957 – 1987, Sun Parlour Chorus, Windsor, ON)

Diane Freedman (1940 – 2013, Western Hospitality Singers, Calgary, AB)

Plate 13

Bob Cobb (1926 – 2013, Golden Chordsmen, Winnipeg, MB)

Jim Turner (1927 – 2005, Knighthawks, London ON Chapter)

Con White (1913 – 2014, Big Pond, Cape Breton, NS)

Tony Ball (1924 – 2014, WHS/SCC, Calgary AB Chapters)

Dave Yates (1952 -2011, South Shore Saints, St-Lambert, QC)

Plate #14

Don Clarke (1927 – 2014, Stampede City Chorus, Calgary, AB)

Bill Christie (1930 – 2014, Golden Chordsmen, Winnipeg, MB)

Bill Hofstetter (1933 – 2014, East York, Duke of Harmony, Peterborough Aces)

Dorothy Hofstetter (1933 – 2014, Founder North Metro Chorus, Sweet Adelines International)

Joan Hartman (1933 – 2014, Stampede City Chorus, Calgary, AB)

Plate #15

Bob Keehn (1946 – 2015, Stampede City Chorus, Calgary, AB)

Cliff Harris (1939 – 2013, Golden Chordsmen, Winnipeg, MB)

Elaine Balkwill (1947 – 2012, Prairie Gold Chorus (SAI), Regina, SK)

Don Bazely (1929 – 2014, Strathroy, The “Soo”, Windsor, ON)

Rob Thomlinson (1935 – 2015, Golden Chordsmen, Winnipeg, MB)

Plate #16

Jim Gilroy (1934 – 2015, Golden Chordsmen, Winnipeg, MB)

Brian Mitchell (1938 -2016, Quinte Regional Chapter, Belleville, ON)

Ray Gilbert (1922 – 2015, Stampede City Chorus, Calgary, AB)

Ken Burnside (1935 -2016, Townsmen & Trentones, Kingston, ON)

John Houseman (1925 – 2012, Capital City Chorus, Ottawa, ON)

Plate #17

Dyson Pinhey (1928 – 2015, Capital City Chorus, Ottawa, ON)

Randy Peters (1940 -2016, Western Hospitality Singers, Calgary, AB)

Ron Crapper (1933 – 2016, Golden Chordsmen, Winnipeg, MB)

Arnie Charles (1931 – 2016, Golden Chordsmen, Winnipeg, MB)

Bud Robar (1933 – 2015, South Shore Saints, St-Lambert, QC)

Plate #18

Lloyd Mater (1925 – 2011, Bluewater Chordsmen, Sarnia, ON)

Denise Pageau (1928 – 2016, Sun Parlour Chorus, Windsor, ON)

Tom Balkwill (1946 – 2015, Living Skies Chorus, Regina, SK)

Frank Zunti (1934 – 2016, Chimo Chordsmen, Saskatoon, SK)

Stuart Reiley (1931 – 2016, Living Skies Chorus, Regina, SK)

Plate #19

Judy Ketchen (Davis) (1960 – 2016, Charter President, Grand Harmony, Touch of Class Quartet (SAI) )

John Anderson (1929 – 2017, Golden Horseshoe Chorus, Waterdown, ON)

Karen Shackleton (1942 – 2015, SAI Director and Pianist, Sarnia, ON)

Andrew Shackleton (1966 – 2017, President, Ontario District, Hamilton, ON Chapter)

Douglas Holden (1924 – 2017, Golden Chordsmen, Winnipeg, MB)

Plate #20

Alan MacQuarrie (1942 – 2017, Grove City Chorus, Spruce Grove, AB)

Gordon Gardiner (1926 -2017, Past President LOL District, Regina, SK)

Mike Cook (1933 – 2013, Golden Chordsmen, Winnipeg, MB)

George Morrow (1926 – 2016, Golden Chordsmen, Winnipeg, MB)

Norv Christopherson (1929 – 2017, Golden Chordsmen, Winnipeg, MB)

Plate #21

George Smellie (1929 – 2018, Golden Chordsmen, Winnipeg, MB)

Max Charlton (1937 – 2018, Back In Time Quartet, St. Thomas, ON)

Les Gurr (1924 – 2018, Golden Chordsmen, Winnipeg, MB)

Lawrence Grennan (1924 – 2017, Chimo Chordsmen, Saskatoon, SK)

Plate #22

Don Craig (1937 – 2019, EVG Div III and Brass Quartet, Calgary, AB)

Max Newhook (1935 – 2019, Capital City Chorus, Ottawa, ON)

Sam Perrin (1934 -2019, Capital City Chorus, Ottawa, ON)

Ken Stephenson (1921 – 2018, Chimo Chordsmen, Saskatoon, SK)

Dick Wells (1927 2018, Chimo Chordsmen, Saskatoon, SK)

Plate #23

Stephen Hall (1936 – 2018, Acappella Quinte, Belleville, ON)

Bud Gresl (1930 – 2019, Stampede City Chorus, Calgary, AB)

Brian (Santa) Sanderson (1941 – 2018, Golden Chordsmen, Winnipeg, MB)

Gerard Beneteau (1937 – 2018, Sun Parlour Chorus, Windsor, ON)

Richard (Dick) Carr (1931 -2019, Living Skies Chorus, KAMR Chair, Regina, SK)

Plate #24

Ron Ball (1922 – 2015, Men of Accord, London, ON)

Ken Holzer (1941 – 2016, Living Skies Chorus, Regina, SK)

John West (1932 – 2017, First Capital Chorus, Langley, BC)

Doug Flewwelling (1923 – 2018, South Shore Saints, Montreal, QC)

Jim Cudmore (1959 – 2018, Chilliwack Harmony Chorus, Chilliwack, BC)

Plate #25

Gerry Gilders (1939 – 2018, Aces of Harmony, Peterborough, ON)

Jack Boan (1917 – 2018, Living Skies Chorus, Regina, SK)

Dominic Gregorio (1977 – 2019, Choral Music Director, University of Regina, SK)

Don Robertson (1932 – 2019, Stampede City Chorus, Calgary, AB)

Frank Hudd (1929 – 2015, Keystone Chorus, Dauphin, NB)

Plate #26

Jim Findlay (1947 – 2018, Sun Parlour Chorus, Windsor, ON)

John Sutton (1930 – 2018, Nighthawks Quartet, London, ON)

Bob Cooper (1931 – 2020, Western Hospitality Singers, Calgary, AB)

Harold “Cass” Casselman (1922 – 2020, Golden Chordsmen, Winnipeg, MB)

Dorothy Casselman (1929 – 2001, Winnipeg Chapter Supporter, Winnipeg, MB)

Plate #27

Gord Southam (1935 – 2020, Golden Chordsmen, Winnipeg, MB)

Jim McDougall (1940 – 2018, Men of Accord, London, ON)

Lorna B. George (1917 – 2007, Abegweit Chimes/Island A Cappella (HI), Charlottetown, PE)

James L. (Jim) Roy (1945 – 2020, Sun Parlour Chorus, Windsor, ON)

Mitch Paradis (1939 – 2012, Dukes of Kent, Kentville, NS)

Plate #28

Doran McTaggart (1933 – 2021, Sun Parlour Chorus, Windsor, ON)

Herb Franklin (1946 – 2020, Ganaraska Chordsmen, Northumberland Hills, ON)

Chuck Alexander (1944 – 2020, County Chordsmen, Barrie, ON)

Ted Pageau (1930 – 2020, Sun Parlour,Windsor, ON)

Keith Sveinson (1931 – 2021, Stampede City Chorus, Calgary, AB)

Plate #29

Dilly “Sandy” Bell (1946 – 2019, Harbourtown Sound, Hamilton, ON)

Bruce Bonnyman (1929 – 2021, Harbourtown Sound, Hamilton, ON)

Peter Dennett (1947 – 2021, Harbourtown Sound, Hamilton, ON)

Andrew Dennett (1977 – 2021, Harbourtown Sound/Toronto Northern Lights, Hamilton/Toronto, ON)

June Wilkie (1942 – 2020, ACappella Show Case (HI), North Metro (SAI), ON)

Plate #30

Bill Martin (1950 – 2020, Gentlemen of Fortune, Vancouver, BC)

Wes Hartman (1933 – 2021, Stampede City Chorus, Calgary, AB)

Hugh Lowe (1929 – 2021, Stampede City Chorus, Calgary, AB)

Ian Flemming (1932 – 2021, Halifax Harmonizers, City of Lakes, Halifax-Dartmouth, NS)

Lynn Lowes (1941-2022, Living Skies Chorus, Regina, SK)

Plate #31

Jeffery Mance (1942 – 2022, Island city Chorus, Greater Montreal, QC)

Laurence “Laurie” Free (1939 – 2022, Acappella Road Chorus, Calgary, AB)

David Collins (1940 – 2022, Stampede City Chorus, Acappella Road, Calgary, AB)

Allan Ayoub (1938 – 2022, Capital City Chorus, Ottawa, ON)

Daniel Bezaire (1950 – 2023, Sun Parlour, Windsor, ON)

Plate #32

Jerome Gobuyan (1966 – 2022, Capital City Chorus, Ottawa, ON)

John Novosad (1952 – 2023, Supporter of Sue and Valley Voices, Ogilvie, NS)

Richard (Dick) Johnston (1929 – 2023, South Shore Saints, Montreal, QC)

Lauris Cassidy (1926 – 2023, Supporter of Patricia and Nickel City Sound (HI), Sudbury, ON)

William (Bill) Quick (1921 – 2023, Living Skies Chorus, Regina, SK)

Plate #33

Norm Sanger (1938 – 2015, Horseless Carriagemen, Oshawa, ON)

Duncan Zaluski (1970 – 2024, Golden Chordsmen, Winnipeg, MB)

Gordon Sargent (1961 – 2024, Golden Chordsmen, Winnipeg, MB)

Ken Gorin (1933 – 2024, Golden Horseshoe Chorus, Burlington, ON)

Hazel Gorin (1935 – 2024, Golden Horseshoe Chorus, Burlington, ON)

Plate #34

Don Gillespie (1932 – 2014, Mega City Chorus, Greater Toronto, ON)

Lorraine Driedger (1936 – 2014, Winnipeg Chapter Supporter, Winnipeg, MB)

Herold L. Driedger (1942 – 2024, Golden Chordsmen/Harlequin BSQ, Winnipeg, MB