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 |