Saturday, June 12, 2010

Farewell To An Old Friend

This morning the quartet sang for Ed Lupton.  Ed turned 92 yesterday and his son asked if we would come sing for him today to help the family celebrate. Ed loves the Barbershop style and for many years was a member and ardent supporter of the Channel Islands Clipper's chorus.  As a member of the chorus, he received several awards from the chapter, including two "Barbershopper of the Year" awards. 

Ed and Doug often drove to rehearsals together and he had a strong influence on the early members of Harmony Channel.  The quartet sang a couple of the ol' standards, (My Wild Irish Rose and Lida Rose), and also one of Ed's favorite songs, "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling".  They also sang "Irish Blessing" as a farewell wish to a good friend, and a good man.
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Added on June 27, 2010
We just learned a short while ago that Ed passed away earlier this week.  We bid him a fond farewell and will miss him.  Our hopes and prayers go out to his family.
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Harmony Channel first formed in 1990. Since 1998 the members are:
  • Bruce Hunter - Lead
  • Doug Vanbogolen - Bari
  • Brent Burningham - Bass
  • Duane Ashby - Tenor
Our singing is rooted in the Barbershop style, but we do have songs of other types of music genres in our repertoire. Some of our favorites are 50's style doo-wop.

We perform for Groups, Churches, Families, Birthdays, Anniversaries, and yes, even weddings! We charge for performances, but more often than not, we donate our performances to charitable organizations to help with their fund raising efforts.

Every year we deliver Singing Valentines as a fund-raising event to help support music education in the schools.