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PEACE ARCH

CHORUS

40 Years of Harmony 1972 to 2012

MAY 9, 1972

CHARTER

MEMBERS EILEEN ADSHEAD

JEANNE BURRELL

DEANNA CAMPBELL

MARILYN CHAPUT

VIRGINNIA COLLINS

LYNN COMBE

ALICE DOLING

PHYLLIS HOUGAARD

MARGARET JENSEN

MARGUERITE KLOTZ

PHYLLIS LAYCOCK

RIKA LOCKWOOD

GERMAINE MACDOUGAL

NORMA MACKAY

HILDA MUNTON

RAE PRINGLE

JILL RICHARDSON

AUDREY SMITH

MARGARET SMITH

ETHEL SUTHERLAND

GRACE TOWNE

ALMA EILEEN WARD

MARIANNE WHEELER

AUDREY WILLIS

DOLLY YAVIS

Known as the “Border Belles” prior to chartering as

Peace Arch Chapter.

First Musical

Director was

Jean Woods

1976 CONVENTION – REGION 13

DIRECTOR COLLEEN CRAIN

REHEARSALS – CLOVERDALE COMMUNITY SCHOOL

Babs Babcock and Rae Pringle,

team leaders

1975 Ethel Sutherland, Asst

Rae Pringle, Director

1977 CONVENTION

TACOMA, WA

1978 CONVENTION

REGION 13

1979 CONVENTION

REGION 13

Can you find our very own Dorothy Hayes?

SHOW IN NOVEMBER 1979 AND

CONVENTION SPOKANE APRIL 1980

1981

CONVENTION

SEATTLE

LAST CONTEST

AS PART OF

REGION 13

MISS PIGGY

MAKES HER

APPEARANCE

AS THE

CHORUS

MASCOT

LOOK FOR HER IN

THE CHORUS

PHOTOS!

REGION 26

1982 FIRST ANNUAL

CONVENTION

VANCOUVER, BC

DIRECTOR JOYCE THOMPSON

1983 CONVENTION

CALGARY, AB JOYCE THOMPSON, DIRECTOR

5th Place

1983 SHOW SURREY ARTS CENTRE

1980’S RETREATS

CAMP ALEXANDER

CAMP CHARIS

Joyce Thompson

Dick Roth, coach

1984 CONVENTION

REGINA, SK JOYCE THOMPSON, DIRECTOR

1984 SHOWS WITH FIRST CAPITAL

CHORUS IN JUNE AND NOVEMBER

1985 CONVENTION

VANCOUVER, BC

JOYCE THOMPSON, DIRECTOR

Vocal Connection

5th Place

1985 SHOW SURREY ARTS CENTRE

1986 CONVENTION

EDMONTON, AB

JOYCE THOMPSON, DIRECTOR

1986 SHOWS

Expo 86

1989 CONVENTION

VANCOUVER, BC

1991 CONVENTION

VANCOUVER, B.C.

Chorus Photo

missing….if you have

a copy please let us

know

1992 CONVENTION

REGINA, SK MARG WATTS, DIRECTOR

1993 CONVENTION REGINA, SK MARG WATTS, DIRECTOR

2ND PLACE SMALL CHORUS

1994 RETREAT CAMP CHARIS – HILLBILLY THEME DIRECTOR – GARETH EVANS

Makeup

Demo for

New

members

Dorothy as

guest director

1995 CONVENTION – ALIVE IN ’95

VANCOUVER, BC OUR “BABY” DIRECTOR LESLIE WEST

Strutting our stuff on Granville St.

VOCAL POINT – MIC

testing Quartet1995

1997 RETREAT

CAMP CHARIS

1997 CONVENTION

VANCOUVER, BC “ OUT OF THE BLUE”

LESLIE WEST, DIRECTOR

Tenor section

Fern, Bonnie, Collette & Judy

If I Had My Way

Goody Goody

1998 CONVENTION

CALGARY, AB LESLIE WEST, DIRECTOR Bridges : Collette, Margaret, Anna , Barb

RETREAT MEMORIES

1999 AND 2000

1999 CONVENTION

SURREY, BC LESLIE WEST, DIRECTOR

1999 CONTEST

FUN

Bridges quartet and their very funny

“old ladies” routine!

Rah Rah Breakfast

In the traffic pattern

Time to call

it a night!

2001 CONVENTION

SURREY, BC DIRECTORS – KITTY ALL & PAT HARPER

AWARDED “NOVICE DIRECTOR”

2001 CONVENTION

SECTIONS

Baritones

Leads

Basses

Tenors

2002 CONVENTION

EDMONTON, AB LESLIE WEST, DIRECTOR

2003 CONVENTION

SURREY, BC MOST IMPROVED CHORUS

4TH PLACE OVERALL

Just a Cottage Small

Whenever I’m In Your Arms

CHRISTMAS

SHOWS

2006 CONVENTION

EDMONTON, AB KARI METZGER, DIRECTOR

2007 NEWS

Dorothy Hayes – our biggest fan

With Pat Harper our wonderful Assistant Director

2007 MEMBERSHIP

INSTALLATION

DINNERS

PAC Sweet Adeline of the Year

2010 Herta Henderson

Dorothy Hayes, longest continuous

serving board member

2008 CONVENTION

SURREY, BC LISA HOOD, DIRECTOR

Our

wonderful

novice

director!

LISA

2009 CONVENTION

CALGARY, AB LISA HOOD, DIRECTOR

Never Meant to Fall in Love

Zippidy Doo Dah

2010 CONVENTION

CALGARY, AB LISA HOOD DIRECTOR

3RD PLACE

DIVISION A

2010 INSTALLATION

DOROTHY HAYES OCT 2010

CELEBRATES “100”

I Never Meant to Fall In Love

The Moment I Saw Your Eyes

2011 CONVENTION

CALGARY, AB LISA HOOD, DIRECTOR

2011

CONVENTION

2011

INSTALLATION

P.A.C.

Sweet

Adeline of

the Year

Lisa Hood

OUR FANTASTIC COACHES

2010 TO 2012 John Newell 2011 Retreat

Joey Minshall 2010 Retreat

Sandy Marron March 2012

Don & Amy Rose 2012 Retreat & Apr2012

2012 CONVENTION

CALGARY, AB

The Moment I Saw Your Eyes

If I Give My Heart To You

1st Place Division A

Small Chorus

PAC was happy to sing with Ruth

Saefkow and Emma Gibson, dual

members from Lions Gate Chorus

2012 CONVENTION

CALGARY, AB Score 524

2012 INSTALLATION &

CURRENT MEMBERSHIP

THE PRESENT

We hope to have even more fun and harmony

in the next 40 years.

Thank you

Peace Arch Chorus