Legacy Of Harmony Chorus

Town North Plano Chapter

Dallas Town North Chorus, 1975 SWD Convention

Chartered October 30, 1958

Contributing authors:

• Harold Rusk
• Greg Elam
• Grady Kerr
• Mark Holdeman

    Town North was originally chartered as the Garland chapter in October of 1958 with 26 strong willed men. We should have called it "cornucopia" because no matter what was needed, somebody always stood up and said "l will do it!" And he would.  -Harold Rusk

The Town North Plano chapter of the BHS has a long and distinguished history. Consistent competitors in SWD Chorus competition, unparalleled administrative and musical leadership and a dedication to community are just a few of the attributes that have sustained the chapter through good times and bad. Many of the leaders in the SWD have TNP roots. Two have even gone on to be International President. But most of all, TNP has been a leader in progressive thinking. Perhaps this is why so many of its members have gone on to leadership positions at the district and International levels. Through it all, a commitment to quality music and fraternity have bonded the chorus in a way few other chapters can emulate.

We started as the "Garland" chapter in October, 1958. But the name was changed to the "Dallas Town North" chapter in 1962. The chapter merged with the "Plano" chapter in 1995 and again changed its name to the "Town North Plano" chapter in 2000. In 2019, we combined with the "Big D" chapter as well as the "Bassically Treble" chorus, formerly of Sweet Adelines International. With this merger of three barbershop chapters, TNP looks forward to leading the way in the 21st century by providing a lifetime of singing regardless of age, race or gender....hence the new chorus name, “Legacy Of Harmony"!

Directors

Over the years we've had some great directors such as Ralph Ribble, Ray Anthony, Bob Gilmore, Landon Maples, Jim Casey, Bill Thornton, Brian Beck, Anthony Pennington, Dwayne Cooper (Plano), Jack Ware (Plano) Dennis Devenport, Rob Hague-Rogers, Steve DeCrow, Jim Casey, Mark Holdeman, Anthony Bartholomew, Tim Bird, Natalie Berdahl, Terry Chapman and Dan Rohovit.

Administration

Our chapter is the home of:

Two International Presidents

Member	Year(s) Served
Joe Lewis	1957-58
Ralph Ribble	1971

Nine Southwestern District Presidents

Member	Year(s) Served
Joe Lewis	1954
Hank Lewis	1963
Ralph Ribble	1965-66
Dave Sjogren	1974
Duane Lunday	1980
Don Wagner	1981
Ed Reeder	1982-83
Greg Elam	1988-1989
Don Hackett	2003-2004

Nine Southwestern District Barbershoppers of the Year

Member	Year
Hank Lewis	1965
Ralph Ribble	1973
Duane Lunday	1976
Greg Elam	1981
Grady Kerr	1984
Ed Reeder	1985
Bob (and Sally) Cunningham	1991
Mark Holdeman	2009
Dwayne Cooper	2021

Fifteen SWD Hall Of Fame Members

Member	Year Inducted
Ed Reeder	1987
Ralph Ribble	1987
Ray Anthony	1988
Hank Lewis	1988
Brian Beck	1992
Greg Elam	1992
Bill Thornton	1994
Grady Kerr	1995
Sally Cunningham+	2000
Earl Hagn	2005
Jim Casey	2011
Dwayne Cooper	2013
Duane Lunday	2014
Mark Holdeman	2017
Al Kvanli++	2019

+Honorary Member

++As a Member of the Dealer's Choice Quartet

Chapter Presidents

Dallas Town North

Year(s) Served	Member
1959	Doc Talbot
1960	Harold Smith
1961	Ralph Ribble
1962	Duane Lunday
1963	John Robbins
1964	Tom Bamford
1965	Fred Wiese
1966	Bill Wheat
1967	Jim Law
1968-69	Ray Hyman
1970	Dick Bove
1971	Tom McBrayer
1972-73	Bill Pedigo
1974-75	Duane Lunday
1976	Don Wagner
1977	Frank Mahnich
1978	Greg Elam
1979-80	Dave Brady
1981	Ken McIntyre
1982	John Muscarella
1983	Lyle Howard
1984	Ed Reeder
1985	Gordon Wagner
1986	Jim Degnan
1987-88	Bob Peifer
1989	Doug McNair
1990	Ferris Summers
1991	Duane Lunday
1992	Earl Hagn
1993-94	Don Hackett

Plano

Year(s) Served	Member
1981-82	Don Naeve
1983	John Rose
1984	Paul Daniels
1985	Tom Wharton
1986-87	Dwayne Cooper
1988-89	John Sharpe
1990-91	Jerry Acuff
1992	John Sharpe
1993	Dwayne Cooper
1994	Bill Webb

Town North Plano

Year(s) Served	Member
1995	Don Hackett
1996	Jerry Acuff
1997	Bob Lang
1998-2000	Ted Brady
2001	Earl Hagn
2002	John Sharpe
2003-04	Rick Haines
2005-07	Greg Elam
2008	Don Heaton
2009-10	Dennis Devenport
2011	Phil Roth
2012-13	Randy Smith
2014-15	Dennis Wilson
2016-17	Jack Allenberg
2018-19	Lee Powell
2020-22	Randy Stewart

SWD Contest Placement

Dallas Town North

Year	Site	Place	#men	Director
1959	San Antonio	10th	23	Ribble
1960	Tulsa	10th	20	Ribble
1961	Dallas	13th	25	Ribble
1962	New Orelans	8th	30	Ribble
1963	Ft Worth	7th	53	Ribble
1964	Ponca City	5th	41	Ribble
1965	Amarillo	7th	30	Ribble
1966	Houston	7th	31	Ribble
1967	Dallas	3rd	42	Ribble
1968	Dallas	9th	24	Ribble
1969	Austin	5th	27	Ribble
1970	Houston	3rd	52	Ribble
1971	Dallas	2nd	46	Ribble
1972	San Antonio	3rd	50	Ribble
1973	OK City	4th	52	Ribble
1974	Dallas	4th	58	Ribble
1975	Abilene	3rd	60	Ribble
1976	San Antonio	2nd	69	Ribble
1977	Houston	4th	46	Ribble
1978	Dallas	8th	36	Ribble
1979	New Orleans	9th	38	Ribble
1980	Dallas	8th	37	Ribble
1981	Houston	8th	35	Maples
1982	San Antonio	6th	37	Ribble
1984	New Orleans	6th	54	Casey
1985	OK City	4th	72	Casey
1986	Beaumont	6th	63	Thornton
1987	Houston	6th	45	Thornton
1988	Dallas	5th	54	Casey
1989	OK City	7th	46	Maples
1990	New Orleans	4th	49	Pennington
1991	Houston	6th	51	Pennington
1992	Dallas	6th	44	Pennington
1993	Houston	4th	38	Devenport
1994	Tulsa	8th	28	Hague-Rogers

Plano

Year	Site	Place	#men	Director
1984	New Orleans	13th	26	Cooper
1985	OK City	7th	30	Ware
1986	Beaumont	8th	29	Ware
1987	Houston	11th	22	Ware
1988	Dallas	11th	21	Cooper
1989	OK City	10th	21	Cooper
1990	New Orleans	13th	21	Cooper
1991	Houston	8th	33	Cooper
1992	Dallas	8th	33	Cooper

Town North Plano

Year	Site	Place	#men	Director
1995	Houston	8th	51	Mahone
1996	New Orleans	6th	29	Beck
1997	Little Rock	10th	34	Mahone
1998	New Orleans	9th	36	Mahone
1999	Tulsa	9th	39	DeCrow
2000	Little Rock	8th	41	DeCrow
2001	Little Rock	9th	40	DeCrow
2002	Little Rock	7th	42	DeCrow
2003	Corpus Christi	9th	32	Mahone/Black
2004	Richardson	4th	44	Holdeman
2005	San Antonio	4th	49	Holdeman
2006	Corpus Christi	4th	51	Holdeman
2007	Corpus Christi	4th	56	Holdeman
2008	Little Rock	4th	54	Holdeman
2009	Little Rock	2nd	54	Holdeman
2010	Dallas	4th	54	Holdeman
2011	DFW	3rd	43	Holdeman
2012	DFW	3rd	37	Bartholomew
2013	DFW	5th	31	Bird
2014	DFW	5th	37	Bird
2015	DFW	10th	28	Bird
2016	DFW	11th	29	Bird
2019	DFW	9th	17	Chapman

Chapter Quartets

Impromptu-SWD Medalists

Eureka-2008 International Senior Quartet Champions