[From the Ontario District's newsletter, The Trillium, issue 60-01, January - March, 2006 , Waldo Redekop, editor.]

It started 60 years ago

By Waldo Redekop

I have been fortunate to have received a number of old issues of our district newsletters.  Since this is our 60^th year, I thought I would ask a few questions and see how many know anything about our background.

We ran a trivia contest at a convention in Niagara Falls.  It was a lot of fun.  Not sure if this would qualify as it isn’t trivial. I wonder how Eric will do on this one.

I won’t be offering a prize.  The last time I offered free tickets to Forever PLAID (one of the funniest shows Donna and I have seen), only three people sent in answers.  Good thing I had three prizes as all of the answers were correct.

So, try the following.

• 1. What was the date of the first Ontario District newsletter?
• 2. What was the name of the newsletter?
• 3. Who was the editor?
• 4. Who was the district president that year?
• 5. Who was the editor the second year of the newsletter?
• 6. Who was the district president the second year of the newsletter?
• 7. What was the advertising rate for a quarter-page ad in the first issue?
• 8. What well-known person sang baritone in a registered quartet that advertised in the first issue and what was the name of the quartet?
• 9. A quartet that won the regional contest was featured in that first issue.  Which quartet and who was the baritone? (He is still actively singing in the district.)
• 10. In that contest, there were eight quartets.  There were four choruses, of which two chapters no longer exist.  Can you name the four chapters?
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