Presenting the Quartet

Let us entertain you!

Riverside formed as a quartet in 1998, and we've been singing for your listening enjoyment ever since. We're a seniors' quartet, and (mostly) retired, so we can perform almost any time of the day.

Call Ted Stewart at 519-336-0701 or e-mail him at nstewart5@cogeco.ca for details.

We have 67 years of barbershopping with the Bluewater Chordsmen among the four of us, so we are well able to ring a chord. We participate with the Chordsmen in Singing Valentines, Chorus annual shows, and other performances. As a quartet, we sing in the Lambton County Music festival, and perform for retiree groups, weddings, anniversaries, birthdays, church services, dinners, schools, etc. A large share of our income from these performances goes to our "Harmonize For Speech" charity and to sponsor high school students to the Interprovincial Music Camp at Owen Sound each summer.

Our original bass, John Chorostecki, lives in Port Huron, so we have done quite a bit of singing on the American side of the bridge. John had to drop out early in 2005 (while still keeping up his chorus participation) for family reasons, so we recruited Joe Lobsinger to sing with us. Joe is a recently retired school teacher whose skills and training are put to good use in keeping us all in tune. With 7 years as a barbershopper, Joe is our "newest" member.

Our baritone, Glyn Jones, is a retired engineer from Dow Chemical, and has been a barbershopper since the mid 1960's. He moved to Canada from Wales, and we all know how the Welsh can sing! Glyn has sung in several quartets over the years, and was Founder/ Director of the Sarnia Sweet Adeline chorus, and also the Lambton Happy Harmonizers, both ladies' barbershop choruses. He has also served as a Director and assistant director with the Bluewater Chordsmen.

Our lead, Ted Stewart, is another engineer, who can't seem to make retirement stick, so currently works part time for Colt Engineering, after retiring from Suncor and SNC-Lavalin. Ted has been a barbershopper for 20 years, but has been singing at Boy Scout camps with his Ukulele for over 35 years.

Our tenor, John Hopkins, spent several years as a submariner with the US Navy, then came ashore and worked as a piping designer for Fiberglass, Inc. When they closed their plant, John picked up his wood turning hobby and made a reputation as a very skilled artisan, producing masterfully crafted artwork in wood. John became a barbershopper in 1997, and still does some wood turning when he's not singing.