Unfortunately, a very loyal and participative member of the Gwalia Singers – Edwin [Ed] Parton passed away on 20th March this year.  He had been unwell for some time with lung cancer and was having regular treatment in hospital where he contracted the coronavirus.  

He was a very much loved and intelligent member of the choir which he joined in May 2008. His potential was soon recognised when he was elected to the committee at the AGM in 2011. In the same year he took on the role of Patron’s Secretary, communicating regularly with all those many individuals who support the choir. In 2013 the choir Chairman at the time – Clive Walters, invited him to be Vice Chairman which he gladly accepted and was elected Chairman in 2015.  He added a special mature and hard-working dimension to this role which he held for the normal two years.  On completion of his chairmanship he continued to serve as an experienced committee member.

He will be greatly missed by all the choir, especially the second tenors and certainly by the many golfers who played with him.  Our deepest sympathies are with his wife Janet.