The Association of Far Western District Champions


Member Bios

The following are members of the AFWDC. They all have won the Far Western District Championship, some more then once.

Here you will be able to see all the members, the quartets they won with and the part they sang in that quartet. Click on the member name for a biography of that member.

       Bonanza Four
1947
Tenor
       Bonanza Four
1947
Lead
       Stage Four
1972
Tenor
 Albaum, Shelly
       Pacifica
1982
Tenor
1976
Tenor
       Bay Town Four
1958
Bass
       Crown City 4
1955
Bari
       Special Feature
1990
Lead
       Far Westerners
1967
Tenor
       Nightlife
1991
Bari
 Barclay, Steve
       Pacifica
1982
Bari
       Bay Town Four
1958
Tenor
       Occidentals
1977
Bari
       Special Request
1983
Lead
       The Californians
1971
Lead
       Hi-Fidelity
2005
Bari
       The West Coasters
1954
Tenor
       Forte-Niners
1961
Tenor
1986
Bass
       The Verdugo Dons
1952
Tenor
1986
Bari
       Gaslight Harmony 4
1968
Bass
       The Californians
1971
Bass
       Crown City 4
1955
Bass
       Sidewinders
1962
Bari
       Four Staters
1948
Bari
       San Diego Seranaders
1950
Lead
       Western Continentals
1964
Lead
       Command Performance
1974
Lead
       The Crush
2010
Bari
       Remember When
1980
Lead
       Standing Room Only
1992
Lead
       Applause
2000
Lead
       Musicians Choice
1988
Lead
       Freestyle
1999
Lead
       VocalEase
2007
Lead
       Artistic License
2011
Lead
       Late Show
2006
Bari
       Artistic License
2011
Bari
       OC Times
2004
Bari
       The West Coasters
1954
Bass
       Gala Lads
1960
Bari
       Vintage Blend
1995
Bari
       Bonanza Four
1947
Bass
       Bunster Freely
1965
Tenor
       The Saints
1959
Lead
       Sidewinders
1962
Lead
       Special Feature
1990
Tenor
       Applause
2000
Tenor
       `Q`
2003
Tenor
       Late Show
2006
Tenor
       The Californians
1971
Tenor
       Rhythm & Rhyme
1993
Bari
       Sams Club
2002
Lead
       OC Times
2004
Lead
       California Fever
1981
Bass
       Special Request
1983
Bass
       Vintage Blend
1995
Bass
       Western Continentals
1964
Bass
       Sharpshooters
1956
Bass
 Dodge, Greg
       Command Performance
1974
Bass
       Pacificaires
1969
Bari
1953
Bari
       Artistic License
2011
Bass
       Standing Room Only
1992
Bass
       Finale
2001
Bass
       VocalEase
2007
Bass
       Westernaires
1949
Bass
1970
Bari
       Musicians Choice
1988
Tenor
       Rhythm & Rhyme
1993
Tenor
       Hi-Fidelity
2005
Tenor
       Sidewinders
1962
Tenor
       Revival
1997
Tenor
       Hi-Fidelity
2005
Bass
       The Edge
2009
Bass
       Pacificaires
1969
Bass
       Musicians Choice
1988
Bari
       The Grand Tradition
1978
Tenor
       Western Union
1994
Tenor
 Gauger, Earl
       Pacifica
1982
Lead
1953
Bass
       GOTCHA!
1998
Bari
       Masterpiece
2008
Bari
       Western Continentals
1964
Bari
       The Crush
2010
Tenor
       The Grand Tradition
1978
Bari
       The New Tradition
1984
Bari
1975
Lead
       The Saints
1959
Bass
       Masterpiece
2008
Lead
       Thermal-aires
1966
Bari
       95 North
2012
Tenor
       95 North
2012
Lead
       Golden Staters
1963
Tenor
       Golden Staters
1963
Bari
       Harmony Express
1973
Bari
       OC Times
2004
Bass
       Metropolis
1996
Lead
       Pacificaires
1969
Tenor
 Henley, Pat
       Harmony Spectrum
1989
Bari
       Special Feature
1990
Bass
       Four Staters
1948
Tenor
       San Diego Seranaders
1950
Tenor
1986
Lead
       4 Bits of Harmony
1951
Lead
 Hosier, Russ
       Special Request
1983
Bari
       `Q`
2003
Bari
 Ilten, Jim
       Gentlemen Songsters
1979
Bari
       Gaslight Harmony 4
1968
Tenor
       Musicians Choice
1988
Bass
       The Grand Tradition
1978
Lead
       The New Tradition
1984
Lead
       The West Coasters
1954
Lead
       Gala Lads
1960
Bass
       The Saints
1959
Bari
       Kidder & Sons, Inc.
1987
Lead
       Kidder & Sons, Inc.
1987
Bass
       Kidder & Sons, Inc.
1987
Bari
       Finale
2001
Bari
       VocalEase
2007
Bari
       Kidder & Sons, Inc.
1987
Tenor
       VocalEase
2007
Tenor
       Artistic License
2011
Tenor
       Western Continentals
1964
Tenor
1970
Bass
1976
Bass
       The Knudsen Brothers
1985
Tenor
       The Knudsen Brothers
1985
Bass
       The Knudsen Brothers
1985
Bari
       The Knudsen Brothers
1985
Lead
 Koch, Ken
       Gentlemen Songsters
1979
Tenor
       Western Union
1994
Bari
       Revival
1997
Bari
       Sharpshooters
1956
Bari
       Gala Lads
1960
Tenor
       `Q`
2003
Lead
 Lewellen, Richard
       Pacifica
1982
Bass
       Nightlife
1991
Bass
       Masterpiece
2008
Bass
       Late Show
2006
Lead
       Westernaires
1949
Tenor
1953
Lead
1975
Tenor
       Four Staters
1948
Bass
       San Diego Seranaders
1950
Bass
       Freestyle
1999
Tenor
       Remember When
1980
Tenor
 McClain, Galen
       Command Performance
1974
Bari
       Remember When
1980
Bari
       Stage Four
1972
Bass
1970
Lead
       Bay Town Four
1958
Bari
       California Fever
1981
Lead
       Rhythm & Rhyme
1993
Bass
       Metropolis
1996
Bari
       Golden Staters
1963
Lead
       Far Westerners
1967
Lead
1976
Lead
       Nightlife
1991
Tenor
       Masterpiece
2008
Tenor
       Bonanza Four
1947
Bari
       Far Westerners
1967
Bass
       Harmony Express
1973
Bass
       Gentlemen Songsters
1979
Bass
       Bunster Freely
1965
Bass
 Miller, John
       The New Tradition
1984
Bass
       The Grand Tradition
1978
Bass
       Western Union
1994
Bass
       4 Bits of Harmony
1951
Bari
       Far Westerners
1967
Bari
       Hi-Fidelity
2005
Lead
       The Edge
2009
Tenor
       Freestyle
1999
Bass
       Revival
1997
Bass
 Neilsen, Richard
       Harmony Spectrum
1989
Lead
       Bunster Freely
1965
Lead
1976
Bari
       4 Bits of Harmony
1951
Bass
       Special Feature
1990
Bari
       Gala Lads
1960
Lead
       Occidentals
1977
Lead
       Sams Club
2002
Bari
       The Edge
2009
Bari
       Westernaires
1949
Bari
       Metropolis
1996
Bass
       95 North
2012
Bari
       The Verdugo Dons
1952
Bari
       Four Staters
1948
Lead
       Thermal-aires
1966
Tenor
       The West Coasters
1954
Bari
       Sams Club
2002
Tenor
       Crown City 4
1955
Lead
       Westernaires
1949
Lead
       4 Bits of Harmony
1951
Tenor
       Desert Knights
1957
Bass
       Gaslight Harmony 4
1968
Bari
       The Edge
2009
Lead
       Forte-Niners
1961
Bass
       Harmony Express
1973
Tenor
       Forte-Niners
1961
Bari
       Thermal-aires
1966
Lead
       Metropolis
1996
Tenor
       Desert Knights
1957
Lead
       Stage Four
1972
Lead
       Nightlife
1991
Lead
       Bay Town Four
1958
Lead
       Desert Knights
1957
Bari
1953
Tenor
       Golden Staters
1963
Bass
       Stage Four
1972
Bari
       Sams Club
2002
Bass
1970
Tenor
       The New Tradition
1984
Tenor
1975
Bass
       Sharpshooters
1956
Tenor
1986
Tenor
       Occidentals
1977
Bass
       Western Union
1994
Lead
       Revival
1997
Lead
       The Californians
1971
Bari
       The Verdugo Dons
1952
Bass
       Standing Room Only
1992
Tenor
       Finale
2001
Tenor
       Desert Knights
1957
Tenor
       `Q`
2003
Bass
       Late Show
2006
Bass
       95 North
2012
Bass
       The Verdugo Dons
1952
Lead
       Gaslight Harmony 4
1968
Lead
       California Fever
1981
Bari
       The Crush
2010
Lead
       The Crush
2010
Bass
       GOTCHA!
1998
Tenor
 Thompson, Jim
       California Fever
1981
Tenor
1975
Bari
 Turnmire, Jim
       Harmony Spectrum
1989
Bass
       Bunster Freely
1965
Bari
       GOTCHA!
1998
Lead
       Vintage Blend
1995
Tenor
 Voss, Dean
       Command Performance
1974
Tenor
       Occidentals
1977
Tenor
       Special Request
1983
Tenor
       Freestyle
1999
Bari
       Rhythm & Rhyme
1993
Lead
       Finale
2001
Lead
       Remember When
1980
Bass
       Applause
2000
Bass
       The Saints
1959
Tenor
       Forte-Niners
1961
Lead
       Harmony Express
1973
Lead
       Gentlemen Songsters
1979
Lead
       San Diego Seranaders
1950
Bari
       Vintage Blend
1995
Lead
 Wilcox, Brad
       Harmony Spectrum
1989
Tenor
       Sharpshooters
1956
Lead
       GOTCHA!
1998
Bass
       Thermal-aires
1966
Bass
       Crown City 4
1955
Tenor
       Pacificaires
1969
Lead
       Sidewinders
1962
Bass
       OC Times
2004
Tenor
       Standing Room Only
1992
Bari
       Applause
2000
Bari