DOWNEAST HONORARY LIFETIME MEMBERSHIP
Each year the Downeast Bluegrass & Oldtime Music Society selects 1 or more members, past or present, of the Downeast Bluegrass & Oldtime Music Society and its affiliated Chapters to honor and award a Lifetime Membership in the Society.
This process began in 1985.
The eligibility criteria include;
The Applicants are selected by the Downeast Bluegrass & Oldtime Music Society Board of Directors and consist of all present and former members of the board.
Selection Committee shall consider all applications as follows;
These awards are made at the Annual Eastern Canada Bluegrass Music Awards in October.
The list of Lifetime Members to date is as follows;
1985 Fred Isenor - Lantz, NS
1985 Vic Mullen - Port Maitland, NS
1986 Tom Dorward - Halifax, NS
1986 Neil Rosenberg - St. John’s, NFLD
1986 Mel Sarty - Italy Cross, NS
1987 Fulton Isenor - Elmsdale, NS
1987 Wilson Moore - Amherst, NS
1988 Marlene York - Seaforth, NS
1988 Ken Smith - Amherst, NS
1989 Charles Fullerton - Grand Lake, NS
1990 Laurie Blue - Deceased
1990 Gerald Pike - Riverview, NB
1991 Alf Dalton - Waterville, NS
1991 Gordon Stobbe - Seaforth, NS
1992 Don Smith - Deceased
1992 Gordon Sarty - Deceased
1993 Bob Sharples - East Stewiacke, NS
1994 Bill Babineau - Truro, NS
1995 Stephanie Isenor - Truro, NS
1996 Ralph Esau - Deceased
1997 Jerry Murphy - Lantz, NS
1998 Don Getson - Bridgewater, NS
1999 Jeanie Thomas - East Stewiacke, NS
2000 Wally Smicer - Blockhouse, NS
2001 Albert Aucoin - Truro, NS
2002 Kay Dillman - Eastern Passage, NS
2003 Bob Wynn - Hilden, NS
2004 Marjorie Munro - Coldbrook, NS
2005 Darrell Frail - Bridgewater, NS
2005 Ed McCormack - Deceased
2006 Len Beck - Harcourt, NB
2006 Colin Welner - Moncton, NB
2007 Marilyn Croft - Alton, NS
2007 Bill Graves - Lower Sackville, NS