Hi everyone,
For those of you who didn't know, Roger Payne passed away earlier
this week. He was the tenor in Reveille - the guest quartet at the
NZABS convention in Hamilton 2003. They were a brilliantly funny
quartet, and Roger was a very talented singer, arranger and judge.

The following is Joe Hunter's posting in the Harmonet:


Harmonet Brothers and Sisters:




Roger passed away peacefully at about 7:30 this evening at Calvary
Hospital.
Roger slipped into unconsciousness early today, and never regained
consciousness. When he
passed, Rog was surrounded by his wife Nancy, son Kyle, brother
Brian (and
his wife), and, by his quartet mates from Reveille.


I know many of you have special memories of Rog and have shared lots
of
great and fun moments - I know these are the moments that Rog would
want to be
remembered by. He was a true barbershopper, a brilliant mind, and my
best
friend.

I will follow up with the particulars of the wake and funeral once
they are
finalized, but it is likely that there will be a funeral mass on
Saturday.

Please keep Rog in your prayers....

Joe H