Monday, April 16, 2018
It was very sad to hear of Colin’s passing.
His father Sam was the Drum Major for the WH Porter Flute and Drum Band, and Colin was a proud member as well. In his younger years he participated as a fluter, and I recall a Stoney Creek Flag Day parade that instead of wearing the bands’ red tunic uniform, Colin paraded in his Argyle uniform complete with kilt and glengarry.
I haven’t seen Colin for several years, but used to run into him in the barber shop in Stoney Creek where he always greeted me with a smile and tales of the Ticats. When he could no longer march with the band Colin still attended every parade, and he enjoyed partaking in the band’s many social activities. A favourite story of Colin’s was the unseasonably warm Santa Claus parade in Caledonia, when it was so hot and sunny that Colin enjoyed an ice cream cone while sitting on the curb and watching “his band” march past.
Colin was an integral part of “The Porter Band” and we extend the band’s condolences to his family.
