Dear Janet, Nancy and everyone,

I am sorry to hear about Tip’s passing this week.

Tip and Lois were such kind and generous folks, and special friends of our family.

I have so many fond memories of playing with Tip over the years, starting with the Dixieland Band and Punch back in the 80s, and then the Big Band after that. I loved how Tip would throw in a little trivia about each song he was about to sing – a real student of Jazz history. And I will miss his greeting whenever he saw me, “Well there’s Doctor Don!”

I’m posting a pic from a going away party that he and Lois threw for Steph and me as we headed off to Toronto for grad school in 1987, just another example of how kind and thoughtful they always were. Lots of love, Don