The Random Chance Band

Our Story

The Random Chance Band (TRCB) was started in August 2012 by John Hawley and Chris Ward with its first public performance in February 2013. The band plays a wide variety of classic rock and roll with most tunes from the 60s and 70s. Chris's amazing voice quickly attracted Jean Garceau, bassist to the formation in February 2013. Jean holds a Bachelor in Arts with a major in music from Concordia University. Chris got the only standing ovation at Star for the Night Show at Sutton’s Salle Alec et Gerard Pelletier for his versions of Roy Orbison's Pretty Women and Crying. Drummer, Trevor Conniff, joined the group a few months afterward to prepare for an engagement in June 2013. Very unfortunately Trevor passed away May 8, 2016. He will be most sorely missed by his band mates. Martin Gillespie, who knew the band for quite awhile and filled in for Trevor when he was undergoing treatment is now drummer. Martin has played in local bands and was trained in percussion at Conservatoire Vincent D'Indy in Montreal. Malcolm Johnston also brought his amazing talent as lead guitarist to the group in 2013 for a St-Jean Baptiste show. Dawn McKenzie joined the band in 2014, bringing her versatile voice and her experience from different types of music, adding depth and dynamics.
Our main focus is to have fun making music and along the way raise funds for community organizations. We take pride in taking very little of any revenue generated only enough to cover our out of pocket expenses, such as gas money and equipment repairs. To date we have given back thousands of dollars to charitable and community organizations. We have played for fund raisers for the ET Shriners, Soccer Sutton, Sutton Softball, Canadian Cancer Society, Bibliotheque Sutton Library, Sutton Legion, Sutton Curling Club, Brome County Historical Society, CIDI Radio, Salle A & G Pelletier, Action Sutton Refugee, Instruments for Kids, CIBC Employees "Fondation Canadien du Cancer du sien", Societe de recherche sur le cancer, and our latest “fun raiser” Movember in November 2018. Just over $23, 000 has be donated.
For more information please contact John at 450 538-5452 or Chris at 514 432-1473.