Ed Cain - Lead Tenor
For most of his life music has been Ed Cain's passion. He started his musical career right here in San Antonio playing trumpet at Mount Sacred Heart. In his junior year at Central Catholic High School, Ed asserts that he was "SAVED" into the Saxophone section. From that point on, Ed has played Tenor Sax all over San Antonio. He states with a proud smile, "Once saved always saved".

In 1967, He graduated from St. Mary's University with a Bachelor's in Business Administration with a minor in music. During and after his college career, he played tenor saxophone in the "Eddie Cain's Combo".

Although music is his main passion, Ed has earned a living in the San Antonio home building industry. He currently is a building inspector. He has two grown and successful boys. His wife is a terrific pianist and teaches piano at her very own piano studio.

For the last 30 years Ed has played saxophone in the several church orchestras and municipal bands. He and his wife have also lead the music at several churches. He believes that music is the enjoyment of one of God's greatest gifts.

Our lead alto player earned his B.S. in Music Education in 1985 from Liberty University in Lynchburg, VA, where he was the Band President and Instrumentalist of the Year 1985, Summa Cum Laude. Talk about musical horsepower! He came barreling out of Lynchburg armed with his new sheepskin and went directly to work as a music educator par excellence. Dave started and developed the band program at Hilltop Christian Academy during the decade between 1985 and 1994. His program grew to a 40-member ensemble in a school with total enrollment on only 350 kids. Many of Dave's students earned All District and Regional Honors in the Texas Music Educator Association. Two of them earned All state honors in the Association of Texas Small School Bands. Pretty impressive work for a brand new music major! The astounded leadership of the Hiltop Christian Academy was so impressed they yanked Dave out of the band and put him in charge of the whole shootin' match as Superintendent of the Academy in 1996. Two years later the San Antonio Christian Schools made Dave an offer he couldn't refuse, and he went back to building yet another music empire. This time, though, his new employers discovered that in addition to being a consummate musician and educator, Dave was also one of those rare breeds that can actually make sense out of computers and networks and the Internet and all that jazz. So they gave him a raise and bumped him upstairs to the lofty position of Computer Network Administrator, where he has since become the single most indispensable figure on the entire campus. Fortunately for the Lamplighters (and several other local musical groups), Dave continues playing his alto sax and keeping his musical skills honed at top form.

Pete Ortiz- Second Alto

Pete is a retired accountant. He loves big band music and has played with the Lamplighters for many years.

Patricia "Trish" Drank- Second Tenor

"Trish" is the esteemed daughter of co-founder Bob Lenneville. Her participation in the Lamplighters is a realization of a lifelong dream. Trish was born in Oregon and mostly raised in San Antonio as a military brat. She attended Cole High School at Fort Sam Houston 7th-11th grade but ended up @ Mt. Vernon High School in Virginia her senior year and graduated from there.

Thinking a career in counseling was her future, Trish attended Texas State in San Marcos and got a B.S. in Probation and Parole. After graduation, she worked retail at the outlet mall in San Marcos for about seven years and discovered that what she really felt passionate about was music.

She played saxophone for the Comal Community Band for several years and really loved it. In addition to playing with the Lamplighters, Trish also plays for the Heart of Texas Concert Band. She works as a private saxophone instructor for the New Braunfels and Comal school districts and finds time to help her husband, Joe with his business, J&P Doors and Gates, Inc.

Alfred Horn-Baritone
Alfred has recently joined the lamplighters. He plays for a number of bands throughout San Antonio. He does a tremendous job providing the low saxy sound to this section.