Quartets
As in the wonderful Meredith Willson musical, The Music Man, every once in a while four men get together and find that they are Lead, Tenor, Bass, and Baritone and can make harmony together. Obviously the chance of this happening is greater in a group of men who like to sing than in the general population. Over the past five decades quartets have come and gone in this chapter, currently there are three active quartets - officially registered with the Barbershop Harmony Society - available for booking for community singing engagements.
Homeward Bound
Homeward Bound is a decades-old quartet that has morphed with the times, once being known as Charley’s Angels, when Charley Paddock was the Lead. They sing classic barbershop songs as well as gospel music. The quartet features Baritone – Don Fuson, a communications consultant, Lead - Andy Gerrard, a builder, Bass – Dee Clark a computer engineer, and Tenor - Mark Yeokum, an airline pilot .
The School Board
The School Board is a quartet that originated in the 1960s and, over the years, has changed its name and singers several times. In the early 1970s this quartet sang in The Music Man in Theater in the Park in Johnson County, and later toured Europe in this same production. ‘The School Board’ of Meredith Willson’s Music Man was composed of the owner of a livery stable, a grocer, a banker, and a River City businessman. The 2007 School Board quartet is composed of: Tenor – Russ Craig, a teacher, Lead – Matthew Soule, a safety director, Bass – Truett Hause, a realtor, and Baritone - Larry Booker, a small business owner.
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