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Chapter Quartets
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Chapter Quartets
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The Encore quartet was formed in 2008 with the goal of entertaining audiences in Southwest Ohio. What better signifies that achievement than to be asked back? Thus the name "Encore" was born. The quartet has been competing and entertaining local audiences ever since!
Doug Colyer (Lead) - Doug has a great lyrical voice and currently cantors and directs a church choir in Northern Kentucky. Doug joined Southern Gateway and Encore in 2008. Doug is also an amateur potter and he and his wife Pat live in Mentor, KY just down-river from Cincinnati.
Noel Dickson (Tenor) - Noel has been a member of Southern Gateway since 1997 and also sings with Gateway Vocal Express. He lives in Fairfield, OH and is a retired High School Counselor. Noel enjoys writing music and singing in a guitar band (Creeky Knees) and Temple.
David Short (Baritone) - Dave began singing barbershopper in 1997 with the Dayton Metro Chapter and joined Southern Gateway in 2005. David lives in Centerville OH and is a Software Engineer with Wright State University. Barbershop is a second love to his wife Sharon and two teenage girls.
Doug Lazar (Bass) - Doug began barbershop in 1996 in South Carolina and joined Gateway in 1999. Doug is also a member of Indiana Harmony Brigade. Doug and his wife Gidg live in Loveland, OH. They have 5 children and 3 grandchildren. Doug is a retired Chemical Engineer and loves gardening and building things, though his major hobby is singing barbershop.
The quartet members have supported Southern Gateway in various leadership roles throughout the years as board members, show chairman, activity chairman and youth outreach chairman.
Let us entertain you:
Doug Lazar, Encore Quartet Manager
9237 Cedar Gate Dr.
Loveland, OH 45140
Tel: (513) 774-7093
Email: bassmandoug@gmail.com
Forté formed in the
summer of 2002 at a chorus rehearsal of the Southern Gateway Chorus. Forté
is the current 6th place quartet of the Johnny Appleseed District of The Barbershop
Harmony Society. This is the first registered quartet experience for three of
the members of Forté. We are all current members of the Southern Gateway
Chorus. We have done a wide Variety of shows, Birthdays and community festivals
in and around the Cincinnati and Dayton area. We have also done several Barbershop
Harmony Society Chapter shows in Ohio, Kentucky and Pennsylvania. We have come
from last place in the JAD District to as high as 3rd place in 2007. Forté
was also elected Barbershoppers of the Month for Feb 2009. Please visit our
web site www.forteqt.com.
Jim Koch is our tenor, he is the experienced member of the quartet having sung in numerous quartets such as Our Gang, Brand New Gang, and most recently When Hector was a Pup. Jim has been a member of Southern Gateway since 1965 and when not singing he is now semi retired from his own antique furniture restoration/refinishing business. Jim is a Past President of Southern Gateway. Jim is married to his lovely wife Fran and they have 2 children and 5 grandchildren. Born in 1944, you do the math!
Ernie Blevins is our lead singer. Ernie attended Eastern Kentucky University as a music education major with an emphasis in voice and piano. Ernie has been a member of Southern Gateway since 1998. In college, Ernie gained a wide variety of vocal experience including lead vocalist in a rock band and singing Lead in his college quartet, The Dixieland Four. Ernie is a Customer Service Rep for Convergys working on the Procter & Gamble floor.
Todd Farrow is our baritone. Todd has been singing barbershop since the fall of 2000 with the Southern Gateway Chorus and was previously with the Dayton Metro Chorus. Todd has served on the Board of Directors for both choruses and was named Barbershopper of the year in 2002 by the Dayton Metro Chapter. In his spare time (HA!), Todd works for Affiliated Computer Services, Inc. He is contracted out to Mead Westvaco and takes care of the Identity Management solution for MWV. Todd is married to a VERY understanding wife, Cindy and they have four children, Amanda, Mary, Gabrielle and Jon.
Terry Healey is our bass singer. Terry has been a member of Southern Gateway since 1979. He has held several positions such as President and Presentation Coach for the chorus. Terry also coaches several quartets and choruses in Sweet Adeline International, such as Cincinnati Sound Chorus. Terry is a Laboratory Technician for The Urology Group in Cincinnati.
For more information, visit
www.forteqt.com or contact:
Terry Healey at trhealey1@aol.com
Don Gray, Chuck Watson, Dutch Speidel and John Byerly sang together for the first time following a Southern Gateway Chorus rehearsal in February of 2005. Seven weeks later they were named the Seniors Quartet Champions for Ohio, West Virginia and Western Pennsylvania. In 2007, they were ranked 8th internationally among hundreds of Seniors Barbershop Quartets.
Riverblend delights in entertaining audiences with their rich blend of elegant barbershop harmony. For more information, please explore their website at www.riverblend.com, or contact:
Riverblend
5572 Edger Drive
Cincinnati, OH 45239
513-886-1379
info@riverblend.com
Get out your raccoon coat and your ukulele because the Roaring 20's are back! What started out as a high school quartet in the sixties has evolved into over 30 years of musical enjoyment. And after eight years of early retirement the 20's have been coaxed into performing again. That's right, the winning combination of humor, great singing, and enthusiasm that is the 20's modern approach to Barbershop is ready for your evening's entertainment. But, first, you may ask yourself how many Barbershoppers does it take to make a quartet?
Tenor Bob Moorehead was a member of the quartet from '69 to '75 and is now a current member of the 20's along with Lead Gerry Kelly, Bass Jim Gentil, and Mike Connely the Baritone. Or so they appeared at a recent concert, presented by their home chapter the Southern Gateway Chorus. Also a member of the chorus is Tenor Don Gray. Don was with the 20's from 1976 through 1983, during which time they won 7 International medals by placing in the Top 5 at the International Competitions. And occasionally, Randy Goss, also a Southern Gateway Member, sings Tenor with the 20's because you just can't have too many good Tenors! So the answer to the question is 4...ahh 5, and well...sometimes 6. At any rate, the Roaring 20's are back, and you're going to love them no matter how many Tenors there are!
Contact Bob Moorehead at (513) 583-1940 or bmoorehead@lovins-ins.com
Carlton "Woody" Woodrow , Dick Baker, Brian Barford, and Dick Lentz
The SENIOR CLASS quartet organized and began rehearsals
in July 2001. Divisional and District Contests followed with the quartet winning
the title of 'Johnny Appleseed District Senior Champions' in Lima, O. The members
have over 135 years of combined singing experience. They represent
a wide variety of backgrounds and interests. The quartet has represented the
District at International Seniors Competitions in Albuquerque, Biloxi
and Jacksonville. All are very active in their respective chapters.
'From The Top':
DICK LENTZ, singing tenor, is a true 'card' of this quartet having worked with
Hallmark Greetings for over 40 years. Dick started barbershopping in high school and
joined the society in 1961. Now retired (but available for part-time work that doesn't
interfere with his hobbies), he enjoys golf, tennis, bridge with wife Carole and visiting his grandchildren.
DR. BRIAN BARFORD, singing lead, is a retired chemist from P & G. Besides holding
many patents for make-up and other beauty products, he found time to become a certified
singing category judge, is assistant director of the Southern Gateway Chorus (multiple
District and International Champions) and coaches many society groups. He and wife, Jean,
are proud parents and grandparents. They reside in Cincinnati.
CARL 'WOODY' WOODROW, singing Baritone, is Music Director of the Middletown
Razor's Edge Chorus. Retired from a local school system, he now spends free time
singing with the Southern Gateway Chorus as well. As a self-described "grizzled
veteran" of 30 years of quartetting (including a District Champ and International
competitor), he still finds time to enjoy ringing chords with Senior Class. He and
wife, Sharon, reside in Cincinnati and are proud parents and grandparents.
DICK BAKER, singing Bass, is Music Director of Piqua's The Melody Men Chorus.
Dick is employed as a psychiatric community support professional for a community
mental health clinic. Also a District Champion and International Quartet competitor,
Dick has been a barbershopper for over 33 years. He still has time to enjoy his
children and grandchildren with wife, Darlene. They reside in Greenville.
For more information or to book the quartet, contact:
Brian Barford
8002 Quail Hollow Ct.
West Chester, OH 45069
Tel: (513) 777-9364
Email: Brian Barford
The Cincinnati Pops quartet was formed in 1997 and was crowned the 1998 Senior Quartet Champs of Ohio, Western Pennsylvania and West Virginia. They represented the Johnny Appleseed District (JAD) of SPEBSQSA at the Seniors Quartet Midwinter Competitions in Tucson, Arizona 2000, Jacksonville, Florida 2001, Riverside, California 2002 and Albuquerque, New Mexico 2003. The quartet�s first Midwinter competition was in Biloxi, Miss. 1999 as a wild card.
Members, left to right, are Kent Smith, tenor; Don Jennings, lead; Larry Findlay, bass and Bob Mucha, baritone.
Contact
Kent Smith
513-922-3195
513-917-6228
Cinpopsbsp@aol.com