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Local Barbershop Singers Get Ready for Annual Show

Two local choruses serenade Patch readers as a sneak preview for the event.

 
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The Heart of the Hills and Guardians of Harmony barbershop choruses perform their annual concert on Wednesday night in Rochester.
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The Heart of the Hills and Guardians of Harmony barbershop choruses perform their annual concert on Wednesday night in Rochester.

They'll make you feel so young.

And if not, at least this group of 40 barbershop performers will have you singing the words to that song, along with others made popular in the "Rat Pack" era.

The combined Heart of the Hills and Guardians of Harmony barbershop choruses will present their annual concert, "You Make Me Feel So Young," at 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 13, at Stoney Creek High School in Rochester. Tickets for the show are $20 adults, $17 students and seniors; they can be purchased at the door or ordered online or by phone.

The choruses will perform songs from the 50s and 60s; the show will feature special guests, including a comedy quartet called the Hot Air Buffoons. 

"It's good, clean entertainment — something you can bring your grandma or your kids to," said Matthew Tipton, one of the musical directors of the show. 

Performers range in age from 35 to 82; they are from across Oakland, Macomb and Wayne counties — and beyond.

The two choruses are chapters of the Barbershop Harmony Society. The Heart of the Hills chorus, based in Oakland County, is conducted by Mike Hartrick of Auburn Hills; the Guardians of Harmony chorus, based in Macomb County, is directed by Tipton. 

Barbershop chorus members

Last Name First Name City
Anderson David Clinton Twp.                  
Anderson T. Paul Sterling Heights              
Bammert Robert Flushing                      
Bax Edward Livonia                       
Bober John Macomb
Commerson Larry Chesterfield                   
Conn J E Huntington Woods              
Dakin Dennis Rochester Hills
Davidson Roger Brighton                      
Dorow Duane Rochester Hills               
Eppinga Peter Macomb
Frucci Jack Grosse Ile                    
Galbraith Lonnie Westland                      
Gore Dennis Washington                    
Hanson Dale Indian River
Hartrick Michael Auburn Hills                  
Hatch Charles Rochester Hills               
Hawley Mark Brighton                      
Hipple Bruce New Baltimore                 
Hipple Glen Harper Woods                  
Humbel Gregory Ann Arbor                     
Jaissle Michael St Clair Shores               
Kauppila Walter Rochester Hills               
Klein Kenneth St Clair Shores               
Kondor Donald Milan                         
Latulippe Dan Troy                          
Ledwith Donald Rochester Hills                
Lewis Don Shelby Twp                    
Lonsbury Dave Fenton                        
Maxwell Joseph Madison Heights               
McCaffrey Robert Oxford                        
McHargue Harry Clinton Township
Murphy Donald Rochester Hills               
Murray Charles Ortonville                    
Nelson Donald Rochester
Nolte John Naperville, IL
Pacey William New Haven
Pashby Harold Warren                        
Pastor Nicholas Birmingham                    
Pearcy Louis Rochester Hills               
Redman Jon Warren
Sheaffer William West Bloomfield
Slamka Michael Fort Myers, FL
Smith Robert Macomb                        
Spires Jeffery Waterford
Stoll Walter Grosse Ile
Szewc John Grosse Ile                    
Tipton Matthew Sterling Heights              
Tomlinson Wesley Rochester Hills
Troeger James Rochester Hills
Walker John Saint Clair Shores     

For more information on the choruses or the show, visit heartofthehillschorus.org or www.guardiansofharmony.org.

Related Topics: Barbershop
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