The Dapper Dans of Harmony

Montclair, N.J.

 "It's Great To Be A Dapper Dan!"

 

 

 

We hope you can join us for our next performance

"Barbershopping - How Poetic"

Saturday, April 17, 7 p.m., at the First Presbyterian Church of Caldwell on Bloomfield Avenue

Our concert will combine Barbershop Harmony favorites with Henry Wadsworth Longfellow poems set to music, performed by the renowned Longfellow Chorus of Portland, Maine.

 In addition, the concert will feature the quartets "Next Stop" and "Joint Effort," as well as other Montclair Chapter quartets.

Please download the concert flyer for detail and to order tickets, which are a $20 donation each. You can support our efforts further by taking an ad in our concert program and becoming a sponsor -- as well as sending a link to this website to anyone who might have interest. For additional information, please contact Bill May at 973.226.9414 or bjmay123@comcast.net.

 

 

The Dapper Dans of Harmony, directed by Chuck May, are the Montclair, N.J., chapter of the Barbershop Harmony Society (BHS). We are an active member of the BHS Mid-Atlantic District and put on many shows around the northern New Jersey area. We sing in the four-part a capella Barbershop style, both traditional songs and music arranged in the Barbershop style. We're dedicated to the fun, fellowship, entertainment and advancement of Barbershopping.

This picture was taken at the 2008 BHS Mid-Atlantic District Northern Division Competition.

Come sing with us! Visitors are always welcome to sing or just observe and listen. Membership is open to men of all ages at all levels of vocal sophistication. The chapter, with Director Chuck May and Music Director Mike D'Andrea, meets for rehearsal on Tuesday nights from 7:30 to 9:30 at the West Caldwell Civic Center at the intersection of Bloomfield Avenue and Fairfield Avenue. The Civic Center does not have its own address, so please keep that in mind when using this map; the Civic Center is located where Crane Park is designated. On-site parking is limited, although you can park in the lot across Clinton Road from the Civic Center behind the Caldwell Recreation building at 5 Fairfield Ave.

 For further information, please call Bill May 973-226-9414 bjmay123@comcast.net.

 

Dapper Dan quartets made Valentine's Day a bit more special for some lucky area residents.

                                                 

Dans entertained students and faculty at Caldwell Middle School. Next year, be sure to consider four-part harmony for your special Valentine. 

 

We hope you were able to join us at our last performances:

Franciscan Oaks, Denville -- January 26, 2010

and

"Way Down South -- On Bloomfield Avenue"

Sunday, November 22, 3 p.m., at the First Presbyterian Church, 326 Bloomfield Avenue, Caldwell. The repertoire will include Barbershop arrangements of selections with a Southern accent -- such as the Stephen Foster favorite "Old Folks at Home (Way Down Upon the Swannee River)" and "Shenandoah."

Headlining the quartets performing was "Hudson Chronicles," a relatively new group made up of musicians prominent in Barbershop (including Dapper Dan Mark Paul) who try hard to make you believe they're funny. In its inaugural year, it placed 5th in the Mid-Atlantic District competition and first in division. Other quartets include "Joint Effort," "Four Measures," "Yo Just Yo," and "Thrilled and Delighted." We also had an Afterglow with singing, food and drink.