While the group usually performs as a quartet, they actually have up to twelve singers at each park, plus occasional substitutes. This allows them to have multiple quartets performing separately or to combine and form a larger ensemble. Membership has changed over the years as various singers have retired or died and new ones have been brought in to succeed them. Several of the Dapper Dans are members of the Barbershop Harmony Society.
You can be serenaded by the Dans at the Magic Kingdom in Florida while having your hair cut in a real, working barbershop on Main Street there. The Dans at Hong Kong Disneyland stroll up and down Main Street from Town Square. The Dans at Disneyland can be seen on their Schwinn custom 4-seater bicycle and in various locations around Main Street.
In the Magic Kingdom, Disney World, the Dapper Dans perform nine sets a day, seven days a week. They can be found on the horse-drawn trolley in the morning, and all over Main Street USA during the afternoon. At 5pm, the Dans join the Main Street Philharmonic and the Magic Kingdom Security Color Guard for the Flag Retreat Ceremony.
Another unique part of Dapper Dans lore is the fact that they use Deagan Organ Chimes as part of the act. Each of the eight chimes has three octaves of a single note, comprising a C scale. The Organ Chimes were made by the J.C. Deagan Company in Chicago, IL around 1901.
History
As of early 2006 the Dapper Dans at the Disneyland Resort consisted of Shelby Grimm , Bob Hartley , Jim Campbell , and Bill Lewis . In 2006 it was announced that a new group of Dapper Dans would be cast, to make their debut in May 2006. David Marchesano , Robbie Banner , Frank Romeo , and Steven Arlen can now be seen Tuesday through Saturday at Disneyland on Main Street, USA.
Film and Television Appearances
* "The Bell Telephone Hour", airdate February 17, 1961. .
* "", 7 episodes in 1966 . .
* "Tony Orlando and Dawn", airdate January 7, 1976 . .
* "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson", May 16, 1974 . .
* "Children's Miracle Network Telethon", airdate May 31, 1986 . .
* "" episode titled "Of Mice and Men", airdate February 8, 1993 .
* "The Simpsons" episode titled "Homer's Barbershop Quartet", airdate September 30, 1993 , as the singing voices of 'The Be Sharps'. .
* "Home Improvement" episode titled "Adios", airdate September 29, 1998 as 'The Flannels'. .
* "", released in November 2003, as 'The Singing Busts'. .
Personnel
The Dapper Dans lineup has changed over the years as various singers have retired or died and new performers have been brought in to succeed them.
* The Dapper Dans of Disneyland as of Fall 1995: Jim Campbell , Bill Lewis , Shelby Grimm , and John Heffron .
* The Dapper Dans of Disneyland, Summer, 2006: Brandon Brigham, David Marchesano, Steven Arlen, Frank Romeo.
* The first Dapper Dans of the Magic Kingdom at Disney World, Florida, in 1971: Dick Kneeland, Bub Thomas, Jerry Siggins, Bob Mathis.
* As of early 2008, The Dapper Dans of Main Street USA, Disney World, had two full-time quartets consisting of: Tenors Dan Bullock and Rob Cygan, Leads Ken Thiboult and Steve Culpepper, Basses Aaron Stratton and Kevin Miles, and Baritones Neel Tyree and Chad Bennett
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