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Premier BackStreet 4

AN A CAPELLA of successful competition in other combinations of singers.

Their success and experience has resulted in an easy style of
REVOLUTION presentation that focuses on entertainment value.
Another unique entertainment experience is offered by the
Back Street 4: two experienced barbershop dads and their
sons. Dads Tony and Aaron have performed at the highest
Sunday, March 18 @ 2:30pm & 7:30pm levels of entertainment at the Disney parks but their hobby
Chain-O-Lakes Theatre in Winter Haven Is singing barbershop and other styles of a cappella music.
Here Aaron explains the circumstances of the formation of
They say that everything old is new again…and there is the quartet:
even a song by that name that celebrates it. Well, a cappella “What do you get when two childhood friends ask their dads
singing has officially hit the mainstream again. Just go to to sing in a quartet? Well... after the dads get past the tears of
YouTube and check out groups like Pentatonix, The Buzz, The joy, and everyone gets together for a few rehearsals, you get
Masters of Harmony, Main Street, and Straight No Chaser. ’Back Street 4!’ We hope you enjoy this new quartet from the
You will find that this form of unaccompanied singing is Orlando area where the kids make the calls and the dads are
extremely satisfying and that song lyrics are important after along for the ride! Have fun with Back Street 4!”
all. That’s how we feel about it in Winter Haven’s Sentimental
Journeymen a cappella chorus. All this is capped off by sets performed by the Sentimental
Journeymen Chorus, whose show theme this year will be
On Sunday March 18, we will showcase unaccompanied “Come Fly With Us.”
singing with a concert featuring two headline acts of proven
mastery of the style. For the first time on our stage we will There will be performances at 2:30 PM and 7:30 PM at the
feature a ladies quartet performing some of the songs that Chain-O-Lakes Theater at 210 Cypress Gardens Blvd. in
placed them in the top twenty at the recent competition Winter Haven. Tickets will be for sale online and through
of Sweet Adelines International (SAI) in Las Vegas. Together our chorus members in early February. Check our website
as “Premier,” these ladies are also recent champions of SAI’s at www.sentimentaljourneymen.com for ticket sales and
Florida and Southern Georgia region and also represent years announcements.

A GIFT IDEA FOR VALENTINES DAY
Remember those old movies where the college fraternity
guys gather under the girl’s window to serenade her? Well, the
Sentimental Journeymen singers still do that. You can make it
happen for your loved one with a Singing Valentine, barbershop
style. They will send a quartet to your home or workplace to
surprise that special person with a couple of old fashioned
love songs, a rose and a box of candy. The service will cost
just $40 and a convenient time can be negotiated. Make your
arrangements by visiting www.sentimentaljourneymen.com.

10 Art-i-facts • January-February 2018 • www.polkarts.org