Barbershop quartet returns for Valentine’s Day
Have you thought about how you will surprise your sweetheart this Valentine’s Day?
Once again Ken Schroeder is bringing his acclaimed barbershop quartet, 4 Oysters in Search of a Pearl, to Apalachicola and surrounding area to celebrate Valentine’s Day on Feb. 14.
Renowned for their light-hearted repertoire and close harmonies, the quartet will sing individual Valentine serenades for sweethearts at a location anywhere in Apalachicola, Eastpoint, or St. George Island. The location is up to the sender – at home, at a bar or restaurant, place of work, or a special setting. Many opt for a surprise at work, at lunch, at a friend’s house, or somewhere public.
Individual serenades cost $50, and include three songs, a Valentine red flower, and a heart-shaped box of chocolates, along with the opportunity for a memorable photo. All proceeds support the expenses of the non-profit Capital Chordsmen Barbershop chorus in Tallahassee.
The Oysters will also entertain commercial customers and staff with a visit. Wandering through the business, providing song and entertainment to delight everyone, and bringing the customers back to future activities. All proceeds from tips go to the Carraway-Anton Scholarship fund managed by the Capital Chordsmen, who award up to five $1,000 scholarships annually to college students who sing with the chorus.
To book either a private Valentine Serenade, or a commercial Valentine Special, contact Schroeder at Ken@bryanthouse.com or 850-653-5662
The Capital Chordsmen, a.k.a. Tallahassee Chapter of the Barbershop Harmony Society has members of all ages, and the men and ladies sing as individual groups, as mixed groups, and as individual quartets throughout the seven-county area and communities with their Gospel and inspirational concerts, Valentine’s serenades, Christmas concerts, and community service performances.
Rehearsals are at the Tallahassee Senior Center’ second floor auditorium at 6:30 p.m. any Thursday evening. For additional information, e-mail info@capitalchordsmen.org or call 850-570-3148.
Meet the Editor
David Adlerstein, The Apalachicola Times’ digital editor, started with the news outlet in January 2002 as a reporter.
Prior to then, David Adlerstein began as a newspaperman with a small Boston weekly, after graduating magna cum laude from Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts. He later edited the weekly Bellville Times, and as business reporter for the daily Marion Star, both not far from his hometown of Columbus, Ohio.
In 1995, he moved to South Florida, and worked as a business reporter and editor of Medical Business newspaper. In Jan. 2002, he began with the Apalachicola Times, first as reporter and later as editor, and in Oct. 2020, also began editing the Port St. Joe Star.