Make GigSalad better, upgrade your browser!
You are using an outdated browser. Please upgrade your browser in order for GigSalad to operate properly.
We recommend that you use Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox.

Your list is empty.

Save musicians, entertainers, speakers, and services, and they’ll appear here.

Free Quick Quote
Back to Barbershop Quartets
Take Note

Take Note

0 reviews Get a Free Quick Quote
Add to Favorites

with Broadway soprano Sara Jean Ford

First dance as bride and groom

Previous Next
3 photos
Media Overview Reviews Booking Info
Add to Favorites
Get a Free Quick Quote

Overview

Take Note is four voices blended in rich a cappella harmony that brings back memories of pleasant times and music we all know and love. Take Note is currently the top ranking senior quartet in Illinois and is consistently ranked among the top ten senior quartets in North America, as determined at the Barbershop Harmony Society's annual Midwinter Convention.

With songs from the "good old days" and the "big band days", as well as the 50's and 60's, Take Note will entertain your guests with a unique combination of musical excellence and engaging warmth.

Reviews

Write a review

Be the first to review Take Note

Write a Review

Booking Info

Price Range: $300-$800

Gig Length: 30 - 120 minutes

Languages: English

What to Expect

Take Note can do a stage show of up to one hour for your assembled guests. We can also stroll among your guests in a more casual setting (a cocktail hour, for example) and sing to them in smaller groups.

About

The members of Take Note are:
Rick Anthoney (tenor), from Naperville, IL.
Ralph Brooks (lead), a retired project manager from Chicago, IL.
Dick Kingdon (baritone), a retired FDA investigator from Des Plaines, IL.
Ed Chapman (bass), a real estate agent from Naperville, IL.

They have already been singing together for several years, and each member of the quartet has more than 30 years experience entertaining audiences in the barbershop style. Ralph and Dick are section leaders for the nationally known New Tradition Chorus from Northbrook, IL. Individually, these four men hold numerous district quartet awards and one coveted International Quartet gold medal.

Additional Booking Notes

Take Note has worked in a wide variety of settings, both indoors and outdoors. We can adapt to almost any situation and we have no special technical requirements. We will provide our own sound system if required for your venue.

Services Offered

Barbershop Quartet 1930s Era Entertainment 1940s Era Entertainment A Cappella Group Singing Group

Past Booked Events

November 19, 2017 • 5:30pm - 6:00pm Retirement Party
November 11, 2014 Holiday Party

Set List

Oldies (Traditional barbershop):
• Lida Rose (from The Music Man)
• Let Me Call You Sweetheart (waltz tempo)
• Story of a Rose (“Heart of my heart, I love you”) (ballad)
• I Never Knew/You Were Meant For Me medley (uptune)
• Old St. Louis (slow swing)
• From The First Hello (to the Last Goodbye) (ballad)

30’s & 40’s:
• Everything Old is New Again (uptune)
• What A Wonderful World (ballad)
• It's Only a Paper Moon (swing tempo)
• Java Jive (swing tempo)
• Love Letters (ballad)
• Mood Indigo (slow swing)
• Paper Doll (swing tempo)
• Sentimental Journey (swing tempo)
• Georgia On My Mind (swing tempo)

Broadway:
• Hey Look Me Over (uptune, opener)

50’s, 60’s, & 70’s:
• Hello Mary Lou (uptune)
• Love Me (as sung by Elvis Presley)
• Lullaby in Ragtime (swing tempo)
• Orange Colored Sky (uptune)
• That's Life (swing tempo)
• When I Fall In Love (ballad)
• Our Love Is Here To Stay (as sung by the Four Freshman)

Comedy:
• Sweet Mae (uptune)

Sacred:
• Gospel Medley (Great Come & Get It Day, Crossing Jordan River, In That Great Gettin' Up Morning)
• I Have Seen The Light (gospel)
• Irish Blessing

Plus several secular Christmas songs

Setup Requirements

We provide our own sound system, if required for your venue.

Report this PromoKit

Similar Listings