John Kaspar, a resident of Broadview Heights, sings Lead.  Although relatively new to Barbershop, he is an accomplished soloist and has performed at many weddings and funerals in churches all over greater Cleveland for years.  He has enjoyed singing in choirs and glee clubs since his early days in elementary, high school and college and continues to minister in his church choir.    

     Lyn Daberkow, a West Park Cleveland resident, sings Bass and has sung in the Barbershop Harmony Society for 27 years.  He brings a wealth of experience to the group as a quartet singer, chorus section leader, board and committee member, and has vast musical knowledge.  Lyn's best contribution to the group, however, is his velvety bass voice.

     Dave Slife, a Lakewood resident, handles the Baritone part.  Dave manages the quartet's rehearsals, travel, and refreshments and is nationally known for the best parties and after glows in the Society.  He sings a wonderfully strong baritone and also brings years of singing and quartet experience to the quartet.

     Dan Lenahan, also from Lakewood, sings Tenor and takes a large part of credit for bringing the group together.  He has sung with The Men of Independence almost from its inception, and has had choir and soloist experience that dates back to his college years in the early 70's.

     For booking information and available dates, please call John Kaspar at 440 582-9020, or email the quartet at Johnkarenkaspar@aol.com.

What's Next Quartet

Based in northeast Ohio, What’s Next was formed in 2007 with the goal of singing at a professional level while having fun and entertaining our audiences.  This young quartet draws on the experience of four seasoned area singers and three licensed music teachers. From Do-Whop to Gospel to Barbershop, this mix of voices is sure to impress at your event. Quartet members have performed with the Cleveland Orchestra chorus, the Choir of the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist, the Men of Independence, Opera Cleveland, Apollo’s Singers of Apollo’s Fire, and Quire Cleveland. Allow us to put our professional experience to work for you! www.whatsnextquartet.com

Ian Crane, tenor, teaches music at Benedictine High School in Cleveland. He’s involved in area music ensembles including Quire Cleveland and Apollo Singers (of Apollo’s Fire), singing bass. Ian is working on his master’s degree in choral conducting at Kent State and looks forward to the day when he is home more than two nights a week. Ian is married to his beautiful and very patient wife, Tricia, and is the proud father of the first addition to the family, Phoebe.

Mike Wentzel, lead, is just a guy who likes to sing. He’s also the newest member of What’s Next, and has the best voice. Naturally, Tyler had to move to baritone (sorry Tyler).

Tyler Skidmore, the baritone of What’s Next, has enjoyed singing in barbershop quartets and choruses since high school, first as a tenor, then a lead, and now a baritone (how did that happen?).  He is a member of the Men of Independence Chorus and has enjoyed participating in various ‘classical’ choirs around the Cleveland area.  During the day, Tyler teaches choir at Medina High School, and during the evening, he is either taking graduate music classes at Kent State or in a rehearsal of some kind.  On the weekends, he is active as a musician and board member at the Wadsworth Church of the Nazarene.

Harmonium

Keyed Up

Hotair Buffoons

The HOT AIR BUFFOONS first weighed in back in 1996. We set out on a quest to sing well and entertain our audiences in a fashion they have never seen before. We soon surprised ourselves and others by not only making people laugh but by progressing in the competition realm as well. We excelled in a competition that was MADE for us and took home gold medals and a pretty large trophy (which signifies 1st place) in the 2001 internationally renowned Buckeye Invitational Comedy Quartet Competition in Columbus, Ohio. Try saying that 5 times real fast. We have continued in the competition realm and are now the 2005 Johnny Appleseed District Champions. We have also competed internationally and have been ranked in the top 50 quartets for the last 5 years and as high as 16th, twice. Despite our successes in the competition venue, our true love is to entertain. The BUFFOONS have performed on a number of chapter shows (pick any number between 1 and 1,000,000) and if you ask anyone that we have performed for, they will confirm that we are never serious (nor do we want to be). If you have seen us before, we hope that you have enjoyed our performance and have fully recovered from the injuries suffered from "sidesplitting" laughter. But, if you haven't had the chance to hear the unique style of the HOT AIR BUFFOONS, we encourage you to lock yourself in your storm cellar now, because before long, we'll be everywhere and you'll find yourself sucked into our stupid humor and crazy antics. We just ask one thing, DON'T MAKE FUN OF THE FAT GUY!!!!!!!!!!