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It began during a picnic in the fall of 1983. Don Bagley got the quartet bug again during the Seattle Int’l and approached Chuck Sisson. They found southside Irishman tenor Tim McShane was available and then sang a few tags with lead, soon to be bari, Dick Kingdon in the Illinois District hospitality room at the 1984 St Louis Int’l. The foursome was set. | It began during a picnic in the fall of 1983. Don Bagley got the quartet bug again during the Seattle Int’l and approached Chuck Sisson. They found southside Irishman tenor Tim McShane was available and then sang a few tags with lead, soon to be bari, Dick Kingdon in the Illinois District hospitality room at the 1984 St Louis Int’l. The foursome was set. | ||
They decided that the sound was pretty good and stage presence help was needed. They worked with George Gipp ([[Cincinnati Kids]] and [[Chicago Chord of Trade]]). They also enlisted the help of sound and interpretation coaches, Jay Giallombardo and Ken Buckner and used the top arrangers of the day, [[David Wright]], [[Greg Lyne]] and [[Buzz Haeger]]. Musically the foundation was strong. | They decided that the sound was pretty good and stage presence help was needed. They worked with George Gipp ([[Cincinnati Kids]] and [[Chicago Chord of Trade]]). They also enlisted the help of sound and interpretation coaches, Jay Giallombardo and Ken Buckner and used the top arrangers of the day, [[David Wright]], [[Greg Lyne]] and [[Buzz Haeger|Warren "Buzz" Haeger]]. Musically the foundation was strong. | ||
Non-singing mic time was assigned to Don, a natural storyteller. They worked on sharing the emotions of the song with their audience and succeeded adding to their popularity as a top quartet. | Non-singing mic time was assigned to Don, a natural storyteller. They worked on sharing the emotions of the song with their audience and succeeded adding to their popularity as a top quartet. | ||