The Dapper Dans are an all-male barbershop quartet that performs daily at

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, since 1959 and 1971, respectively. They were formerly at

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from 1992 until 1995, and Hong Kong Disneyland from 2005 to 2008. Their act is a street performance out on Main Street, USA, performing

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renditions of song selections from films released by Disney Pictures, while during Christmastime, they sing classic holiday songs.

The Main Street Quartet

At Disneyland Paris, the Dapper Dans performed as The Main Street Quartet, an English quartet from the United Kingdom who were part of the park's grand opening. Prior to joining Disneyland Paris, the quartet was known as Nickelodeon and was initially composed of Martin Baker, Mark Grindall, Steve Green and Jim Mullen and later, John Ward, Stuart Owen and Paul Garrett. The quartet continued together after leaving Disney, winning a bronze medal from the British Association of Barbershop Singers (BABS) and have performed at Disneyland Paris for the 25th and 30th anniversaries; they returned to Main Street, USA in costume for a VIP special event in 2020. Collectively, members of The Main Street Quartet have gone on to win chorus and quartet gold medals in BABS contest. The Quartet continue to perform in the UK and Europe.

Notable members

Members of the Dapper Dans have included the Barbershop Harmony Society international Gold medalists Kevin Miles, Roger Ross, Myron Whittlesey, Mike McGee, and Tony DeRosa; international collegiate quartet gold medalists Aaron Stratton, Paul Hesson, Chad Bennett, and Eric Monson; film and TV actor-comedian Monty Jordan; prominent LA session singer Jim Campbell; and

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winning

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Tom Knox.

In popular culture

In the 1993 ''

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'' episode " Homer's Barbershop Quartet", The Be Sharps' singing voices were partly provided by the Dapper Dans. Before working on the episode, Jeff Martin had seen one of the quartet's performances and enjoyed it. When the episode's production began, he contacted the quartet, and they agreed to make a guest appearance in the episode. The Dapper Dans' singing was intermixed with the normal voice actors' voices, often with a regular voice actor singing the melody and The Dapper Dans providing backup. The Dapper Dans provide their voices for the Singing Busts in the 2003 Disney film ''

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'', based on the Disney theme park attraction of the same name. In the 22nd episode of the third season of the American

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'' Modern Family'', "

", the Dapper Dans make an appearance at Disneyland, where Dylan (played by Reid Ewing) is seen performing as a Dapper Dan with the rest of the barbershop quartet while riding a tandem bicycle down Main Street, USA. The Dapper Dans also make an appearance, as anthropomorphic dogs, in the ''

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'' attraction Mickey & Minnie's Runaway Railway at both Disney's Hollywood Studios and

References

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