The Dapper Dans
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The Dapper Dans are a barbershop quartet that performs at Disneyland in Anaheim, California (since 1959), at the Magic Kingdom in Lake Buena Vista, Florida (since 1971), and at Hong Kong Disneyland in Lantau Island, Hong Kong (since 2005).
While the group generally performs as a quartet, they actually comprise twelve singers, plus occasional substitutes. This allows them to have multiple quartets performing separately or to combine and form a larger ensemble. Membership has changed over the years as various singers have retired or died and new ones have been brought in to succeed them. The Dans have been tested at Disneyland Paris in the past, but were cut due to cost management at the struggling theme park.
The Dans have also guest-starred on television shows over the years, most notably on The Simpsons (as the singing voices of The Be Sharps) and Home Improvement (as the Flannels). Their most recent appearance outside the parks was as the Singing Busts of Disney's 2003 Haunted Mansion movie. The Dapper Dans are members of the Barbershop Harmony Society.
As of early 2006 the Dapper Dans consisted of Shelby Grimm (lead), Bob Hartley (tenor), Jim Campbell (bass), and Bill Lewis (baritone). In 2006 it was announced that a new group of Dapper Dans would be cast, to make their debut in May 2006. They can then be seen Tuesday through Sunday at Disneyland on Main Street, USA. You can be serenaded by the Dans at the Magic Kingdom whilst having your haircut in a real, working barbershop on the Main Street there, while the Dans at Hong Kong Disneyland stroll up and down Main Street from Town Square.
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