VALENTINE SERENADE SWEET ADELINES SING FROM THE HEART.Byline: Steve Carney Staff Writer GLENDALE - In a day and age where people would send a dozen roses by fax or a box of Valentine chocolates via e-mail - if they could - the Sweet Adelines are trying to remind lovers of the romantic power of song. The Adelines, basically a female barbershop quartet barbershop quartet Popular vocal ensemble consisting of four unaccompanied male voices. The voice parts are tenor, lead, baritone, and bass, with the lead normally singing the melody and the tenor harmonizing above. , had three groups crisscrossing the Southland all weekend, and will continue today, giving surprise serenades to people on behalf of their sweethearts. Pulling from their repertoire of decades-old classics such as ``You Made Me Love You,'' and ``Let Me Call You Sweetheart,'' the group dropped in on people's homes, or surprised them at restaurants or their places of work. ``We love to sing, and we love to see the happiness it brings people,'' said Jackie Wheatley of LaVerne, who sang bass with one of the groups - a job complicated by the touch of flu she was just getting over. Their group dropped in Sunday night Sunday Night, later named Michelob Presents Night Music, was an NBC late-night television show which aired for two seasons between 1988 and 1990 as a showcase for jazz and eclectic musical artists. at the Glendale home of Ingrid and Arnold Margolin, who hired them to jazz up a rare family gathering - five of their six adult children were there for a dinner celebrating Valentine's Day Valentine's Day: see Saint Valentine's Day. Valentine's Day Lovers' holiday celebrated on February 14, the feast day of St. Valentine, one of two 3rd-century Roman martyrs of the same name. St. , as well as the birthday on Tuesday of their son, Andrew Margolin. ``We thought it would be nice to give them a little Valentine gift,'' said Ingrid Margolin. ``They were unbelievable - very impressive,'' said the Margolins' son, Dana Ruf of Glendale. ``It was a pleasure to have my birthday song by them,'' said Andrew, still showing a little embarrassment over the attention after the group had left. The quartet members wedged themselves into a corner of the Margolins' filled-to-capacity dining room, and crooned ``You Made Me Love You,'' ``Cuddle Up a Little Closer'' and ``Happy Birthday,'' their voices weaving beautiful melodies through each other. ``It was great - let's have some more,'' said Dana's grandmother, Lola Sand. ``I had the pleasure of being at the opposite end of the table here,'' and thus got the best view of the singers, Lola's husband, Floyd, added mischievously. ``It was a great time.'' This is the fourth year the Verdugo Hills group has been offering the Valentine serenades, for $35 each. Joining Wheatley were Betty Andrews of Temple City singing lead, Lorraine Olson of San Gabriel San Gabriel (săn gā`brēəl), city (1990 pop. 37,120), Los Angeles co., SW Calif.; inc. 1913. Fabric, furniture, paper products, tools, and aircraft parts are manufactured. singing tenor and Delia Price of Pasadena singing baritone baritone or barytone (both: băr`ĭtōn), male voice, in a lighter and higher range than a bass but lower than a tenor. . All are from the Sweet Adelines' local chapter, the Verdugo Hills Show Time Chorus, and each has been singing barbershop for 20 to 30 years - with no plans to stop anytime soon. Wheatley's quartet has its schedule filled today, with 17 stops. On Saturday they sang at locations from Tarzana to Riverside to Rancho Cucamonga Rancho Cucamonga (răn`chō k  'kəmäng`gə), city (1990 pop. 101,409), San Bernardino co., S Calif. to downtown Los Angeles Downtown Los Angeles is the central business district of Los Angeles, California, located close to the geographic center of the metropolitan area. The sprawling, multi-centered megacity is such that its downtown core is often considered just another district like Hollywood or . ``We'll go anywhere. It's a lot of fun,'' Price said. Earlier in the day Sunday they stopped at a police station to serenade serenade [Ital. sera=evening], term used to designate several types of musical composition. Opera and song literature yield numerous examples of the serenade sung or played by a lover at night beneath his beloved's window; outstanding is a sergeant, then headed to a Newport Beach Newport Beach, residential and resort city (1990 pop. 66,643), Orange co., S Calif., on Newport Bay and the Pacific Ocean; inc. 1906. It is a popular seaside resort and yachting center. Manufactures include electrical and medical equipment, computers, boats, and adhesives. nursing home where they sang for a woman who turned out to be a former Sweet Adeline herself. ``She was singing with us. She had tears in her eyes,'' Price said. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: (color) Members of the Sweet Adelines singing group perform ``You Made Me Love You'' for the Margolin family in Glendale. Andy Holzman/Staff Photographer |
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