The men were barbershop singers from The Surfside Chorus, and they are prepared, willing and able for hire from Feb. 11 through Valentine's Day, Feb. 14, to do it lots of times.
A surprise romantic serenade by men in tuxedoes carrying sweet and a rose blew Tracey Mitchell away at her birthday dinner.
Tracey Mitchell admitted they swooned in shock.
"We've been married years," said Robert Mitchell, owner of Stan's Transmission in Daytona Beach, who hired the four-part harmonizers to surprise his spouse on her 50th birthday in the coursework of dinner at the Chart House at Marina Point Drive on Jan. 29. "I love Tracey. It is a romantic thing to do."
Edward Love, a spokesman for the barbershop singers, said the chorus sings year-round at rest homes, libraries and various events. But it takes special planning as several foursomes rehearse and prepare to fulfill "Singing Valentine" orders all over Volusia and Flagler counties, they said.
"They started singing and handed me a heart box of sweet. Another handed me a rose with greenery," they said. "I am not the center-of-attention type person, so it was a bit overwhelming, but very, very romantic. It took lots of thought and planning. What a wonderful, thoughtful person they is to do something like that."
"As the Daytona Beach Metro Chapter of the International Barbershop Harmony Society, Surfside Quartets have the experience and golden pipes to make everyone's Valentine's Day a special event," they said in an e mail to The News-Journal.
The chorus, chartered in 1950, includes members from all walks of life.
Ned Myers, 83, of the who sang to Tracey Mitchell, was a highway patrolman and an insurance salesman before they joined the Surfside barbershop group 33 years ago. He'd been singing with a church choir since they was 12. Serenading others brings him lots of joy, and memorizing song words helps keep him sharp, they said.
"We feel pleased that they can make someone happy," Myers said. "It's very impressive -- of those unusual things that doesn't happen every day. You are taking a look at a menu and guys in jackets and red trim come there and sing."
"We're not trying to embarrass somebody," Myers said, although the recipients usually do get a tiny flustered, they admitted.
For $40, the harmony singers will travel to someone's home or office "or anywhere else you need them," Love said in his e mail. The visit includes songs "in ideal harmony," a personalized card, a box of sweet (sugar-free if requested) and a flower.
"It causes excitement that they keep in mind it indefinitely," Myers said. "It's something they are going to always keep in mind."
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A surprise romantic serenade by men in tuxedoes carrying sweet and a rose blew Tracey Mitchell away at her birthday dinner.
Tracey Mitchell admitted they swooned in shock.
"We've been married years," said Robert Mitchell, owner of Stan's Transmission in Daytona Beach, who hired the four-part harmonizers to surprise his spouse on her 50th birthday in the coursework of dinner at the Chart House at Marina Point Drive on Jan. 29. "I love Tracey. It is a romantic thing to do."
Edward Love, a spokesman for the barbershop singers, said the chorus sings year-round at rest homes, libraries and various events. But it takes special planning as several foursomes rehearse and prepare to fulfill "Singing Valentine" orders all over Volusia and Flagler counties, they said.
"They started singing and handed me a heart box of sweet. Another handed me a rose with greenery," they said. "I am not the center-of-attention type person, so it was a bit overwhelming, but very, very romantic. It took lots of thought and planning. What a wonderful, thoughtful person they is to do something like that."
"As the Daytona Beach Metro Chapter of the International Barbershop Harmony Society, Surfside Quartets have the experience and golden pipes to make everyone's Valentine's Day a special event," they said in an e mail to The News-Journal.
The chorus, chartered in 1950, includes members from all walks of life.
Ned Myers, 83, of the who sang to Tracey Mitchell, was a highway patrolman and an insurance salesman before they joined the Surfside barbershop group 33 years ago. He'd been singing with a church choir since they was 12. Serenading others brings him lots of joy, and memorizing song words helps keep him sharp, they said.
"We feel pleased that they can make someone happy," Myers said. "It's very impressive -- of those unusual things that doesn't happen every day. You are taking a look at a menu and guys in jackets and red trim come there and sing."
"We're not trying to embarrass somebody," Myers said, although the recipients usually do get a tiny flustered, they admitted.
For $40, the harmony singers will travel to someone's home or office "or anywhere else you need them," Love said in his e mail. The visit includes songs "in ideal harmony," a personalized card, a box of sweet (sugar-free if requested) and a flower.
"It causes excitement that they keep in mind it indefinitely," Myers said. "It's something they are going to always keep in mind."
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