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February 7, 2013
Valentine’s Day
A singing Valentine By Irma Wyhs newsroom@ourcoloradonews. com
It’s the time for romance, and the Denver MountainAires Barbershoppers Chorus’ quartets will serenade folks again this year on Valentine’s Day.
The quartets, Rocky Mountain Magic, UltraSonix and the Grace Notes, will deliver Singing Valentines, complete with two songs, a card, rose and a box of chocolates, to surprised people from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 14.
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This has been a tradition for so long that people sort of take it for granted and wait until the very last second to schedule the surprise Valentine. Don’t wait! These groups sing all over the Denver Metro Area and the list is growing every year. Call 303-805-9828 or go to fennell@Q.com to arrange for your Singing Valentine. There are three typical songs long associated with love, sweethearts and romance: “Heart of My Heart,” “I Love You Truly” and, most poplar and longest lasting, “Let Me Call You Sweetheart.” Probably the oldest and most popular ever is “Let Me Call You Sweetheart,” written in 1910 by Beth Slater Whitson and Leo Friedman, and made famous by the Peerless Group during the acoustic
Vicki Wagner was surprised by a Valentine scheduled by her husband, Vern. The Grace Notes, left to right, are Bob Dickson, Jerry Hooper, Joe Gibson and Dell Miller. era when recordings were made by singing into a large funnel and recorded onto wax cylinders. The
group also did recordings of such still-popular “Sweet Adeline,” “By the Light of the Silvery Moon”
Sealed with a People often use the symbol “X” to represent a kiss at the end of a love note or card but don’t understand how this letter came to be associated with the meaning of a kiss. It is believed the custom dates back to when the majority of the public was illiterate. The X or a “cross” was used as one would use their signa-
ture today, to mark a person’s word to abide by a contract or agreement from a Christian perspective. The X was often then kissed as a further symbol of honesty. Eventually, the X itself came to represent a kiss and no longer just a signature. Why the letter “O” came to represent a hug is not as widely understood.
and others. The group was introduced into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 1903.
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Some say that it is because an O is a shape of hugging arms. Others say it is what Jewish immigrants would use as their own signature, similar to the X, so they were not mistaken for Christians. Metro Services
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