The
words for the "whys" are many. The all-male a
cappella sound of a talented 40-voice Long
Island Harmonizers chorus. The enjoyable chords
that are unmistakably barbershop. Segments
featuring our quartets. Presentations guaranteed
to generate fond memories spiced with
explanation about what barbershop is all about,
it's history and so on. -five minutes or so
of sheer delight. 
Below are our four Quartets and their contact information.
(click on Quartet name for their information or scroll down)
AfterGloWorms | You Four-A-Ya | Lighthouse | Long Island Express
Harold Verity,
Tenor*
Bob Miraglia, Lead
Steve Stojowski,
Bass
Maurice Debar,
Baritone
The AfterGloWorms were
formed to sing one song
at one show. We
discovered that we liked
similar music and
decided to learn one
more song which became
one more and then one
more etc. That was about
four years ago. We sing
barbershop, jazz,
standards and show
tunes. Steve Stojowski
is the heart of our
quartet since he is a
true bass. He can dig
really deep to give our
harmony true depth. He
even looks and sounds
like Lurch. Steve is an
instrumental musician as
well, having played in
one of the bands in the
U.S. Army. Hal Verity is
our tenor. While Steve
provides our quartet
with physical height,
Hal’s ethereal voice
provides vocal height to
our sound. He not only
sings in his church but
he is the song leader at
Sunday services. (They
think his high voice is
angelic.) Maurice Debar,
our baritone and musical
maestro, taught band
instruments in the
public school system
before he retired. He
has the most difficult
job in the quartet of
filling in the chords to
make the wonderful
fullness of our four
part harmony. Newest
member of the quartet is
lead Bob Miraglia, once
a soprano-voice standout
in his grammar school
choir in Queens, NY,
later delighting
listeners as he learned
to play the accordion
(Maurice still plays his
to this day), and now --
a barbershop afficionado
as a member of Long
Island Harmonizers.
Whatever we sing, we
never need to be asked
twice.
Quartet contact:
Hal Verity,
sanman99@optonline.net
- phone 516-208-3483
Bob Heim, Tenor
Bart Peluso, Lead*
Will McCoy, Bass
George Seelinger, Baritone
Happy
to perform at a wide
spectrum of venues from
stages, street fairs,
and restaurants to
places of employment and
living rooms, You
Four-A-Ya can be counted
on to please. The
foursome is composed of:
Bob Heim, a public
relations professional
who began singing in
quartets and choruses
during college days;
Bart Peluso, whose
affection for vocal
music started with his
Cathedral High School
Choir and grew during a
long career in the field
of education before
owning and operating a
successful travel agency
on L.I.; Will McCoy, a
retired New York State
bank examiner who
started singing in 1958
in his church choir,
graduated to
Broadway-type shows in a
local community chorale
and fell in love with
barbershopping in 1985;
and George Seelinger
whose taping and sound
engineering talents with
CBS radio/TV today
translates into a
"sound" approach to the
blending of voices.
Quartet contact:
Bart Peluso,
twjjoy@verizon.net -
phone 516-781-7634
Harold Verity, Tenor*
Vinnie Colonna, Lead
Ed Andreassen, Bass
Chiz Bell, Baritone
Lighthouse,
established in 2000,
brings together four
barbershop harmony
enthusiasts ranging in age
from 52 to 88, but sharing
the realization that the
"numbers" that are truly
their favorites (and their
audiences) are the songs
that form an ever growing
repertoire. Hal Verity, a
sanitary engineer with the
Town of Hempstead, has
been a barbershop tenor
during his entire ten
years in the Nassau
Mid-Island Chapter, and
received Barbershopper of
the Year Chapter honors in
1999. Vincent Colonna
(Lead), a retired
telephone executive, has
been a Nassau Mid-Island
Chapter member for 17
years, serving as its
President in 1994 and this
year. Bass Ed Andreassen,
a retired Grumman
executive joined
Lighthouse at its
inception, and is the
veteran barbershopper of
the group – 33 years,
while Charles "Chiz" Bell
(Bari), a retired
pharmacist, is a 16-year
member of the Chapter, who
served as Assistant
Director of the chorus for
approximately five years
and became President in
1995.
Quartet contact: Harold Verity, sanman99@optonline.net - phone 516-208-3483
Bill Ruth, Tenor*
Gene Kammerer, Lead
John Laughlin, Bass
Bob Roth, Baritone
The
Long Island Express
barbershop quartet has
sung as a foursome for
10 years and each year
gets busier and busier
with a rewarding
calendar of fulfilled
requests. Our
well-received
performances are
approximately 45 minutes
to an hour in length,
during which time we
intersperse our singing
with joke-telling as
well as sing-a-longs
that encourage listener
participation. All of us
are retired, and as
such, are normally
available for both
afternoon and evening
performances. Our
enthusiasm stems in part
from realizing that this
is a great hobby, and we
love singing and
performing.
*Quartet contact: Bill Ruth, bjr52.1@netzero.net - phone 516-334-5681
