The Warble Boys

摘要

Hardly, since it's not 1900, but neighbors of John P. Evans in Bethesda, Md., get a taste of nostalgia when The Metropolitans practice at the Evans' house, singing, "Lida Rose, I'm home again Rose, to get the sun back in the sky. Lida Rose, I'm home again Rose, about a thousand kisses shy. Ding dong ding, I can hear the chapel bell chime. Ding dong ding, at the least suggestion, I'll pop the question." This vocal group owes its beginning to ASTM standards developers Evans, and Dick Park, a barbershop quarter singer and chairman of E20 on Temperature Measurement. Park inspired Evans to form the group and gave The Metropolitans their first sheet music. "We're not big and famous but we do have fun," Evans says. Releasing four-part harmony in the air are attorney Bill Anderson, tenor; landscape architect Charles Turner, lead; retired Naval band member Charles Huber, bass; and Evans, the baritone, who says he can reach an F above middle C "if I work hard" and a low G. They use a pitch pipe to get started and sing a cappella.