Tenor - Jim Danner began singing with choirs in high school, as along with school plays. His first quartet experience was in the 1976, Hopewell Valley H.S. production of “The Music Man”. His quartet continued to perform at school & church. In college he …

Lead - As a freshman at Pompton Lakes High School (NJ), Pete got the barbershop bug when he was cast as the lead member of the quartet in the school production of "The Music Man."  His 19 year hiatus from performing was over in 1993, when he stumbled int…

Bass - Born and raised in Brooklyn, Joe began singing in the choir while in grammar school, and later in the Boys Chorus while in high school. Joe had the most fun harmonizing in the school yards however where, as he puts it, “the amazing echoes even mad…

Baritone - In 9th grade Mark began singing Barbershop Harmony at Fisher Junior High in Ewing, NJ.  Then in high school he briefly joined the PGS chorus.  While at the University of Delaware Mark sang chorale and doo-wop. After college in 1988, Mark rejoi…

Pete, Joe, Mark and Jim of PAYDAY! are also members of the Princeton Garden Statesmen Barbershop Chorus. The "Garden Statesmen" are always looking for men who love to sing.  Contact PGS at www.gardenstatemen.org if you'd like to join in the fun every…

A TRULY AMERICAN ARTFORM, BARBERSHOP HARMONY IS MUSIC

Founded in 1938 as the Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barber Shop Quartet Singing in America, Inc. (SPEBSQSA), the Barbershop Harmony Society (BHS) preserves and extends the reach o…