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Regal Blend |
Regal Blend
We are a barbershop quartet that enjoys entertaining everyone,
from small intimate family gatherings, to friends up and down the street, to
supper club groups, to all-school assemblies. We sing
a cappella, without instruments, and
we specialize in family friendly material, including fun, familiar, and
meaningful songs.
Our repertoire changes to fit your event, but we sing show
tunes, top forty pop songs from years past, “barbershop” standards, just plain
fun songs, even some foot-tapping gospel.
We make it easy to sing along with our version of “The Star
Spangled Banner.” Click the link to hear it.
Our shows can last up to a half hour or so, although when we
deliver Singing Valentines or birthday greetings we usually sing only one or two
songs.
We enjoy getting to meet you and spending time chatting and
singing. If you’re inspired to sing along with us, we don’t mind a bit!
Introduction
The first Regal Blend got together in 2000. Since then we have gone through
multiple membership changes, but we have constantly enjoyed delivering Singing Valentines,
competing against other quartets at contests, and performing for area events.
Brent Frankenhoff (Tenor) has been involved in many aspects of publishing
from writing and editing to design and ad sales for more than 25 years.
You may have seen his work in such varied publications as Comics Buyer’s Guide,
Antique Power, and Amherst’s Community Spirit.
He is currently the Executive Director of the Jensen Community Center in Amherst.
Joe Larson (Lead) is the remaining founding member of Regal Blend.
Just when he thinks he’s out, he gets pulled back in or pulls other guys in to make four-part harmony.
Retired from Sentry Insurance’s IT department, he finds himself busy with several musical groups
Boleslaw Kochanowski (Bass) makes his anvil sing as he produces artistic and functional items in metal in his
shop near Junction City. You can see his work adorning the cupola of Old Main on the UW-Stevens Point campus,
elsewhere around town, and at www.boleslawkochanowski.com.
Fred Krause (Baritone) is a retired printer.
He and Brent share printing and publishing stories to the complete lack of interest of Joe and Boleslaw.
As a licensed small airplane pilot, Fred can fly us to those gigs that are too far to drive to.
(Like that’s ever going to happen.)
Click here for a video of us singing the Point Beer jingle at the afterglow in October 2017.
Or click here to watch a ten minute mini-show
from November 2019 at the McMillan Library in Wisconsin Rapids.
Photo above by Maggie Thompson.
For more photos, click on the thumbnails below.
More information on Regal Blend is available from Joe at 715-344-1182 or email
joe@regalblend.com.
