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Looking for

something different to give your sweetheart on

Valentine's Day?

Four local

barbershop quartets are adding a twist to the standard

Valentine roses, chocolates and cards this year. The

Quartets are "dressing in style" and taking

their musical talents on the road to share a

"Singing Valentine" with your special someone.

The Harmony

Brothers, the Covenant Four, and the two groups

humorously nicknamed "Clyde's Dales" and the

"Misfits" while they search for a formal name,

will go to any location in Fayette, Henry, Coweta or

Spalding counties and sing a medly of love songs your

sweetheart - or sweethearts - Feb. 12 - 14.

"In

addition to serenading your loved one, the quartets give

a rose, a small box of heart-shaped chocolates and a card

with a personal message from you," said Conrad

Harris, Singing Valentine coordinator and Southland

Chorus member.

To

commemorate the Singing Valentine event, the quartets

take a Polaroid picture. The cost for a Singing Valentine

is only $35 and includes the rose, card, candy and

picture. The groups will also do a customized Valentine

for an additional cost. Harris noted, "The Quartets

have been hired in the past to assist with marriage

proposals."

The

quartets are part of the well-known Southland Chorus. The

chorus has grown recently to a total membership of 30.

Membership is open to men who "enjoy singing a song

and would like to know more about harmonizing and

improving their singing talents," according to a

spokesman.

The chorus

meets Thursdays at 7 p.m. in the Lutheran Church on the

corner of Ga. Highway 54 and Peachtree Parkway in

Peachtree City. The groups use the money raised from

their Singing Valentines and other engagements for

charities, such as the Heart Springs Foundation, and to

support their musical endeavors.

For

information or to schedule your Singing Valentine phone

Conrad Harris at 770-461-5174. For information on the

Southland Chorus, phone Harris or Glen Allen at

770-487-7551.