The Dapper Dans

The Dapper Dans
The Dapper Dans performing at Disneyland in their regular outfits (top) and their Christmastime outfits (bottom).
Disneyland
Area	Main Street, USA
Status	Operating
Opening date	1959
Magic Kingdom
Area	Main Street, USA
Status	Operating
Opening date	October 1, 1971
Disneyland Park (Paris)
Name	The Main Street Quartet
Area	Main Street, USA
Status	Closed
Opening date	April 12, 1992
Closing date	1995
Hong Kong Disneyland
Area	Main Street, USA
Status	Closed
Opening date	2005
Closing date	2008
Ride statistics
Attraction type	Street performance
Model	Barbershop quartet
Music	Selections from Disney Pictures films

The Dapper Dans are an all-male barbershop quartet that performs at Disneyland, and Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom, and formerly at Disneyland Paris and Hong Kong Disneyland. Their act is a street performance out on Main Street, USA, performing a capella renditions of song selections from films released by Disney Pictures, while during Christmastime, they sing classic holiday songs. The Dapper Dans have been performing at Disneyland and Magic Kingdom since 1959, and 1971, respectively. At Disneyland Paris, the Dapper Dans performed as The Main Street Quartet, an English quartet from the United Kingdom, from 1992 until 1995. They were also formerly present at Hong Kong Disneyland from 2005 to 2008.

The Main Street Quartet

The Main Street Quartet was known as Nickelodeon before joining Disneyland Paris and composed of Martin Baker, Mark Grindall, Steve Green and Jim Mullen and later, John Ward, Stuart Owen and Paul Garrett. The quartet continued together after leaving Disney, winning a bronze medal from the British Association of Barbershop Singers and have performed at Disneyland Paris for the 25th and 30th anniversaries; they returned to Main Street USA in costume for a VIP special event in 2020. The Main Street Quartet continue to perform in the UK and Europe. The original Bass, Mark Grindall, still works extensively in Barbershop as a successful vocal coach and choral director.

Notable members

Members of the Dapper Dans have included the Barbershop Harmony Society international Gold medalists Kevin Miles, Roger Ross, Myron Whittlesey, Mike McGee, and Tony DeRosa; international collegiate quartet gold medalists Aaron Stratton, Paul Hesson, Chad Bennett, and Eric Monson; film and TV actor-comedian Monty Jordan; prominent LA session singer Jim Campbell; and Grammy Award winning Audio Engineer Tom Knox.

In popular culture

In the 1993 The Simpsons episode "Homer's Barbershop Quartet", The Be Sharps' singing voices were partly provided by the Dapper Dans. Before working on the episode, Jeff Martin had seen one of the quartet's performances and enjoyed it. When the episode's production began, he contacted the quartet, and they agreed to make a guest appearance in the episode. The Dapper Dans' singing was intermixed with the normal voice actors' voices, often with a regular voice actor singing the melody and The Dapper Dans providing backup.

In the 22nd episode of the third season of the American sitcom Modern Family, "Disneyland", the Dapper Dans make an appearance at Disneyland, where Dylan (played by Reid Ewing) is seen performing as a Dapper Dan with the rest of the barbershop quartet while riding a tandem bicycle down Main Street, USA. The Dapper Dans also make an appearance, as anthropomorphic dogs, in the Mickey Mouse attraction Mickey & Minnie's Runaway Railway at both Disney's Hollywood Studios and Disneyland.