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Sweethearts send surprise serenades

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Salisbury attorney Emily Hunter, at the law firm of Kluttz Reamer, accepts a dozen roses, a box of chocolates, a card and two songs performed by the group of singers from the Triad Harmony Express as part of a valentine surprise. Singers Richard Franklin, from Salisbury, Jim King, Ernie Geiger, both of Asheboro, and Jeff Fowler, from Winston-Salem traveled around the Salisbury and Kannapolis areas singing valentines to unsuspecting recipients. Photo by Jon C. Lakey, Salisbury Post.

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Ernie Geiger, Jeff Fowler, Jim King and Richard Franklin practice in the conference room at the Hurley YMCA before heading out to sing surprise valentines to unsuspecting recipients. Photo by Jon C. Lakey, Salisbury Post.

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Richard Franklin, part of the Triad Harmony Express, joined three other singers to form a barbershop quartet to sing surprise valentines to unsuspecting recipients. Photo by Jon C. Lakey, Salisbury Post.

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Barbershop quartet singers Richard Franklin, from Salisbury, Jim King and Ernie Geiger, both of Asheboro, and Jeff Fowler, from Winston-Salem, stopped by the law office of Kluttz Reamer to surprise attorney Emily Hunter with a valentine song. The quartet traveled around the Salisbury and Kannapolis areas singing valentines to unsuspecting recipients. Photo by Jon C. Lakey, Salisbury Post.

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Ernie Geiger, from Asheboro, part of the Triad Harmony Express, joined three other singers to form a barbershop quartet to sing surprise valentines to unsuspecting recipients. Photo by Jon C. Lakey, Salisbury Post.

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Richard Franklin, part of the Triad Harmony Express, joined three other singers to form a barbershop quartet to sing surprise valentines to unsuspecting recipients. Photo by Jon C. Lakey, Salisbury Post.

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Jeff Fowler, part of the Triad Harmony Express, joined three other singers to form a barbershop quartet to sing surprise valentines to unsuspecting recipients. Photo by Jon C. Lakey, Salisbury Post.

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Jim King, part of the Triad Harmony Express, joined three other singers to form a barbershop quartet to sing surprise valentines to unsuspecting recipients. Photo by Jon C. Lakey, Salisbury Post.

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The Triad Harmony Express a barbershop quartet was in the Salisbury area to sing surprise valentines to unsuspecting recipients. Photo by Jon C. Lakey, Salisbury Post.

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Barbershop quartet singers Richard Franklin, from Salisbury, Jim King and Ernie Geiger, both of Asheboro, and Jeff Fowler, from Winston-Salem, stopped by the law office of Kluttz Reamer to surprise attorney Emily Hunter with a valentine song. The quartet traveled around the Salisbury and Kannapolis areas singing valentines to unsuspecting recipients. Photo by Jon C. Lakey, Salisbury Post.

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Salisbury attorney Emily Hunter, at the law firm of Kluttz Reamer, listens to the two songs performed by a barbershop quartet from the Triad Harmony Express as part of a valentine surprise. Singers Richard Franklin, from Salisbury, Jeff Fowler , from Winston-Salem, Jim King and Ernie Geiger, both of Asheboro, traveled around the Salisbury and Kannapolis areas singing valentines to unsuspecting recipients. Photo by Jon C. Lakey, Salisbury Post.

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Salisbury attorney Emily Hunter, at the law firm of Kluttz Reamer, accepts a dozen roses, a box of chocolates, a card and two songs performed by the group of singers from the Triad Harmony Express as part of a valentine surprise. Singers Richard Franklin, from Salisbury, Jeff Fowler , from Winston-Salem, Jim King and Ernie Geiger, both of Asheboro, traveled around the Salisbury and Kannapolis areas singing valentines to unsuspecting recipients. Photo by Jon C. Lakey, Salisbury Post.

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Ernie Geiger, Jeff Fowler, Jim King and Richard Franklin practice in the conference room at the Hurley YMCA before heading out to sing surprise valentines to unsuspecting recipients. Photo by Jon C. Lakey, Salisbury Post.

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Richard Franklin transcribes a valentine note for one recipient of the singing barbershop quartet. Photo by Jon C. Lakey, Salisbury Post.

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The sound of love filled the air around Rowan County on Tuesday — in four-part harmony.

Triad Harmony Express Singers Richard Franklin, of Salisbury, Jeff Fowler, of Winston-Salem, and Jim King and Ernie Geiger, both of Asheboro, traveled around the Salisbury and Kannapolis areas to deliver singing valentines to unsuspecting recipients.

Dressed in black-and-white tuxedoes, the quartet made 15 scheduled stops (and at least one unscheduled stop in a restaurant). Each stop was given two tunes from a playlist of six songs. Among the songs: “I Love You Truly,” “Heart of My Heart,” and “Let Me Call You Sweetheart.”

One of the stops was at Kluttz Reamer law firm in Salisbury, where the group serenaded attorney Emily Hunter on behalf of boyfriend Penn Blanton. A shocked Hunter later said she doesn’t like surprises — and with the whole office watching, was a little embarrassed by this one. But, since it was Valentine’s Day, she looked on the romantic side.

“It was a big surprise. It was very sweet. It was a sweet surprise,” she said.

The men headed back to their base at the J.F. Hurley Family YMCA to practice their songs between appointments. Ninety percent of the recipients were women, the group said.

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