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Only three of the 1950 champion Buffalo Bills accepted the call to Broadway. Find out why Dick Grapes said, "No, thanks." 20 --------Features-------­ I What will 21st Century Music Man revival abig barbershop sound like? Broadway success Must we choose between preservation and And kind words about the newest nOll' evolution? Three big names respond Sodety quartet, The Hawkeye Four DrlRRll FUNN GARl'STAMM Barbershop ...Tokyo style The rest of the story Barbershop arrives in Japan, and Music Man creator Meredith Willson they're bringing it back to America was writing about people he knew REED SA\If9:)'l GARl' STrUB! 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