The Half Steps
A cappella
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About
Charlie Opatz
Charlie operates Opatz Insurance Agency in Sauk Rapids. He’s an avid golfer – at least he kicks the rest of our butts when we play. Charlie’s proud of his two college graduate children, Louie and Fran who live and work in Portland, OR and Missoula, MT. There’s no truth to the rumor that Charlie requires his kids to live near mountains so he can get more skiing in.
Gary Zwack
Gary is the director of bands at Tech High School in St. Cloud. During the summer months, Gary and his wife, Pat are heavily involved in the St. Cloud All-City Marching Band – Gary as the conductor and Pat as pretty much everything else. When not singing with the Steps or performing in one of the dozens of other musical groups Gary’s involved with, he likes to stop pucks with his body in a local men’s hockey league.
Paul Fedor
Paul is a pharmacist at the Centra Care Clinic in Becker and has been ‘dealing drugs’ in the St. Cloud area for the past decade or so. Paul and his exceedingly patient wife, Carrie, are the proud parents of two young daughters. When he finds free time, you can usually find Paul with his nose in a Civil War book or dangling precariously from some dizzying height.
Richard Witteman
When not playing with computers at RTE in Waite Park, Richard can be found performing with lots of musical groups in the area including the George Maurer Jazz Group, Paramount Jazz Orchestra and Amadeus Chamber Symphony. Richard and his wife Cheryl are currently “owned by” two very fuzzy Siberian Huskies who occasionally allow Richard out of the house to play.
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The Half Steps have been entertaining audiences all over central Minnesota with an eclectic mix of tunes for more than 12 years. With a set list that runs the gamut from barbershop to doo wop to Elvis and Dean Martin and back, it’s the odd audience member who can’t find something to like in a Half Steps show. (And we know what we’re talking about because some of our audience members are pretty darn odd.) As far as we know, we’re the only all-male group to attempt (let alone perform) a seven-minute, thirteen song medley of ABBA tunes – all sung in the original octave.
Previously known mostly to family, friends and their loyal fans, the Half Steps joined forces with Collective Unconscious and The Vees to perform the Beach Boys’ Pet Sounds in 2005. For the Half Steps, getting together to perform is what keeps the insanity of the real world bearable. After all, we’re just four guys who like to sing and have a good time and don’t mind if people are watching.