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Unknown to U.S. immigration officials, Geoff is the advance wave of the third British invasion, the second being the Beatles, who came to the U.S. in 1964, the year Geoff was born. Geoff came to the U.S. in 1988, planning to stay only 3 years, but has been here ever since. Rumors of an outstanding arrest warrant in Britain are "utter fabrications" according to his press agent.
In his efforts to stay one step ahead of the law, he has visited 31 states since his arrival, but fell in love with Denver while visiting a safe house in 1989. While setting up an international smuggling operation he visited India in 1998. Since then herds of Brahma cattle have been thinned considerably and Japan enjoys the lower prices of "Quelch beef".
Geoff tried very hard to become the costume designer for the quartet, however his duties were severely restricted when his first designs included purple kilts. Since then his writing talents have been put to better use. His experience as the primary author of 20 scientific research papers best suited him in the role of Quartet Historian and after 4 months the archives had reached 250 pages. His work would have appeared on the web site, but the other members of the quartet were concerned that their dietary habits would not make interesting web content.
Geoff did not begin talking until he was 4 years old, but since then the quartet notes that he has not stopped talking - no one seems to be able to get a word in edgewise during quartet rehearsals.
Geoff does not generally suffer fools gladly, but took on the other 3 members of the quartet when the Barbershop Harmony Society would not permit him to sing in a one man quartet. As the most talented member he spends hours providing singing advice, crediting his skill in the quartet's recent accomplishment of reaching their district semi-finals round after only 4 months of rehearsal.
An expert in the science of Star Trek, Geoff frequently speaks on the topic at public libraries, where you may see him dressed as Captain Picard. His favorite expression during quartet rehearsals is "make it so", and only the quick reactions of his fellow quartetters have kept them from being hit by phaser blasts on the stun setting.
A native of Cookham-on-Thames, a village about 30 miles west of London, Geoff is proud of the fact that his hometown is famous as the birthplace of Sir Stanley Spencer, the most famous British painter of the 20th century, as well as distant relative of Princess Di and Winston Churchill. Although his blood is blue, Geoff was excluded from Spencer family parties due to his habit of humming British beer drinking songs at the dinner table. His village's 1000 year old church and 14 pubs serve the town's 2000 residents. Rumors that Geoff's departure threatened the pubs' livelihood are "greatly exaggerated".
The sports star's career ended suddenly in high school due to a nasty knee injury. To this day he cannot recall how the knee was injured, and cannot recall whether he was drinking John Smith's, Bodkins, Old Peculiar, or Courage Best beer. He is certain that it was not Guinness ("No self-respecting Englishman would be caught dead drinking that horrible swill!").
Rumors that someone actually saw Geoff smile once are so far unsubstantiated. But the other three quartet members are still working on it.
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