Off with Her Head Junior FR have been involved in a project quite different from their usual activities. It all began last February when a former Junior FR helper discovered a collection of Cinderella costumes in her loft and returned them to the group. This sparked a...

Fascinating Rhythm Gears Up to Take the Stage at LABBS Bournemouth The excitement is building as Fascinating Rhythm, the all-female chorus group, gears up for the LABBS (Ladies Association of British Barbershop Singers) Convention, which will take place in Bournemouth...

A Lunchbreak with a difference for Fascinating Rhythm's Charity of the Year, Off The Record,  and more fundraising. Fascinating Rhythm recently joined forces to run a singing workshop to support staff from their charity of the year Off The Record.  A few of the chorus...

Fascinating Rhythm Keynsham Bandstand Performance Fascinating Rhythm treated an audience on Saturday, 13 July 2024, with a performance at the wonderful Keynsham bandstand. This event was part of the Keynsham Town Council’s Bandstand in the Park Programme. The chorus,...

Fascinating Rhythm and Junior FR Choruses: Delighted Crowds at Yate Rocks Festival On Sunday, July 23rd, Fascinating Rhythm had the pleasure of performing a set of seven songs at the Yate Rocks event, held in Kingsgate Park and hosted by Yate Town Council. This Sunday...

Off the Record Cake Sales for Off the Record Fundraiser RhythmMix put their baking skills to great use this weekend for their first big fundraiser to support Fascinating Rhythm’s Charity of the Year, Off the Record. OTR (as it’s known) is a brilliant Bristol-based...

Introducing our Charity of the Year 2024 - OFF THE RECORD (OTR) All young people deserve to receive timely mental health support that is relevant to their needs, gives them meaningful choices, and equips them with tools and skills that will last a lifetime. This has...

Reminders, Refreshers, and Revelations! On 16th March, Emma Beale, Su Roberts, and Julie Macnamara from Fascinating Rhythm attended the LABBS/BABBS Singing Education Day in Coventry. What a fabulous day it was. We couldn’t wait to get back to share what we learned...

More Eisteddfod success for JFR in 2024! Junior Fascinating Rhythm (Junior FR) is celebrating another successful year at the recent Thornbury Eisteddfod, part of the Thornbury Arts Festival 2024. This year, the Juniors and Seniors sang together in two-part harmony in...

Fascinating Rhythm raise over £1200 for St Peter’s Hospice Bristol On February 15, 2024, the ladies of Fascinating Rhythm warmly welcomed Nick Wilson, a Community Fundraiser for St Peter’s Hospice. Throughout 2023, the dedicated members of Fascinating Rhythm and...

Junior FR Shines at The Big Sing Fundraiser, Raising Over £990 for Christian Aid On the 5th of December, the vibrant voices of Junior FR resonated through Zion Church in Frampton Cotterell as they took centre stage at The Big Sing. Organised by Alison Bray, the event...

A Day of Fun and Rewarding Musical Delights A day of musical joy and accomplishment unfolded on a frosty late January morning as the Fascinating Rhythm chorus welcomed ladies from South Gloucestershire, Bristol and the surrounding area.  Their goal: to master a...

Nailing it in Nailsea! On Saturday, 25th November, Fascinating Rhythm took part in the Nailsea Festival of Music, a very successful musical event that has been running since 2005 thanks to a team of local volunteers.  Despite being an open event with various classes,...

Harmony Unleashed: A Night of Musical Splendour with Avon Harmony, Black Sheep Harmony, Bristol Fashion, and Fascinating Rhythm. Hosting the LABBS Bristol choruses meetup on Thursday, 9th November, at the Greenfield Centre in Winterbourne, our rehearsal...

On Retreat with Rob! As Fascinating Rhythm's members continue to develop and polish their singing techniques, we invited Rob Mance to join us for our annual retreat in September.   Things kicked off with Rob at our usual Thursday evening...

Harmonious Finds – Fascinating Rhythm Delivers Crafts, Gifts, and Melodies: A Well-Attended Sale Delight Fascinating Rhythm created a wonderful event in the bustling town of Chipping Sodbury on Saturday 21st October 2023.  The event brought residents together in...

Fascinating Rhythm have a blast in Bournemouth Fascinating Rhythm were on the road again on 1st July, travelling down from South Gloucestershire to the Bournemouth Music Festival to compete in two of the singing classes, which were staged in the lovely church of St...

JFR Top The Year Off With Jam And Cream! Junior FR held a very special gathering in Iron Acton on Friday 7th, July, for girls, staff, and parents to celebrate another full year of events for this unique and valuable club.  Afternoon tea with...

Our Fundraising for St Peters Hospice Bouncing like Bunnies for St. Peter's Hospice On April 3rd this year, one hundred and twenty babies and children laughed, sang, and bounced like bunnies at the Easter parties held in Iron Acton Village Hall. Anne-marie...

Mance's Marvellous Musical Magic Fascinating Rhythm attended an intensive coaching weekend with Rob Mance on the 20th & 21st of May. Rob was last with Fascinating Rhythm in April 2022, and the choir was keen to meet him again and show him the results of the hard...

JFR Celebrates Eisteddfod success 2023! Junior Fascinating Rhythm (Junior FR) is celebrating another successful year at the recent Thornbury Eisteddfod, part of the Thornbury Arts Festival 2023. Both the junior and senior groups did brilliantly, and both gained a...

A Singing Extravaganza with Go Vocal and Off the Record! Fascinating Rhythm enjoyed sharing a concert with the local Gloucestershire mixed voice singing group Go Vocal and local barbershop quartet Off The Record on 18th February 2023 at Mangotsfield School. The...

AGM is back in the room After two years of meeting for our AGM on Zoom, it was such a joy to get together for this year’s event, on January 19th, both for the business side of reviewing and planning and for the much-appreciated social time and yummy food! Reports from...

Love to Sing WorkshopFascinating Rhythm it's first since Lockdown Fascinating Rhythm’s popular Love to Sing Workshop was finally back at Marlwood School, Alveston, Bristol, on 28th January 2023. The turnout was fantastic, with over 45 women there to discover what...

Love to Sing – showcasing our members who joined after attending a Love to Sing Workshop Fascinating Rhythm is very proud to be hosting its annual Love to Sing Workshop again after a 3-year gap. Previously known as 'Learn to Sing' Workshops, they have been...

Christmas Glitz comes to Weston super Mare On Saturday, December 10th 2022, Fascinating Rhythm hosted a very successful Christmas Concert in aid of local charity Ups and Downs SouthWest at The Blakehay Theatre in Weston-super-Mare. ...

Junior FR co-star with The Femmes Junior FR were delighted to perform at a glittering Christmas Concert alongside professional vocal trio The Femmes in Olveston on 3rd December. The sell-out audience were delighted in the first half by The Femmes...

Fascinating Rhythm joins local choirs for Big Bristol Barbershop Bonanza. Fascinating Rhythm performed in an incredible evening of barbershop and a cappella singing on Saturday, 19 November 2022. They sang with singers from six other Bristol-based choruses at a...

Fascinating Rhythm Chorus thrilled to attend LABBS Convention 2022 Fascinating Rhythm enjoyed a jubilant weekend at the Ladies Association of British Barbershop Singers (LABBS) annual convention at the Bournemouth International Centre from 28-30...

The Piper - Junior FR The Pied Piper Musical by Margaret Carpenter What do volunteers, rats, maypoles and talented young singers all have in common?Junior FR, of course! Junior FR held a very special ‘Red Carpet’ event on the 13th of May this year to launch the...

LABBS Convention here we come Fascinating Rhythm held an all-day rehearsal, followed by a dress rehearsal performance, on Saturday, 9 October, in preparation for the Ladies Association of British Barbershop Singers (LABBS) annual convention. Fascinating Rhythm members...

Fascinating Rhythm welcomes new member Fascinating Rhythm is delighted to welcome another new member! At the beginning of October, Mirrin successfully passed her vocal audition and joined the Lead section. “I was interested in Fascinating Rhythm, as I had heard...

Fascinating Rhythm to host Christmas Concert for Ups and Downs Southwest Fascinating Rhythm members have supported Ups and Downs Southwest as their chosen charity through a series of events and activities throughout the year. The choir's fundraising efforts...

Together everyone achieves more. Fascinating Rhythm members have enjoyed a two-day rehearsal weekend, reconnecting as a team after the summer holidays and celebrating awards for two chorus members. The rehearsal weekend began with a fun musical workshop led...

Taking 2022 by Storm - Junior Fascinating Rhythm Junior Fascinating Rhythm (Junior FR) has had an amazing start to 2022, with several successes at music festivals and sing-outs in the South Gloucestershire area. These fantastic young singers are talented vocalists,...

New Honorary Member Fascinating Rhythm has awarded honorary membership to Barbara Gay, who has retired from singing with the chorus. Barbara has been a valued member of Fascinating Rhythm for over 20 years and made a huge contribution to the chorus through her...

Singing in the Rain - Fascinating Rhythm Rocks Yate Fascinating Rhythm and Junior FR enjoyed entertaining at the Yate Rocks… in the Park festival at Kingsgate Park on Sunday 26 June 2022. Their Musical Directors Jo and Wendy got a bit soggy directing in the rain,...

Mixing It Up - what it’s like being part of a regional mixed chorus The Bristol Mix is a new, mixed barbershop chorus, made up of singers from a cappella close harmony choirs across the Bristol area. Several Fascinating Rhythm members sing with The Bristol Mix,...

Fascinating Rhythm Member Updates Fascinating Rhythm has been celebrating a number of membership milestones and achievements over the past two months. We have also said goodbye to a few ladies who have decided to move on from singing with the chorus and wish them all...

Fascinating Rhythm Wins Gold Cup at Cheltenham Festival of Performing Arts Fascinating Rhythm recently took part in the 2022 Cheltenham Festival of Performing Arts, held at the Cheltenham Town Hall on Saturday, 14 May. It was a magical and epic day,...

Fascinating Rhythm sings out at Keynsham Memorial Park Fascinating Rhythm were delighted to perform at the Keynsham Memorial Park Bandstand on Saturday, 7 May 2022, to raise funds for their charity of the year, Ups and Downs South West. This was Fascinating Rhythm's...

Fascinating Rhythm and Rob Mance Fascinating Rhythm has enjoyed another two coaching sessions with the fabulous vocal coach Rob Mance, who was back in the UK in April. Fascinating Rhythm first met Rob back in January 2022, when he encouraged individual chorus members...

Junior FR Joins May Day Celebrations! Junior FR had a fabulous day, entertaining audiences at the Iron Acton May Day celebrations on Monday, 2 May 2022.  Junior FR sang a selection of favourite numbers from their repertoire, including ‘Mr Blue Sky’ and...

How we choose Convention songs Fascinating Rhythm is an all-female choir, and we sing close harmony a cappella based on the traditional barbershop style. Our varied repertoire includes songs from 1920s jazz classics to modern-day show tunes and anthems and...

Deke Sharon Workshop Fascinating Rhythm enjoyed a live, in-person coaching session with ‘The Father of Contemporary a cappella’, Deke Sharon, as part of a workshop on a cappella singing. More than 120 delegates attended the event held at Christ Church...

Junior Fascinating Rhythm celebrates Eisteddfod success! Junior Fascinating Rhythm (Junior FR) members are celebrating singing success at the recent Thornbury Eisteddfod, part of the Thornbury Arts Festival 2022. The girls picked up several trophies and were invited...

Fascinating Rhythm Celebrates Membership Achievements Fascinating Rhythm members have welcomed another new member to the risers and awarded long-service badges to long-serving members of the choir. Fascinating Rhythm’s newest recruit, Julie, has passed the first stage...

Fascinating Rhythm supports Ups and Downs Southwest Fascinating Rhythm members have selected Ups and Downs Southwest as their chosen charity for 2022. Ups and Downs Southwest is a local charity that supports families, professionals and all those involved in...

Sing A cappella with Deke Sharon Live in-person workshop Monday 21st March 2022 at 7:30 pm Christ Church, Downend, Bristol BS16 5UF Come and enjoy an evening with arguably one of the most influential international musicians, composers, directors,...

Fascinating Rhythm Gets Fully Rob-Mance-ipated Fascinating Rhythm members spent the weekend of 22-23 January 2022 at The Greenfield Centre enjoying two days of intensive vocal coaching with Rob Mance, Musical Director of barbershop choruses Vocal...

Fascinating Rhythm Reflects on the Successes of 2021 Fascinating Rhythm members gathered online on Thursday 20 January 2021 for their AGM and awards night celebration. Fascinating Rhythm’s Chair, Iris, opened the meeting by reflecting on the highs and lows of...

A fantabulous night to meet Rob Mance! Fascinating Rhythm’s ladies started 2022 on a high, spending an evening with barbershop legend Rob Mance, who directs both the Sweet Adelines International affiliated ladies a cappella choir Vocal...

Singing is a Family Affair Fascinating Rhythm’s ladies often say that being part of a choir is a great way to make friends who become like an extended singing family. A love of singing and making music often runs in families, so we celebrate some of Fascinating...

Junior FR's Tenth Anniversary Celebration Concert Junior Fascinating Rhythm (Junior FR) has celebrated its tenth anniversary by hosting a special concert. The full-house audience was made up of Junior FR girls’ parents and grandparents, ex-Junior FR students with...

Junior FR how it started/how it's going Junior FR, Fascinating Rhythm's junior choir for girls aged 7 to 16, is celebrating its tenth birthday this year. We caught up with Musical Director Wendy and some of Junior FR's founding, current and former members to...

LABBS Chair visit to Fascinating Rhythm Fascinating Rhythm members were delighted to receive a visit from Natalie Feddon, Chair of the Ladies Association of British Barbershop Singers (LABBS), who travelled all the way from Bromley in Kent to...

Fascinating Rhythm celebrates membership milestones! Fascinating Rhythm has been marking the long service of several chorus members and welcomed a new member to the risers. During October, membership awards and commemorative pin badges were presented to:  Lesley...

Singing Success for Specs Appeal Fascinating Rhythm is celebrating the success of one of its in-house quartets, Specs Appeal, at the Bournemouth Music Competitions Festival held at the beginning of October.  Specs Appeal were awarded a distinction and the Peter...

Ten Years of Junior FR Fascinating Rhythm is celebrating the tenth birthday of its junior choir (Junior FR) this month. To mark the occasion, Junior FR is rehearsing for a special 10th-anniversary concert, which will be held on 4 December 2021 and welcome back some...

Coaching Weekend with Sally McLean Fascinating Rhythm members spent the weekend at Turnberries Community Centre enjoying two days of vocal coaching with Sally McLean, Musical Director of the White Rosettes. On Saturday, the chorus split into Sections,...

Homeward bound: Fascinating Rhythm are moving back to the Greenfield Centre Fascinating Rhythm members are delighted to be returning to Thursday night rehearsals at The Greenfield Centre in Winterbourne after spending the summer at Yate Town Football...

Breathing to Sing Fascinating Rhythm is renowned for close-harmony singing in the barbershop style, and we work on the basics of our craft at every rehearsal: from the fundamentals of breathing and posture to the more advanced skills of vocal artistry and performance....

Keeping it in the Family - Lily joins Fascinating Rhythm Just three weeks after re-starting in-person rehearsals at Yate Town FC, Fascinating Rhythm are delighted to welcome a new member, Lily, who has passed the first stage of our assessment...

Fascinating Rhythm is getting back to rehearsals. Fascinating Rhythm members are excited to be getting back to in-person rehearsals after more than a year of meeting online, thanks to Yate Town Football Club offering its stand as...

The New Members Guide to Joining a Choir During a Pandemic! Anne-marie, Emma and Fionna Fascinating Rhythm members say that the best part of being in a choir is the fun, friendship and joy of group singing. However, when Anne-marie, Emma and Fionna decided to join...

Why Warm Up Getting in the zone for singing Fascinating Rhythm is renowned across Bristol and South Gloucestershire for close-harmony a cappella singing and our unique choral sound. We strive for musical excellence through regular rehearsals on Thursday...

Musical Director Lockdown Harmony Project The Directors Teamed Up Fascinating Rhythm’s Musical Director has teamed up with the Directors of three other Bristol-based LABBS choruses for a surprise lockdown project. Following a virtual four-chorus...

Staying Connected Teamwork makes the dream work for Fascinating Rhythm, whose members have spent a lot of time online over the past year using Zoom and social media to stay connected - Thursday evenings are for singing, laughter, and friendship. We haven’t...

Enhancing performance through vocal expression The Repertoire Fascinating Rhythm has a diverse repertoire of songs well-suited to our style of a cappella singing. From show tunes like “City of Stars”, “This Is Me” and “Feeling Good” to a ten-part arrangement of ELO’s...

Ali Jack LABBS Long Service Award Celebrating 35 Years of LABBS Membership - One of Fascinating Rhythm’s founding members, Ali Jack, has reached the incredible milestone of being a member of the Ladies Association of British Barbershop Singers (LABBS) for 35 years!...

Making your performance authentic Fascinating Rhythm has a diverse repertoire of show tunes, popular modern songs and jazz numbers, and a few seasonal and sacred songs and even a vocal version of a ballet movement! Some of our show songs are fully choreographed,...

Why singing is good for you! Fascinating Rhythm is a barbershop chorus, which means we love making music with our voices, but Fascinating Rhythm isn’t just about singing - it’s about fun, friendship and feeling good. We can’t wait until it’s safe to return to...

2020 AGM and Awards Fascinating Rhythm has started the new year by celebrating the best of 2020 and looking forward to a better 2021. On Thursday 21 January, we held our AGM and awards night. Under normal circumstances, we’d have combined this with a dinner and social...

Fascinating Rhythm started 2020 as usual with our AGM and annual awards dinner, celebrating the contributions chorus members make to our singing group. Rose received the Chair’s Award, Carole and Peggy shared the Director’s Award, and Nic won the Members’ Award. Our...

Each year, on usually the last weekend in October, you will find us somewhere in the country in full makeup and glitzy dresses as we prepare to cross the stage and compete in the LABBS Annual Convention. 2020 has been the strangest of years and of course, a certain...

Well, our tenth workshop came and went, and what a day we had! With a buoyant attendance of over 60 delegates, we couldn't wait to get them started on this year's song, The LABBS polecat "Make Your Own Kind of Music". We warmed up, sorted the parts and went off in our...

Recently, we were delighted to present a final cheque for almost £550.00 to Dementia Connections, our chosen charity for 2018. Thelma represented Fascinating Rhythm to present the cheque to Amanda and Christine who run the local group in Wotton-under-Edge. Christine...

Children and young people with Down Syndrome release Fascinating music video. Today sees the release of a music video with children and young people who have Down Syndrome performing an arrangement of the award-winning song “This is Me” alongside one of the UK’s...

We were so pleased that the snow did not stop play for our learn to sing workshop held on 2nd February. Fortunately, the snow stopped falling in time for us to go ahead, so the delegates did not miss out on their singing fix. We welcomed around 70 ladies of all ages...

We were delighted that on Saturday 10th November we performed for "Dementia Connections", our charity of the year. They organised a concert with refreshments and a raffle while the audience enjoyed 2 halves of Fascinating Rhythm singing all of our favourites. Well...

Fascinating Rhythm were delighted to host the Southwest regional education day in June. LABBS members of thirteen choruses from all corners of the region travelled to join us to work on the current polecat song “Anthem” as well as to catch up with old friends and of...

As an established chorus, we are always delighted to present our members with our long service badges. Recently we have had quite a cohort of ladies who have been with us ranging from 5 up to 15 years. Congratulations ladies, we appreciate your commitment and...

So on a beautiful weekend in April, Fascinating Rhythm wound our way to a very sunny Swindon for our first ever retreat! In a nutshell - The sun shone. The food (and cake) was excellent and plentiful. The wedding was beautiful. The pool and spa were restful, and the...

 Thornbury Eisteddfod 2018 This year, we were determined to get things 100% right – so lots of plans were put into place to make our journey to the competition the best it could be. Solos - six Junior FR girls decided to take part in the Thornbury solo competition...

2018 Workshop was the best yet! On Saturday 24th February, we were excited to welcome 50 delegates to this year's workshop. We were able to showcase a few of our songs, then the delegates were firstly given a vocal warm-up, they were then split into their voice part...