Great Day for Cheltenham Festival of Performing Arts

It’s a weird fact that every time FR have a whole day somewhere, be it workshop, coaching, competition, etc – the weather is always glorious while we’re warbling away indoors.  We did manage a quick half hour in the sun for lunch at our rehearsal...

Stunning venue for our HomeStart Charity concert

The drive to get to the beautiful BeauDesert School in Minchinhampton, Gloucestershire on Saturday, 7th May was a treat in itself, though we did get a little concerned about the amount of traffic trying to get away from the last day of Badminton Horse Trials.  Nearly...

We’ve Been McLeaned!

Fabulous, fabulous coaching with Sally McLean over the weekend of 16/17th April, working on the six songs we’re taking to the Cheltenham Music Festival in May (actually it’s nine songs – two of them are medleys).  We worked our socks off and had such...

BinG! (Barbershop in Germany) success for JIGSAW

World Championship for mixed barbershop quartets in Munich. Our Tenor Section Leader Ali and her partner Pete, plus ex-FR member Donna and her partner Keefe teamed up a couple of years ago to become JIGSAW mixed quartet, winning 2 consecutive silver medals against...

Good Result for Junior FR at Thornbury Eisteddfod

Thursday 10th March saw Junior FR competing again in the U14 Choirs class in St.Mary’s Church, Thornbury.  After a fantastic warm up session at the Turnberries Community Centre led by MD Wendy Howse and assisted by Sarah Winter, we gathered in the rather chilly...