Heartbeat Chorus (it's a barbershop choir from Stockport singing at the Llangollen international Eisteddfod)

that's the spirit

(ps I don't know how long the link will hold - the website says the videoclips are only there for a month after the eisteddfod)

Reminds me of the show choirs from high school, which is kind of funny since they're all like 40.

that's the refreshing thing - if you look at the youth choirs they're all good but quite a few of them give you the impression it's all desperately important and serious. You kind of associate mucking about and having fun more with children and it just struck me that these singers appear to be having more fun than any of the youth or children's choirs.

You must have gone to school in quite a musical part of the world Dagny - we didn't have any choirs like that where I grew up!

I went to an SCPA (school for the creative and performing arts), so we had a lot of show choirs and dance groups and general artsy types.

That sounds a bit like "Fame!". Was it good fun?

Some of it was cool. You could take dance instead of gym, for instance, and assemblies alwasy had a lot of music and dancing and stuff. It wasn't strictly a performing arts school though - about half the school was involved in it, but the rest (like me, I didn't start taking lessons until last year, my freshman year of college) just took normal classes.

How did you come across this forum Dagny? I'm guessing you're in the USA?

Great video! What fun they are having! Sound pretty fab too!

Go Barbershop!! It's really not at all difficult to look like you're having fun when singing Barbershop, because it is so much fun!

have you got any favourite barbershop numbers charlotte?

I searched for singing forums because I wanted advice about something, and this came up.

I hope you stick around - although I don't go in viva voice much they are a cheerful and talented bunch in there!

Oh, lots! Let's see: I really enjoyed 'One Fine Day', also because we had cool movements for that, and 'Fun in Just One Lifetime' is great, and 'It's Raining Men' and lots of other ones as well...

Ooo, barbershop! See how great it is! Everyone should sing barbershop!

Whoops, again with the advertising...

Hear hear! What's wrong with advertising it?

I'll listen out for them

I like the dresses!!! Our school choir would never get to wear anything like that!!!

They really went to town didn't they!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdv59HxYmoM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-i54sfWBpkY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0qMMRK0kzM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QyjZo0xkEO4

All world champion choruses... especially the top ones.