On song for a festival rich in harmony

HUNDREDS of barbershop singers from all over the world will converge in Limerick during the first weekend of October for an international convention with a difference.

More than 400 singers, representing 25 choruses and quartets from across the world, will take part in the convention, the highlight of the Barbershop calendar.

Barbershop music features old and new songs sung in very distinctive four-part harmony style.