{"id":2,"date":"2026-04-12T08:09:57","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T07:09:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/winchesterfusionchoir.co.uk\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2026-04-14T21:16:01","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T20:16:01","slug":"sample-page","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/winchesterfusionchoir.co.uk\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><br \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 data-wp-context---core-fit-text=\"core\/fit-text::{&quot;fontSize&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-wp-init---core-fit-text=\"core\/fit-text::callbacks.init\" data-wp-interactive data-wp-style--font-size=\"core\/fit-text::context.fontSize\" class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-fit-text has-black-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-a40de7b96f6026fa749aff99f2b5f823\" style=\"background-color:#affbdb\"><strong>WEBSITE IS FOR INFORMATION ONLY<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">AS MARIE HAS STEPPED DOWN FROM LEADING THE CHOIR THIS WEBSITE IS FOR INFORMATION ONLY<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"720\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1280 \/ 720;\" width=\"1280\" controls src=\"https:\/\/winchesterfusionchoir.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/FUSION-CHOIR-JONAS-DANIEL-2022.mov\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left has-white-background-color has-background\">Marie, our choir leader for fifteen years, has stepped back from leading the choir. Mandy Breaker has stepped in to lead the Fusion Choir in Eastleigh.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Joy is the cornerstone of who we are, what we do, how we sing.<br \/>If you are looking for a technically perfect choir, we are not for you. <br \/>If you are looking for a choir that spreads joy and sounds amazing, look no further.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Tribute to the Fusion Choir from John Wallace, Friday choir, singing one of our songs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/winchesterfusionchoir.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Wellerman-Fusion-Version1.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>COME ALONG FOR A FREE INTRODUCTORY SESSION<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>NO AUDITIONS, NO NEED TO READ MUSIC<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><b><br \/>Sing &#8211; you&#8217;ll feel better<br \/><\/b><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">CHOIR<br \/>TUESDAY EVENING<br \/>Come along and sing with us<br \/><\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>St Andrews Methodist Church, Blenheim Road, Eastleigh<br \/>7.30-9pm<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Starts again on 14th April &#8211; Mandy will be leading.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\">SINGING TO HELP OTHERS AND INCREASE WELLBEING<\/span><br \/><\/strong><strong><b>We sing to uplift and heal and to support charities, worthy causes and our community.\u00a0 The Fusion Choir has raised in excess of \u00a3100,000 directly from our concerts over our glorious years of singing together and we sing to encourage all in our community to sing.<br \/><\/b><\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<h1><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/winchesterfusionchoir.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/FB_IMG_1569828702385.jpg\" width=\"202\" height=\"173\" \/><\/h1>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><b><strong><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">\u2018I don\u2019t sing because I\u2019m happy. <br \/>I\u2019m happy because I sing.\u2019 <br \/>William James, philosopher and psychologist.<br \/><\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/b><\/span><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><b>\u2018I consider myself a voice, not a singer. <br \/>A voice is a sound, and singing is what you do with that sound.\u2019 \u00a0<br \/>Brian Wilson (Beach Boys)<\/b><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>\u2018Music is so powerful it needs to be used for some kind of redeeming work<br \/>to lift people\u2019s spirits, lift their souls.\u2019 <br \/>Bobby McFerrin.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">How can the bird that is born for joy,<br \/>Sit in a cage and sing.<br \/>William Blake<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Research shows that singing releases high levels of beneficial chemicals that are medicine to body and mind.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>We sing for the sheer joy of singing<br \/>If you want to come along for an introductory session then just contact us<br \/><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/winchesterfusionchoir.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-11.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"292\" height=\"119\" src=\"https:\/\/winchesterfusionchoir.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-11.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17420\" style=\"width:390px;height:auto\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/winchesterfusionchoir.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/life-is-a-song-sing-it-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/winchesterfusionchoir.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/life-is-a-song-sing-it-3-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13859\" style=\"width:413px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/winchesterfusionchoir.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/life-is-a-song-sing-it-3-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/winchesterfusionchoir.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/life-is-a-song-sing-it-3-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/winchesterfusionchoir.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/life-is-a-song-sing-it-3-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/winchesterfusionchoir.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/life-is-a-song-sing-it-3.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>WE INTEND TO SING TO OUR HEARTS ABSOLUTE DELIGHT<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/winchesterfusionchoir.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/logoredblack.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/winchesterfusionchoir.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/logoredblack-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14427\" style=\"width:1208px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/winchesterfusionchoir.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/logoredblack-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/winchesterfusionchoir.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/logoredblack-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/winchesterfusionchoir.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/logoredblack-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/winchesterfusionchoir.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/logoredblack-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/winchesterfusionchoir.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/logoredblack.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WEBSITE IS FOR INFORMATION ONLY AS MARIE HAS STEPPED DOWN FROM LEADING THE CHOIR THIS WEBSITE IS FOR INFORMATION ONLY Marie, our choir leader for fifteen years, has stepped back &hellip; 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