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Barn Dance Bands in  Borders   

Have a fantastic experience with one of our  Borders  Barn Dance Bands

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Here are some of our barn dance bands in different parts of the UK. To find barn dance bands in   Borders  select your county from the drop down box. This will show all of our barn dance bands that perform in your part of the country.

 
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History is reflected in the names of folk tunes, some of which are played by barn dance bands

   Miss Isabella Robertson’s Hornpipe; Miss Isabella Robertson’s Reel; Miss Isobel Clark’s Favorite; Honey Harbour ; Honeypot Jig ; Hopwas Hornpipe ; Hosannah ; Hot Punch,; Hot Time ; Hugh's Happy,; Miss J. Rose’s Reel; Miss Jane Douglas’s Favorite; Miss Jessie Stewart’s Jigg; Miss Marrion Campbell A.rdmore’s Favorite; Miss Mary Campbell Ardinore’s Jig; Hugh's Jig, St ; Hullichan Jig ; Hull's Victory ; Humber Jumber (The Frisky),; Humours of California ; Humours of Donnybrook ; Hunt The Squirrel ; Miss Mary Garden of Troup’s Reel; Miss Mary Johnson’s Reef; Miss McDonald St. Martin’s Jigg; Miss Mercer’s Reel; Miss Nancy Dick’s Reel; Huntsman's Chorus ; utton's March, Joe ; I Belong to Glasgow ; I Do Like To Be Beside The Seaside,; I Went to Pick Some Blaeberries ; Ian Duncan,; Ian James Wilson ; Miss Napier of Merchiston Hall; Miss Oswald of Scotstoun’s Reel; Miss Russell of Blackball; Miss Sophia Campbell of Saddell ‘s Jig; Miss White’s Jig; Icy Jig ; Imitiation Reel ; Inauguration Reel or The Clinton Canter ; Indian Point ; Ingalls' Jingle ; Irish Washerwoman ; Irish Whiskey,; Mr Adam Robertson’s Favorite; Mr Baird of Newbyth’s Jigg; Mr Daniel McFarlane’s Delight; Mr Peter Duff’s Favorite; Mr Wilson’s Hornpipe; It's a Long Way to Tipperary ; J B Milne ; Jack O'Lantern ; Jack's Life ; Jackson's Breakdown,; Jacob (or Enrico) ;

 
 

Barn Dance Bands - Quotations.      

Quotations about barn dance bands and their instruments crop up throughout literature. Here are some quotations:-

If I may venture to give my own definition of a folk song, I should call it ‘an individual flowering on a common stem’. ~ Vaughan Williams

Live Music for Weddings, Parties & Corporate Events in  Borders   

Weddings - With one of our Barn Dance Bands you can be confident that your special day will be made even more memorable with music and dancing that everyone can enjoy.

Hear online music from our barn dance bands

Parties & Corporate events - a Barn Dance Band will get everyone up and enjoying the evening

 
Barn Dance Bands can have names steeped in history or simply 'off the wall'      

 

Nightwatch ; Nothing Sacred ; The Oak Apple Band, ; ODE ; Off the Rails ; The Old Boys , the Derby Morrismen Ceilidh Band ; Old Hat Dance Band ; Old Hog ; The Old Peculiar Dance Band ; Old School Band. ; Old Swan Band ; One The Rum ; Peeping Tom ; Pepper in the Brandy ; Phoenix English Country Barn Dance Band ;