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Barn Dance Bands in  The New Forest   

Find available barn dance bands in   The New Forest  on this web site of music groups

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Here's a few of our barn dance bands across the UK. To find the barn dance bands in   The New Forest  select your county from the drop down box. This will show all of our barn dance bands that play in your area.

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

   MURPHY’S HORNPIPE MUSIC IN THE GLEN; MY DARLING ASLEEP; O’DOWD’S; Off She Goes ; Oh Dear, What Can The Matter Be,; Oh Susanna ; Old French ; Old Joe Clark; Old Joe's Ife ; Old Man of Mow ; OLD MAN DILLON; PEADAR CLANCY’S; THE PORTARLINGTON JIG THE SCHOLAR; SPIKE ISLAND LASSIES; THE STAR OF MUNSTER; Olde Tyme Quadrille ; On Christmas Night ; On The Road To Boston ; On the Trail of the Lonesome Pine ; One For The Pot ; One More Dance & Then ; One More Step ... ; THE STEAMPACKET THROW IT ACROSS THE ROAD; TIM THE TURNCOAT; TOM WARD’S DOWNFALL; THE TONGS BY THE FIRE; THE WEST CURE THE WILD IRISHMAN; Opening Time ; Opera Reel ; Orange and Blue ; Orange in Bloom ; Orange Rogue ; Orcadian ; Outer Magnolia Reel ; THE WIND THAT SHAKES THE BARLEY; BARMAID; BLACKBERRY BLOSSOM; BLACKTHORN STICK; BONNIE KATE; Over The Hills ; Oyster Girl ; Pack Up Your Troubles ; Paddy Carey ; Paddy in Flow ; Paddy the Dandy ; Paddy Whack ; BOYS OF THE LOUGH; BRIDAL JIG; BUSH IN BLOOM; CAPTAIN KELLY; CHERISH THE LADIES; Pam's Fancy ; Pant ar y Bys (Ridge on the finger) ; Pant Corlan yr Wyn (The sheep pen valley) ; Patchwork Polka ; Pat's Parlour ; Payne and Bond ;

 
 

Quotations about Barn Dance Bands.      

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

Folk music will have an immense, transforming influence on music in countries with litile or no musical tradition. ~ Bela Bartok

Live Music for Weddings, Parties & Corporate Events in  The New Forest   

Weddings - Everyone can enjoy an evening with one of our Barn Dance Bands, from the children to the grandparents.

Hear online music from our barn dance bands

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

 
Here are just a few of the unusual names of barn dance bands & other kinds of folk band      

 

Peeping Tom ; Petronella ; The Arrdvark Ceilidh Band ; OCCASIONAL PUB BAND; CAFE SOL; SIMON CARE TRIO; THE CAT'S WHISKERS; CAPTAIN SWING; THE SUSSEX PISTOLS; MOONDANCE; DEMPSEY'S LOT; MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS; DR. FAUSTUS; SPIKE ISLAND BAND; THE WHOLE CABOODLE;