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Barndance Bands in  The UK  :- About the music

Have a great evening with one of our  The UK  Barndance Bands

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Below is a random selection of our barndance bands. You can find all the barndance bands in   The UK  by select your county from the drop down box.

 
What kind of situations and venues can they play in?      

We hold dances in anything from small village halls, and hotels, to large stately homes, ball rooms and marquees - even outdoors sometimes. All you need is a flat area for the dancers, normally surrounded by tables and chairs for them to collapse on between dances, and you are ready to go.      

 

 

    

 
 

What is a Barndance Band?      

A Barndance Band plays folk music for group dancing - Ceilidh / Barndance / Traditional Folk Dances {really all the same thing}, under the guidance of a Caller, who guides the dancers through the dances.

A Barndance Band can comprise anything from 2 players up to the old fashioned bands of 15 or more. The modern Barndance Band typically comprises 4 or 5 musicians and a caller, to guide the dancers. There have always been small music groups for small occasions, but prior to modern amplification, bands for large dances tended to be small orchestras, just to get sufficient sound level. Economics, and a dearth of really good musicians, has shrunk these small orchestras to the amplified smaller group that we know today.

What is the difference between a Ceilidh & a Barndance?      

There is really little difference beyond the origin of the word. The word 'ceilidh' is gaelic for 'come-ye-all'. The term Barndance [obvious derivation], is more the English and American description of the same thing.

We can have many sub divisions of this, Irish or Scottish Ceilidh, English or American Barndance. The difference would be the origins of the music that would be played, and some of the dances. There is certainly folk music and dance that can clearly be de

The common thing theme throughout all Ceilidh / Barndances, is that they are both events at which 'live', mostly traditional type, music is provided by musicians, with brief, but very simple instruction given just before and during the actual dance by the

 
   What is it like to have a Barndance Band playing for you   

Great fun!