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Barndance Bands in Canterbury

Barndance Bands in the Canterbury area for a great evening

Use the drop down box to select Canterbury Barndance Bands

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

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Barndance bands and the names of folk tunes

Dr James Hamilton’s Reel; Dugal Campbell Esq. of Ballinaby’s Reel; Starry Nights of Shetland ; Staten Island,; Steam-boat Hornpipe ; Steamboat Quickstep ; Stepping Stone ; Stool of Repentance ; Storrers ; The Duke of York’s Camp. ; Ho Mo Chaileagan; Hon. Mrs Drumniond of Perth’s Delight; Lady Elisabeth Montague’s Jig; Lady Elizabeth Cole’s Reel; Stratfield Saye ; Sugar in my Coffee-o,; Sugar in the Gourd,; Summer Lightning,; Sunset Over Ayr ; Swallowtail ; Swannee ; Lady Ramsy’s Fancy; Lord Drighorn’s Reel; Mile to Ride, A. A Jig; Miss Ann Douglass Brigton’s Jigg; Miss Ann Monro’s Reel; Swedish Masquerade ; Sweet Ellen ; Sweet Georgia Brown,; Sweet Jenny Jones ; Sweets of May,; Swimming In The Gutter,; Swine Jig ; Miss Barbara Hay’s Favorite; Miss Buchanan of Caxnbusmore; Miss Campbell of Monzie; Miss Charlotte Stirling’s Jigg; Miss Clementina Stewart of Garth’s Jigg; Swinging on a Gate, Fireside Reel or ; Tam's Hunting Horn,; Teetotaller's Reel ; Temperley Hornpipe ; Tenpenny Bit,; Terry Teehan's,; Teviot Bridge ; Miss Cochran’s Jig **; Miss Dalrym pie; Miss Douglas Brigton’s Jigg; Miss (Dr) Grant’s Reel; Miss Grace Hay’s Reel; Thames Hornpipe ; The Alderman's Hat ; The American Dwarf ; The Artusi Polka ; The Ballydesmond Polkas No 1 ; The Ballydesmond Polkas No 2 ; The Barley Mow ;

Barndance Bands - Quotations.

Much has been written about folk music and barndance bands. Here are some quotations:-

He capers nimbly in a lady’s chamber To the lascivious pleasing of a lute. (Richard) ~ Shakespeare

Live Music for Weddings, Parties & Corporate Events in Canterbury

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

You can hear samples of our barndance bands, online

Parties & Corporate events - Our highly versatile Barndance Bands play for a wide spectrum of events, ranging from formal birthday parties to corporate sales events

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

The Long Meg Band ; Magic Bush Brothers ; Mallemarokers ; Matchless Ceilidh Band ; Metric Foot ; Moondance ; Moves Afoot ; Mrs Widgery's Lodger ; Neck of the Wood ; New Victory Band ; Nightwatch ; Nothing Sacred ; The Oak Apple Band, ; ODE ; Off the Rails ;