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Barndance Bands in Ledbury

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This is just a selection of barndance bands around the country. To find all our barndance bands in Ledbury select your county from the drop down box to view the barndance bands that play in your area.

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History is reflected in the names of folk tunes sometimes played by barndance bands

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 ;

Quotations about Barndance Bands.

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

Effects: a term used in dance-band parlance, etc, for imitative instruments such as various forms of whistle and anvil, baby cry, bantam rooster, bear growl, calf bawl, cuckoo, dog bark, duck quack, pig grunt, hen cackle, cock crow, drum call, glass crash, horse trot, lion roar, locomotive, nose blow, peacock, pop-gun, rain, siren, sleigh-bells, steam exhaust, surf and thunder, typewriter effect, whip crack, etc. Scholes

Live Music for Weddings, Parties & Corporate Events in Ledbury

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

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

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

Kettle of Fish ; Katies Quartet ; Kick Shins ; The Kings of Calicutt ; The John Kirkpatrick Ceilidh Band ; Kit and Boodle ; The Kitchen Girls ; Knit Your Own Yoghurt ; Knotted Chord ; Larkrise Ranters Ceilidh Band ; Last Resort Ceilidh Band ; Late Night Band - hibernating ; Life of Reilly; Liquid Engineering ; The Little Band ;