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Barndance Bands in  Shrewsbury   

Barndance Bands in the  Shrewsbury  area for a great evening

Use the drop down box to select  Shrewsbury  Barndance Bands

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

 
Quotation and Booking - Interested in our barndance bands in  Shrewsbury   

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Barndance bands and the names of folk tunes

   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) ; Jan Martindale's Trip To The Bathroom ; Mrs A. MacGlashan; Mrs John Clark’s Delight; Mrs McGee’s Reel; Mrs Maitland of Rankeillor’s Reel; Mrs Muir Mackenzie’s Delight; Jaque Latin ;

 
 

Barndance Bands - Quotations.      

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

In strains more exalted the salt-box shall join, ~ And clattering and battering and clapping ~ combine; With a rap and a tap while the hollow side sounds, ~ Up and down leaps the flap, and with rattling rebounds. ~ Bonnell Thornton

Live Music for Weddings, Parties & Corporate Events in  Shrewsbury   

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.

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

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

 

The Howff Band ; The International Ceilidh Collective ; The Little Band ; The Old Peculiar Dance Band ; The Quiet Men ; The Rarebits Ceilidh Band ; The Redwing Barndance Band ; The Sussex Pistols ; The Whole Caboodle ; ThingumaJig ; Time of Your Life ; Whapweasel Europe ; Whiskey in the Jar ; Woodsiders Barndance Band ; Minstrels Gallery;