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Barndance Bands in  Maidenhead   

Have a fantastic experience with one of our  Maidenhead  Barndance Bands

Use the drop down box to select  Maidenhead  Barndance Bands

Some examples of our barndance bands in England, Scotland and Wales are shown below. To find barndance bands in   Maidenhead  select your county from the drop down box. This will show all of our barndance bands who are within a reasonable distance of your venue.

 
Quotation and Booking - Interested in our barndance bands in  Maidenhead   

Send an email for a prompt, no obligation quotation. Want to discuss the musical options and alternatives for your special day? Phone or email us at Midsummer Music. We are here to help. To book us, email or phone, it's that simple.      

 

Barndance bands and the names of folk tunes

   FATHER 0’ FLYNN; FIRST HOUSE IN CONNAUGHT;; Clap Dance (Miss McLeod) ; Clear The Way ; Cleveland Park ; Close Every Door ; Cock of the North ; Coleg y Brifysgol Abertawe ; Coleraine ; FLANNEL JACKET; FLOGGIN; FLOWERS OF LIMERICK; FROST IS ALL OVER; GLENDOAN FANCY; Colonel Sanders' March ; Colosseum ; Coloured Aristocracy ; Come Dance and Sing ; Come Up The Back Stairs ; Constant Billy ; Corn Rigs Athole ; GREEN MEADOW; HAPPY MISTAKE; HASTE TO THE WEDDING; HAYMAKER’S JIG; HEALTH TO THE LADIES; Corn Rigs standard ; Cornish Quickstep; Cripple Creek ; Croen y Ddeted Felan ; Crooked Stove Pipe ; Crossing The Brazos ; Crossing The Cascades,; HEATHER BREEZE; IRISH WASHERWOMAN; JACKSON’S FAVOURITE; KITTY’S RAMBLE; LARRY O’GAFF; Crossing the Minch ; Crossing, Vole ; Cuckoo In The Tree ; Cuckoo's Nest ; Cuillin Reel ; Cumberland Reel ; Cupid's Dart ; LIFE IS ALL CHEQUERED; LORD GORDON; LORD WELLINGTON; MAID ON THE GREEN; MERRY BLACKSMITH; Da Aald Hill Grinnd ; Da Brigg ; Daisy Daisy ; Dan Powrie's Farewell ; Danbury Hill ; Dance & Then, One More ; Dance All Night ;

 
 

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  Maidenhead   

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'      

 

Scratchitt and Pluckitt ; The Bismarcks ; The Blackwater Scratch · ; Bogus Callers ; Boka Halat ; Bold Grannydier ; The Bolingey Troyl Band · BonneBouche ; Burning Bridges ; Bursledon Village Band - Gig list - Notes and Recordings ; Bushes and Briars - Notes ; Cafe Sol Band ; Candleford Ceilidh Band ; Pugwash Band ; Captain Swing ; Chalktown ;