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Barndance Bands in Swanage

Barndance Bands in the Swanage area for a great evening

Use the drop down box to select Swanage Barndance Bands

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

Quotation and Booking - barndance bands in Swanage

If you are interested in one of our barndance bands, 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

Dugal Campbell Esq. of Ballinaby’s Reel; The Duke of York’s Camp. ; Ho Mo Chaileagan; Hon. Mrs Drumniond of Perth’s Delight; Lady Elisabeth Montague’s Jig; Hallowe'en ; Hamish ; Hannah Onestep ; Happy Day ; Happy Meeting ; Harmonica ; Harper's Frolick ; Lady Elizabeth Cole’s Reel; Lady Ramsy’s Fancy; Lord Drighorn’s Reel; Mile to Ride, A. A Jig; Miss Ann Douglass Brigton’s Jigg; Harry's Rant ; Harum Scarum ; Harvest Home ; Haste To The Wedding ; Haymaker's Jig ; Hector the Hero ; Heights of Alma ; Miss Ann Monro’s Reel; Miss Barbara Hay’s Favorite; Miss Buchanan of Caxnbusmore; Miss Campbell of Monzie; Miss Charlotte Stirling’s Jigg; Hell Broke Loose In Georgia ; Hexham Quadrille ; Hexham Races ; High Caul Cap ; High Spy ; Highland Mary ; Hill Breakdown, East ; Miss Clementina Stewart of Garth’s Jigg; Miss Cochran’s Jig **; Miss Dalrym pie; Miss Douglas Brigton’s Jigg; Miss (Dr) Grant’s Reel; Hilly-Go Filly-Go ; Hi-There ; Ho Ro My Nut Brown Maiden ; Hogmany Jig ; Hole in the Wall ; Home From Holm,; Hon Ms Fraser ; Miss Grace Hay’s Reel; Miss Helen Campbell Ardmore’s Jig; Miss Isabella Robertson’s Hornpipe; Miss Isabella Robertson’s Reel; Miss Isobel Clark’s Favorite; Honey Harbour ; Honeypot Jig ; Hopwas Hornpipe ; Hosannah ;

Barndance Bands - Quotations.

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 Swanage

Weddings - A lively and fun evening for everyone with one of our Barndance Bands

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

Folk and Barndance Bands can be really imaginitive with their names.

Common Ground; Copper Kettle; Crooked Creek; Crows Feet; Deaf Shepherd; DragonsFaire; Dublin Fair; ly Delights; ly Delights; Fuzzy Logic; Highland Heights; High Range; High Range; Laughing Whitefish; Lindisfarne;