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English Barn Dance Bands in  Abingdon   

List of those English Barn Dance bands who perform in the  Abingdon  region.

Use the drop down box to select  Abingdon  English Barn Dance Bands

To find the English barn dance bands in   Abingdon  select your county from the drop down box.

 
Quotation and Booking - english barn dance bands in  Abingdon   

If you are interested in one of our english barn dance 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.      

 

Typical tunes played by barn dance bands

   DOWN THE GLEN; DUNPHY’S HORNPIPE; FIRST OF MAY; Shebag Shebong ; Sheffield Hornpipe ; She'll be Coming Round the Mountain,; Shepton Reel ; Shetland Boston,; Shetland Polka ; Silver and Gold,; FISHERS; GALWAY HORNPIPE; GARDEN OF DAISIES; GATES OF DERRY; GREENCASTLE; Silver Roses For June ; Singing of the Travels ; Sir Roger de Coverley,; Sir Sidney Smith ; Sir Watkin's Jigg ; Slashers ; Slip Jig ; HARVEST HOME; HIGH CAUL CAP; HUMOURS OF BANDON; HUMOURS OF CALIFORNIA; KILDARE HORNPIPE; Slip Jig,; Slow March for Pipers ; Sluggard Tapper, The ; Smash the Windows ; So Long ; Soldiers Dance,; Soldiers' Joy ; KINGSTON; KELLY’S HORNPIPE; LASS ON THE STRAND; LEITRIM FANCY; LIVERPOOL HORNPIPE; Solomon Levi ; Son's A Prawn, My ; So-so Polka ; Spanish Dance ; Speed The Plough ; Spencefield Lane ; Spence's Tent ; LONDONDERRY; MAGGIE BROWN; MAGGIE PICKENS; MANCHESTER; PLAINS OF BOYLE; Spider Island ; Sprig of Shillelah ; Squire of Bensham ; St Anne's ,; St Hugh's Jig ; St. Bruno,;

 
 

Quotations about English Barn Dance Bands.      

Mention of english barn dance bands and their instruments crop up throughout literature. Here are some quotations:-

Let not the ballad-singer’s shrilling strain, Amid the swarm thy list’ning ear detain:, Guard well thy pocket; for these sirens stand, To aid the labours of the diving hand ... ~ John Gay

Live Music for Weddings, Parties & Corporate Events in  Abingdon   

Weddings - Our english barn dance bands for a music and dance experience to remember

You can hear samples of our english barn dance bands, online

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

 
Folk and English Barn Dance Bands can have very unusual names.      

 

The Angel Band ; Angels of the North - Northern Ceilidh. ; Asha ; Bash Street Dance Band ; Bang on the Wall ; Bass Instincts ; Batter the Haddock ; Beatroot ; Bedcote Ceilidh Band ; Bedlam Bellows, ; Scratchitt and Pluckitt ; The Bismarcks ; The Blackwater Scratch · ; Bogus Callers ; Boka Halat ;