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English Barn Dance Bands in  Greater Manchester   

Locate traditional English Barn Dance Bands in the  Greater Manchester  area for a fun evening of music and dance

Use the drop down box to select  Greater Manchester  English Barn Dance Bands

Below are some examples of bands across the UK. You can find English barn dance bands in the  Greater Manchester  area by select your county from the drop down box.

 
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Typical tunes played by barn dance bands

   The Dublin Dance ; The Family's Pride ; The First Frost ; The Five Wells ; The Flight ; The Flowers of Limerick ; The Forester ; Miss Isobel Clark’s Favorite; Miss J. Rose’s Reel; Miss Jane Douglas’s Favorite; Miss Jessie Stewart’s Jigg; Miss Marrion Campbell A.rdmore’s Favorite; The Frantocini ; The Friendly Visit ; The Fruits Of Newbury - A New Bourree ; The General Gathering 1745 ; The Giant's Silver ; The Girl With the Blue Dress on ; The Girl With The Green Hat On,; Miss Mary Campbell Ardinore’s Jig; Miss Mary Garden of Troup’s Reel; Miss Mary Johnson’s Reef; Miss McDonald St. Martin’s Jigg; Miss Mercer’s Reel; The Glass Of Stout ; The Glendoan Fancy ; The Gobby O ; The Golden Farmer ; The Graceful Girl ; The Greenwood Tree ; The Grindstone,; Miss Nancy Dick’s Reel; Miss Napier of Merchiston Hall; Miss Oswald of Scotstoun’s Reel; Miss Russell of Blackball; Miss Sophia Campbell of Saddell ‘s Jig; The Guillemot's Revenge ; The Happy One-Step ; The Headlands ; The High Level ; The Holly and the Ivy,; The Household Brigade ; The Hundred Pipers; Miss White’s Jig; Mr Adam Robertson’s Favorite; Mr Baird of Newbyth’s Jigg; Mr Daniel McFarlane’s Delight; Mr Peter Duff’s Favorite; The Hurler's March ; The Indian Queen ; The Jolly Coppersmith ; The King of the Fairies ; The Lad with the Plaidie ; The Lady Of The Lake ; The Lamppost ; Mr Wilson’s Hornpipe; Mrs A. MacGlashan;

 
 

Quotations about English Barn Dance Bands.      

Plays and novels have made reference folk music and english barn dance bands. Here are some quotations:-

We had the music of the bagpipe every day at Armadale, Dunvegan and Col. Dr Johnson appeared fond of it, and used often to stand for some time with his ear close to the great drone. ~James Boswell

Live Music for Weddings, Parties & Corporate Events in  Greater Manchester   

Weddings - A lively traditional English evening for everyone, where people can still hear themselves talk, with one of our English Barn Dance Bands.

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

 
Here are just a few of the unusual names of English barn dance bands & other kinds of folk band      

 

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 ;