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English Barn Dance Bands in  Kensington London   

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

Select  Kensington London  English Barn Dance Bands using the drop down box

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

 
Quotation and Booking - english barn dance bands in  Kensington London   

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.      

 

History is reflected in the names of folk 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:-

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  Kensington London   

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

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Parties & Corporate events - a Barn Dance Band will get everyone up and enjoying the evening

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

 

Durty Linen; The Aardvarks ; Albireo ; All Blacked Up - Gig list - Notes and Recordings ; Alf Alfa and the Wild Oats ; 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, ;