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English Barn Dance Bands in  Melton Mowbray   

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

Use the drop down box to select  Melton Mowbray  English Barn Dance Bands

A few of bands around the country is shown. To find all of our English barn dance bands in   Melton Mowbray  select your county from the drop down box to view the English barn dance bands that play in your area.

 
Quotation and Booking - english barn dance bands in  Melton Mowbray   

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,;

 
 

What has been said about English Barn Dance Bands.      

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

In strains more exalted the salt-box shall join, ~ And clattering and battering and clapping ~ combine; With a rap and a tap while the hollow side sounds, ~ Up and down leaps the flap, and with rattling rebounds. ~ Bonnell Thornton

Live Music for Weddings, Parties & Corporate Events in  Melton Mowbray   

Weddings - With one of our English Barn Dance 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 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.      

 

Red House ; Red Shed ; The Rising Sun Band ; Roger the Badger ; Rogues Gallery ; The Roughditch Band ; Rufus Return ; Saxophony ; Scallywag ; Shake the Dice ; Shave the Monkey ; Shepherd's Hey ; Spike Island Band ; Spinning Jelly ; Squiffers ;