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English Folk Dance Bands in Bristol

Find available English folk dance bands in Bristol on this web site of music groups

Use the drop down box to select Bristol English Folk Dance Bands

Here are some of our English folk dance bands in different parts of the UK. To find English folk dance bands in Bristol select your county from the drop down box. This will show all of our English folk dance bands that perform in your part of the country.

Quotation and Booking for English folk dance bands in Bristol

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History is reflected in the names of folk tunes. Here are some that may be played by English folk dance bands

Cupid's Dart ; LIFE IS ALL CHEQUERED; LORD GORDON; LORD WELLINGTON; MAID ON THE GREEN; MERRY BLACKSMITH; Da Aald Hill Grinnd ; Da Brigg ; Daisy Daisy ; Dan Powrie's Farewell ; Danbury Hill ; Dance & Then, One More ; Dance All Night ; MERRY MAIDEN; MERRY OLD WOMAN; MISS McCLOUD; MISS MONAGHAN; MOLLY’S FAVOURITE; Dance of the Polygon, The ; Dance 'Til Dawn ; Dance, Russian ; Dance, Spanish ; Dancing Tailor ; Danny MacPhail's Dilemma ; Danse De Chez Nous ; MORNING STAR; MOUNTAIN LARK; MOUSE IN THE CUPBOARD; MUG OF BROWN ALE; MY LOVE IS IN AMERICA; Dashing White Sergeant ; Davie's Brae; Debbie's Jig ; Denis Murphy's ; Devil Among the Tailors ; Dick's Maggot ; Dill Pickle Rag ; OVER THE HILLS; PADDY THE DANDY; PET OF THE PIPERS; PIGEON ON GATE; RAKES OF KILDARE; Dinah ; Ding Dong ; Dingle Regatta,; Dinners; Dinny O'Keefe's,; Dixden ; Djatchko Kolo ; RAMBLING PITCHFORK; RISING SUN; ROCKY ROAD TO DUBLiN; ROLLICKING IRISHMAN; ROVER’S RETURN; Doc Boyd ; Doc Boyd,; Don Tremaine's Reel ;

Quotations about English Folk Dance Bands.

Quotations about English folk dance bands and their instruments crop up throughout literature. Here are some quotations:-

The manner of the conveyance of sounds, which is as it were the basis of music, is unintelligible. For what can be more strange, than that the rubbing of a little Hair and Cat-gut together, should make such a mighty alteration in a Man that sits at a distance? ~ Jeremy Collier

Live Music for Weddings, Parties & Corporate Events in Bristol

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English Folk Dance Bands can have some of the craziest of names

Barn Dance Band; JEZREELS; Siansa; Steeleye Span; Lunasa; Yarmarka; The Oxford Waits; Magpie Lane; Mackating; The Christminster Singers; The Witches of Elswick; Amazing Incredibles; Arrogant Worms; Babes With Axes; The Banded Geckos;