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English Folk Dance Bands in the Home Counties

Have a great evening with one of our the Home Counties English Folk Dance Bands

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Some examples of our English folk dance bands in England, Scotland and Wales are shown below. To find English folk dance bands in the Home Counties select your county from the drop down box. This will show all of our English folk dance bands who are within a reasonable distance of your venue.

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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

St. Lawrence Jig,; PRETTY MAGGIE MORRISSER; RIGHTS OF MAN; SAND’S HORNPIPE; SEIGE OF ENNIS; SHAN VAN VOCHT; Staggering Home,; Staines Morris ; Starry Night for a Ramble ; Starry Nights of Shetland ; Staten Island,; Steam-boat Hornpipe ; Steamboat Quickstep ; SHOWMAN’S FANCY; SLIGO FANCY; SMITH’S FAVOURITE; ST. PATRICK’S DAY; STACK OF BARLEY; Stepping Stone ; Stool of Repentance ; Storrers ; Stratfield Saye ; Sugar in my Coffee-o,; Sugar in the Gourd,; Summer Lightning,; STACK OF WHEAT; STAR HORNPIPE; SWEENEY’S HORNPIPE; THREE SEA CAPTAINS; WALLS OF LIMERICK; Sunset Over Ayr ; Swallowtail ; Swannee ; Swedish Masquerade ; Sweet Ellen ; Sweet Georgia Brown,; Sweet Jenny Jones ; WAVES OF TORY; WILLIAM’S HORNPIPE; Bata Bharra; Braes of Glenorchy; Captain Charles Stewart’s Jigg; Sweets of May,; Swimming In The Gutter,; Swine Jig ; Swinging on a Gate, Fireside Reel or ; Tam's Hunting Horn,; Teetotaller's Reel ; Temperley Hornpipe ; Captain Campbell of Lochnell’s Reel; Colonel Graham’s Favorite; Countess of Loudoun’s Reel, The; Delvin House, a Jigg; Doideag Mhuileach; Tenpenny Bit,; Terry Teehan's,; Teviot Bridge ;

English Folk Dance Bands - Quotations.

Quotations about English folk dance bands and their instruments crop up throughout literature. 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 the Home Counties

Weddings - With one of our English Folk Dance Bands you can be confident that your special day will be made even more memorable with music and dancing that everyone can enjoy.

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

English Folk Dance Bands can have names steeped in history or simply 'off the wall'

Cafe Sol Band ; Candleford Ceilidh Band ; Pugwash Band ; Captain Swing ; Chalktown ; Cheap Jack ; Chipolata 5 and the more street theatre Chipolatas ; Citizen Camembert ; Cock and Bull ; Cock of the North ; Committee Band ; Continental Drift or just The Drift ; Dansaul ; Dave Whetstone Band ; Def Sheppard ;