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English Folk Dance Bands in  Chesterfield   

Find English folk dance bands available in   Chesterfield  on our live music website

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Here's a few of our English folk dance bands across the UK. To find the English folk dance bands in   Chesterfield  select your county from the drop down box. This will show all of our English folk dance bands that play in your area.

 
Quotation and Booking - English folk dance bands in  Chesterfield   

If you are interested in one of our English folk 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. Here are some that may be played by English folk dance bands

   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 ; Thames Hornpipe ; The Alderman's Hat ; The American Dwarf ; The Artusi Polka ; Dr James Hamilton’s Reel; Dugal Campbell Esq. of Ballinaby’s Reel; The Duke of York’s Camp. ; Ho Mo Chaileagan; Hon. Mrs Drumniond of Perth’s Delight; The Ballydesmond Polkas No 1 ; The Ballydesmond Polkas No 2 ; The Barley Mow ; The Bent Pin,;

 
 

What has been said about English Folk Dance Bands.      

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

The gentlemen in private meeting . . . played three, four and five parts with viols. . . and they esteemed a violin to be an instrument only belonging to a common fiddler, and could not endure that it should come among them for fear of making their meetings to be vain and fiddling. ~ Anthony Wood

Live Music for Weddings, Parties & Corporate Events in  Chesterfield   

Weddings - A lively and fun evening for everyone with one of our English Folk Dance Bands

Hear online music from our English folk dance bands

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

 
Folk and English Folk Dance Bands can be really imaginitive with their names.      

 

Ragwagon Band, The; Red Meat; Rincon Ramblers; Risky Business; Sackful of Sovereigns; Sacramento Street; Stone Circle; Sun Mountain Fiddler; Tale; Tanglefoot; Durty Linen; The Aardvarks ; Albireo ; All Blacked Up - Gig list - Notes and Recordings ; Alf Alfa and the Wild Oats ;