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English Folk Dance Bands in  Southampton   

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

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Here are some of our English folk dance bands in different parts of the UK. To find English folk dance bands in   Southampton  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.

 
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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

   The Dublin Dance ; The Family's Pride ; The First Frost ; The Five Wells ; The Flight ; The Flowers of Limerick ; The Forester ; Miss Isobel Clark’s Favorite; Miss J. Rose’s Reel; Miss Jane Douglas’s Favorite; Miss Jessie Stewart’s Jigg; Miss Marrion Campbell A.rdmore’s Favorite; The Frantocini ; The Friendly Visit ; The Fruits Of Newbury - A New Bourree ; The General Gathering 1745 ; The Giant's Silver ; The Girl With the Blue Dress on ; The Girl With The Green Hat On,; Miss Mary Campbell Ardinore’s Jig; Miss Mary Garden of Troup’s Reel; Miss Mary Johnson’s Reef; Miss McDonald St. Martin’s Jigg; Miss Mercer’s Reel; The Glass Of Stout ; The Glendoan Fancy ; The Gobby O ; The Golden Farmer ; The Graceful Girl ; The Greenwood Tree ; The Grindstone,; Miss Nancy Dick’s Reel; Miss Napier of Merchiston Hall; Miss Oswald of Scotstoun’s Reel; Miss Russell of Blackball; Miss Sophia Campbell of Saddell ‘s Jig; The Guillemot's Revenge ; The Happy One-Step ; The Headlands ; The High Level ; The Holly and the Ivy,; The Household Brigade ; The Hundred Pipers; Miss White’s Jig; Mr Adam Robertson’s Favorite; Mr Baird of Newbyth’s Jigg; Mr Daniel McFarlane’s Delight; Mr Peter Duff’s Favorite; The Hurler's March ; The Indian Queen ; The Jolly Coppersmith ; The King of the Fairies ; The Lad with the Plaidie ; The Lady Of The Lake ; The Lamppost ; Mr Wilson’s Hornpipe; Mrs A. MacGlashan;

 
 

Quotations about English Folk Dance Bands.      

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

That gang staggerin’ owre them as they groan. ~ Hugh MacDiarmid

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Here are just a few of the unusual names of English folk dance bands & other kinds of folk band      

 

Trebuchet ; Trinculo ; Tumbling Tom ; The Vegetable Thieves. ; Vivant!. ; Whapweasel ; Wheelwright's Bane ; The Whole Caboodle Band. ; Windy Mills ; The Woodpecker Band ; Workhouse ; Five Minutes To Midnight ; Glorishears ; Great White Steamchicken ; Magic Rantabout ;