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English Folk Dance Bands in  Yeovil   

English Folk Dance Bands in the  Yeovil  area for a great evening

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This is just a selection of English folk dance bands around the country. To find all our English folk dance bands in   Yeovil  select your county from the drop down box to view the English folk dance bands that play in your area.

 
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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

   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,; 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 ;

 
 

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:-

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  Yeovil   

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'      

 

Gloworms ; Grand Mamou ; Goose and Gridiron Band ; The Great White Steamchicken ; Grand Union :; Hannibal's Heroes ; Happisburgh Light Brigade, departing, ; Harkelees ; Hekety ; Hodges Dump ; Hole in the Wall ; The Hosepipe Band ; Inflammable Band ; Isinglass ; Jabadaw and the Jabadaw Trio ;