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Country Dance Bands in  The UK  :- About the music

Have a great evening with one of our  The UK  Country Dance Bands

Select  The UK  Country Dance Bands using the drop down box

Below is a random selection of our country dance bands. You can find all the country dance bands in   The UK  by select your county from the drop down box.

 
What kind of situations and venues can they play in?      

We hold dances in anything from small village halls, and hotels, to large stately homes, ball rooms and marquees - even outdoors sometimes. All you need is a flat area for the dancers, normally surrounded by tables and chairs for them to collapse on between dances, and you are ready to go.      

 

 

    

 
 

What is a Country Dance Band?      

A Country Dance Band plays folk music for group dancing - Country Dance / Country Dance / Traditional Folk Dances {really all the same thing}, under the guidance of a Caller, who guides the dancers through the dances.

A Country Dance Band can comprise anything from 2 players up to the old fashioned bands of 15 or more. The modern Country Dance Band typically comprises 4 or 5 musicians and a caller, to guide the dancers. There have always been small music groups for small occasions, but prior to modern amplification, bands for large dances tended to be small orchestras, just to get sufficient sound level. Economics, and a dearth of really good musicians, has shrunk these small orchestras to the amplified smaller group that we know today.

What is the difference between a Country Dance & a Country Dance?      

There is really little difference beyond the origin of the word. The word 'country dance' is gaelic for 'come-ye-all'. The term Country Dance [obvious derivation], is more the English and American description of the same thing.

We can have many sub divisions of this, Irish or Scottish Country Dance, English or American Country Dance. The difference would be the origins of the music that would be played, and some of the dances. There is certainly folk music and dance that can cle

The common thing theme throughout all Country Dance / Country Dances, is that they are both events at which 'live', mostly traditional type, music is provided by musicians, with brief, but very simple instruction given just before and during the actual da

 
   What is it like to have a Country Dance Band playing for you   

Great fun!