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Country Dance Bands in  the Home Counties   

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

Use the drop down box to select  the Home Counties  Country Dance Bands

Some examples of our country dance bands in England, Scotland and Wales are shown below. To find country dance bands in   the Home Counties  select your county from the drop down box. This will show all of our country 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 country dance bands

   St. Lawrence Jig,; Staggering Home,; Staines Morris ; Starry Night for a Ramble ; Countess of Loudoun’s Reel, The; Delvin House, a Jigg; Doideag Mhuileach; Dr James Hamilton’s Reel; Dugal Campbell Esq. of Ballinaby’s Reel; Starry Nights of Shetland ; Staten Island,; Steam-boat Hornpipe ; Steamboat Quickstep ; Stepping Stone ; Stool of Repentance ; Storrers ; The Duke of York’s Camp. ; Ho Mo Chaileagan; Hon. Mrs Drumniond of Perth’s Delight; Lady Elisabeth Montague’s Jig; Lady Elizabeth Cole’s Reel; Stratfield Saye ; Sugar in my Coffee-o,; Sugar in the Gourd,; Summer Lightning,; Sunset Over Ayr ; Swallowtail ; Swannee ; Lady Ramsy’s Fancy; Lord Drighorn’s Reel; Mile to Ride, A. A Jig; Miss Ann Douglass Brigton’s Jigg; Miss Ann Monro’s Reel; Swedish Masquerade ; Sweet Ellen ; Sweet Georgia Brown,; Sweet Jenny Jones ; Sweets of May,; Swimming In The Gutter,; Swine Jig ; Miss Barbara Hay’s Favorite; Miss Buchanan of Caxnbusmore; Miss Campbell of Monzie; Miss Charlotte Stirling’s Jigg; Miss Clementina Stewart of Garth’s Jigg; Swinging on a Gate, Fireside Reel or ; Tam's Hunting Horn,; Teetotaller's Reel ; Temperley Hornpipe ; Tenpenny Bit,; Terry Teehan's,; Teviot Bridge ; Miss Cochran’s Jig **; Miss Dalrym pie; Miss Douglas Brigton’s Jigg; Miss (Dr) Grant’s Reel; Miss Grace Hay’s Reel;

 
 

Country Dance Bands - Quotations.      

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

The bagpipes—they are screaming and they are sorrowful. ~There is a wail in their merriment, and cruelty in their triumph. ~ They rise and fall like a weight swung in the air at the end of a string. ~ Hugh MacDiarmid

Live Music for Weddings, Parties & Corporate Events in  the Home Counties   

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

Hear online music from our country dance bands

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

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

 

Dropping Clangers ; Fagins Pocket ; Famous Potatoes ; Fishing for Eels ; Flaxmere Band ; Glorishears Ceilidh Band. ; Haste to the Wedding ; Herbal Remedy ; Herculean Ceilidh Band ; Hole in the Wall ; Electric Barn Dance Band ; "Innistor Scottish Ceilidh Band" ; J&L Ceilid Band Scotland ; Kinlochard Ceilidh Band ; Les Cornichons ;