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Country Dance Bands in Barnsley

Country Dance Bands in the Barnsley area for a great evening

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

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Country Dance Bands repertoire contains a wealth of heritage

MURPHY’S HORNPIPE MUSIC IN THE GLEN; MY DARLING ASLEEP; O’DOWD’S; Off She Goes ; Oh Dear, What Can The Matter Be,; Oh Susanna ; Old French ; Old Joe Clark; Old Joe's Ife ; Old Man of Mow ; OLD MAN DILLON; PEADAR CLANCY’S; THE PORTARLINGTON JIG THE SCHOLAR; SPIKE ISLAND LASSIES; THE STAR OF MUNSTER; Olde Tyme Quadrille ; On Christmas Night ; On The Road To Boston ; On the Trail of the Lonesome Pine ; One For The Pot ; One More Dance & Then ; One More Step ... ; THE STEAMPACKET THROW IT ACROSS THE ROAD; TIM THE TURNCOAT; TOM WARD’S DOWNFALL; THE TONGS BY THE FIRE; THE WEST CURE THE WILD IRISHMAN; Opening Time ; Opera Reel ; Orange and Blue ; Orange in Bloom ; Orange Rogue ; Orcadian ; Outer Magnolia Reel ; THE WIND THAT SHAKES THE BARLEY; BARMAID; BLACKBERRY BLOSSOM; BLACKTHORN STICK; BONNIE KATE; Over The Hills ; Oyster Girl ; Pack Up Your Troubles ; Paddy Carey ; Paddy in Flow ; Paddy the Dandy ; Paddy Whack ; BOYS OF THE LOUGH; BRIDAL JIG; BUSH IN BLOOM; CAPTAIN KELLY; CHERISH THE LADIES; Pam's Fancy ; Pant ar y Bys (Ridge on the finger) ; Pant Corlan yr Wyn (The sheep pen valley) ; Patchwork Polka ; Pat's Parlour ; Payne and Bond ;

What has been said about Country Dance Bands.

Much has been written about folk music and country dance bands. Here are some quotations:-

The fashion for popular airs has spread quickly throughout the musical world. From east to west the tiniest villages have been ransacked, and simple tunes, plucked from the mouths of hoary peasants, find themselves, to their consternation, trimmed with harmonic frills.~ Debussy

Live Music for Weddings, Parties & Corporate Events in Barnsley

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.

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Corporate & Parties - Whatever your corporate event or party is for, our talented Country Dance Bands will have the right music and dance for the occasion.

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

Stocai ; Stömp ; Striding Edge ; Sundance ; Sunday Suits (and Muddy Boots) ; Sussex Pistols ; Swing the Cat ; Thimble Rigger and Skimmington Ride ; Tickled Pink ; Thingumajig ; This Way Up ; Tiger Moth/Orchestre Super Moth ; Time of your Life ; La Toque Bleu ; Token Women ;