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Performers: Dance Bands & Callers |
Pf.2a/b FOLK DANCE -- BANDS and CALLERS
Dance webpages are Dance Bands and Callers and Ceremonial & Dance Display
Listed by country & area -- in same order as in Folklife West magazine news on https://folklife.uk, & on these online webpages:
→ Cymru • Wales → England: West Country → West Midlands (these, plus Oxon, are our main areas, so most entries)
→ England other regions --- East Midlands, East; South-East, London; North-West, North-East, Yorkshire & the Humber
→ Alba•Scotland → International entries welcome from enthusiasts everywhere!
Dance webpages are Dance Bands and Callers and Ceremonial & Dance Display
Listed by country & area -- in same order as in Folklife West magazine news on https://folklife.uk, & on these online webpages:
→ Cymru • Wales → England: West Country → West Midlands (these, plus Oxon, are our main areas, so most entries)
→ England other regions --- East Midlands, East; South-East, London; North-West, North-East, Yorkshire & the Humber
→ Alba•Scotland → International entries welcome from enthusiasts everywhere!
For more details of those listed who are 🄵 Folklife members, Ø Associate members,ØØ International Updates-signups, see Folklife West folk news.
We also list, free, in this Directory, 🅄 UK Updates-signups (other than above), and 🄹 Folklife Traditions Journal subscriber/contributor.
We also list, free, in this Directory, 🅄 UK Updates-signups (other than above), and 🄹 Folklife Traditions Journal subscriber/contributor.
CYMRU • WALES
Nid yw’r golygyddion yn siaradwyr Cymraeg rhugl, rydym yn croesawu gwirfoddolwyr i’n helpu i gyfieithu rhestriadau, penawdau ac ati.
Pf.2a Folk Dance Callers
🄵 Rhondda PAT SMITH www.facebook.com/patsmithnedclamp
⇒ Pat Smith 01443 226892. Mobile 07989 209824. E-mail pattiespoons<at>gmail.com [new listing, Mar 2018]
🄵 Rhondda NED CLAMP www.facebook.com/patsmithnedclamp
⇒ Ned Clamp 07813 845440. neddy.clamp<at>gmail.com [new listing, Mar 2018]
Pf.2b Folk Dance Bands
🄵 Gwynedd BAND Y BRAICHMELYN www.neilandmeg.com/BYB.htm
⇒ Neil & Meg Browning 01286 677578. neil<at>neilandmeg.com
⊕ Ceilidh band, thirty years experience of running successful ceilidhs and twmpathau. The core line-up of the band is button accordion, banjo (and/or guitar), and bass guitar; a punchy, lively sound that can react to the dancers. Experienced caller included. [Aug 2018, new member]
🄵 Rhondda CALENNIG www.facebook.com/patsmithnedclamp
⇒ Pat Smith 01443 2268. Mobile 07989 209824. E-mail pattiespoons<at>gmail.com
⊕ Specialising in Welsh dance music, Calennig are equally at home playing for experts and novices alike … Available for: Ceilidh, Performance, Weddings. [new listing, Mar 2018]
🄵 Cardiff DRAGON’S BREATH https://dragons-breath.co.uk
⇒ Contact 07855 021272. enquiries<at>dragons-breath.co.uk. See also https://m.facebook.com/DragonsBreathGB
⊕ Traditional tunes from the British Isles and America. A heady mix of fiddle, concertina and whistles with a driving back line of saxophone, bass, guitar and drums. They’ve played for festivals, concerts, ceilidhs, twmpathau, weddings, fundraisers and street parties. [Nov 2019, new entry]
🄵 Carms FIDDLEBOX www.fiddlebox.net
⇒ Helen Adam 07929 202257. info<at>fiddlebox.net
⊕ George Whitfield, accordion and vocals, and Helen Adam, violin and vocals. Weddings, birthdays, and any other occasion that calls for a dance. An interesting range of dances, with many traditional Welsh dances, also Scottish, Russian, Eastern European, and American. [Nov 2018, new member]
Pf.2a Folk Dance Callers
🄵 Rhondda PAT SMITH www.facebook.com/patsmithnedclamp
⇒ Pat Smith 01443 226892. Mobile 07989 209824. E-mail pattiespoons<at>gmail.com [new listing, Mar 2018]
🄵 Rhondda NED CLAMP www.facebook.com/patsmithnedclamp
⇒ Ned Clamp 07813 845440. neddy.clamp<at>gmail.com [new listing, Mar 2018]
Pf.2b Folk Dance Bands
🄵 Gwynedd BAND Y BRAICHMELYN www.neilandmeg.com/BYB.htm
⇒ Neil & Meg Browning 01286 677578. neil<at>neilandmeg.com
⊕ Ceilidh band, thirty years experience of running successful ceilidhs and twmpathau. The core line-up of the band is button accordion, banjo (and/or guitar), and bass guitar; a punchy, lively sound that can react to the dancers. Experienced caller included. [Aug 2018, new member]
🄵 Rhondda CALENNIG www.facebook.com/patsmithnedclamp
⇒ Pat Smith 01443 2268. Mobile 07989 209824. E-mail pattiespoons<at>gmail.com
⊕ Specialising in Welsh dance music, Calennig are equally at home playing for experts and novices alike … Available for: Ceilidh, Performance, Weddings. [new listing, Mar 2018]
🄵 Cardiff DRAGON’S BREATH https://dragons-breath.co.uk
⇒ Contact 07855 021272. enquiries<at>dragons-breath.co.uk. See also https://m.facebook.com/DragonsBreathGB
⊕ Traditional tunes from the British Isles and America. A heady mix of fiddle, concertina and whistles with a driving back line of saxophone, bass, guitar and drums. They’ve played for festivals, concerts, ceilidhs, twmpathau, weddings, fundraisers and street parties. [Nov 2019, new entry]
🄵 Carms FIDDLEBOX www.fiddlebox.net
⇒ Helen Adam 07929 202257. info<at>fiddlebox.net
⊕ George Whitfield, accordion and vocals, and Helen Adam, violin and vocals. Weddings, birthdays, and any other occasion that calls for a dance. An interesting range of dances, with many traditional Welsh dances, also Scottish, Russian, Eastern European, and American. [Nov 2018, new member]
ENGLAND, by region
ENGLAND: WEST COUNTRY (SOUTH-WEST)
Pf.2a Folk Dance Callers
🄵 Glos ANDY SCARF www.scarfproductions.co.uk
⇒ Andy Scarf, andyscarf<at>yahoo.co.uk, 01594 544456, Facebook: Andy Scarf Productions
⊕ Ceilidh dancing, barn dancing, even a hoe-down if you insist! This is just great fun. Keeps you fit too, and you don’t have to know the dances, cos I’ll call them out for you! [2018 Nov, new member]
Pf.2b Folk Dance Bands
🄵 N.Somerset FOUGERE ROUGE (no website)
⇒ Eric Brooker 01934 733207
⊕ Fun-loving ceilidh band featuring fiddles, flute, recorder, sax, guitars, keyboard bass and drums. Lovely arrangements of a wide range of English, Irish and Scottish tunes. From gentle harmonies to driving rhythms.
🄵 Glos CARACTACUS (no website)
⇒ Contact Judith, email machteltje<at>gmail.com
⊕ Lively rhythmic traditional music. [2023 April, new contact]
🄵 Glos PLUMP HILL BAND www.plumphill.co.uk
⇒ Andy Scarf 01594 544456. info<at>plumphill.co.uk, 01594 544456, Facebook: Andy Scarf Productions
⊕ The Plump Hill Barn Dance & Ceilidh Band offers you over twenty years’ experience of playing for social occasions – weddings, anniversaries, Burns nights, parties, local celebrations, schools, conferences. [2018 Nov, new member]
🄵 Glos THAT SHALLOT https://m.facebook.com/That-Shallot-381858858610893/
⇒ Contact Gareth, 07737526206, email g.heatley<at>inbox.com
⊕ That Shallot - a lively dance band providing energetic English dance tunes suitable for birthdays, weddings, barn dances and ceilidhs. Based in and around Gloucestershire our musicians and callers will guide you through an evening of fun dancing. (July 2019)
Pf.2a Folk Dance Callers
🄵 Glos ANDY SCARF www.scarfproductions.co.uk
⇒ Andy Scarf, andyscarf<at>yahoo.co.uk, 01594 544456, Facebook: Andy Scarf Productions
⊕ Ceilidh dancing, barn dancing, even a hoe-down if you insist! This is just great fun. Keeps you fit too, and you don’t have to know the dances, cos I’ll call them out for you! [2018 Nov, new member]
Pf.2b Folk Dance Bands
🄵 N.Somerset FOUGERE ROUGE (no website)
⇒ Eric Brooker 01934 733207
⊕ Fun-loving ceilidh band featuring fiddles, flute, recorder, sax, guitars, keyboard bass and drums. Lovely arrangements of a wide range of English, Irish and Scottish tunes. From gentle harmonies to driving rhythms.
🄵 Glos CARACTACUS (no website)
⇒ Contact Judith, email machteltje<at>gmail.com
⊕ Lively rhythmic traditional music. [2023 April, new contact]
🄵 Glos PLUMP HILL BAND www.plumphill.co.uk
⇒ Andy Scarf 01594 544456. info<at>plumphill.co.uk, 01594 544456, Facebook: Andy Scarf Productions
⊕ The Plump Hill Barn Dance & Ceilidh Band offers you over twenty years’ experience of playing for social occasions – weddings, anniversaries, Burns nights, parties, local celebrations, schools, conferences. [2018 Nov, new member]
🄵 Glos THAT SHALLOT https://m.facebook.com/That-Shallot-381858858610893/
⇒ Contact Gareth, 07737526206, email g.heatley<at>inbox.com
⊕ That Shallot - a lively dance band providing energetic English dance tunes suitable for birthdays, weddings, barn dances and ceilidhs. Based in and around Gloucestershire our musicians and callers will guide you through an evening of fun dancing. (July 2019)
ENGLAND: WEST MIDLANDS
Pf.2a Folk Dance Callers - entries welcome
Pf.2b Folk Dance Bands
🄵 Warks COTTESWOLDE COUNTRY DANCE BAND (no website)
⇒ Paul Bryan, theflyingmorrisman<at>hotmail.com, 07711 121210
⊕ A ‘fun & energetic’ style ceilidh band from South Warwickshire - with melodeon / fiddle/mandolin / bouzouki / electric bass / drums + occasional whistler ! Tina Morris is our ‘engaging caller’ - who also plays accordion - available for barn dances - folk evenings - parties - tailored to fit any occasion.
[new Member, Oct 2019, revised description & picture, April 2020]
🄵 Warks GLORISHEARS CEILIDH BAND www.folkfax.net/gshears
⇒ Malc Gurnham 024 7634 5568, mobile: 077 6019 0309. Email: mail<at>bedworthfolkclub.co.uk
🄵 B’ham MAD MOLL www.tradartsteam.org.uk/MadMoll
⇒ Pam Bishop 0121 247 3856
🄵 Worcs STEP ON BOARD APPALACHIAN (no website)
⇒ Cynthia 0121 476 5938
🄵 Worcs THE POACHERS (no website)
⇒ Alasdair 01684 892264. alasdair.mckeane(at)gmail.com
⊕ Experienced 4-piece band plus caller: ceilidhs, barn dances, weddings, birthdays, village/local events, Burns, St Patrick’s, all interspersed with song and good humour. [new member, Mar 2018]
Pf.2a Folk Dance Callers - entries welcome
Pf.2b Folk Dance Bands
🄵 Warks COTTESWOLDE COUNTRY DANCE BAND (no website)
⇒ Paul Bryan, theflyingmorrisman<at>hotmail.com, 07711 121210
⊕ A ‘fun & energetic’ style ceilidh band from South Warwickshire - with melodeon / fiddle/mandolin / bouzouki / electric bass / drums + occasional whistler ! Tina Morris is our ‘engaging caller’ - who also plays accordion - available for barn dances - folk evenings - parties - tailored to fit any occasion.
[new Member, Oct 2019, revised description & picture, April 2020]
🄵 Warks GLORISHEARS CEILIDH BAND www.folkfax.net/gshears
⇒ Malc Gurnham 024 7634 5568, mobile: 077 6019 0309. Email: mail<at>bedworthfolkclub.co.uk
🄵 B’ham MAD MOLL www.tradartsteam.org.uk/MadMoll
⇒ Pam Bishop 0121 247 3856
🄵 Worcs STEP ON BOARD APPALACHIAN (no website)
⇒ Cynthia 0121 476 5938
🄵 Worcs THE POACHERS (no website)
⇒ Alasdair 01684 892264. alasdair.mckeane(at)gmail.com
⊕ Experienced 4-piece band plus caller: ceilidhs, barn dances, weddings, birthdays, village/local events, Burns, St Patrick’s, all interspersed with song and good humour. [new member, Mar 2018]
ABOVE are the main areas covered by the Folklife West magazine - most entries are from Members in those areas
BELOW other areas - more free entries welcome! Please spread the word ! it's www.folklife-directory.uk, contact [email protected]
ENGLAND: EAST MIDLANDS, & EAST
Pf.2a Folk Dance Callers - entries welcome
Pf.2b Folk Dance Bands - entries welcome
Pf.2a Folk Dance Callers - entries welcome
Pf.2b Folk Dance Bands - entries welcome
ENGLAND: SOUTH-EAST, & LONDON
Pf.2a Folk Dance Callers - entries welcome
Pf.2b Folk Dance Bands
🄵 Sussex BLACKTHORN BAND www.blackthornband.org
⇒ Fergus McClelland 01273 455202 pete<at>blackthornband.org
⊕ Mannie McClelland - Concertina, Bodhran, Vocals; Fergus McClelland - Vocals, Bouzouki, Fiddle, Mandolin, Banjo; Alex Percy - Guitar, Fiddle; Sarah Mooney - Flute, Low Whistle, Guitar; Philippe Barnes - Flute, Whistle, Guitar.
‡TBC London CEILIDH LIBERATION FRONT https://thenestcollective.co.uk/includes/ceilidhs/
⇒ Contact via website or info<at>thenestcollective.co.uk https://thenestcollective.co.uk/, https://www.facebook.com/thenestcollective/,https://twitter.com/nestfolk, https://www.instagram.com/nestfolk/
⊕ A radical dance sensation, reinventing the lore of the Ceilidh.
Pf.2a Folk Dance Callers - entries welcome
Pf.2b Folk Dance Bands
🄵 Sussex BLACKTHORN BAND www.blackthornband.org
⇒ Fergus McClelland 01273 455202 pete<at>blackthornband.org
⊕ Mannie McClelland - Concertina, Bodhran, Vocals; Fergus McClelland - Vocals, Bouzouki, Fiddle, Mandolin, Banjo; Alex Percy - Guitar, Fiddle; Sarah Mooney - Flute, Low Whistle, Guitar; Philippe Barnes - Flute, Whistle, Guitar.
‡TBC London CEILIDH LIBERATION FRONT https://thenestcollective.co.uk/includes/ceilidhs/
⇒ Contact via website or info<at>thenestcollective.co.uk https://thenestcollective.co.uk/, https://www.facebook.com/thenestcollective/,https://twitter.com/nestfolk, https://www.instagram.com/nestfolk/
⊕ A radical dance sensation, reinventing the lore of the Ceilidh.
ENGLAND : NORTH-EAST, NORTH WEST, and YORKSHIRE & THE HUMBER
Pf.2a Folk Dance Callers
Ø Yorks & The Humber JANET PORTER www.blackthornband.org
⇒ Janet Porter, Janetporter789<at>gmail.com
⊕ Dance caller, also play and call with The Polka Dots Barn Dance Band and Les Rustiques French music.
Based near Goole UK. (Sept 2024: new entry)
Pf.2b Folk Dance Bands
Ø Tyne & Wear MIGGINS FIDDLE CEILIDH BAND https://phoenixfolk.co.uk/artists
Pf.2a Folk Dance Callers
Ø Yorks & The Humber JANET PORTER www.blackthornband.org
⇒ Janet Porter, Janetporter789<at>gmail.com
⊕ Dance caller, also play and call with The Polka Dots Barn Dance Band and Les Rustiques French music.
Based near Goole UK. (Sept 2024: new entry)
Pf.2b Folk Dance Bands
Ø Tyne & Wear MIGGINS FIDDLE CEILIDH BAND https://phoenixfolk.co.uk/artists
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ALBA • SCOTLAND --- and --- INTERNATIONAL
Pf.2a Folk Dance Callers - entries welcome
Pf.2b Folk Dance Bands - entries welcome
Pf.2b Folk Dance Bands - entries welcome
