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AAAAFAMO - The Foolish Virgins
Barn Dance / Ceilidh band. Weddings and social functions.
Barrow upon Humber, North Lincolnshire
Contact: Eric Lackford
Telephone: 01274 870719
Email: webmaster@foolishvirgins.com
Website: http://www.foolishvirgins.com/
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All Star Ceilidh Band
Accordion/Banjo/Mandolin/Fiddle/Guitar/Bass. Four talented musicians and a very experienced caller. Weddings and other events.
Redcar & Cleveland
Contact: Len Wilson
Telephone: 01642 486434
Email: ceilidance@btinternet.com
Website: http://ceili.co.uk/
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Applejack Ceilidh Band
Formerly the Ballyhop Ceilidh Band.
Accordion, guitar, bass. Ceilidhs, barn dances, wedding receptions, birthday parties, hoedowns, fundraisers etc.
Contact: Keith Burnett
75 Lingfield Ash, Coulby Newham,Middlesbrough, Cleveland TS8 0SU
Telephone: 01642 274764
Email: kb.burnett@ntlworld.com
Website: http://www.applejackonline.co.uk/
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Bad Bargain Band
York, North Yorkshire.
English traditional ceilidh band.
Contact: Jonathan Brockbank
Telephone: 01904 659600
Email: jobank@uwclub.net
Website: http://www.ebormorris.org.uk/
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Bash Street Band
Traditional ceilidh band with amplified acoustic instruments.
Sheffield, South Yorkshire.
Contact: Jon Scaife
Telephone: 0114 236 6966
Email: j.a.scaife@shef.ac.uk
Website: http://www.bashstreetband.co.uk/
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Bedlam
Four piece, young, ceilidh / concert band.
Huddersfield, West Yorkshire.
Contact: James McKinlay
Telephone: 01484 604704
Email: bedlami@selwynmusic.co.uk
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Beggars Belief
Funky folk band using accordion, fiddle, guitar and bass to play traditional songs and tunes, with elements of trance and rock. Also available for concerts.
Rotherham, South Yorkshire.
Telephone: 01909 515068
Email: claire@beggarsbelief.fsnet.co.uk
Website: http://www.beggarsbeliefband.co.uk/
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Blackmail Pete
Four piece ceilidh band comprising bass balalaika, guitar, fiddle/recorder, flute/sax. English, Irish and Continental dance tunes. Caller available.
Contact: Chris McMahon
25 Fir Street, Sheffield, South Yorkshire S6 3TG
Telephone: 07977 618 089
Fax: 0114 2727001
Email: chris@blackmailpete.co.uk
Website: http://www.blackmailpete.co.uk/
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Black Diamond Ceilidh Band
"The big song and dance ceilidh band that will make your barn dance a sure-fire success. We have a caller to take your guests through the dances, and in between dances, we perform popular traditional songs."
Contact: Greg Dunn
The Priory, St Chad, Barrow upon Humber, North Lincolnshire DN19 7AU
Telephone: 07801 308054
Fax: 01469 533353
Email: gdpdunn@hotmail.com
Website: http://www.blackdiamond.dunncomm.co.uk/
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Black Sheep Ceilidh Band
Accordion, guitar, flute/piccolo/whistles. Own caller.
Sheffield, South Yorkshire.
Contact: Richard Watkinson
Telephone: 0114 266 8280
Email: blacksheep@argonet.co.uk
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Bracken Rigg Band
South Yorkshire based, traditional Scottish accordion and fiddle band, specialising in Scottish Ceilidh and English Barn Dances for over 30 years. Extensive experience of organising weddings, ceilidhs, parties, Burns' night/ St Andrew's night/ Hogmanay and St Patrick's night events.
Contact: Geoff Wright
10 Woodside Road, Scawthorpe, Doncaster, South Yorkshire DN5 9LE
Telephone: 01302 784561
Email: brackenrigg@gmail.com
Website: http://brackenrigg.co.uk/
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Broadside Ceilidh Band
Barn dances, weddings etc.
Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshire.
Contact: John Conolly
Telephone: 01472 695836
Email: johnconolly@onetel.net.uk
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Byland Rigg
8-piece ceilidh band - nearly all northern tunes - jazz influenced. With caller.
Contact: Tony Lacey
Watersmeet, Wass Bank, Wass, York, North Yorkshire YO61 4AX
Telephone: 01347 868703
Email: tony@wass.co.uk
Website: http://www.wass.co.uk/
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Ceridwen's Cauldron
See Derwenna
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Chimere
Lively ceilidh band playing music from England, Europe and beyond. Oboe, fiddle, pipes, 'cello and percussion. Available for weddings, dances and workshops.
Contact: Graham Knapp
52 Salisbury Road, Sheffield, South Yorkshire S10 1WB
Telephone: 0114 2668347
Email: dancergraham@hotmail.com
Website: http://members.fortunecity.co.uk/dancergraham/chimere/
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Chrissie Cullen Ceilidh Band
Hull, East Yorkshire
Contact: Chrissie Cullen
Telephone: 01482 841472
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Cobbler's Jig Ceilidh Band
Three piece ceilidh band. Accordion and caller, mandolin, guitar. Own PA system. Audiences with little or no experience a speciality.
Contact: Chris Hopwood
Birk Hill View, Keld, Richmond, North Yorkshire DL11 6LJ
Telephone: 01748 886308
Email: cdhopwood@btinternet.com
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Cobblers Wax
6-piece ceilidh band. Fiddle, flute, accordion, keyboard, percussion, caller.
Contact: Jean Carter
Brookside Cottage, Forest Moor Road, Knaresborough, North Yorkshire HG5 8JY
Telephone / Fax: 01423 863433
Email: bjcarter@ntlworld.com
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Derwenna (formerly Ceridwen's Cauldron)
Young, dynamic 5-piece ceilidh band: fiddle, flutes/clarinet, guitar, melodeons, double bass. Mainly Welsh and original tunes.
Sheffield, South Yorkshire
Contact: Catrin Ashton
Telephone: 0114 285 5318
Email: info@derwenna.co.uk
Website: http://www.derwenna.co.uk/
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Desperate Measures
Lively barn dance/ceilidh band with caller, for all occasions. Melodeon, mandolin, guitar, flute, bass, bodhran. Mostly English, some Scottish, Irish & American. Beginners to intermediate. Occasional clog demonstrations.
Rotherham, South Yorkshire
Contact: Ken Lister
Telephone: 01246 410058
Email: kenlister@yahoo.co.uk
Website: http://www.desperate-measures-band.co.uk/
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Dogsbody Ceilidh Band
Traditional music and dances of the British Isles, from fast jigs and reels to slow, lilting Celtic love songs. Scottish ceilidhs a speciality. Lively, well-known folkie as caller. All age groups; experienced dancers, casual party-goers and anything in between.
Morley (Leeds), West Yorkshire
Contact: Brenda Spence
Telephone: 0113 2535387
Email: B.Spence@notredamecoll.ac.uk
Website: http://www.dogsbodyband.co.uk/
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Dulzaina
Pipes, saxophones, hurdy gurdy, 'cello and percussion. Lively French dance band available for weddings, socials, fund-raisers, parties. All levels.
Contact: Graham Knapp
52 Salisbury Road, Sheffield, South Yorkshire S10 1WB
Telephone: 0114 2668347
Email: graham@dulzaina.co.uk
Website: http://www.dulzaina.co.uk/
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Elephant Talk
3-piece high energy "global" dance music. Drum loops and a multitude of instruments.
York, North Yorkshire
Contact: Josef Greenwood
Telephone: 01460 30461
Email: Joe@infrasound.co.uk
Website: http://www.Infrasound.co.uk/
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Enoch's Hammer
Mainly English and French tunes - simple to mind-bogglingly difficult dances depending on skill and sobriety of dancers. Strictly amateur but fun.
Huddersfield, West Yorkshire
Contact: Gary Slater
Telephone: 0161 282 8507
Email: garyjslater@ntlworld.com
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Event 4Y
Ceilidh band / Irish entertainment band available for functions. Vocal/ bouzouki/ guitar, violin/ viola. Bodhran and caller available.
York, North Yorkshire
Contact: Helen Bell
Telephone: 0792 9003989
Email: event4Y@buttonjewellery.co.uk
Website: http://www.event4y.co.uk/
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Greensleeveless
Lively music for barn dances and ceilidhs for birthdays, weddings, other celebrations, fund-raisers and dance clubs. Resident band and caller at York Ceilidh Club.
York, Leeds and 40 mile radius.
Contact: Ros Batchelor
Telephone: 01904 624216
Email: ros@yorkceilidhclub.org.uk
Website: http://www.yorkceilidhclub.org.uk/
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Hekety
Acclaimed Yorkshire-based dance band focused on the modern incarnation of English traditional dance music. They have performed at many large festivals in the UK including Sidmouth and Warwick.
Melodeon, Fiddle, Guitar, Cittern, Bass and Clarinet.
Contact address: 43 Melrose Road, Pitsmoor, Sheffield S3 9DN
Telephone: 0114 249 2708
Email: hekety@hekety.co.uk
Website: http://www.hekety.co.uk/
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Herb Boys
Ceilidh/barn dance band with caller/step dancer. Mostly English tunes on
melodeon, mouth organ, banjo, concertina and piano.
Huddersfield, West Yorkshire
Contact: Steve Harrison
Telephone: 01484 844055
Email: gamut@dial.pipex.com
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High Society
English country dance band. Two fiddles and piano.
Sowerby Bridge, West Yorkshire
Contact: Gina Le Faux
Telephone: 01422 316961
Email: gina@ginalefaux.com
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Hop Back Jig
Four-piece ceilidh band playing mainly English Country Dance music for birthdays, celebrations, weddings, barn dances, fund raising events etc. Fiddle, melodeon, anglo concertina/tuba, anglo concertina/tenor banjo/bass drum. Own caller and PA.
Harrogate, North Yorkshire
Contact: Heather Hazell
Telephone: 01423 527892
Email: chas@crimple.demon.co.uk
Website: http://www.crimple.demon.co.uk/hbj.htm
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The Howes Band
Family busking band available for small events, parties, ceilidhs. Accordion, fiddle, guitar, bongos, ukulele.
Sheffield, South Yorkshire
Contact: Claire Howe
Telephone: 01909 515068
Email: claire@beggarsbelief.fsnet.co.uk
Website: http://thehowesband.co.uk/
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Mountain Ash Folk Dance Band
Folk dance / ceilidh.
Hull, East Yorkshire
Contact: Eric Storey
Telephone: 01482 804962
Email: ericstorey@folknews.freeserve.co.uk
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Nonesuch
Dance band with own caller.
Harrogate, North Yorkshire
Contact: Ray Black
Telephone: 01423 502875
Email: blackmale@talk21.com
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Northern Comfort
Country dance / ceilidh band. Mainly traditional English tunes plus some self penned. A lively
band compared favourably to Peeping Tom. Concertina, flute, whistles, saxophones, bass and drums.
Bradford, West Yorkshire
Contact: Ian Skayman
Telephone: 01535 272170
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Official Brawl
Euro-influenced ceilidh band with caller. Includes melodeon, pipes, horns, percussion, guitar.
Huddersfield, West Yorkshire
Contact: Steve Harrison
Telephone: 01484 844055
Email: gamut@dial.pipex.com
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Our Northern Branch
String dance band specialising in North English music.
Ripponden, West Yorkshire
Contact: John Adams
Telephone: 01422 822413
Email: j.adams@salford.ac.uk
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Outre Manche
Mellow European music for dancing, concerts and weddings. Original compositions and improvisations.
Ripponden, West Yorkshire
Contact: Gwenaelle Ambuhl
Address: 52 Salisbury Road, Sheffield, South Yorkshire S10 1WB
Telephone: 0114 2668347
Email: gwenaelle.ambuhl@gmail.com
Website: http://www.outremanche.com/
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Phlappjax
7 piece ceilidh band with own caller. Birthdays, weddings, fundraising, and always for fun.
Fiddles, accordion, guitar, bass, drums, assortment of wind instruments.
English, Celtic and Flemish traditional tunes, contempory folk-rock covers, some medieval stuff and basically anything we enjoy playing.
Huddersfield, West Yorkshire
Contact: Neal Jolly
Telephone: 01484 603340
Email: neal.jolly@gmail.com
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Pied Piper Folk Dance Band
4-6 piece barn dance band with caller. Traditional and Playford styles. Weddings, birthdays etc. Book early.
Scarborough, North Yorkshire
Contact: Cyril Swales
Telephone: 01723 582681
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Pierrot
Dance band playing for social dance and ceilidhs. Schools work (lottery funded).
Contact: Peter Barnard
1 Battle Green, Epworth, Doncaster, South Yorkshire DN8 1JT
Telephone: 01427 873937
Email: peter_barnard.squeeze@virgin.net
Website: http://www.pierrotmusic.co.uk/
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Polka Dots
Ceilidh band with own caller. Melodeon, keyboard/guitar.
Contact: Jan Porter
Telephone: 0113 2680584
Email: jntprtr@aol.com
Website: http://www.polkadotsbarndances.co.uk/
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Quadrille Ceilidh Band
4 piece band (three musicians plus caller). Socials, parties, weddings, festivals and private functions. Also available as a trio or duo.
Contact: Chris Lingard
Address: Pinfold Barn, Southfield Lane, Burnley, Lancashire BB10 3RQ
Telephone: 01282 696263
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ReelDeel Ceilidh & Concert Band
Ceilidh band for weddings, functions and special occasions.
Redcar & Cleveland
Contact: Len Wilson
Telephone: 01642 486434
Email: ceilidance@btinternet.com
Website: http://ceili.co.uk/
Rhythm Chaps
3 or 4 piece ceilidh band including fiddle, guitar, banjo, mandolin & keyboard. Long established, entertaining, versatile and very experienced musicians and caller.
Penistone, South Yorkshire
Contact: Chris McShane
Telephone: 01226 765792
Email: chrismcshane54@hotmail.com
Website: http://www.rhythmchaps.co.uk/
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Ritmo Unido Samba Band
South Yorkshire
Contact: Keith Ramskill
Telephone: 01226 765792
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Rob Thorn Ceilidh Band
Lively 4 piece ceilidh band with caller.
Private parties, weddings etc.
Sheffield, South Yorkshire
Contact: Karen Thorn
Waterfall Farm, Cowling, Keighley, West Yorkshire BD22 0NF
Telephone: 0793 2602061
Email: kdt1211@yahoo.co.uk
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Roger the Badger
Dance band, English and Scottish material. Fiddle, mandolin, guitar, bass, with top quality caller, guaranteed to liven up any social evening.
Sheffield, South Yorkshire
Contact: Cath James
Telephone: 0114 232 0421
Email: info@rogerthebadger.com
Website: http://www.rogerthebadger.com/
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Rosianna
Five-piece band and caller. Banjo, melodion, accordion, flute, saxophone, whistle, 12-string guitar.
Up-tempo music with the emphasis on FUN.
Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire
Contact: Chris Marshall
Telephone: 01724 463464
Email: rosiannacb@yahoo.co.uk
Website: http://rosianna.mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/
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Ruby Slippers Ceilidh Band
Lancaster, Lancashire
Contact: Alison Service
Telephone: 015242 63496
Email: alison.service@talk21.com
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Shindig
Traditional ceilidh band. Melodeon, violin, guitar, electric bass.
Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire
Contact: Brian and Carol Massen
Telephone: 01673 838735
Email: theband@shindig.freeserve.co.uk
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Shinjig
The band features demon fiddle player and ex-Whisky Priest Simon; Mal (bass) and Pete (drums), a rhythm section with over sixty years of professional experience between them.
Halifax, West Yorkshire
Contact: Huw Evans
Telephone: 01484 538781
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Shroggs Band
Long-established ceilidh band. Irish or English dance music as required.
Dewsbury, West Yorkshire
Contact: John Coy
Telephone: 01924 515541
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Spinning Jelly
English and Celtic music for ceilidhs and concerts. Multi-instrumental band with adaptable caller.
Keighley, West Yorkshire
Contact: Lucy Speller
Telephone: 01535 645193
Email: lucy@spinningjelly.co.uk
Website: http://www.spinningjelly.co.uk/
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Stair Heid Band
Premier 5 piece Scottish ceilidh and concert band with caller. Scottish, Irish, English, American and German material. Instrumentation includes accordion, fiddle, bagpipes, tenor and 5 string banjos, mandola and mandolin, guitar and bass guitar. Weddings, festivals, concerts, clubs etc. Strong vocals, traditional and contemporary material.
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Contact: John Gray
Telephone: 0113 268 7414
Email: Stairheidband5@aol.com
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Strings and Reeds Folk Dance Band
Caller and 3 musicans - piano accordian, button accordian and electronic bass and fiddle. Formed in 1986. Available for barn dances and ceilidhs; all types of occasions from group socials to weddings.
Contact: Phil Croft
2, Endowood Road, Sheffield South Yorkshire S7 2LZ
Telephone: 0114 2363758
Email: p.croft@shu.ac.uk
Website: http://www.stringsandreeds.co.uk/
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Stubblejumpers
Ceilidh band.
Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire
Contact: Steve Hindley
Telephone: 01724 864957
Email: steve.hindley@lineone.net
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Tiefrung Gleemen
Community-based band featuring saxophone; flute/clarinet; accordion; violin; guitar; mandolin; bass guitar. Available for ceilidhs, barn dances and other functions.
Weekly rehearsals at Terrington Hall School Music Room, Mondays 7.30 pm - 9.30 pm. New members welcome.
Terrington, Ryedale, North Yorkshire
Contact: Marco Baben
Telephone: 01439 770175
Email: babenm@globalnet.co.uk
Website: http://www.tiefrunggleemen.co.uk/
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Tocar
Family band featuring flute, fiddle, accordion and guitar.
Mostly English and Irish trad. dance music. Weddings, parties, fund-raisers and other social events. Caller and interval music provided.
Sheffield, South Yorkshire
Contact: Gill Brooks
Telephone: 0114 255 7570
Email: hanagaban@hotmail.com
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Trevor's Fetish Ceilidh Band
Lively Huddersfield/Holmfirth based band with a strong reputation throughout the region, offering a spicy blend of music and dance. Performing Sheffield to Skipton and Settle, Bradford, Ilkley, Harrogate, York and beyond. Complete with expert caller and available for weddings, parties, festivals etc.
Contact: Anne Spence
203 Moor Lane, Netherthong, Holmfirth HD9 3UP
Telephone: 01484 686610
Email: anne@ceilidh-band.org.uk
Website: http://www.ceilidh-band.org.uk/
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trinculo
Vibrant English ceilidh band with fiddle, sax, melodeon, guitar and bass guitar.
Sheffield, South Yorkshire
Contact: Nigel Holmes
Telephone: 0114 221 8308
Email: band@trinculo.co.uk
Website: http://www.trinculo.co.uk/
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Twiddling Thumbs
Dance band with own caller. Singer during breaks.
Ripon, North Yorkshire
Contact: Deborah Hayward
Telephone: 01765 635480
Email: profiles@ukf.net
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White Horse Ceilidh Band
Band of five, sometimes six, musicians playing Irish, Scottish, English and
American music. Own PA and caller, East Yorkshire region and beyond.
Beverley, East Yorkshire.
Contact: Tom Gaynard
Telephone: 01482 346939
Email: Tgaynard@aol.com
Website: http://www.whfolk.co.uk/
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Wildfolk Ceilidh Band
Traditional ceilidh band. Caller and various combinations of instruments available, including guitar, pipes, fiddle and accordion. Weddings, parties.
Contact: Liz Wild
Telephone: 07816085494
Email: info@wildfolk.co.uk
Website: http://www.wildfolk.co.uk/
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WonderBus
Two fiddles, guitar, electric bass, djembe/bodhran and oboe. English country dance music; some French and Irish. Demo CD available.
Sheffield, South Yorkshire
Contact: Jo Maher
Telephone: 0114 2680355
Email: jmmaher@doctors.net.uk
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