Ceilidh dancing is inclusive, interactive and great fun. At a typical wedding party, often involving two disparate groups of people who may never even have met before, it is an unbeatable icebreaker, overcoming potential barriers of nationality, language, dialect, gender and class at a stroke by promoting carefree, exhilarating fun with a strong binding element of teamwork.
Read MoreYou can call it a barn dance, a ceilidh or a country dance – it all comes to the same thing. A dance caller walks you through a dance, the band strikes up and the caller calls out the moves. No previous experience is required.
Read MoreTwo classic ingredients are needed to create an unforgettable wedding ceilidh or barn dance – exciting music and a fun dance caller who involves all the guests. Black Velvet Band provides both with an interactive and enjoyable style that is guaranteed to make your party a great success.
Read MoreTHE LITTLE BIG CEILIDH DUO is available to book for festival social ceilidhs and contras. The duo features the explosive playing of Eddy Jay on accordion and Mike Evans on fiddle.
Read MoreYou don’t have to be Scottish to appreciate Scotland (although it probably helps). The breathtaking natural beauty of the landscape, both lowland and highland, combined with the historical mystique of a powerful, colourful, unique and indomitable culture, lends the territory north of the border an unparallelled attraction steeped in nostalgia and tradition. Such a romantic…
Read More’Banish Misfortune’ is the delightfully evocative title of an attractive 3-part traditional Irish jig melody, and has been adopted by an enthusiastic group of London-based musicians as the ideal name for a good-time Irish traditional band. The band’s main objective is to live up to their name, and when you witness one of their energetic…
Read MoreYou want everyone to get thoroughly involved and have lots of fun at your wedding reception party, so you’ve thought a session or two of good old-fashioned country dancing would be a great ice-breaker and would appeal across a wide age-range. So far, so good – but what exactly are you looking for? Is it…
Read MoreAn extremely talented, versatile and enthusiastic Irish band with many years of performing experience under their belts, Mat Walklate’s Men know exactly how to involve and entertain their audience through irresistible stagecraft and musical expertise.
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