| 2 x 1 hour or 1.5 hours sets, with a break in the middle: £1080 |
We are 3 professional musicians who have been playing together for around a decade. We have played at hundreds of weddings, parties and festivals over the years and have developed a tight, imaginative ceilidh set.
We have extensive expertise in the folk music and dance of many countries, including England, Scotland, Ireland, Sweden, France, Finland and parts of Eastern Europe. We are also influenced by rock, jazz and classical.
Our standard line-up is three musicians playing, between us: fiddle (violin), accordion, guitar, stomp box (drum played with feet), and 3 vocals - two female and one male.
In addition we have a dance caller (teacher) to explain the dances. This is not always the same person. We have several callers that we work with, and engage whichever one is available.
One of our regular callers is also a fiddle player and joins in with parts of the set, so when he is calling we have an extra musician.
Based in Sheffield, South Yorkshire
= areas covered (up to 100 miles)
= free travel (up to 20 miles)
Elsie Marley / Teddy has no eyes (traditional English song & self-penned tune)
Red Haired Boy / Back of the Bus (traditional Scottish tune & traditional American song)
Walter Bulwer’s No.1 / I’ll Tell My Ma (traditional Scottish tune and song)
Angeline the Baker / Kitchen Girl / June Apple (traditional American tunes)
Anniversary Song (song set to Romanian tune)
The Long Room at Scarborough / Peacock Followed the Hen (traditional English tunes)
Inte Sorja vi (traditional Swedish song)
Danish Quadrille / Reel de Jolie (traditional Danish tune & traditional Cajun tune)
Johnny Mickey Barry’s / Bonny Kate (traditional English tunes)
Jim Ward’s Jig / Kerfunken (traditional Irish tunes)
Waar is Boris (traditional Danish tune)
Linden Lea (traditional English song)
Calliope House / Drummond Castle (traditional Scottish tunes)
The Upton Stick Dance / Billy Pinnock's New Rigged Ship (traditional English & Irish tunes)
Stool of Repentance / Athol Highlanders (traditional Scottish tunes)
Morgan Rattler / Paddy Carey’s (traditional English and Irish tunes)
Called dances:
Cornish six hand reel
Cumberland square eight
Falling masonry
Lucky seven
Dashing White Sergeant
Circassian circle
Strip the willow
• A stage or playing area of at least 2x3 metres
• One power socket
We need 1.5 hours before the start time to set up our PA. The last 20 minutes of this is sound checking, involving amplified music. We take 20 minutes to pack up at the end.
We charge extra if we have to wait around for more than 30 minutes before the start or at the end. Eg. if we have to come early to set up because the room is then going to be used for something else.
While we are happy for people to use our PA to put on music in breaks, if they want to use it before or after the gig we charge extra to cover the time we spend waiting around. We are only sometimes prepared to do this.
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