Ceilidh Band
The Blackford Fiddle Group Ceilidh
Band has played for a wide variety of events over the years. It started
out just doing small community events locally but word soon got out
that here was a group that could put on a good ceilidh for other
occasions as well. We believed them and built up a new repertoire
and
equipment list so that we were able to play more widely. We still
use
the ceilidh band to introduce new players to the world of performance
and to raise funds for the whole group and we now play for parties,
weddings and fund-raising events. A ceilidh can be mainly dancing
or a
mix of dance, tunes and songs, and of course we are often joined by
other people doing "their turn".
BFG Ceilidh Band plays music for many ceilidh dances and we call the
instructions (teach the dancers) for a variety of well known and lesser
known dances. We supply the whole sound system and the band will
typically consist of fiddles, guitar, whistle/flute, bass and
bodhran.
Dances
Our typical dance list is as follows.
These are dances which we can call. We play for a range of other
dances for people who already know the steps and just need the
tunes.
There is a also a list of other dances which we can do by request.
Bridge of
Athlone / Britannia Two Step / Canadian Barn Dance
/ Circassian Circle /
Cumberland Reel / Cumberland
Square Eight / Dashing White Sergeant / Eightsome Reel
/ Flying Scotsman / Friendly
Waltz /
Gay Gordons / Keilder
Schottische / Military Two-step / Strip the Willow
/ Pat-a-cake (Pattycake) Polka
/
St Bernard’s Waltz / Strip the Willow
/ Swedish Masquerade /
The Riverside / Virginia
Reel /
Waltz Country Dance / Welsh Waltz.
More on Dances
Ceilidh Band Music
BFG plays traditional music for dancing, with flavours from Scotland,
Ireland,
England, Canada and USA. At events we try to play what people
want and at a
volume
that does not prevent them from having conversations. We have the
equipment to crank things up further, but in our experience that isn't
what people want at social events.
BFG members wanting to download tune and set lists for the ceilidh band
should go to the members' page or hit the link below
