Steel Band #3155

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Manchester based steel band, whose players between them have over 40 years of experience playing the pan.

Specialists in Weddings, Caribbean evenings, and formal and informal
functions, Band One have played all over the country, even venturing as far
as Paris, and Barcelona.

Although the band's repertoire includes all the well known traditional
islands songs, they also play a mixture of pop, reggae, and Latin music.

The music is arranged in an innovative style, but without losing the classic
steel pan sound, with jazzy chords and improvisations adding spice to all
songs.

What makes this band unique is their versatility.

Lead by the perfect pitched jazz junkie, Francis, they manage to produce the sweetest of sounds with anything from one to six players, and hence consistently offer the right sized ensemble to suit each particular event and budget.

  • A wide variety of different musical styles, and well known songs
  • We can learn a request
  • We will, if you're nice, let you have a play on the steel pan
Rates From £563
rates apply for events within a 2 hour car journey.

Playlists / Performance Info

Repertoire includes - but is not limited to:

Copacabana
Fly me to the moon
Yellow Bird
Island In The Sun
Dancing queen
Something Stupid
Dream a little dream
Fever ( you give me )
Moondance
Spanish Eyes
Three Little Birds
Caribbean Farewell
Brazil
Quando Quando
La cucaracha
The Cricket Song
Rum And Coca Cola
The Girl From Ipanema
Smooth Criminal
Billie Jean
Play that funky music white boy
Killing me softly
Steel Band Paradise
Brown Girl In the Ring
Si Si
Just The Two Of Us
Sugar Bum Bum
Samba De Orfeu
Moliendo Cafe
When the saints
Rivers of Babylon
In the mood
Rock around the clock
Hey big spender
Can't take my eyes off you

AND MANY MORE

Entertainment Type

Steel Band - Caribbean Band - Function Band

Performance Attire

The band usually wears Caribbean shirts with Hawaiian Garlands, or leis; and often with straw hats to top the outfit off.

For more formal events, the band are able to wear collared shirts with ties.

Previous Experience

The band members between them have over 50 years of experience performing professionally.

Previous Clients

Previous clients include many private events, but here are some names you will recognise:

Nokia – At the Rotherham Call Centre - Ventura House, Rotherham, 2013

Citroen – At the Splash Landings Hotel, Alton Towers, Alton, 2013

Cadbury – At Cadbury world, Bourneville, 2012

British Gas – At the Manchester Call Centre, Manchester, 2012

Sky TV – At their summer ball held at Leeds University, Leeds, 2011

Tech Details

Set Up Time:
20 minutes

Area Required:
3m x 3m minimum

Sets & Duration:
2 hours playing as directed within a 4 hour slot

Equipment:
All acoustic, Steel drums and hand played percussion only

Line Up:
Bass/melody/chords/percussion

PA System:
N/A

Light System:
N/A

Tech Requirements:
Cover from direct sunlight
Cover from rain

Reviews

Rau Martez Good image and presented good also. Thank you very much to travel so far, and it was surely worth it. The people liked the Caribbean music, and the atmosphere it carried.


Sandra Milton (now Sandra Youngson), The guys were absolutely fantastic, my parents were delighted with the surprise and everyone has commented on how the steel band added to the party atmosphere of the occasion. My only regret is that I didn't think before hand to get some lessons from the band before the day to play a tune for our family and friends.... that would have been an amazing surprise for everyone!! I'll have to do that next time! It was also a pleasure to deal with you, you were very helpful with the booking. If you ever need a reference for you or the guys I'd be happy to provide one for future clients.


Rachel Kneafsey Arrived in plenty of time, very friendly and played some lovely music. Just what we wanted.


Ross Newark The guys were absolutely great and created a really good atmosphere. Everyone was commenting on how good they were so I feel vindicated in having booked them. I would most definitely recommend them.


Tags

2000s 60s 70s 80s 90s Acoustic Blues Caribbean Classical Disco Jazz Latino Reggae Ska Swing

Areas Covered

Nationwide

Towns / Counties Covered

Cheshire - Alsager, Antrobus, Chester, Congleton, Crewe, Croft, Culcheth, Ellesmere Port, Frodsham, Haslington, Holmes Chapel, Knutsford, Lymm, Macclesfield, Nantwich, Neston, Northwich, Poynton, Runcorn, Sandbach, Stretton, Tarporley, Tattenhall, Warrington, Waverton, Weaverham, Widnes, Wilmslow, Winsford, , Greater Manchester - Altrincham, Bramhall, Cheadle, Hyde, Reddish, Ashton under Lyne, Ashton in Makerfield, Astley, Atherton, Bolton, Bredbury, Bury, Carrington, Chadderton, Cheadle Hulme, Chorlton, Compstall, Delph, Denton, Didsbury, Diggle, Dobcross, Droylsden, Dukinfield, Eccles, Failsworth, Farnworth, Gatley, Gorton, Greenfield, Hale, Hazel Grove, Heald Green, Heywood, High Lane, Hindley, Horwich, Kearsley, Leigh, Levenshulme, Marple, Middleton, Milnrow, Northenden, Oldham, Poynton, Prestwich, Radcliffe, Ramsbottom, Rochdale, Romiley, Sale, Salford, Shaw, Stalybridge, Stockport, Stretford, Swinton, Timperley, Tyldesley, Uppermill, Urmston, Walkden, Walshaw, Westhoughton, Wigan, Wilmslow, Worsley, Wythenshawe, , Herefordshire - Bromyard, Colwall, Fownhope, Goodrich, Hay-on-Wye, Hereford, Kington, Ledbury, Leominster, Llangarron, Llangrove, Lyonshall, Lea, Madley, Much Marcle, Pembridge, Pontrilas, Ross-on-Wye, Symonds Yat, Weobley, , Hertfordshire - Abbots Langley, Ashwell, Aston, Baldock, Barkway, Benington, Berkhamsted, Bishops Stortfords, Borehamwood, Bovingdon, Braughing, Bricket Wood, Broxbourne, Buntingford, Bushey, Cheshunt, Chipperfield, Chorleywood, Croxley Green, Cuffley, Goffs Oak, Hadley Wood, Harpenden, Hatfield, Hemel Hempstead, Hertford, Hitchin, Hoddesdon, Kings Langley, Knebworth, Letchworth, Markyate, Potters Bar, Radlett, Redbourn, Rickmansworth, Royston, Sawbridgeworth, Shenley, Spellbrook, StAlbans, Stanstead Abbotts, Stevenage, Stotfold, Tring, Waltham Cross, Ware, Watford, Welwyn Garden City, Wheathampstead, , Lancashire - Accrington, Adlington, Ashton, Ashton-in-Makerfield, Atherton, Bacup, Bamber Bridge, Barley, Barnoldswick, Barrowford, Barton, Baxenden, Belmont, Bispham, Blackburn, Blackpool, Bolton, Brierfield, Brookhouse, Broughton, Burnley, Bury, Carnforth, Chatburn, Cherry Tree, Chipping, Chorley, Church, Clayton-le-Moors, Cleveleys, Clifton, Clitheroe, Colne, Coppull, Crawshawbooth, Croston, Darwen, Deepdale, Denton, Earby, Eccleston, Edgworth, Elswick, Euxton, Fence, Feniscowles, Fleetwood, Forton, Freckleton, Frenchwood, Fulwood, Galgate, Garstang, Gisburn, Glasson Dock, Goosnargh, Great Eccleston, Great Harwood, Gressingham, Grimsargh, Grindleton, Hapton, Haslingden, Helmshore, Hesketh Bank, Heysham, Heywood, Hoghton, Hornby, Kelbrook, Kirkham, Lancaster, Laneshawbridge, Langho, Lea, Leigh, Leyland, Longridge, Longton, Lostock Hall, Loveclough, Lytham St Annes, Maghull, Milnrow, Morecambe, Much Hoole, Nelson, Oldham, Ormskirk, Oswaldtwistle, Padiham, Penwortham, Pilling, Poulton le Fylde, Preston, Ramsbottom, Rawtenstall, Ribbleton, Ribchester, Rishton, Rochdale, Salford, Samlesbury, Scorton, Silverdale, Simonstone, Singleton, Skelmersdale, Southport, St Michaels on Wyre, Tarleton, Thurnham, Todmorden, Trawden, Walmer Bridge, Walton le Dale, Warton, Water, Waterfoot, Wesham, Whalley, Whittle-le-Woods, Whitworth, Wigan, Wiswell, Worsley, Wray, Wrea Green, , Leicestershire - Anstey, Arnesby, Asfordby, Ashby de la Zouch, Barrow upon Soar, Barwell, Birstall, Blaby, Broughton Astley, Burbage, Burton on the Wolds, Charnwood, Chilcote, Coalville, Croft, Cropston, Dadlington, Desford, Diseworth, DuntonBassett, EarlShilton, Elmesthorpe, Enderby, Fleckney, Frisby on the Wreake, Glenfield, Groby, Hallaton, Halstead, Hinckley, Huncote, Ibstock, Kirkby Mallory, Leicester, Loughborough, Lubenham, Lutterworth, Market Bosworth, Market Harborough, Markfield, Melton Mowbray, Mountsorrel, Narborough, Oadby, Quorn, Rothley, Sapcote, Sharnford, Shepshed, Sileby, South Kilworth, Stoney Stanton, Syston, Theddingworth, Thornton, Thringstone, Thurlaston, Thurmaston, Ullesthorpe, Vale Of Belvoir, Walcote, Wanlip, Whetstone, Whitwick, Wigston, Wymeswold, Wymondham, , Merseyside - Aintree, Bebington, Billinge, Birkenhead, Bootle, Brimstage, Bromborough, Crosby, Eastham, Formby, Garswood, Greasby, Halewood, Heswall, Hilbre Islands, Hoylake, Huyton, Kirkby, Litherland, Liverpool, Lunt, Lydiate, Maghull, Melling, Moreton, New Brighton, Newton le Willows, Port Sunlight, Prescot, Rainford, Rainhill, Southport, St Helens, Thornton Hough, Thurstaston, Upton, Wallasey, West Kirby, , North Yorkshire - Ampleforth, Arkendale, Askrigg, Askwith, Austwick, Bagby, Bedale, Bentham, Bewerley, Blubberhouses, Bolton Abbey, Booze, Boroughbridge, Brompton-by-Sawdon, Burneston, Burnsall, Burton in Lonsdale, Burton Leonard, Carlton, Catterick, Cayton, Church Fenton, Clapham, Cloughton, Commondale, Coxwold, Crakehall, Croft-on-Tees, Danby, Drax, Easingwold, East Cowton, Ebberston, Egton Bridge, Embsay, Escrick, Farndale, Filey, Flaxton, Fylingthorpe, Gargrave, Gayle, Giggleswick, Gillamoor, Gilling East, Glaisdale, Goathland, Grantley, Grassington, Great Ayton, Green Hammerton, Grosmont, Harrogate, Harwood Dale, Hawes, Helmsley, Helperby, Hemingbrough, Hillam, Horton-in-Ribblesdale, Hunmanby, Husthwaite, Hutton-le-Hole, Ingleby Barwick, Ingleton, Kettlewell, Kildwick, Killerby, Killinghall, Kilnsey, Kirby Hill, Kirk Smeaton, Kirkby Malzeard, Kirkby Overblow, Kirkbymoorside, Knaresborough, Lastingham, Leavening, Leeming Bar, Levisham, Leyburn, Low Row, Malham, Malton, Masham, Menwith Hill, Mickleby, Middleham, Monk Fryston, Nawton, North Cowton, Northallerton, Osmotherley, Oswaldkirk, Pannal, Pateley Bridge, Pickering, Ravenscar, Reeth, Riccall, Richmond, Ripley, Ripon, Robin Hoods Bay, Rosedale Abbey, Rylstone, Sandsend, Scarborough, Scorton, Seamer, Sedbusk, Selby, Settle, Sherburn-in-Elmet, Simonstone, Sinnington, Skipton, Skipton-on-Swale, Sleights, Slingsby, South Milford, Staithes, Stape, Starbeck, Staxton, Stillington, Stokesley, Studley Roger, Sutton-in-Craven, Sutton-Whitestonecliffe, Tadcaster, Terrington, Thirsk, Thixendale, Thorganby, Thornton Le Dale, Thwaite, Tockwith, Topcliffe, Ulleskelf, Wass, West Burton, West Scrafton, Whitby, Wistow, Wombleton, York, Bridlington, , Northamptonshire - Brackley, Bugbrooke, Burton Latimer, Byfield, Corby, Cottingham, Crick, Crowfield, Daventry, Desborough, Duston, Earls Barton, Everdon, Great Houghton, Greatworth, Gretton, Harpole, Hartwell, Helmdon, Higham Ferrers, Irchester, Irthlingborough, Kettering, Little Cransley, Little Houghton, Mawsley, Mears Ashby, Moulton, Northampton, Oundle, Pitsford, Potterspury, Raunds, Rushden, Staverton, Stoke Bruerne, Thrapston, Titchmarsh, Towcester, Wappenham, Warmington, Weedon, Weldon, Welford, Wellingborough, West Farndon, Whitfield, Wollaston, , Northumberland - Acomb, Allendale, Allenheads, Alnmouth, Alnwick, Amble, Ashington, Bamburgh, Barrasford, Beadnell, Bedlington, Belford, Bellingham, Belsay, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Blyth, Boulmer, Chillingham, Corbridge, Cramlington, Craster, Eglingham, Embleton, Eshott, Greenhead, Haltwhistle, Harbottle, Haydon Bridge, Heddon on the Wall, Hexham, Kielder, Kirkwhelpington, Lindisfarne, Morpeth, Newbiggin-by-the-Sea, Otterburn, Ponteland, Prudhoe, Rothbury, Seahouses, Seaton Delaval, Slaley, Stocksfield, Swarland, Warkworth, Whittingham, Wooler, Wylam, , Nottinghamshire - Arnold, Attenborough, Basford, Beeston, Bestwood Park, Bingham, Bulwell, Bramcote, Calverton, Carlton, Chilwell, Eastwood, Edwinstowe, Farndon, Giltbrook, Gotham, Hucknall, Hyson Green, Kimberley, Kirkby in Ashfield, Linby, Long Eaton, Lowdham, Mansfield, Newark-on-Trent, Nottingham, Papplewick, Radcliffe on Trent, Ravenshead, Retford, Ruddington, Sandiacre, Sherwood, Southwell, St Anns, Stapleford, Sutton in Ashfield, Sutton on Trent, Tollerton, Toton, Warsop, West Bridgford, Woodborough, Worksop, , Shropshire - Bishops Castle, Bridgnorth, Church Stretton, Cleobury Mortimer, Clun, Craven Arms, Ellesmere, Highley, Ironbridge, Ludlow, Madeley, Market Drayton, Newport, Oakengates, Oswestry, Ruyton XI Towns, Shawbury, Shrewsbury, Telford, Wem, Whitchurch, , South Yorkshire - Armthorpe, Askern, Barnsley, Bawtry, Blaxton, Bradfield, Brierley, Cawthorne, Conisbrough, Dinnington, Doncaster, Dore, Goldthorpe, Grimethorpe, Hoyland, Mexborough, Penistone, Rotherham, Sheffield, Swinton, Thurnscoe, Wath Upon Dearne, Wentworth, Wombwell, , Tyne and Wear - Birtley, Blaydon, Boldon, Cleadon, Cullercoats, Gateshead, Hebburn, Hetton-Le-Hole, Houghton-Le-Spring, Jarrow, Newcastle, North Shields, Penshaw, Rowlands Gill, Ryton, South Shields, Sunderland, Tynemouth, Wallsend, Washington, Whickham, Whitburn, Whitley Bay, , Warwickshire - Alcester, Atherstone, Bedworth, Bidford-on-Avon, Coleshill, Henley in Arden, Kenilworth, Kineton, Lapworth, Leamington Spa, Nuneaton, Rugby, Salford Priors, Shipston-on-Stour, Southam, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwick, Wellesbourne, , West Midlands - Aldridge, Amblecote, Balsall Common, Berkswell, Birmingham, Blackheath, Bloxwich, Blythe Valley Park, Brierley Hill, Brownhills, Castle Bromwich, Catherine de Barnes, Cheswick Green, Coleshill, Coseley, Coventry, Cradley, Cradley Heath, Darlaston, Dorridge, Dudley, Earlswood, Edgbaston, Gornal, Great Barr, Halesowen, Hampton in Arden, Hockley Heath, Kings Norton, Kingswinford, Knowle, Lye, Meriden, Monkspath, Netherton, Oldbury, Olton, Pelsall, Perton, Quarry Bank, Rowley Regis, Rubery, Rushall, Sedgley, Shirley, Smethwick, Solihull, Stourbridge, Streetly, Sutton Coldfield, Tipton, Tividale, Walsall, Walsall Wood, Warley, Wednesbury, West Bromwich, Willenhall, Wolverhampton, Wordsley, , Anglesey - Beaumaris, Holyhead, Llangefni, Amlwch, Menai Bridge, , Conwy - Conwy, Abergele, Tywyn, Blaenau Ffestiniog, Harlech, Llandudno, Llanrwst, Betws-y-Coed, Conwy, Colwyn Bay, Abergele, Penmaenmawr, Llanfairfechan, , Powys - Brecon, Builth Wells, Hay-on-Wye, Talgarth, Llanwrtwd Wells, Montgomery, Newtown, Welshpool, Machynlleth, Llanidloes, Presteigne, Llandrindod Wells, Knighton, Rhayader, New Radnor, , Wrexham - Wrexham,