This is a 3 piece Scottish Dance Band, of 20 years experience. Comprising Fiddle, Accordion and Drum who work alongside a regular Caller or Caller of your choice.
This is a true Scottish Dance Band, continually growing their vast repetoire of Scottish Dance music. They thrive most on collecting, compiling and playing the very best sets of Scottish Dance music they can find, relevant to particular dances, based around the Royal Scottish Country Dance Societies they regularly play for first and foremost.
They play regularly across the East of England, into London, Kent down to Dover, Herts, Bedford, Cambridge, Suffolk and Norfolk.
Because of the above, they have the experience to play for other functions wanting a Scottish theme, such as Burns Nights, Hogmanays, Weddings, Ceilidhs and Barn Dances, where they pride themselves in being able to tailor dances to what is required,
encompassing all generations and all abilities, facilitating REAL and LASTING ENJOYMENT to everyone, ensuring a most memorable sunny afternoon or evening of uninhibited fun!
THEY ARE A PROFESSIONAL ACT
TRADITIONAL TARTAN COSTUME AND SET UP
EXCEPTIONAL SETS OF MUSIC
EXCEPTIONAL EVENING OF MEMORABLE, ALL-INCLUSIVE, FUN, ENTERTAINMENT
Rates From £750
Plus Petrol, if travel distance is further than 25-30 miles from Colchester.
Playlists / Performance Info
For a true Scottish Dance - send them your programme - its what they do best.
For all other more informal occasions -
Gay Gordons, Dashing White Sergeant, Strip the Willow, Eightsome Reel, Virginia Reel, Plantation Reel, Duke of Perth, Reel of 51st, Irish Rover, Coanwood Stuarts, Currie Mountain Reel, Cumberland Reel, Canadian Barn Dance, St. Bernards Waltz, Maries Wedding, Waltzs, Veleta, White Heather Jig, Posties Jig, Hamilton House....etc.,
There are plenty of dances to enable everything to be tailored to suit beginners through to more experienced dancers and cater for all generations.
Entertainment Type
Ceilidh Band
Performance Attire
Traditional Scottish Tartan. 3 choices -
Red - McGregor. Yellow - Cornish. Blue/Heather - Pride of Scotland
Accordionist normally wears Trews, but has a vast collection of kilts and garb.
Violinist wears long kilt, white blouse, black waistcoat and sash. or plain dress and sash.
Drummer, plain black with tartan tie.
Previous Experience
20 years experience.
The band was formed way back in 1995. Both musicians have played their instruments since they were children and both share a love of Scottish Dance music. The band has gigged most weekends since.
The Accordionist, moved to Fort William as a boy where he started playing the Accordion under the late John Stitt. Later joining the Argylle and Southern Highlanders Army as a serious Band Musician playing the Oboe, with Accordion as his second instrument.
The Fiddle Player, was motivated by The White Heather Club on BBCtv, back in the 1960's. Finding complete inspiration from the old greats like Ian Powrie, Moira Anderson,
Jimmy Shand. Later, discovering the great Scott Skinner, Neil Gow, William Marshall, the Frasers, the Hardies, and contemporaries, etc. Learned Violin at school. Much later realising her true love of Scottish music and 'an ear', and after playing in several other bands, found the Accordionist, set up the band and the rest is history!
Previous Clients
Play regularly for the RSCDS in Kent, London, Essex and Eastern England. In fact, whenever they get the chance!
Played for many, many Weddings including Claridges, Lords Cricket Ground, Hengrave Hall, Gosfield Hall, Layer Marney Towers, London Riverboat Cruises, HMS Belfast (on River Thames), to name a few... Sandhurst and Colchester Officers Messes and RAF Bases and still going strong....
RSCDS dances.....the list ? ! ! where do we start?
Tech Details
Set Up Time: 30 mins
Area Required: 12ft x 12ft
Sets & Duration: 2 sets of 1-1 and a half hours
Line Up: Fiddle, accordion, side drum
PA System: Bose Tower System
Light System: Light on music stand
Tech Requirements: 4 plug sockets from mains supply.
Mic XLR for caller
XLR and Phantom Power for Fiddle
1 JACK 1 XLR for accordion
