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Johnny Adams

Johnny Adams
Email: j.adams@salford.ac.uk
Home: Halifax, West Yorkshire, UK
Area of activity: Pennines, M62 for local gigs, UK & Europe during festival time.
What do you do: Musician
Associations/links: Old Swan Band, Our Northern Branch, occasional Peeping Tom Big Band, ex. Druids, New Victory Band, Red Shift, Raw Material, et al.
Favourite dance(s): Too many to mention
Fav. band/caller(s): Too many to mention, except perhaps my latest favourites, the Gloworms.
Favourite festival(s): Towersey, English Country Music Weekend
Home Page: www.john-adams.info
Instrument(s): Fiddle, Trombone, occasional keyboards to help out.
Likes: Music that has rhythm in the tune which is echoed in the backing.
Dislikes: Bands which rely on the backing for their rhythm.
Special:
Have played dance band keyboards for many years and though now specialising in fiddle, am often called on to dep for missing keyboard players. Having played for so many years, I have quite good skills in following tunes. Customers have included The Old Hat Band, Token Women (with frock!), The Posh Band, Official Brawle, Herb Boys,....
Useful talents:
Director of 'The Village Music Project' which is a research cluster investigating the country dance manuscript music of England and how it relates to connected cultures (ie. Celtic, European, USA, Oz, etc.)
www.village-music-project.org.uk

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Kevin Allen

 
Email: kevinsallen@yahoo.co.uk
Home: Scarborough, North Yorkshire
Area of activity: Scarborough, Whitby and surrounding areas
What do you do: Musician
Associations/links: Last Resort Ceilidh Band
Favourite dance(s): Soldier's Joy
Fav. band/caller(s): Afro Celt Sound System
Favourite festival(s): Sidmouth
Home Page: www.geocities.com/last_resort_ceilidh_band
Instrument(s): Whistles and percussion
Other info: last_resort_ceilidh_band@yahoo.co.uk

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Stuart Altman

Stuart Altman
Email: saltman@madasafish.com
Home: Shrewsbury
Area of activity: Anywhere for a good gig if the money is right
What do you do: Musician & dancer
Associations/links: This Way Up band & The Shropshire Bedlams morris side
Favourite dance(s): Any dance where I come away knackered.
Fav. band/caller(s): Any band or caller that puts their all into it, and show it
Favourite festival(s): Sidmouth
Home Page: members.madasafish.com/~this_way_up/
Instrument(s): Alto Sax. Whistles, Triangle, Bagpipes
Likes: Playing rocky folk music in a big band of mates.
Dislikes: dances where you walk & Sour faced bands
Special: Lots of stamina

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Anahata

Anahata
Email: anahata@treewind.co.uk
Home: Fordham, Cambridgeshire
Area of activity: London-Cambridge-Yorkshire
What do you do: Musician
Associations/links: Cheap Jack (occasionally), Fendragon, English Rebellion (new band!)
Home Page: www.treewind.co.uk
Instrument(s): Cello, melodeon, concertina, pipes (eventually)
Likes: Stompy English tunes and dances
Useful talents: Have helped other ec members set up web pages.
Setting up a home recording studio.
Know a bit about electronics, recording, PA etc

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Annette and the Matchbox Band

 
Email: bobhobley@aol.com
Home: Wallington, Surrey
Area of activity: South London, Surrey, W.Kent, N. Sussex
What do you do: Barn Dance Caller and Band
Associations/links: Matchbox Band
Home Page: members.aol.com/Rihobley/Matchbox.htm
Special: Beginners dances a speciality!
Other info: Tel.: 020 8395 8732

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Martin Appleby

Martin Appleby
Home: Walthamstow, North London, UK
Area of activity: Anywhere.
What do you do: Musician and Sound Engineer
Associations/links: MWH, Sound Engineer with BBC Radio 3 Cittern-player with Just William Morris
Favourite dance(s): Buttered Peas, Rosza's Waltz
Fav. band/caller(s): The Chipolata Five, The Committee Band, The Bismarcks, The Posh Band/Gordon Potts, Chris Pitt, Chris Rose.
Favourite festival(s): Sidmouth, Cropredy, Hastings Jack in the Green
Home Page: www.stompceilidh.co.uk
Instrument(s): Bass Guitar, Cittern, Appalachian Dulcimer
Likes: Starbucks coffee. Rowdy dance bands and funky bass-playing.
Dislikes: Crap beer.
Special I produce CDs as a hobby/alternative career.
Useful talents:
Digital editing (Pro-Tools/Sadie)

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Richard Arden

 
Email: richard@ceilidhs.freeserve.co.uk
Home: Sheffield, South Yorkshire
Area of activity: Anywhere if it's good!
What do you do: Caller
Associations/links: Hekety and Sheffield University Ceilidh Soc Bands
Home Page: www.ceilidhs.freeserve.co.uk

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Liz Arrowsmith

 
Email: Elizabeth.Arrowsmith@student.shu.co.uk
Home: Birmingham/Sheffield
Area of activity: Generally the Midlands, but will travel if it's worth it.
What do you do: dance, mainly soak up the atmosphere
Favourite dance(s): Willow Tree
Fav. band/caller(s): This Way Up, Bedlam, Hekety
Favourite festival(s): Sidmouth, Warwick
Useful talents: Help run a folk mag for Coventry and Warwickshire called "In Touch". Email: arrowsmith@arosmith.demon.co.uk

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Richard Arrowsmith

 
Email: rarrowsmith@uk.infogrames.com
Home: Sheffield
Area of activity: Nationwide
What do you do: Melodeons and dancing
Associations/links: Hekety, Sheffield University CeilidhSoc
Favourite festival(s): Sidmouth
Home Page: www.hekety.co.uk
Instrument(s): melodeon
Likes: Sweaty knees up ceilidhs

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Richard Ashe

Richard Ashe
Email: mail@richardashe.co.uk
Home: Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire
Area of activity: East Midlands but will travel
What do you do: Musician
Associations/links: Apples In Winter, Travelling People, Great Western Morris
Fav. band/caller(s): Gas MkV, Stocai
Favourite festival(s): Bridgnorth, Sidmouth
Instrument(s): Melodeon
Likes: A good sweaty thrash
Dislikes: Walking to music. Bands with music stands (especially if they are colour co-ordinated)...
Special: Still looking for a band!!! Surely there must be someone somewhere out there who needs an experienced and versatile box player?
Useful talents: I am a qualified Masseur
Other info: My wife calls

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Gavin Atkin

Gavin Atkin
Email: gmatkin@clara.net
Home: Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Area of activity: Everywhere
What do you do: Musician
Associations/links: Member of Florida
Favourite dance(s): Nottingham Swing
Fav. band/caller(s): Bands: the traddie ones Callers: Pitt, Potts, Masson, Hunt, Rippon, Walden etc etc
Favourite festival(s): Sidmouth
Home Page: http://home.clara.net/gmatkin/homepage.htm
Instrument(s): fiddle, guitar, Jeffries duet concertina
Likes: Loads of stuff. Wonderful swinging bands. Apres gig drink and chat
Special: Some composing; I am a journalist by trade
Useful talents:
Knows a bit about public relations (some experience as PR man)
Other info: Always, always looking for new tunes

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Paul Bains

 
Email: Paul_Bains@hotmail.com
Home: Brighton
Area of activity: England
What do you do: Call and Dance
Associations/links: Ex-Round and Ex-EUFDS
Favourite dance(s): Bottoms Up
Favourite festival(s): IVFDF
Other info: Also dance American and Irish with a bit of Scottish and other stuff thrown in

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Michael Barraclough

Mike Barraclough
Email: michael AT michaelbarraclough DOT com
Home: Annandale, Northern Virginia
Area of activity: Worldwide
What do you do: Caller, social dance historian
Associations/links: Stick Shift, was caller with Pyewackett for 10 years, past member of London Pride and Manley Morris
Favourite dance(s): Chorus Jig, Country Bumpkin ('cos I wrote it)
Fav. band/caller(s): Stick Shift, Figments, Peeping Tom, Hillbillies from Mars, Old Hat, Bursledon Village Band, Steam Chicken
Favourite festival(s): NEFFA, Sidmouth
Home Page: www.michaelbarraclough.com
Instrument(s): Mouth
Special: I can call for eCeilidh, contras, English

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James Barry

James Barry
Email: folkstuff@kyla.co.uk
Home: Hassocks, West Sussex
Area of activity: 20 miles, more if its going to be good
What do you do: caller, musician, dancer, morris dancer
Associations/links: Unreel Ceilidh Band, Ditchling Morris
Favourite dance(s): Nottingham Swing, Hullichans, Jacks the Lad
Fav. band/caller(s): Peeping Tom, Committee Band & good old Gordon Potts
Favourite festival(s): Chippenham, Sidmouth
Home Page: www.unreel.info
www.ditchlingmorris.co.uk
Instrument(s): Drums, 3 holed pipe, serpent!
Likes: Anything with a bounce and a sweat!
Dislikes: Caravanners and their dances
Special: Find most callers too flat and functional, I try not to be!
Useful talents: Building web sites, rounding up cows with the serpent
Other info: I'm cheap

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Anthony Bearon

Anthony Bearon
Home: Cambridge
Area of activity: Dependent upon travel arrangements.
What do you do: Musician, Dancer
Associations/links: Member of The Round Band - ceilidh/dancers dance. (Ex) member of Saraband, Ormskirk (Lancs) - barn dance/dancers dance.
Home Page: http://www.cam.ac.uk/CambUniv/Societies/round/band/
Instrument(s): Trombone, Melodeon, Piano
Dislikes: Lifeless dancing.
Other info: Molly/NW morris musician

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Peter Bearon

 
Email: kneesupnorth@btinternet.com
Home: Westhoughton, Lancashire
Area of activity: Depends on the band
What do you do: Organiser of WiggIN CEilidhs, caller with various North West bands, occasional musician, dancer
Associations/links: Who ever will let me call with them, but cut my teeth with The Riot Band
Fav. band/caller(s): Cock & Bull, The English Country Dance Band, Jabadaw
Favourite festival(s): Sidmouth (I met my wife there)
Home Page: http://www.btinternet.com/~kneesupnorth
Instrument(s): Melodeon
Likes: Well I actually like good Morris dancing, but aren't allowed to say that here!
Dislikes: Crap Morris dancing
Useful talents: I have the old Ran Tan PA which is available for hire at very reasonable rates (& a couple of tame sound engineers to drive it).
Other info: Quick advert for WiggIN CEilidhs - every second Friday of the month except August in Ince, near Wigan.

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Rachel Bearon

Rachel Bearon
Email: rnf20@damtp.cam.ac.uk
Home: Cambridge
Area of activity: Anywhere, provided I can get there by bike/public transport
What do you do: Dance and call
Associations/links: Round band and dance group
Favourite dance(s): Martin Harvey writes some nice ones.
Instrument(s): concertina (a little bit)
Favourite festival(s): IVFDF
Likes: hornpipes, calling for 'ceilidh beginners' and seeing them get into the groove
Dislikes: Being shoved around by partners who think they can dance (but are completely insensitive)
Other info: I've been told the photo doesn't look anything like me - oops, look out for a mop of curly hair instead!

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Edwin Beasant

 
Email: eab109@ximphony.org
Home: Stockport, Cheshire
Area of activity: Have been known to turn up almost anywhere....
What do you do: Dancer, Musician, Beer Drinker, Cider Quaffer and Port drinking workshop convener
Associations/links: Olio, Jabadaw, Manchester Ceilidh Session Band
Favourite dance(s): Tea Kettles (for the moment....) for early on, Traffic Lights for later...
Fav. band/caller(s): Jenny + Rhodri +Gordon, Woodpecker Band (to dance to), Scarp, Blowzabella, Crucible
Favourite festival(s): Sheffield/Warwick
Home Page: http://www.ximphony.org
Instrument(s): Drums, Bass, Melodeon, Pipes, Didgeridoo, Kazoo, ZubeTube, Dried Marrow and Shakey Fruit ;-
Likes: Groove and Bounce
Dislikes: Diddly Diddly and excessive Celt-o-Babble
Useful talents:....

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Brian Bell

 
Email: brian@whapweasel.com
Home: Hexham
What do you do: Musician, dancer
Associations/links: Whapweasel and Hexham Morris
Home Page: www.whapweasel.com
Instrument(s): Bass Guitar, Melodeon
Likes: Watching good Cotswold Morris
Dislikes: Watching bad Cotswold Morris

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Jane Berry

 
Home: Camden, London
Area of activity: Where public transport will take me...
What do you do: Dancer
Associations/links: New Esperance Morris
Favourite dance(s): Drops of Brandy, La Russe, Rosza
Fav. band/caller(s): Hekety, Committee Band, Nick Walden, Cat Kelly
Favourite festival(s): Towersey
Instrument(s): Flute, piccolo, clarinet, saxophone, mandolin... but none in a usefully folky sort of manner
Likes: A really good, strong, quirky lead; and being swung at speed.
Dislikes: Getting bruised during ceilidhs, partners who wear hiking boots / paraboots /  heavy boots
Special: *That* sparkly dress at Towersey in 2004
Useful talents: Pinking up any occasion, late night hot chocolate workshops, SQL, PHP and various other TLAs, will knit to order ;-)

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Rosie Bisset (Turner-Bisset)

 
Email: rosiebisset@hotmail.com
Home: Watford
Area of activity: England
What do you do: Musician, dancer, singer
Associations/links: Knit Your Own Yogurt, Great Western Big Band, Ex Loose Chippings and Off the Rails, Windsor and Rockhopper musician
Favourite dance(s): Too many to mention
Fav. band/caller(s): All the usual suspects
Favourite festival(s): Sidmouth, Towersey
Instrument(s): English concertina, melodeon, voice
Likes: Loves interesting music, or english music played very rhythmically on melody instruments
Dislikes: Bands who pose, long-winded callers
Special: Having just moved finally from Devon and being in bands for 11 years, I would very much like to play in one again
Useful talents: Very experienced lead musician used to working closely with callers
Other info: University lecturer in primary history. I use folk dance and song wherever I can with my work

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John Blackburn

 
Email: jwbeblackburn@aol.com
Home: Bideford, Devon
Area of activity: Anywhere within reason
What do you do: Caller
Associations/links: Call regularly with Bloatertown, but will work with other bands. Have called with Bursledon Village Band, The Bismarcks, Geckoes, Grand Union
Favourite dance(s): Nottingham Swing, Tea Kettles, and any good stepping dance which flows
Fav. band/caller(s): After Bloatertown: Burseldon Village Band, The Bismarcks, Old Swan. Callers Dave Hunt, Hugh Rippon, Nick Walden, Sibby
Favourite festival(s): Sidmouth, Cheltenham
Instrument(s): Melodeon, anglo-concertina (Only in sessions)
Likes: Bands like those mentioned above who play in a good, chunky, southern English style.
Dislikes: Bands who are more interested in showing off their own musical expertise than considering the needs of the dancers. Musicians who insist on looking at the musical notation instead of watching the dancers
Special: Equally happy with any ability level

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Mark Bluemel

 
Email: markb@sni-epc.co.uk
Home: Southampton, Hants
Area of activity: South Coast, Hants/Dorset
What do you do: Call, Play Bass Guitar
Associations/links: Thimble Rigger - a rocky (read LOUD) band
Favourite dance(s): Anything that flows
Home Page: www.meltingpot.demon.co.uk
Instrument(s): Bass Guitar
Likes: Strip the Willow, pretty shapes
Dislikes: Too many hopsteps
Useful talents:
I can do some kiddies activities, if my arm is twisted hard :-)
Other info: I call primarily with my own band, but am happy to work with others.

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Boldwood

 
Email: info@boldwood.co.uk
Home: Northants
Area of activity: UK
What do you do: 5-piece english ceilidh band
Home Page: www.boldwood.co.uk
Instrument(s): 3 fiddles, accordion, guitar

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Janice Booth and Alan Howe

 
Email: booth-howe@ntlworld.com
Home: Swindon
Area of activity: South/SW + festivals
What do you do: Run 'the dance house' Ceilidhs and organise Chippenham festival ceilidhs.
Associations/links: None - we are constantly on the lookout for bands and callers to book!
Favourite dance(s): Nottingham Swing, anything with a step-hop or rant step, anything lively and mesmeric
Fav. band/caller(s): They know who they are!
Favourite festival(s): Chippenham, Sidmouth, Wadebridge, Jack in the Green
Likes: A packed house and everyone dancing
Dislikes: Dances with galloping!
Other info: Keep in touch with us to let us know about you and tell us why we should book you!

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Chris Brady

 
Email: chrisjbrady@yahoo.com
Home: Harlington, Middlesex
Area of activity: South East
What do you do: Caller, workshop leader, dancer, trad. dance researcher
Associations/links: Freelance, flexible, adaptable - I'll work with anyone!!
Favourite dance(s): Clare Lancers
Fav. band/caller(s): Tulla Ceilidh Band
Favourite festival(s): Willie Clancy Summer School, Co. Clare
Home Page: http://chrisbrady.itgo.com
Instrument(s): hammered dulcimer
Likes: A raucous Dorset 4-Hand Reel
Dislikes: Sharp-style Playford
Special: Workshops on trad. English/Scottish/Irish social dances with stepping in

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Jon Brenner

 
Email: jon@gloworms.org.uk
Home: London
Area of activity: Mainly around the South East, further away when I can.
What do you do: Musician, dancer
Associations/links: Play with The Gloworms and other folk acts.
Favourite dance(s): Cornish Six-Hand Reel, Willow Tree, the square set dance where you roll around other's backs
Fav. band/caller(s): Bismarcks, Woodpeckers, Bedlam
Favourite festival(s): Siddy
Home Page: www.gloworms.org.uk
Instrument(s): Accordion & Trombone
Likes: Sharing the floor with good dancers.
Dislikes: People who presume youngsters don't know how to dance.
Useful talents: I specialise in running and teaching 'youth' folk workshops.

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Chris Broan

 
Email: chris.j.broan@nexiasolutions.com
Home: Preston, Lancs
Area of activity: Lancashire, Manchester, NW England, whole country for festivals
What do you do: dancer, help (dis)organise Phoenix ceilidhs, also perpetrate Border morris
Associations/links: Phoenix ceilidhs
Favourite festival(s): Sidmouth
Home Page: http://www.lesession.co.uk/phoenix/index.htm
Instrument(s): none
Likes: likes slow hornpipes with plenty of drive
Dislikes: fast hornpipes you have to skip to
Other info: Usual eceilidh dress: Bad shorts, worse legs.

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Tim Brooks

Tim Brooks
Email: oldtimetim@ntlworld.com
Home: Abbots Langley
Area of activity: 200 miles
What do you do: Fiddler, guitarist, songwriter, dancer
Associations/links: Haddenham Hoofers; ex- Puddleduck, Rose and Shamrock, Happenstance, Gizmo - all now-defunct ceilidh bands.
UPDATE: Happenstance re-established 2006
Favourite dance(s): Nottingham Swing
Fav. band/caller(s): Flowers and Frolics, Hugh Rippon
Favourite festival(s): Bromyard
Home Page: http://oldtimetim.com
http://happenstance.org.uk
Instrument(s): Fiddle, Guitar, Mandolin
Likes: Tunes played in a way that makes you want to dance
Dislikes: Bands that play too slow or too fast
Special: Have run fiddle workshops
Other info: "Brother" of Mick Brooks!

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Dave Byett

 
Email: dbyett@aol.com
Home: Bristol
Area of activity: About 40 miles
What do you do: Musician
Associations/links: Member of Cats Whiskers (Bristol, not the Midlands one), Dave Leverton, Grant Glanville, Derek Kingscote and other local callers
Favourite dance(s): Holmfirth Square (because of the tunes we use)
Instrument(s): Melodeon, Trombone, Tuba
Likes: Bands who look as though they're enjoying playing, and feeding off the dancers
Dislikes: Small line-up bands who charge a little less to get the job, but turn out to be lifeless

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Ed Caines

Ed Caines
Email: eecaines@portables1.ngfl.gov.uk
Home: Brentwood, Essex
Area of activity: England
What do you do: Musician
Associations/links: The Posh Band, previously Saturday Night and Ticklers
Favourite dance(s): Tag
Fav. band/caller(s): ECDB
Favourite festival(s): Dartmoor
Home Page: http://www.fortunecity.com/tinpan/portishead/662
Instrument(s): fiddle
Likes: real English dance music
Dislikes: smooth dance music

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Barry Callaghan

  Apr 07 — sadly, Barry is now playing upstairs sessions only. R.I.P.
Email: barry@endcliffe.demon.co.uk
Home: Sheffield
Area of activity: Most of Yorks and Derbys; abroad when opportunities arise
What do you do: musician/roadie/PA
Associations/links: Cauldron, Spent Force, Airs and Graces (formerly Tight Squeeze). Sheffield City Morris (formerly Lizzie Dripping)
Favourite dance(s): Ideal Scottische, plus dozens......
Fav. band/caller(s): Katy's Quartet, ECDB, OSB, Brass Monkey; Dave Hunt, Jackie Williams, Nick Garside
Favourite festival(s): ECMW, Whitby, Snape, Holmfirth
Home Page: working on it......
Instrument(s): melodeons, anglo concertina
Likes: playing for step and clog dancing; swing that comes from melody... English Country Music
Dislikes: felties
Useful talents:
film and video maker (professional)

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Simon Care

 
Email: tight.squeeze@lineone.net
Home: Northampton
Area of activity: Worldwide
What do you do: box player, little known dancer
Associations/links: Tickled Pink, Albion Dance Band, Stamp and Clap, Little Johnny England
Favourite dance(s): Hoppy things
Fav. band/caller(s): Bedlam, Bursledon Village Band, Woodpeckers. any caller with a bit of go
Favourite festival(s): Sidmouth, Bromyard, Cambridge
Instrument(s): melodeon, concertina
Likes: lively bands
Dislikes: unlively bands and callers that treat you like you've never played for a dance before
Special: I can play for dances in any language!

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Michael Catovsky

Michael Catovsky
Email: michael@hemlockmusic.demon.co.uk
Home: West Acton, London
Area of activity: UK to perform, SE to dance
What do you do: Caller
Associations/links: Cock & Bull
Favourite dance(s): Horses Bransle
Fav. band/caller(s): Hekety, Jabadaw, Bedlam, Martyn Harvey, Sheila Mainwaring, Nick Walden
Favourite festival(s): Sidmouth
Home Page: www.hemlockmusic.demon.co.uk/mdc.html
Likes: Learning new dances
Dislikes: Callers making me feel like I'm still at school (I also hate shoes that do that.) Dances that surface at nearly every ceilidh.
Useful: I run a booking agency for ceilidh bands at weddings etc. Hemlock Music advertises in various magazines. We get booking for the whole country; if you (band or caller) would like to be considered for any bookings, please email me.

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Andy Cheyne

 
Email: andy@hulot.demon.co.uk
Home: Shipton-under-Wychwood, Oxon
What do you do: Musician, dancer
Associations/links: Geckoes (and Kirtlington Morris)
Instrument(s): Bass, guitar, fiddle, mandolin, bouzouki

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Pete Coe

Pete Coe
Email: petecoe@backshift.demon.co.uk
Home: Ripponden, West Yorks
Area of activity: Villnius to San Francisco
What do you do: Musician, Caller, Dancer
Associations/links: Raw Material, Peeping Tom, Katie's Quartet
Favourite dance(s): Foula Reel, Soldiers Joy, Thatcher's Downfall
Fav. band/caller(s): The Victory Band (note NO NEW) , The Rakes, Peeping Tom, Dave Hunt, Sue Coe ( well she's got all my dances!)
Favourite festival(s): Sidmouth
Home Page: http://www.backshift.demon.co.uk/petehome.htm
Instrument(s): melodeon, bouzouki, banjo, appalachian dulcimer, feet, double bass balalaika, jews harp
Likes: Bands with good tunes and rhythm, when you get the feeling that the band are dancers too
Dislikes: "Daancers" who forget that these are social community dances not a semi-precious artform
Special: Can also sing songs between dances
Useful talents: Workshop sessions include melodeon, playing in dance bands. Most of my new dances come out of work done in schools. other: Organise a series of Barn Dances in Ripponden as chair of Ryburn 3 Step.

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Sue Coe

Sue Coe - dancing!Sue Coe - calling!
Email: suecoe@backshift.demon.co.uk
Home: Ripponden, West Yorks
Area of activity: All over England
What do you do: Dancer & Caller
Associations/links: Herb Boys, Raw Material, Jolly Straw Hat
Favourite dance(s): Nottingham Swing, Buttered Peas
Fav. band/caller(s): Bismarcks, Dave Hunt, Committee Band
Favourite festival(s): Sidmouth, Towersey
Home Page: http://www.ryburn3step.org.uk/
Instrument(s): feet
Likes: All dancing really
Dislikes: Calling for dances with everybody in stiletto heels and topless evening straps
(and that's just the men)!
Special: Can provide foot percussion in the band with Appalachian stepping
Other: Called at Sidmouth!

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Nigel Cooke

 
Email: nhcooke@globalnet.co.uk
Home: Wrington, North Somerset
Area of activity: Mainly Bristol, Glos and Somerset
What do you do: Play melodeon/Anglo concertina/Morris dancer
Associations/links: Cats Whiskers (Bristol's lumpy lively big ceilidh Band) long standing member of Bristol Morris Men and run the Bar for Folk Around Bristol, working with Grant Glanville, Dave Leverton, Martin Hewitt, Julian Rutter, Derek Kingscote.
Favourite dance(s): Willow Tree, Black Nag (Tubby's version), Stoke Golding
Fav. band/caller(s): Peeping Tom, Geckoes, Woodpeckers, All Blacked Up
Favourite festival(s): The ones I have been to
Instrument(s): Melodeon/Anglo Concertina
Likes: A good pub sesh thats not too smoky/bagpipes/being asked back
Dislikes: Callers that get stroppy with the punters

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Colin Cotter

Colin Cotter
Email: colin.cotter@ic.ac.uk
Home: London
Area of activity: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
What do you do: musician, dancer
Associations/links: The Gloworms
Favourite dance(s): La Russe
Fav. band/caller(s): Hekety, Whapweasel, Nick Walden, Gordon Potts, Michael Catovksy, Boka Halat, Committee Band
Favourite festival(s): Sidmouth, Whitby, Towersey, Warwick
Home Page: www.gloworms.org.uk
Instrument(s): banjo, guitar, piano, kazoo, spoons
Likes: stepping, bands that take the rhythmic lead from the melody, the Mexican tent at festivals, Chris Wood, callers that shout 'Gooooooooooooo'
Dislikes: Folk-based snobbery, bands that just use the melody as the embellishment for some bass 'n' drums, mime artists
Special: Composing/arranging, rent-an-accompanist
Useful talents: Do a bit of web design, instrument/composition teaching
Other info: I lead a secret folk double life as a guitarist with Scottish fiddler Kirsty Cotter

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Adam D A Courthold

Adam Courthold
Email: AdamCourthold@hotmail.com
Home: Hungerford, Berkshire.
Area of activity: England
What do you do: Drummer & Dancer
Associations/links: Pepper in the Brandy / Wheelwrights Bane / X-NYFTE / has stood in for The Woodpecker Band, This Way Up, Jabadaw
Favourite dance(s): Willow Tree / Swan / Nottingham Swing + more!
Fav. band/caller(s): Gordon Potts / Nick Walden / Michael Catovsky / Michael Courthold & more!
Favourite festival(s): Sidmouth / Chippenham / Bromyard / Bridgnorth / IVFDF
Home Page: www.bigmrc.com
Instrument(s): Drums / Percussion
Likes: A good band, and dancing partner.
Dislikes: People who dance out of time
Useful talents:
Web Page Design. like @ www.pitb.co.uk
Other info: ----Pepper in the Brandy----
website: www.pitb.co.uk
email: info@pitb.co.uk

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Alan Creamer

 
Email: alan.creamer@btconnect.com
Home: Luton
What do you do: Editor Shire Folk magazine, co-editor Unicorn magazine, Unicorn Ceilidhs committee member, Letchworth Morris Chancellor
Associations/links: Editor Shire Folk magazine, co-editor Unicorn magazine, Unicorn Ceilidhs committee member, Letchworth Morris Chancellor, member of Laughing Gravy ceilidh band
Favourite festival(s): Sidmouth, Towersey
Instrument(s): Rhythm guitar, bodhran
Useful talents: I run my own