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Johnny Adams |
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| 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 |
Kevin Allen |
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| 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 |
Stuart Altman |
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| 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 |
Anahata |
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| 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 |
Annette and the Matchbox Band |
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| 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 |
Martin Appleby |
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| 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) |
Richard Arden |
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| 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 |
Liz Arrowsmith |
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| 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 |
Richard Arrowsmith |
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| 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 |
Richard Ashe |
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| 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 |
Gavin Atkin |
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| 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 |
Paul Bains |
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| 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 |
Michael Barraclough |
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| 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 |
James Barry |
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| 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 |
Anthony Bearon |
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| 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 |
Peter Bearon |
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| 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. |
Rachel Bearon |
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| 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! |
Edwin Beasant |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
Jane Berry |
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| 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 ;-) |
Rosie Bisset (Turner-Bisset) |
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| 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 |
John Blackburn |
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| 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 |
Mark Bluemel |
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| 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. |
Boldwood |
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| 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 |
Janice Booth and Alan Howe |
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| 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! |
Chris Brady |
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| 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 |
Jon Brenner |
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| 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. |
Chris Broan |
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| 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. |
Tim Brooks |
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| 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! |
Dave Byett |
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| 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 |
Ed Caines |
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| 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 |
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) |
Simon Care |
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| 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! |
Michael Catovsky |
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| 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. |
Andy Cheyne |
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| 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 |
Pete Coe |
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| 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. |
Sue Coe |
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| 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! |
Nigel Cooke |
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| 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 |
Colin Cotter |
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| 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 |
Adam D A Courthold |
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| 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 |
Alan Creamer |
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| 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 |