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All the musicians have been performing, touring and recording for many years and two are award-winning performers. They are a professional and talented ceilidh band with many years experience specialising in traditional music in clubs, colleges, festivals, weddings, parties and corporate functions. Reels on Wheels play traditional Irish, Scottish, English and American songs and tunes with innovation, flair and vitality. The band is both sensitive to the occasion and responsive to the mood of the audience. Complete themed music can be accommodated for your event such as Irish jigs or Scottish or reels. Reels on Wheels encourage your guests to participate in the dances and such interaction has ensured repeat bookings from clients from both the private and corporate sector.
The band offer a variety of performances ranging from folk evenings to full audience-participation ceildhs complete with four musicians plus a caller who will teach the dances from scratch - no experience needed! Whichever your preferred line-up, Reels on Wheels are a fun addition to any event requiring a lively and exciting band to keep your guests entertained both on and off the dance floor.
A typical performance if for up to 2 hours of live music.
Line up & Options:
Guitar/vocals, accordion, banjo and/or fiddle.
Quartet: Additional flute
Caller
Caren Reeves
"Hi Mick. Thanks so much for an absolutely crackin' night in Canterbury (22nd October 2005 Saturday Westgate Hall, St Peters Lane, Canterbury, Kent). Could you pencil us in for Saturday 21 October 2006?"
Rosie Turner, Director, Canterbury Festival.
"Mick, Can I thank REELS ON WHEELS for a wonderful night's entertainment last Saturday for my daughter's wedding (8th October 2005 Ashton Court, Abbots Leigh Road, Bristol ). Once again you did us proud. I was surprised to find that many of the young people had never been to a Ceilidh before - but they all seemed to take to it with great enthusiasm and several couples left saying that they wanted a Ceilidh for their wedding - so hopefully you may get some follow-up business. Fortunately for me, but not you, I don't have any more daughter's weddings to arrange or pay for! I trust you enjoyed playing on Saturday - you certainly seemed to respond to the enthusiasm of the guests. Please pass on my thanks to the rest of the group. I look forward to our next meeting. Best wishes"
Julian Oliver - wedding
"Dear Mick, I apologize for our very belated email, but we wanted to say a very big thank you for playing at our wedding in Marlow on 4th June (2006, The Compleat Angler,). We had a fantastic time and all our guests thoroughly enjoyed the ceilidh. (We have some fantastic photos of people dancing the night away!) The floor seemed to be full of people as soon as you started playing and remained that way all night, and the caller did a fantastic job as most of us started out as complete amateurs! Thank you very much for the part you played, and also for being so organized during the lead up to the wedding. You were a pleasure to deal with, which helps immensely when organizing such an occasion! We would not hesitate to recommend REELS ON WHEELS to friends and family. Thank you again, Kind Regards"
Edward & Liz Bodiam - wedding
"Please may I take this opportunity to express my thanks and gratitude for everything you did and provided that made Stephen's secret surprise birthday barn dance in Titchmarsh such a success on Sunday 10th July 2005. Your band and caller were so professional and the music you played was so right for that afternoon. Judging from the amount of cards we have received here at Hillsborough House, the event was a huge success in every aspect and I would like to convey my appreciation to you and your company for everything you did to make that day go so smoothly. It is great to work with companies for whom professionalism and time-keeping is essential, especially when one tends to experience numerous problems with orders and delivery times. I am so pleased to say that your company was exemplary. Many people have asked who was responsible for certain items at the event and I have passed on your band information on to them accordingly. Once again many thanks for helping to make Stephen's secret surprise Birthday such a huge success and I look forward to being able to use your company for further events at Christmas and Summer 2006. Very best wishes."
Julian Stoneman and Stella Warshaw Treagus Stoneman Associates Limited - showbiz party
"Dear Mick, Many thanks for the great evening we had at the Waltham Abbey Town Hall last week (18th March 2005). The Band was terrific - please pass on our thanks to them all. I've been to the Town Hall and have booked us in for next year - Friday 17th March 2006 - for another Irish Barn Dance. Thank you for allowing us to book the great REELS ON WHEELS once again".
Terri Grilli St Thomas Moore & St Edward RC Church, Waltham Abbey - Church Social
Back Home in Derry
Band Played Waltzing Matilda
Black is the Colour
Black Velvet Band
Bold Grenadier
Brown Eyed Girl
Caledonia
Clare to Here
Cliffs of Doneen
Cockles & Mussels
Come by the Hills
Danny Boy
Dark Island
Dirty Old Town
Dublin in the Rare Old Times
Fairytale of New York
Fiddlers Green
Fields of Athenry
Fleur of Scotland
Foggy Dew
Galway Shawl
I'll Tell My Ma
Irish Rover
Isle of Tears
Jambalaya
Lakes of Ponchartrain
Leaving of Liverpool
Mountain Dew
Muirsheen Duirkin
My Lovely Rose of Clare
Only our Rivers run Free
Ordinary Man
Peggy Gordon
Queen Jane
Ride On
Sean South
Seven Drunken Nights
She Moved Through The Fair
Spancil Hill
Star of the County Down
Sweet Sixteen
Sweet Thames Flow Softly
Tipping it up to Nancy
Town I Love so well
Waltzing for Dreamers
Whiskey in the Jar
Whistling Gypsy Rover The
Wild Colonial Boy
Wild Rover
Will you go Lassie Go
Willie McBride
and many many more!
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