The SPRINGER SISTERS  SCOTTISH CEILIDHS

Traditional ceilidhs and lively Scottish music, with accordion and fiddle played by Carole and Pamela, widely experienced in traditional music. Available to you with an entertainment tailored to your needs, for dancing or just listening music.

Available for weddings, Burns Nights , Hogmanay or any Scottish theme party, and for corporate functions.  We can play for the usual range of dances from Dashing White Sergeant, Strip the Willow, Gay Gordons, and  for the inexperienced we provide a caller to help with the steps.  For those more in the know we can provide music only for a wider range of dances, such as the Eightsome Reel, Hamilton House, Duke of Perth. (we don't recommend these dances for beginners)

Do contact us to discuss your requirements and availability.   We also offer other traditional music, I English or American flavoured barn dances and more. Or just a mixture !  All on appropriate instruments. Based near Tunbridge Wells, and available in SE England and beyond

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01892 835191
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Many authentic Scottish dances are notoriously complicated and most non-Scots find them difficult to dance.  The calling instructions are also almost impossible to relay to beginners during a dance. When these dances are held in Scotland, it is usually the case that most or all of the participants have been brought up dancing these dances at school etc and so they will be second nature to them.

The same obviously does not apply in South East England however, and for this reason we prefer to call what we do a “ceilidh with a Scottish flavour” which means that we will be doing a mixture of the simpler Scottish dances  (for example Strip the Willow, Dashing White Sergeant, Gay Gordons etc) and some Irish, English and American dances from our repertoire.  Listening music played when people are not dancing will include many Scottish tunes.

Dances like  Eightsome Reel, Hamilton House, Duke of Perth are best left out as they are suited to experienced Scottish dancers.  We would of course be happy to play music only for any of these complicated dances provided there are enough experienced dancers present.