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About Flaming Heather

We operate as a two piece wherever possible and can handle most jobs with accordion/fiddle and calling with great success'.
Ceilidh band
Livingston
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We have performed at ceilidhs for many a year and have a wide repertoire of music from different countries . The biggest part is Scottish and Irish music but we can include some French Italian Israel or American styles if required. We operate normally as a two piece with fiddle and accordion but we also add drums if necessary. We are fully equipped to handle most function sizes and rarely encounter any problems.

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4.9 out of 5
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Flaming Heather's Reviews

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Derek C
12 days ago
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5 out of 5

Flaming Heather made our weddings evening reception so much fun. They called out all the steps for our guests and helped put us all at ease as we tried to remember dances we from our school days . They turned our evening into a night never to be forgotten. Lots of great tunes and laughter . Thanks for everything

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Nik N
1 month ago
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5 out of 5

We cannot recommend Flaming Heather highly enough on every aspect - in the lead up, really engaging and thoughtful (with guests across the spectrum from never done Scottish country dancing to those well versed) they tailored their sets to ensure all guests enjoyed, they even did an oasis song for the manchester contingent!! On the night they were brilliant all our guests thought it was the highlight of the evening, especially those who in the run up had said they didn’t think they’d be getting up! - seeing them dancing around the dance floor it was a joy to see and happy memories made. Thank you Flaming Heather x (Our guests are already saying can we do it again for our 1st anniversary!!)

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1 month ago

We enjoyed it too, crowd keen to participate.

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Kenny M
3 months ago
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3.5 out of 5

They were ok. There are only 2 members of course so they are a good price. They will help you work out what is the best thing to do and what are the right dances. Ours wasn’t the greatest success but it also wasn’t terrible. I am not sure what went wrong exactly. I feel like the fiddle player just stopped playing at some point. Not sure if she was frustrated with the level of dancing going on. We paid for a couple of hours but I guess the set was more like about an hour in the end. That was long enough though. Felt like longer wouldn’t have been good.

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Alvaro E
4 months ago
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5 out of 5

Flaming Heather were very charming, easygoing, and a wonderful band for beginner ceilidh dancers. I absolutely recommend!!

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7 years ago

an excellent all round performance satisfying all age groups.

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Flaming Heather's Song list

Gay Gordons These are all dances as opposed to songs.
dashing white sergeant
strip the willow
military two step
cumberland square eight
cumberland reel
eightsome reel
circassian circle
duke of perth
reel of the 51st
flying scotsman
virginia reel
canadian barn dance
sweedish masquerade
circles four
hamilton house
Customer questions

Do you have different line-up options?

we can add a drummer and seperate caller as required.

What if my timings change after I've booked you?

We are very flexible

Can you provide an iPod/DJ service before and between your sets?

We can play a customer set list if music is supplied.

How much time do you need to set up?

Approx 20 mins to set up.

Do you provide a caller?

The fiddle player can call the dances

Can I pick the songs you play from the set list?

Our service is more suited to dances rather than songs but we are bendable.

Is all of the equipment (e.g. PA) included in your quote?

We have a variety of different size PAoptions included.

Can you learn song requests before the event?

dance requests we can learn but not songs.
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Genres:
Ceilidh, Traditional Scottish folk, Traditional Irish folk
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Event types:
Wedding, Hotel / Restaurant event, Private event, Corporate event, Charity event, Burns night, Birthday party, Christmas party, New Year's Eve
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