Steve Lowe

We booked THE Ceilidh Band for a ceilidh which made up part of our one day folk festival. I have to say it was the highlight of the event! They were so easy to work with and were so wonderfully organised, it made everything so much easier. The set was fantastic (as expected having attended their ceilidhs on other occasions) and it was such an enjoyable evening.

The Music provided by The Ceilidh Band at my wedding contributed to what was a special and memorable day. Thank you!

Dance Report from The Moxafrica Benefit Ceilidh - Birmingham Strip the willow, left hand star and swing your partner were all phrases to be heard during the Moxafrica Benefit ceilidh in Birmingham on Saturday February 13th. Plans had been afoot for quite some time and in the week before the maximum number of tickets sold out. One of the charity’s co-founders, Merlin Young, was on hand to assist during the evening having had box office responsibilities along with his wife and charity treasurer, Jo, in the run up to the event. Having just returned from Uganda, where he had been in receipt of some very positive data from a randomised controlled trial which had just been done to test the efficacy of the organisation’s work, Merlin had brought a few exotic items which were included as prizes in the fund raising raffle held during a break in the dancing. A morris dance display from The Jockey Men’s Morris Club kept people entertained during the interval whilst everyone had a breather. Music was played by “the ceilidh band,” a Birmingham based group, and their caller for the evening Jonathan Cole. When proceeds from ticket sales and various fund raising activity during the night was all tallied up an amount in excess of £1200 was raised to support Moxafrica’s work with TB sufferers in Uganda and South Africa. Smiles all round but maybe a few sore feet the morning after. A big thank you - “webaale nnyuu” as they say in Uganda - to all who supported this event.