Information: Shepherds Hey
We are a Traditional Country Dance Band from Haworth, West Yorkshire, consisting of three or four musicians and a caller. Although we are an all acoustic band, we provide amplification when needed. We play fiddle, melodeon, mandolin, mandola, guitar, horn and sometimes cello. We specialise in playing a variety of traditional dances from all over the British Isles and Ireland. We also enjoy playing European Music and we were for many years the musicians for Bradfords' Hungarian Dance troupe, Tokaij.
We offer a mixture of dances and traditional music and our accomplished caller will guide the dancers through each step. The result is tremendous fun, with dancers clamouring for more. If you want to specify the music you prefer, we will do our best to oblige. We can put together a program to suit all tastes, from our background in a range of musical styles. English, Scottish, Irish, New World or European.
We also play and call "Old time" dances when appropriate and we are happy to discuss a program to suit your personal requirements.
Although based in the Yorkshire village of Haworth near Keighley, we play all over Yorkshire, and further afield. We play for all kinds of event with weddings and birthday celebrations being particularly popular. We even did a wake once and have played for National Trust events, at Fountains Abbey, North Yorkshire.
