Get Some Inspiration
Here is a brief selection of the venues we have played and testimonials from people who enjoyed our music – they may give you some inspiration. The musicians have also played at International Dance Festivals in the following countries in the last few years: Hungary, Czech Republic, Spain, Germany, France and Denmark.
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The Dome, (Now O2 Arena) London -
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St Andrews Church Hall, Sheffield, Women’s Institute -
Sheffield flying club -
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Newstead Abbey -
Mansfield and Rotherham Football stadiums (function rooms) -
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Hillsborough Golf Club, Sheffield -
Ecclelsall Parish Church Hall -
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Whirlow Farm, Sheffield -
Maynard Arms, Grindleford –Wedding -
Holiday Inn, Dodworth, Barnsley -
Hemsworth Golf Club, Sheffield -
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Coal Aston Village Hall -
Best Western Hotel, Stoke on Trent
Everyone enjoyed themselves and we raised…
Many thanks for providing the music at
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Many thanks for providing the music at our W.I.N.E barn dance on March 5th Everyone enjoyed themselves and we raised £980 for Ryegate Childrens Hospital and Ashiand Womens Refuge.
With best wishes.
With best wishes.
Women's Institute Nether Edge
…they really are ‘the tops’
Scottish dance bands are comparatively rare in
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Scottish dance bands are comparatively rare in England. Good ones are even rarer! We count ourselves fortunate to have found Brian and Strings and Reeds. Whether for dancing or just for listening, they really are ‘the tops’
Mr John Muir, Burns Night in Stoke-on-Trent, January 2018
I cannot recommend them too highly.
Strings and Reeds have been playing for
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Strings and Reeds have been playing for us at our barn dances for many years. I cannot recommend them too highly. Their music and humor constitute and excellent evening’s entertainment. They have a very varied selection of dances with instrumental breaks. They have our bookings from year to year and we now consider them as friends.
Coal Aston Barn Dance Group
They were brilliant!
Just want to give you feedback on
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Just want to give you feedback on the Strings & Reeds band we booked for our ceilidh at Swanick on Saturday .
They were brilliant! Everyone had a great time and we really appreciated how well they included the children. We’d be more than happy to recommend them.
They were brilliant! Everyone had a great time and we really appreciated how well they included the children. We’d be more than happy to recommend them.
Gateway church
How wonderful tonight was
I want to take this opportunity to
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I want to take this opportunity to say how wonderful tonight was. We have had so many excellent comments.
The music was great! The caller of course was fab! A great atmosphere and a fun time.
Please thank everyone in the band again.
We hope to book again next year.
Hope your journeys home were ok.
Thanks again.
The music was great! The caller of course was fab! A great atmosphere and a fun time.
Please thank everyone in the band again.
We hope to book again next year.
Hope your journeys home were ok.
Thanks again.
Claire Smales
Your super performance at our joint birthday celebration
Hi Mike Just wanted to say a
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Hi Mike
Just wanted to say a big “thank you” to you and your Strings and Reeds band for your super performance at our joint birthday celebration ceilidh on Saturday night.
Rowena and I had a wonderful time and it seems everyone else did too. Lots of people have specifically mentioned how great the band was in their feedback and you were a big factor in an
all-round fantastic evening. We thought you hit exactly the right note for the occasion and it was so good to see a caller, donned with a head mic, getting down off the stage to be right in the middle of the action. I think everyone who was there – with the possible exception of the band and the caretaker! – wishes it could have gone on longer. We might even have had time then for the second
”strip the willow”!
So well done to all of you. Please pass on our great appreciation to your colleagues.
Best regards.
Just wanted to say a big “thank you” to you and your Strings and Reeds band for your super performance at our joint birthday celebration ceilidh on Saturday night.
Rowena and I had a wonderful time and it seems everyone else did too. Lots of people have specifically mentioned how great the band was in their feedback and you were a big factor in an
all-round fantastic evening. We thought you hit exactly the right note for the occasion and it was so good to see a caller, donned with a head mic, getting down off the stage to be right in the middle of the action. I think everyone who was there – with the possible exception of the band and the caretaker! – wishes it could have gone on longer. We might even have had time then for the second
”strip the willow”!
So well done to all of you. Please pass on our great appreciation to your colleagues.
Best regards.
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Alan
Just wanted to pass on my compliments to “Strings and Reeds”
Just wanted to pass on my compliments
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Just wanted to pass on my compliments to “Strings and Reeds” who performed for my wife’s 60th birthday in Doncaster on Saturday, they were fantastic, everything we hoped for. The leader Mike was very accommodating and humorous, kept us all on our feet even when we were ready to drop! The musicians in the band really know their stuff and I hope to see them again someday.
Many thanks!
Many thanks!
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Geoff and Janice Bowley
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