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Traditional folk music, dance and customs - Harrogate,
North Yorkshire
Chas Marshall's Website
Hop Back Jig
An experienced four piece ceilidh band playing mainly English Country
Dance music for birthdays, celebrations, weddings, barn dances, fund
raising events etc. Listen to the band playing
the Tip Top Polka and the Tip Top Hornpipe.

Above: Hop Back Jig at Galphay Village Hall - 15 March
2003
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Harry ("Gumbo") Scurfield - Caller, Tuba and Anglo
Concertina
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Gabi Scurfield - Fiddle
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Heather Hazell - Melodeon
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And again - Harry ("Gumbo") Scurfield - Caller,
Tuba and Anglo Concertina
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Aided and abetted by Chas Marshall - Anglo Concertina, Tenor Banjo
and Bass Drum.
Harry and Gabi also play in the Otley based Cajun influenced band "Bayou
Gumbo". Heather has previously played in two other Harrogate
ceilidh bands - Fred Pigeon's Polka Band and Laycock's Overdrive.
Reasonable rates! Contact Harry Scurfield on 01943-465436.
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The band's name is a play on words inspired by
both morris dancing and brewing! A hop back step can be found
in morris dancing and the name jig refers to a show dance for
one, or sometimes two, morris dancers. In brewing a hop back is
a device in which hot wort is run through a bed of whole hops.
This imparts hop aroma to the beer and also acts as a filter clarifying
the wort.
Put the hop back in your step with Rooster's
Beers!
Put the hop back on your palate with Rooster's
Beers!
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The Village Hop Band
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Chas and Heather also play a similar repertoire of English Country
Dance music in the Village Hop Band. This band has a flexible line-up
which includes musicians who regulary play together in sessions.
This line-up can include (in addition to melodeon, concertina and
banjo) percussion, piano, guitar, french horn and recorder. This
band can be engaged either with, or without, the services of a caller
for birthdays, celebrations, weddings, barn dances, fund raising
events etc.
Contact Heather Hazell on 01423-527892.
Hear the Village Hop Band with Dave
Blight (bodhran), Nigel Swan (piano) and Jan Porter (recorder) at
Heatherdene Folk Dance Club, April 2007.
Hear the Village Hop Band with
Heather, Chas and Nick Barber (baritone horn) at Heatherdene Folk
Dance Club April 2008.
Hear the
"One Night Band" - another line-up with Heather, Chas
and Paul Hudson (piano).

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Yorkshire
Day 1st August 2006 - Harrogate
Tourist Information Centre
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Diary
| Date |
Band |
Event |
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| Thu. 24 January 2008 |
Village Hop Band |
Knaresborough Folk Dance
Club. |
| Fri. 25 January 2008 |
Village Hop Band |
Highside Folk Dance Club (with
Tessa Goldsmith) |
| Wed. 30 January 2008 |
Yorkshire Gold |
Yorkshire Mixtures Folk Dance Club, Batley. |
| Sat. 9 February 2008 |
Village Hop Band |
Barkston Ash Social Event - with M.C. Tony Whitehead. |
| Sat. 29 March 2008 |
Hop Back Jig |
Private Function, Leathley. |
| Sat. 12 April 2008 |
Hop Back Jig |
Private Function, Pannal. |
| Sat. 19 April 2008 |
"One Night Band" |
Haydon Bridge Community Centre, Clogfest
Fundraising Event. |
| Mon. 28 April 2008 |
Village Hop Band |
Heatherdene
Folk Dance Club, Harrogate. |
| Sun. 4 May 2008 |
Yorkshire Gold |
"May We Dance?" at Stainbeck
Community Centre, Leeds. |
| Mon. 5 May 2008 |
Village Hop Band |
Henshaws May Day Celebration, Knaresborough
(with Clogarhythm) |
| Sat. 17 May 2008 |
Village Hop Band |
Supporting Nick
Barber at the English Music Session at Shepley
Spring Festival. |
| Sat. 31 May 2008 |
Hop Back Jig |
Private Function, Birthday Party, Cookridge Village
Hall. |
| Fri. 6 June 2008 |
Village Hop Band |
Highside Folk Dance Club |
| Sat. 14 June 2008 |
Village Hop Band |
Afternoon - Northern Dance Centre Margaret Jaffe Tribute
Show at the Alhambra, Bradford. |
| Sat. 14 June 2008 |
Hop Back Jig |
Evening - Private Party, Adel, Leeds. |
| Fri. 20 June 2008 |
Yorkshire Gold |
Yamsen Special Music Event, West Park Centre,
Spen Lane, Horsforth. |
| Sat. 21 June 2008 |
Village Hop Band |
Private Party, Malt Shovel, Burley-in-Wharfedale. |
| Fri. 4 July 2008 |
Village Hop Band |
Highside Folk Dance Club |
| Sat. 12 July 2008 |
Hop Back Jig |
Clogfest,
Cracoe Village Hall. |
| Sat. 2 August 2008 |
Hop Back Jig |
Private Party, Cawood. T.B.C. |
| Sat. 9 August 2008 |
Yorkshire Gold |
Private Party, Ripley |
| Mon. 11 August 2008 |
As the "Blind
Jack Band" |
FEVA
concert supporting Cockersdale |
| Sat. 23 August 2008 |
Hop Back Jig |
Private Function, Wedding Reception, Masham. |
| Fri 17 October 2008 |
Village Hop Band |
Private Function, Birthday Party, Ripon Bowling Club. |
| Sat. 13 December 2008 |
Village Hop Band |
Northern Dance Centre Ceilidh, Embsay Village Hall. |
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