Traditional folk music, dance and customs - Harrogate, North Yorkshire

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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

 

Harry ("Gumbo") Scurfield - Caller, Tuba and Anglo Concertina

Gabi Scurfield - Fiddle

Heather Hazell - Melodeon

And again - Harry ("Gumbo") Scurfield - Caller, Tuba and Anglo Concertina

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.

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!

The Village Hop Band

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).

Yorkshire Day 1st August 2006 - Harrogate Tourist Information Centre

Diary

Date Band Event
     
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.