|
|
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.
Reasonable rates! Contact Harry Scurfield on 01943-465436.

Hop Back Jig at Galphay Village Hall - 15 March 2003
|
|
|

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

Gabi Scurfield - Fiddle
Harry and Gabi also play in the Otley based Cajun influenced band
"Bayou Gumbo".
|
|

Heather Hazell - Melodeon.
Heather has previously played in two other Harrogate ceilidh bands
- Fred Pigeon's Polka Band and Laycock's Overdrive.
|

Chas Marshall - Anglo Concertina, Tenor Banjo and Bass Drum.
(photo courtesy Nick
Barber)
|

And again - Harry ("Gumbo") Scurfield - Caller,
Tuba and Anglo Concertina
|
|
|
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 bands and
music sessions. This line-up can include (in addition to melodeon,
concertina and banjo) percussion, piano, guitar, baritone horn,
fiddle 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,
Paul Hudson (piano) and caller Barbara Bentley. This band was originally
formed to play for one night only at a fund raising ceilidh for
Clogfest
in 2008, but the arrangement worked so well that we have continued
to perform in spite the, now, inappropriate name!
|

|

The Village Hop Band at the Wheel
Easy Ceilidh, 31 January 2009. Nick, Mary, Chas and Heather.
"Many thanks again for doing a great job to make the Ceilidh
such a success" - Malcolm and Gia.
|
Diary
The year of 2008 was a busy one for band activities and
with our various line-ups we provided music for 33 folk dance events.
We especially enjoyed playing at our 3 local folk dance clubs - Heatherdene
Folk Dance Club in Harrogate, Highside Folk Dance
Club in Galphay and Knaresborough Country
Dance Club. But there were a couple of highlights which were very
special - playing for the Clogfest
ceilidh at Cracoe Village Hall with caller Martin Harvey and for the Early
Dance Circle at Ashville College, with Diana Campbell calling.
| Date |
Band |
Event |
| |
|
|
| Fri 30 January 2009 |
Village Hop Band |
Highside
Folk Dance Club with Tessa Goldsmith |
| Sat 31 January 2009 |
Village Hop Band |
Wheeleasy Group
Ceilidh, St. Wilfrid's Church Hall, Harrogate. With Tony Whitehead,
Nick and Mary Barber. |
| Fri 27 February 2009 |
Village Hop Band |
Highside
Folk Dance Club with Tessa Goldsmith |
| Fri 6 March 2009 |
Yorkshire Gold |
YAMSEN Music Hall Event, West Park Centre, Leeds |
| Sat 14 March 2009 |
Hop Back Jig |
Caving Club, Green Dragon, Hardraw. |
| Thu 19 March 2009 |
Village Hop Band |
Knaresborough
Country Dance Club |
| Sat 28 March 2009 |
One
Night Band |
Clogfest
Fundraising Event, Haydon Bridge. |
| Mon 6 April 2009 |
Village Hop Band |
Heatherdene
Folk Dance Club, Harrogate. |
| Fri 10 April 2009 |
Hop Back Jig |
Private Function, Birthday Party, Addingham |
| 13 -18 April 2009 |
|
Members of the band will be accompanying dancers from
the Northern Dance
Centre to participate in the World
Folk Dance Festival in Palma. |
| Sat 25 April 2009 |
Yorkshire Gold |
"A Dance for St. George" at Stainbeck Community
Centre, Leeds. |
| Fri 5 June 2009 |
Village Hop Band |
Highside
Folk Dance Club |
| Sat 6 June 2009 |
Village Hop Band |
Bishop Monkton Barn Dance and BBQ. |
| Fri 3 July 2009 |
Village Hop Band |
Highside
Folk Dance Club with Nick and Mary Barber |
| Thu 9 July 2009 |
Village Hop Band |
Accompanying the Northern
Lights dancers at the Llangollen
Eisteddfod for International Youth Day. |
| Sat 11 July 2009 |
Village Hop Band |
Private Function, wedding celebration, Henshaws, Knaresborough.
|
| Sat 18 July 2009 |
Hop Back Jig |
Private Function, wedding celebration, Thirn. |
| Fri 14 August 2009 |
Hop Back Jig |
Private Function, wedding celebration, Byland Abbey |
| Sat 29 August 2009 |
Village Hop Band |
Private Function, wedding celebration, Otley with Nick
and Mary Barber. |
| Sat 12 September 2009 |
Village Hop Band |
Seaton Delaval Hall with TwoStep - music
and step dance for the National Trust and HRH the Prince of Wales
and Duchess of Cornwall. |
| Sat 19 September 2009 |
Village Hop Band |
Ryburn
Three Step - Waring Green Ceilidh with caller Gordon Wood and
Nick and Mary Barber. |
| Sat 10 October 2009 |
One
Night Band |
Bethel Baptist Church Ceilidh, Sandy Lane, Allerton,
BD15 9LL. |
| Sat 17 October 2009 |
Yorkshire Gold |
Family Ceilidh, Victoria Hall, Saltaire
- Day of Dance |
| Fri 23 October 2009 |
Village Hop Band |
Highside
Folk Dance Club. |
| Mon 2 November 2009 |
Village Hop Band |
Heatherdene
Folk Dance Club, Harrogate. |
| Thu 19 November 2009 |
Village Hop Band |
Knaresborough Country
Dance Club |
| Sat 28 November 2009 |
Village Hop Band |
Clogfest
Ceilidh at Pannal Village Hall with Nick and Mary Barber |
| Fri 4 December 2009 |
Village Hop Band |
Highside
Folk Dance Club |
| Sat 12 December 2009 |
Village Hop Band |
Private Function, Birthday Party, Tadcaster. |
| Sat 23 January 2010 |
One
Night Band |
Church
in the Dale Ceilidh, Pateley Bridge Memorial Hall |
| Sat 30 January 2010 |
Hop Back Jig |
Bingley T.B.C. |
| Sat 6 March 2010 |
Hop Back Jig |
Private Function, wedding celebration, Oxenhope. |
| Mon 26 April 2010 |
Village Hop Band |
Heatherdene
Folk Dance Club, Harrogate. |
|