Pluck & Squeeze Band

Ceilidh & Barn Dance Band from Cardiff, South Wales

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The People - (bigger photo - here)

 

Kate, Pete, Jeremy and Lorna play for weddings, parties, barn dance functions around Cardiff, Wales, UK

Lorna on accordion - A keyboard wizard with lightning fingers.

Kate on fiddle - velvet tones that make your spine tingle, you have to hear it to believe it.

Pete on guitar/banjo - a driving rhythm section (to distraction usually), on his Maccaferri guitar.

Jeremy on bass - all the way from Abergavenny.

 

 

Guest Artists - who join us from time to time:

      

  Si from Jellied Reels ceilidh Band now lives in Cardiff and plays with us from time to time.                        Tony Williams also plays with the Black Mountain Band and travels from Brynmawr.                          Marc's a demon Welsh folk fiddler and hr also plays for Nantgarw Welsh folk dancers.                         Heulwen from the gypsy jazz group "5 Go Swing" plays with us from time to time, including the Gavin & Stacey TV programme.

 

Callers
Ned calls with us for a wide variety of dances. Ned
He's been there and done it all, with charm, and in between he calls dances.
Also a whiz on harmonica - we've lost count of how many he's got!

  Pat    
 
The star of Welsh folk band Calennig, a virtuoso on spoons and concertina.  
  She also runs
Llantrisant Folk Club.
    

Pat calls for twmpath dances.
Alun calls mainly for Welsh folk dances. Alun
Alun is able to call dances in Welsh when necessary.
Guaranteed to get everyone up and dancing, full of traditional "hwyl".

  Dave    
 
The "Godfather" of folk dancing in South Wales.
He calls dances ranging from medieval to contemporary.  
He runs the "Ruff Country Dance Club" in Cardiff.   

Dave calls for mainly English and American country dances.

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