Bands hired for weddings and parties around Oxford & Wallingford Oxfordshire

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Oxfordshire is superb county from the musician's point of view, in that it has so many beautiful venues, attractive villages and homely village hall to perform in, but importantly it's a pleasant county to drive around in. Any music group tends to have to do a fair bit of driving, as relative to the number of venues and existence there are quite a small number of top-class jazz bands, string quartets and barn dance bands. Also, from the musician's point of view, the probability of getting a booking within a certain radius of home is only a quarter the probability of being booked for an event at double that radius, simply because the area of the circle is given by pi R squared. Thus it is quite common for a band to drive an hour to reach a wedding venue, even if they are what is termed a local band.

Depending on where in the country you are, this can be very enjoyable or quite unpleasant. If you are having to hammer up packed motorways, or crawl your way through heavy traffic, the journey is definitely not enjoyable, but travelling in Oxfordshire, much of which is the Cotswolds, is very pleasant indeed, particularly in the summer. It can be a bit hairy on occasions in January or February, when snow frequently lies in the higher parts the Cotswolds, but for most of the year getting to the performance venue begins with a pleasant drive through beautiful countryside, and ends with a drive home on almost deserted roads at round about midnight.

The two major hill ranges of the Home Counties are the chalklands of the Chiltern Hills in the east, and the Berkshire Damns in the south. Part of the limestone Cotswolds cuts across north-west Oxfordshire limestone. Walls, cottages, manor houses and churches are all built of this local stone which, around Banbury where the Cotswolds meet ironstone hills, takes on a honey-coloured tint.

The Thames from its source in the Cotswolds retains much of the atmosphere of Jerome K. Jerome's Three Men in a Boat. The locks may be easier to navigate today and the pleasure craft using them may have sleeker lines, but the riverside inns are as welcoming as ever, and fields lining the river banks are still a popular spot for weekend picnic parties.

The gentle water-meadows of the infant River Thames form the boundary between Oxfordshire and Berkshire. South of the river lie the rich, flat farmlands of the Vale of the White Horse, named after the great chalk figure cut in ancient times into the bold escarpment of the Berkshire Down which border the Vale to the south.

The Thame Barns Centre, Thame, Church Rd, Oxon, O, X9 3AJ, Oxfordshire

 

Live band hired for Wedding The LY Barn Dance /Ceilidh Band ref: 4326.1

The Oxford Town Hall 6 St Aldate's, Oxford , OX1 1B, Oxfordshire

 

Graduate student (MBA) party  The RH Ceilidh/ Barn Dance Band ref: 6614

St. Aldates Church in Oxford, , OX1 1BP, Oxfordshire

 

Live band hired for Wedding Ringerike Ceilidh / Barn Dance Band ref: 4003.1

Oxford, OX1 1BX, Oxfordshire

 

Burns Ringerike Ceilidh / Barn Dance Band ref: 4003.2

Friend Room, Lee Building, Christ Church College, St. ALDATES, Oxford, , OX1 1DP, Oxfordshire

 

Live band hired for Wedding Ringerike Ceilidh / Barn Dance Band ref: 4003.3

St Aldates Church, St Aldates, Oxford. , OX1 1ZY, Oxfordshire

 

Student May Ball (Fundraiser) The WT Ceilidh / Barn Dance Band ref: 4082.2

St Peter's College, New Inn Hall Street, Oxford. , OX1 2DL, Oxfordshire

 

Live band hired for Wedding The SP Jazz Trio ref: 3975.2

The Oxford Union , OX1 2EB, Oxfordshire

 

Live band hired for Wedding The SP Jazz Trio ref: 3975.2

With its honey-coloured stones, noble lawns md dreaming spires, Oxford is part of man's cultural heritage. Factories and houses have sprawled across the suburbs, but the colleges at the heart of the city remain compellingly lovely. Within a single square mile, 653 buildings are listed as being of architectural or historic merit.

The city was originally called Oxnaforda and began with the foundation of St Frideswide's nunnery in the 8th century. A university was established 1214 and by the end of the I3th century, four colleges had been founded: University, Balliol, Merton and St Edmund Hall. In the following century Exeter, Oriel, Queen's and New Colleges were founded. Lincoln, All Souls and Magdalen (in medieval times it was pronounced 'Maudalayne', and 'Maudlin' is its pronunciation today) are i5th century. Brasenose, Corpus Christi, Christ Church (the headquarters of Charles I during the Civil War), St John's, Trinitv and Jesus all date from the i6th century; Wadharn and Pembroke, from the iyth century; Worcester and Hertford from the 18th century; and Keble from the igth century.

There are five women's colleges dating from the end of the 19th century—Lady Margaret Hall, Somerville, St Anne's, St Hugh's and St Hilda's. The most modern colleges are St Catherine's and Wolfson, both founded since the Second W'orld War. St Antony's, Xuffield and Wolfson are solely postgraduate colleges.

Most colleges are within an easy wralk of the High Street, and all the colleges west of a line drawn through St Giles Street, Cornmarket Street and St Aldate's are 'modern', with the exception of Worcester and

The Ashmolean Museum Beaumont Street Oxford , OX1 2PH, Oxfordshire

 

Drinks Reception The HS Flute & Harp Duo ref: 2597.1

Church of St. Mary Magdalen + The Cherwell Boathouse,Magdalen Street, Oxford Then The Cherwell Boathouse 50 Bardwell Rd, Oxford OX2 6ST, OX1 3AE, Oxfordshire

 

Live band hired for Wedding of Simon & Danielle  The ODS Folk Band ref: 4666.2

Brasenose College Radcliffe Square, Oxford , OX1 4AJ, Oxfordshire

 

Live band hired for Wedding - John and Rebecca  The CS Barn Dance / Ceilidh Band ref: 4302.3

St Edmund Hall, Oxford Queens Lane, Oxford , OX1 4AR, Oxfordshire

 

Live band hired for Wedding - Rose and Ollie Ringerike Ceilidh / Barn Dance Band ref: 4003.3

College Bar, Magdalen College, Oxford. , OX1 4AU, Oxfordshire

 

Live music booking for Wedding reception The OP Ceilidh / Barn Dance Band ref: 4303.6

The rivers help to make Oxford what it is. The city is on the Thames but here the great river, known to the Romans as Thamesis, is called the Isis—and exactly where the Thames becomes the Isis and then the Isis becomes the Thames again has never been denned. Meeting the Isis just south of Folly Bridge is the Cherwell (pronounced Charwell). Flo wing through flat lands, bordered with pollarded willows, the rivers provide marvellous punting, boating, fishing and bathing. From Wolvercote, further north, the Isis meanders through the vast Port Meadow, owned by the city since before the days of the Domesday Book.

 

The George Hotel,  High Street, Wallingford, Oxfordshire. United Kingdom , OX10 0BS, Oxfordshire

 

Live music booking for Wedding The CW Barn Dance / Ceilidh Band ref: 4086.1

Officers' Mess, RAF Benson, Wallingford, Oxfordshire. , OX10 6AA, Oxfordshire

 

Burns Night Supper and Dancing The TD Celidh/Barn Dance Band ref: 6017

Wallingford there are long reaches mirroring green banks and trees, where the stillness is broken only by the occasional canoe or river launch.

Ambrose Barn Gangsdown Hill Wallingford Oxon, OX10 6QD, Oxfordshire

 

Special Birthday Party The TD Jazz Trio ref: 3791.1

Wallingford has a history that dates back to the Romans, Saxons, Danes and Normans, who realised the importance of this Thames crossing point, the name being Saxon for 'ford of Wealh's people'. The town's charter dates from 1155 and was granted by Henry II, whose possession of the Throne was confirmed by the Treaty of Wallingford. The castle, a Royalist stronghold in the Civil War, finally surrendered to the Parliamentary army in July 1646, and was one of the last Royalist castles to fall. It w:as kept in use as a prison until 1652, when it was demolished.

Wallingford today is a market town and riverside resort, with swimming and paddling pools which in no way detract from the beauties of the towpath walks. There are many fine Georgian houses, and the 17th-century town hall, which stands on stone pillars, contains several portraits by Gainsborough.

Moulsford Pavilion, Moulsford, Wallingford, Oxfordshire. , OX10 9HP, Oxfordshire

 

Gill's 50th birthday party The CN Scottish Ceilidh Band ref: 4409

 

Didcot Civic Hall, , OX11 7JN, Oxfordshire

 

Live music booking for Wedding The BW English Barn Dance Band ref: 4449.1

The Dairy, Goosey Wick Farm, Charney Bassett, Wantage, Oxford , OX12 0EY, Oxfordshire

 

Live music booking for Wedding Reception The SG Jazz Trio ref: 3791.2

At Wantage market-place a statue of King Alfred records his birth in the town in AD 849. Near Kingston Lisle there is the 'Blowing Stone', which Alfred is said to have used to summon his subjects to battle against the Vikings.

Lains Barn, Grove Park Drive, Nr Ardington. Wantage. Oxon. , OX12 7QG, Oxfordshire

 

Live music booking for Wedding SCRAP The OYD Barn Dance Band ref: 4612

Wantage is a quiet town in the centre of a wide agricultural belt. A century ago it was notorious for thieves and ruffians who fought, stole and murdered after dark, or who baited bulls and badgers and got roaring drunk in local cock-pits. It has cobbled streets and I7th and r8th-century houses, and is a pleasant town for quiet strolling. The cobbles in the passage leading from Newbury Street to some 17th-century almshouses are made of sheep's knucklebones. There is a statue in the town square to Alfred the Great, who was born in Wantage. At the west end of the spacious square stands the Church of SS Peter and Paul, partly dating from the I3th century and containing, as well as some fine wood carvings, the tombs of some of the Fitzwaryn family, into which Dick Whittington married.

Ardington House, Ardington, Wantage, , OX12 8QA, Oxfordshire

 

Work summer party The LR Ceilidh / Barn Dance  Band ref: 4830.1

West Hendred Village Hall Ginge Rd, West Hendred , OX12 8RP, Oxfordshire

 

Birthday Ceilidh - Alexander The CS Barn Dance / Ceilidh Band ref: 4302.3

Letcombe Regis Village Hall Bassett Road, Letcombe Regis, Wantage, OX12 9LJ, Oxfordshire

 

Live music booking for Wedding - Ruth and James The CS Barn Dance / Ceilidh Band ref: 4302.3

Kingston Bagpuize House, Kingston Bagpuize, Nr Abingdon, , OX13 5AX, Oxfordshire

 

Live music booking for Wedding The RT Party Band ref: 5599

Kingston Bagpuize House, Kingston Bagpuize, Nr. Abingdon. , OX13 5AX, Oxfordshire

 

Live music booking for Wedding The CN String Quartet ref: 2025

Lakeview Restaurant, Millets Farm Centre, Kingston Rd, Frilford, Nr Abingdon, , OX13 5HB, Oxfordshire

 

Live music booking for Wedding The CS Barn Dance / Ceilidh Band ref: 4302.3

Millets Farm Centre, Kingston Road, Frilford,  Oxon , OX13 5HB, Oxfordshire

 

Live music booking for Wedding The BA Ceilidh / Barn Dance Band ref: 4417

Milton Hill House,  Abingdon, Oxford, OX13 6AF, Oxfordshire

 

Live music booking for Wedding The TD Celidh/Barn Dance Band ref: 6017

Abingdon is a Thames-side town best approached from the river. A Benedictine abbey was built here in the loth century and, though much of the abbey has disappeared since the Reformation, there are some interesting remains by the river. The granary contains a reconstruction of an Elizabethan theatre, and performances of Handel's operas are often given there during the summer. The Guildhall contains two Gainsborough paintings, and the County Hall, built when Abingdon was Berkshire's county town, is one of the most magnificent in the country. Many authorities believe that the building, completed in 1682, took its style from designs by Sir Christopher Wren.

At Steventon, 4 miles south, a former priory has been converted into two houses. One has the original Great Hall.

 

Warrant Officers & Sergeants Mess Dalton Barracks, Abingdon , OX13 6JB, Oxfordshire

 

Military Dine Out Of the Regimental Sergeant Major  The BF Quartet ref: 6384.4

Long furlong community centreBoulter drive, Abingdon, Oxfordshire., OX14 1XP, Oxfordshire

 

Live music booking for Wedding reception - Lorna and Matthew The CE String Quartet ref: 2027.1

Burcot House, Burcot, Abingdon, OXON, , OX14 3DJ, Oxfordshire

 

Live music booking for Wedding Reception The WT Ceilidh/ Barn Dance Band ref: 4082.1

The Long Gallery Lower HallAbbey Buildings, Abingdon, OX14 3HZ, Oxfordshire

 

Live music booking for Wedding reception - Caroline and Pierre The TS Barn Dance/Ceilidh Band ref: 6182.1

The Abbey Abingdon, OX14 4AF, Oxfordshire

 

Handfasting The TD Celidh/Barn Dance Band ref: 6017

Drayton Village Hall, Lockway, Drayton, Abingdon, Oxon, , OX14 4LG, Oxfordshire

 

Oxitec's 10th Anniversary The MTS Ceilidh /Barn Dance Band ref: 4803

Northmoor Trust, Hill Farm, Little Wittenham, Abingdon, Oxon. , OX14 4QZ, Oxfordshire

 

Live music hired for Wedding The LR Ceilidh / Barn Dance Band ref: 4830.2

Brasenose College, Sports ground, 63 Abingdon Rd, Oxford , OX14PW, Oxfordshire

 

Daughter's Wedding The TD Celidh/Barn Dance Band ref: 6017

Banbury Cricket Club, The Pavilion, White Post Lane, Bodicote, , OX15 4BN, Oxfordshire

 

Live music hired for Wedding The BA Ceilidh / Barn Dance Band ref: 4417

Hailcombe Barn, South Newington, Banbury, Oxfordshire, , OX15 4JP, Oxfordshire

 

50th Birthday Party The CG Celtic / Irish Folk Band ref: 4780.1

Banbury is best known for its cakes and its celebrated cross, Banbury remains a pleasant to\s n in spite of being a large industrial, marketing and shopping centre. It dates back to Saxon times, though few buildings survive from earlier than the i~th century. This is largely due to a kind of demolition fren?.y among Banbury's inhabitants. In the 17th century, they petitioned Parliament to pull down their great castle so that they could use the stone to repair the damage caused to the town by two Civil W ar sieges. In the i8th century, they blew up their old church rather than restore it.

The original Banbury Cross was destroyed, too, in an upsurge of Puritanism three centuries ago. The present cross dates only from 1859. The 'fine lady' of the rhyme is believed to have been a member of the Fiennes family, who still live at nearby Hroughton Castle. The ride to the cross was probably a May Morning ceremony.

St Laurences Church Milcombe,  Oxfordshire + Farnell Fields, Paradise Lane, Milcombe, Oxon., OX15 4RF, Oxfordshire

 

Live music hired for Wedding The AO String Quartet ref: 2051

Greenhill GallerySutton Lane Lower Brailes, OX15 5BB, Oxfordshire

 

Live music hired for Wedding The AM Jazz Duo ref: 3052

Broughton Grange Wykham Lane, Broughton, Banbury , OX15 5DS, Oxfordshire

 

Birthday Party Judy  & her Jazz Band ref: 3047

Swalcliffe Village Hall, Swalcliffe, Near Banbury, , OX15 5EX, Oxfordshire

 

Live music hired for Wedding Party The NN Party / Covers Band ref: 5914

Sibford Village HallSibford Gower Banbury Oxon, OX15 5RW, Oxfordshire

 

Neil & Brittany 1st  wedding anniversary + American guests The MTS Ceilidh /Barn Dance Band ref: 4803

Hadsham Farm, Banbury Hadsham Farm, Horley, Banbury , OX15 6BN, Oxfordshire

 

Live music hired for Wedding The HC Guitar Duo ref: 6389

The Pavilion Bell Street, Hornton , OX15 6DB, Oxfordshire

 

Golden Wedding Anniversary Party  The JSF Jazz Band ref: 3391.1

Honeysuckle House, Shutford Road, Balscote, , OX15 6JW, Oxfordshire

 

70th Birthday The EL Jazz Band ref: 3009.1

Shenington Gliding Club, Shenington Arifield Shenington Airfield, Rattlecombe Road, Shenington, Banbury , OX15 6NY, Oxfordshire

 

Gliding Competition - first night party  The OG Barn Dance / Ceilidh Band ref: 4329.1

Shutford Village Hall, , OX15 6PE, Oxfordshire

 

'90th' (joint 30th & 60th) birthday party The CS Barn Dance / Ceilidh Band ref: 4302.3

Shutford Village Hall, Banbury Hill, Shutford, Nr Banbury, Oxon, , OX15 6PE, Oxfordshire

 

'90th' (joint 30th & 60th) birthday party The CS Barn Dance / Ceilidh Band ref: 4302.3

Freemasons hall-Banbury Marlborough Road, Banbury, OX16 5DB, Oxfordshire

 

70th Birthday party  The TD Celidh/Barn Dance Band ref: 6017

Naomi's Cafe Bar, 67 Bridge Street, Banbury , OX16 5QF, Oxfordshire

 

30th Wedding Anniversary - Colin and Tina The SB Jazz Trio ref: 3608.2

Frank Wise School, Hornbeam Close, Banbury, Oxfordshire, , OX16 9RL, Oxfordshire

 

50th Birthday Party The SR English Barn Dance Band ref: 4808.1

All Saints Church Church Lane Middleton Cheney , OX17 2NR, Oxfordshire

 

Live music hired for Wedding Singer - Gemma ref: 6278

Sulgrave ManorManor Road, Sulgrave, Nr Banbury, Oxfordshire, OX17 2SD, Oxfordshire

 

Live music hired for Wedding - Steve and Leah The OX Ceilidh / Barn Dance Band ref: 4750.1

AYNHOE PARKAYNHOE PARK BANBURY OXFORDSHIRE, OX17 3BQ, Oxfordshire

 

Live music hired for Wedding The VY String Quartet ref: 6193

Friars Court Friar's Court Clanfield Bampton , OX18 2ST, Oxfordshire

 

Civil wedding  Chuck: Solo Sax ref: 6029

Bampton is a A market town on the River Batherm, with a graceful street of Georgian houses. There is an annual fair of sheep, cattle and Exmoor ponies in the last week of October. In the churchyard two handsome yew trees, about 500 years old, are encircled by stone seats. Chain Bridge, over the River Exe, to the south-west, is a charming old iron bridge.

Friar's Court Clanfield, OX18 2SU, Oxfordshire

 

Live music hired for Wedding - Beth and Blake  The OX Ceilidh / Barn Dance Band ref: 4750.2

Brize Norton, OX18 3NA, Oxfordshire

 

Live music hired for Wedding Ringerike Ceilidh / Barn Dance Band ref: 4003.3

Caswell House Caswell Lane, Brize Norton , OX18 3NJ, Oxfordshire

 

Live music hired for Wedding - Dee and Jonathan  The JSF Jazz Band ref: 3391.2

Caswell House Caswell Lane, Brize Norton , OX18 3NJ, Oxfordshire

 

Live music hired for Wedding - Sophie and John Ringerike Ceilidh / Barn Dance Band ref: 4003.3

Caswell House, , OX18 3NJ, Oxfordshire

 

Live music hired for Wedding The TS Barn Dance/Ceilidh Band ref: 6182.1

Caswell House, Caswell Lane, Brize Norton, Oxfordshireshire. , OX18 3NJ, Oxfordshire

 

Live music hired for Wedding reception Ringerike Ceilidh / Barn Dance Band ref: 4003.1

Caswell House, Caswell Lane, Brize Norton, Oxfordshireshire. , OX18 3NJ, Oxfordshire

 

Live music booked for Wedding The TD Jazz Trio ref: 3791.1

Caswell House, Caswell Lane, Brize Norton, Oxfordshireshire. , OX18 3NJ, Oxfordshire

 

Live music booked for Wedding The TS Barn Dance/Ceilidh Band ref: 6182.1

The Bay Tree Hotel, Burford Sheep Street, Burford , OX18 4LW, Oxfordshire

 

Live music booked for Wedding - Rebecca and Ramon  The ER Duo ref: 6027.2

Marquee, Windrush House, Windrush near Burford, OXON, OX18 4TT, Oxfordshire

 

Live music booked for Wedding reception of Charlotte and Spencer The RR Ceilidh / Barn Dance Band ref: 4776

Bradwell Village HallBradwell Village [left off Woodside Dr, just after Care Home] Burford Oxon, OX18 4XG, Oxfordshire

 

50th birthday party The Ceilidh Idealach Scottish Ceilidh Band ref: 4812.1

Oxford RFC End Of North Hinksey Lane, North Hinksey Village, Oxford , OX2 0NA, Oxfordshire

 

St Patrick's Day Craic The TD Celidh/Barn Dance Band ref: 6017

Jericho Tavern Oxford, OX2 6AE, Oxfordshire

 

Birthday Party Sam - Jazz Pianist ref; 3905 ref: 3905

The Mathematical Institute Andrew Wiles Building, Woodstock Road , OX2 6GG, Oxfordshire

  this is perhaps not where you would expect to hold a birthday party, but they do offer conference facilities and catering, so it's not all pure mathematics. It's also a very appropriate place to have a live band of any sort, with a string quartet, a jazz band or as in this case a ceilidh band, as a surprisingly high percentage of good musicians are also mathematicians. The subjects of music and maths seem to go together for some reason. I've often heard people say this because music is mathematical in the way that time is subdivided into rhythms, and harmonies and note pitch can be described mathematically. I personally don't buy this one the. Everything on the planet is mathematical if you look at it like that, in that it can be modelled, and indeed the great mathematician Alan Turing produced a mathematical argument that given unlimited time, resources and energy availability, anything that existed in the universe plus many things that didn't exist, could be modelled by a computer. I personally think that the reason many mathematicians are good at music is that they are skilled at holding ideas and manipulating them within their minds, in the internal world. Although this may seem to have nothing to do with playing music, which is a physical activity in the external world, a musician has to create a model of the music they are intending to play within their own mind, with all the emotions inflections and feelings they want to include in their performance. This model is then translated into the physical reality of playing the instrument giving the musical performance, much of it done completely subconsciously if the musician is good enough and well enough practised. Well, that's my take on it at least, but I doubt that many people who hire a string quartet or book a jazz band think about this, and it really doesn't matter as long as the music is superb and is enjoyed by the audience.

70th Birthday party  The TD Celidh/Barn Dance Band ref: 6017

Somerville College, Woodstock Road Oxford, OX2 6HD, Oxfordshire

 

Live music booked for Wedding Reception for David & Racha  The FW Ceilidh / Barn Dance Band ref: 4739

Somerville College Woodstock Rd, Oxford , OX2 6HD, Oxfordshire

 

Beginner's Ceilidh Dance  The TS Barn Dance/Ceilidh Band ref: 6182.1

Oxford Centre for Mission StudiesSt. Philip and St. James Church Woodstock Rd, Oxford , OX2 6HR, Oxfordshire

 

Closing Dinner of an Academic Conference The ST String Quartet ref: 6171

St Giles Church Hall10 Woodstock Road,, OX2 6HT, Oxfordshire

 

Live music booked for Wedding - Mary and Edward The TD Celidh/Barn Dance Band ref: 6017

St Hugh's College, St Margaret's Road, Oxford, OX2 6LE, Oxfordshire

 

A College Reunion The GW Jazz Quartet ref: 3363

St Hugh's College, St Margaret's Road Oxford , OX2 6LE, Oxfordshire

 

Burns Night Supper event Ringerike Ceilidh / Barn Dance Band ref: 4003.2

St Hugh's College, St Margaret's Road, Oxford , OX2 6LE, Oxfordshire

 

Burns Night  Ringerike Ceilidh / Barn Dance Band ref: 4003.2

St Hugh's College, St Margaret's Road, Oxford , OX2 6LE, Oxfordshire

 

Burns Night  Ringerike Ceilidh / Barn Dance Band ref: 4003.2

St Hugh's College, St Margaret's Road, Oxford , OX2 6LE, Oxfordshire

 

Burns Night  Ringerike Ceilidh / Barn Dance Band ref: 4003.2

St Hugh's College, OX2 6LE, Oxfordshire

 

Burns Night Ringerike Ceilidh / Barn Dance Band ref: 4003.2

St Hugh's College, OX2 6LE, Oxfordshire

  this was originally an all-female college, though no longer is. This band has played the on many occasions for Burns nights, and it's always a great evening for the audience and for the band, because everybody is so enthusiastic. The first Burns event of the year is for students, and the band go hell for leather to wind up the dancers into a frenzy. The second performance of the year is somewhat more civilised, as is full staff and their guests. Two quite different events, but both great fun.

I came across a reference recently, in a book I was reading about the scientific understanding (or in many ways lack of understanding), of time, including relativity and quantum physics, to one of the heads of the college, who was there around 1910 or thereabouts. She had been on holiday in France with a friend, visiting a famous Château. It seems she had what she regarded as a time slip experience, seeing people from hundreds of years earlier just appearing, or so she thought. She kept this quiet it seems, as it wasn't the sort of thing that would go down well in academic circles that time, and presumably she thought that people would consider her as being totally wacky. It seems though, that some years later, her and her friend published a book under pseudonyms, that was based on this strange apparently supernatural experience.

The band has another connection with this college, in that the flautist from the band read music at this very College, though she originally had gone to Oxford to read physics, but changed in her first year. However, the college has always booked the band as a three-piece band, and it's only the four piece band that includes the flute, so sadly she's never played at any of these Burns nights.

Burns Supper Ringerike Ceilidh / Barn Dance Band ref: 4003.2

St Hugh's College, Oxford St Margaret's Road, Oxford , OX2 6LE, Oxfordshire

 

Burns Supper Ringerike Ceilidh / Barn Dance Band ref: 4003.2

St Hugh's College, University of Oxford St Margaret's Road , OX2 6LE, Oxfordshire

 

Burns Night Supper and Ceilidh  Ringerike Ceilidh / Barn Dance Band ref: 4003.2

St Hugh's College, University of Oxford St Margaret's Road , OX2 6LE, Oxfordshire

 

Burns Night Supper and Ceilidh 2nd year Ringerike Ceilidh / Barn Dance Band ref: 4003.2

Lady Margaret Hall Norham Gardens, Oxford , OX2 6QA, Oxfordshire

 

25th wedding anniversary - George and Bethe The TS Ceilidh Band ref: 6182.2

Cherwell Boathouse, 50 Bardwell Rd, Oxford, , OX2 6ST, Oxfordshire

 

Live music booked for Wedding The Coulan Sona Irish Ceilidh Band ref: 4813.1

St Edward's School, Woodstock Road, Oxford.  , OX2 7NN, Oxfordshire

 

Live band hired for Wedding Reception - Ceilidh The CS Barn Dance / Ceilidh Band ref: 4302.3

Wolvercote Village Hall 1 Wolvercote Green , OX2 8AB, Oxfordshire

 

30th Birthday Party  Ringerike Ceilidh / Barn Dance Band ref: 4003.2

North Oxford Lawn Tennis Club 546 Banbury Road, Oxford , OX2 8EQ, Oxfordshire

 

End of Season Party - Tennis Club  The TS Barn Dance/Ceilidh Band ref: 6182.1

Northfield Farm, , OX2 8QJ, Oxfordshire

 

Live band hired for Wedding The RP Ceilidh/ Barndance Band ref: 4956.1

Northfield Farm, Wytham, Oxford, , OX2 8QJ, Oxfordshire

 

Live band hired for Wedding The RP Ceilidh/ Barndance Band ref: 4956.1

West End, Stanville Road, Oxford. , OX2 9JF, Oxfordshire

 

Party The CE String Quartet ref: 2027.1

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