Hessle Ceilidh Band

Community Charity Ceilidh

Admin — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 19:22:47 +0000

Saturday 25th September 2010

A community ceilidh is being held 8pm til midnight at Leconfield Village Hall in aid of Hull and East Riding (HER) Breast Friends - which is a pro-active charity supporting local people affected by Breast Cancer.

Do come along for a good knees up whilst supporting a local charity, tickets are…

£12 each – includes pie’n'pea supper, veg pies too – Bring your own drinks (no bar)

Ring Kim on 01964 551189 for tickets.

Summer holidays

Admin — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 16:13:02 +0000

We had a hectic and enjoyable June and July with lots of ceilidhs and some band members playing at Beverley Festival and Chippenham Folk Festival for local dance teams and Q playing at the “Folk in Hull” night at the Adelphi in Hull.

A few of us are heading up for Whitby 21st August for the Folk Festival there then right back into the swing of things in September!

Busy musicing…

Admin — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 21:00:35 +0000

Thank you to everyone who came and supported the fundraising ceilidh we held last month. We raised £25o for a group visiting the Beamsley Project for disabled people – a good night was had by all! A BIG thanks to Ann Wilkinson too who helped organise this.

Rob, Angela, Sean, Mark and Heather all helped out filling in spots between dances, which gave us other musicians a break (thanks) and Rob sported a lederhosen to one of Steve’s very authentic and original Bavarian folk dance, ”Puffensqeezenlederhosen“, which involves some level of co-ordination of slapping, clapping and dancing in the style of Basil Fawlty…

A busy few weeks ahead with some band members sitting exams (!), local ceilidhs, some of us going to folk festivals and local events playing for local morris dance sides and pipe band events. All seriously good fun.

Next community ceilidh to be on or around October 16th for Big National Ceilidh an event supporting WaterAid - please do come and support – details to follow.

Spring Community Ceilidh

Admin — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 14:24:01 +0000

We are having a…

SPRING ”St.Patrick’s” Community Ceilidh

Saturday 20th March 2010

All Saints Church Hall, Hessle, Hull

£5 per adult/£12 family ticket. No bar – bring own food and drink/booze. A great ‘knees up’ night out with friends and family, no age restrictions - you just need two working legs!

Proceeds to local community projects. Please contact us for tickets.

September at Castle Howard

Admin — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 20:40:42 +0000

Here of some photos (of us on a break between sets) of the lovely day out we all had at Castle Howard’s “Wild About Wood” day run by the Arboretum Trust, Kew.

The weather couldn’t have been better and the turn out was fine. If you haven’t been to Castle Howard, North Yorkshire, it’s a spectacular place to visit. We had a few extra musicians – which was an added bonus as it made the music more varied and the day more brilliant!!

International Day at a local high school

Admin — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 14:24:12 +0000

St Mary’s High School in Hull had an International Week last term with music, food and culture from all over the world.

We went in with some friends and played some English and Irish music. Liz got the highland pipes out to add a Scottish flavour to the performance. Quite something to hear – and very loud in a school hall!

Charity Ceilidh for the Beamsley Project

Admin — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 21:14:20 +0000

Some of us played for a ceilidh last Friday 27th March, at All Saints Hall in Hessle, raising money for a group visiting the Beamsley Project for disabled people.

There were over 100 people there dancing with callers Steve Haswell and Rob Nicklas, respectively on melodion and guitar/vocals and with Angela on flute playing along with Rob’s vocals.

The stage was full of musicians too - so thanks to Heather, Hannah, Angela, Rob, Steve, Gordon, Jill and Colin for making a good sound (and thanks to Rob also for the PA).

The night raised £350.

A big thank you to all that came, enjoyed and contributed and especially to Anne Wilkinson who organsied it all!

Big National Ceilidh last night for WaterAid

Admin — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 23:01:03 +0000

A massive thank you to all that came to the ceilidh and merrily danced the night away supporting the charity WaterAid as part of the Big National Ceilidh day event. We all had a fab time and really enjoyed the night!

We had 134 (give or take 1 or 2) people dancing at 10pm to the Circassian Circle dance and the night raised £670 for WaterAid!!! Here are a few photos of the night…

Saturday 18th October – BIG NATIONAL CEILIDH DAY

Admin — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 14:38:01 +0000

BIG NATIONAL CEILIDH DAY

This is unashamed advertising for our fund raising community charity ceilidh at

Hessle Town Hall, near Hull on Saturday 18th October
as part of the Big National Ceilidh Day raising money for Water Aid

It’s for a very worthwhile cause! Please use the ’Contact us‘ page for tickets
Tickets £5 each, no bar so bring your own drinks/booze (cups) and nibbles
Everyone welcome!

Whitby Folk Festival – Aug 21st 2008

Admin — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 16:30:03 +0000

Some of us Hull and North Lincs lot did Whitby Folk Festival sessions on Thursday. We got there at about 10.30am and settled down at a cafe at the end of the north cliff area in the town, drank lots of tea, ate some sausage, eggs and beans brunch then played on our instruments.

Made John Kirkpatrick‘s session in the Middle Earth Pub early afternoon and the 422 session later in the day at the same pub. Both sessions were different and both great. The pub was full but that didn’t detract from the session – then that’s easy for me to say as I had a seat!

Some of us Hull lot off to Shrewsbury Folk Festival now as I blog – and no doubt will have a good time there.