Review Centre: Celtic Groups & Ceilidh Bands

"Huge thank you back to all the Annasach band, you were absolutely brilliant and helped make the night truly fantastic. The Ceilidh calling was superb too, especially with such a motley bunch of amateurs to wrangle! Dot and I couldn't have asked for more beautiful, fun music and have already put the Vows nomination in! Keeping my fingers crossed we get a perfect excuse to book the band again! Many, many thanks again to everyone."

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"For the past four years, we have employed the services of It's No' Reel' Ceilidh Band. Given the fact that we have several visitors from overseas locations, Tom shows great patience and discretion when calling out the dance steps and making sure everyone knows their steps. I've had lots of compliments regarding the success of our events. I personally would have no hesitation in recommending them for any occasion."

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"Dear Sarah-Jane. I just wanted to write to thank you for arranging our harpist for my daughters wedding yesterday. The day was magical and Rebecca was amazing. I had so many compliments about how lovely it was to have a harpist playing. Thank you. Kind regards, Stacey."

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"Thank you for your excellent performance at the Rotary Burns Supper at the Warren yesterday evening. It was nice to meet you and Andrew and who knows the "Burns world" is a small one and we may bump into each other again. I hope so. "

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"We all had a fantastic time with Blue Jewel. They had every single person up on the dance floor! Really patient, especially with the rowdier members of the party! Explained all the dances really well. Would recommend to anyone. "

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"The Blaggers' music was irresistibly danceable. Their energetic and extremely skilled performance created a highly festive air. Their interpretations of folk music were as original as it was entertaining. I would not hesitate in recommending this hugely professional band. "

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"Fantastic band, great musicians, great calling, great variety and energy. Four people on the dance floor early and got our wedding party to go off with a bang! Had the four piece band. Good value also."

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"Ben is an incredibly talented musician. Our venue was too small for the full band so Ben played at the Church and at the drinks reception alone. He composed a piece of music for us, and guests came up to us throughout the evening and even the day afterwards to tell us how moving the music was and how interesting and accommodating Ben was when asked questions about his unusual looking equipment! We loved him so much we immediately booked him to play at our next event. Highly recommend. "

Reply by The Shamrock Experience
Thank you Gemma! I really appreciate your comments and it was an absolute pleasure to play at the wedding and drinks reception. Best wishes! Ben

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"This is the second time we have booked the Black Velvet Band for our summer ceilidh, and it was such fun! The band ran two different dancing sessions for our international students and were very patient with explaining the dances and encouraging all students to participate. The music was brilliant and energetic, and all three band members were so kind and even paused for a photoshoot with the students. We are looking forward to next summer already. I’d absolutely recommend them for any event/party/celebration!"

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"Fabulous evening which couldn’t have gone better. Band arrived to set up on plenty of time. They were professional, friendly and left us with magical memories."

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"It’s No' Reel Scottish Ceilidh Band was absolutely amazing. My husband is Scottish and I am Venezuelan so we wanted to have a mix of both worlds, half ceilidh and half merengue/salsa. The band was very flexible and happy to alternate with the salsa sessions! They were great and on board with the idea! Organizing and coordinating with the band was very easy and they were great helped when choosing the first dance! We went for the four piece band and it truly was phenomenal, they made everyone feel comfortable and were amazing with the directions for both the Scottish and International (both from America, Venezuela and the States and Europe). Everyone enjoyed themselves and kept saying how amazing the band was months after!! Definitely recommend them!"

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"Great voice and a set of classics which he makes his own. Would definitely recommend"

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"Great organisation and professionally done. Our group really enjoyed the band and would be happy to use them again! We've had very positive feedback from our group."

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"We booked It's No' Reel to play at our wedding by Loch Lomond and couldn't have been happier with our choice of ceilidh band. Tom was very responsive when we first got in touch and gave us helpful advice on the band arrangement and set-up best suited to our venue (where they had played before), how to handle any queries on the day, ways of making the dreaded "first dance" experience as painless as possible etc. All of the admin side was very straightforward and transparent - knowing we could count on our band to show up certainly reduced our stress levels! Needless to say, everything went very smoothly on our wedding day and the band was absolutely brilliant. Most of our wedding guests were non-Scots, so having a caller was particularly useful, and the Game of Thrones theme went down a treat. I'd thoroughly recommend It's No' Reel to anyone else planning a Scottish wedding (or just a ceilidh for the sake of it!) and hope I'll have the chance to hear them play again."

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"Oh my god these guys were amazing!!! Got the band to play for my 21st and the place went crazy!"

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