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A Small Selection...

The Southern Counties Folk Federation & Comprehensive Band Index Southern Counties Folk Federation (SCoFF) is a loose confederation of Folk Clubs, several Arts Centres, a Concert Hall and occasionally an independent Festival, bodies with an interest in promoting Folk and related acoustic music in the Southern Counties of England.
The English Folk Dance and Song Society The EFDSS is the primary UK organisation for stimulating the practice and enjoyment of folk music, dance, song, custom and drama. The Spike Island Band is an Affiliated Member.
WebFeet: Dance Index
& Comprehensive Band Index
A good place to look if you want to find a dance in your area, and there are links to others bands too!
A Barn Dance Repertoire Thomas Green's collection of dances, listed by formation and alphabetically. A good resource for callers!
Hampshire Arts:
The M27 Megabops and
Solent Waves
'The New Wave of Country Dance and the Best of British Dancing in the South'. A fun way to spend your Saturday evenings.

Newsletter of the Folk Association of South Hants.
HantsWeb Entertainment Entertainment in Hampshire, listed on HantsWeb.
And some other local barn dance bands we know...
Bursledon Village Band A band with great experience of performing authentic traditional English social dance music.
Captain Driver's Delight Bagpipes, accordions, flute and bass - a cracking good sound!
Corn Rigs Another esteemed local band.
Red Hot Reeds Three free-reed instruments - English concertina, and two melodeons.
Rufus Return Named after William Rufus, second Norman king of England, who hunted and died near here over 900 years ago. The name's made a comeback and the band's music is great!
Woodfidley A folk dance display team and band, based in Winchester.
Woodsiders Barn Dance & Ceilidh Band A Southampton-based barn dance and ceilidh band.
Some software for your amusement and delectation...
MuseScore Free music composition & notation software - WYSIWYG note entry; Unlimited number of staves; Up to four voices per staff; Easy and fast note entry with mouse, keyboard or MIDI; Integrated sequencer and FluidSynth software synthesizer; Import and export of MusicXML and Standard MIDI Files (SMF); Available for Linux and Windows.