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Bang On The Wall (dance tune)
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This tune was written many years ago and is named after the ceilidh band I play in.

It was written as a 32-bar jig, and I thought we might be able to use it as a tune for dancing. Martin did learn it, and we did play it occasionally for a while, but we realised that the style of the tune was perhaps more suited to a morris dance than a ceilidh dance. I have written a Beldington style cotswold morris dance that works nicely with this tune. See Bang On The Wall (dance).

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The Bang On The Wall Band
The Bang On The Wall Band is a barn dance and ceilidh band based in the East Midlands. Martin Wildig and I formed the band in 1997 after the previous band (The ACME Dance Company) that we both played in folded. The band works with a number of different dance callers. Our main regular caller for many years was Laz Gilbert, but nowadays I usually call the dances myself.
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Bang On The Wall, Bledington
This is a new cotswold morris dance written in the style of the Bledington tradition. Many years ago I wrote a tune called Bang On The Wall which is named after the ceilidh band I play in. I originally thought we might be able to use it as a tune for dancing but realised it is perhaps more suited to a morris dance than a ceilidh dance.
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