Fresh from the Bellamira press
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Don’t let the evil Echo destroy your evening
We will play anywhere — room, tent, field, brewery or zoo — and do our utmost to give you great sound. But sadly, we have an enemy, a villain most foul. Her name is Echo. TL;DR: Echo is the enemy of good sound. But there is a simple cure: soft furnishings. Those alone will make…
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Whose dancing is it anyway? A brief history of English ceilidh
As you’d guess from the spelling, “ceilidh” (kay-lee) is a Scots Gaelic word. And yet some of the dances, like the Cumberland Square Eight, seem to be named after places in England. Others, like the Virginia Reel, after places in America. Some dancers like to wear a kilt, others dungarees and a sheriff badge. So…
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What makes a great ceilidh?
Bellamira and our musicians have been playing ceilidhs for weddings and parties for decades. A great ceilidh never happens by chance, and we wanted to share some nuggets from our experience that will help make your ceilidh an event your family and friends remember with fondness for years. Find a great venue The venue is…
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We made a website!
Well. We finally got around to it, and now we have a shiny new website. It’s a bit simple and plain, but we’ll keep tweaking it each week until it’s a pretty as we are 😁 The coolest thing is you can now make booking enquiries as easy as pie. Much more easily, in fact,…