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Science Ceilidh Band
The Science Ceilidh Band is formed of Lewis Hou (fiddle, calling), Lewis Williamson (fiddle), Gary Rafferty (guitar) and Helen Le-Mar (flute, calling).
The band have played their high energy take on traditional Scottish music around Europe, incorporating elements from continental balfolk, quebecois and nordic traditions with a cheeky dash of techno and geek culture for good measure into their ceilidhs for festivals, events, weddings and conferences. Highlights have included TEDxGlasgow, Worldcon in Dublin, the Royal Society, National Museum Scotland, Green Man Festival, Solarsphere in Wales, Mugstock Festival and weddings in Germany, Switzerland, Sweden and Ireland.
The Science Ceilidh team are experienced at playing for dances, dancing themselves (with Lewis himself a trained & competition-winning Scottish Country Dancer) and calling all the steps suitable for complete beginners (even with language barriers) and are available for bookings to provide traditional Scottish Ceilidh, European and other folk dances, dance workshops, experimental instrumentals, dance commissions and everything between!
You can hear them play on our live videos on Facebook and they have recorded a few tracks to be used in schools here.
Booking the Science Ceilidh band for your event helps support the work Science Ceilidh does with community groups, libraries, youth clubs and schools across Scotland.
