Seany, you are struggling against an almost-universal convention in Irish and Scottish dance tunes. Turn the pages of a collection such as O'Neill's Music of Ireland, and you will find that the A part of a tune is the best part and the B part is rather mechanical. But to make up for this, the B part almost always goes high, in order to substitute energy for beauty and to create the impression that something is going on.

Therefore, the combination of good music in the high register just doesn't occur often.

Why don't you see if you can get the band to play some airs and vocal pieces where you might get the chance to shine.