Hi,

I am in two bush bands, catering more for your ordinary parties, weddings, church do's, fundraisers etc rather than for accomplished dancers (who do the fancier stuff).

Our instrumentation is guitar (accoustic, although one of the bands is more electric), bass, mandolin, lagerphone, and me on a variety of whistle, flute, accordion, bodhran, and keyboard as necessary, + we all sing Aussie songs.

For inexperienced dancers we do things like.... the Heel and Toe polka, Circassian circle, Virginia reel, Galopede (also known as the Queensland backstep), Barn dance, Gay Gordons etc...... (all easy for everyone from toddlers to oldies.)

We are not a "traditional" bush band .... but because of the instrumentation we then have the versatility to do other modern stuff too... which the audience usually request especially at parties etc.....

hope this helps.....

If you want recordings..... check out Wongawilli (as suggested by Bob)for a traditional sound, or the Bushwackers for a more upbeat version (drums and electric guitars +the usual traditional instruments).

Slainte

alison