Odd Socks Ceilidh Band
Welcome to the Odd Socks Band Website
The Odd Socks are -:
Dave... Accordion .
Dave travelled to Italy by train to buy his 96 bass double cassotto Fantini accordion. He met Signor Fantini and was given a guided tour of the Fantini factory. Cassotto is an Italian word meaning 'box'; it is also referred to as "tone chamber". The reeds that are placed in this chamber have a far more mellow and rich tone
To see a video of how a Fantini accordion is made click here
Dave has played accordion for about 25 years and has played in other bands in Shropshire including
New Century - Castle B band -- Shropshire Union--
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Rupert... Fiddle
Being Rupert he had to go one better and travel to China to buy his fiddle. Follow this link to see his trip. A great player he is still a member of the famous Castle B Band which has been about for 30 years.
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Dave and Rupert were asked to help make a short flim last December.
Click here to read and see all about it
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Izzy..Guitar
Versatile Izzy plays lots of instruments but is our main rhythm man for most of the time.
A brilliant guitar player, he also plays whistles flute and all kinds of pipes. From Scotland, he is still a member of the Sound of Islay Ceilidh Band but only plays with them on odd occasions and once a year in Portugal on an annual booking.
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Margaret.. Caller ( Naggie Maggie)
The most important job in the band falls to Margaret who does a fantastic job organising all the dances.
Her pet phrase is "Come on chooks" which soon gets everybody on the floor. A great lady who a few years ago cycled all the way to Zutphen in Holland, our twin town, with her partner Terry - and all the way back. (She didn't bring any instruments back though.)
We have all visited Zutphen - Shrewsbury's twin town - many times and have many good friends there. They are very interested in country dancing and have featured us playing with a few of our friends from the Wild Edric Band on a Dutch web site. Click this link to hear us
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Ann... Tambourine
Ann is a member of the Shrewsbury Morris Dancers and helps Margaret organise the dances.
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Click here to hear and see us at some of the many venues we have played at.
Well, that's our Ceilidh band. We are available for all occasions including weddings birthdays and PTA events. We think that you will find our fees very reasonable.
Contact details
If you are interested in booking us for your function please telephone:-
Dave 01743 357788 or Rupert 01743 369172
or
Send us an email by filling in our email box at the bottom of this page
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Comments
Hi Dave,
I just wanted to send a big 'thank you' from all my family. We had a great time on Saturday and I thought you coped very well with a sometimes difficult audience!! I thought the band were brilliant and lots of people asked where we found you. I will certainly be recommending you to people. Many of us could have danced for a few hours more!! Thanks again,
Emily
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Dear Dave
I just wanted to thank you and the rest of the Oddsocks very much indeed for such great entertainment on Saturday night.
Everyone was up reeling and it was all down to you guys and the atmosphere you created!
Thanks again for making it such a great night for us all
Emily
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Just to say thank you very much for a great evening's music and dance. Hope
you all had a good time as well. all the best, Paul
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Dear Dave
I thought the evening went very well thank you and everyone enjoyed it! I liked the way you structured the evening - a dance, then a musical break - so people could catch there breath in-between dances. Maggie was brilliant and everyone was talking about her days afterwards - they said she had made the night! Her approach to people was great; with humour and
encouragement, not that I gave people much change to sit down! Everything I requested was accommodated and your performance was very good and I would certainly recommend the band. I also thought it was very good value for
money considering you travelled a far distance and played until 1am.
Just a quick note to say thank you to you all for such a great performance on Saturday evening. We all thoroughly enjoyed ourselves, and made a little bit of money for the Hall to boot. I do hope you enjoyed playing for us, even though we are such a small Hall, and possibly rather hard work to get some of us up to dance. We will keep your details on file so that we may contact you again in future (if that's okay). Once again, many thanks
Jay Craig
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Please note Band members may be changed without notice due to holidays illness unavailablity etc. They will always be replaced with another competent musician
