John Hazlehurst is a fine, well-respected, Anglo concertina player, as well as playing Northumbrian small-pipes and harmonica. He also writes a good many tunes and has produced a book of many of them, with illustrations, called Phizacklea's Fandangle, available from Corylus Publications. Proceeds to a publishing company in Burkina Faso, West Africa, which published the tune book.
Gordon Jones plays rhythm guitar. He is a founder member of former Scots band Silly Wizard, touring with them for many years, and making innumerable recordings. He also runs folk record label Harbourtown Records.
Mike Kermode: band leader, plays wooden flute and fiddle. He also researches Lakeland tunes, creates tune sets for dances and instrumental pieces and is a nifty stepdancer (especially in clogs). His first Lakeland tunes book (a collection of traditional and recently-written tunes from Cumbria) can be obtained by emailing Mike via the contact page (see Contact above).
Stepdancer and clog tutor Deborah Kermode calls traditional Cumbrian, Scottish and English dances, plus some of her own, and also vamps along on the piano. She last year received an EFDSS 75th Anniversary Award
"Thank you and the rest of the band for a brilliant evening's entertainment. Everyone really enjoyed the music and the dances.
Thanks. Best wishes, Paul."
Tail Crag seen from Caw, one of the Dunnerdale Fells, in Furness. It's great to think that, like us, the old country fiddlers such as William Irwin, James Lishman and Stent Robinson would have seen views like this on their way to play at a dance.