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A glance through the following sections could well answer some of your initial questions, and help when you come to Contact us.
What about structure and timings for the ceilidh/barn dance?
What is the process for booking Second Front:
What size of dance area is required?
What are the band’s playing area requirements?
Do you play for outdoor events?
Can you provide music-only for non-dance events?
What geographic area do you cover?
What about structure and timings for the ceilidh/barn dance?
A typical ceilidh/barn dance would involve around 2-3 hours of dancing (with a break) typically between 8:00pm and 11:00/11:30pm. Earlier starts and finishes are not usually a problem, but we would need to discuss if you wanted us to play longer or later.
What is the process for booking Second Front?
Should you decide to book Second Front, then in response to your confirming e-mail or phonecall we will e-mail you a copy of our Agreement Form. This should be completed, signed and returned together with the specified deposit (around £50-£70, part of the quoted fee), ideally within 2 weeks of your confirmation. We then e-mail you a scanned countersigned copy for your records.
What size of dance area is required?
As a baseline, we find you can get up to 50 people comfortably on a dance area of 5m x 9m - so, for example, you need twice that area if expecting 100 people to be dancing at one time.
What are the band’s playing area requirements?
As a guide, the band can perform comfortably in an area of 2m2 per band member and caller – thus, an area of 2m deep by 8m wide for the 3-piece band + caller (but we can manage in less). A bit of height above the dance floor helps the caller to see more of the dancers and gives the band more “presence”, so we would always wish to use a stage if available; otherwise some staging blocks are always much appreciated, but not a problem if not readily available.
Do you play for outdoor events?
We only perform for outdoor events where it can be confirmed that the band and its gear will be under cover and fully protected from any weather (including sun, rain and wind blowing in at the side), and that there would be a proper outdoor power supply for our amplification.
Can you provide music-only for non-dance events?
Yes, Second Front can provide a trio, duo or accordion-only to play an eclectic mix of folk tunes and dance music - from fast foot-tappers to subtle airs, primarily from England and Scotland, but also including some Irish, Canadian, American and French tunes.
What geographic area do you cover?
The band’s working area is centred around the Guildford / Farnham area of west Surrey and extends to roughly 40 minutes driving from there. This covers the western half of Surrey (either side of the M25), and takes us well into adjacent parts of west Hampshire (Hants), West Sussex and Berkshire (Berks).
As a further guide the following (alphabetical) list shows towns and villages we have played in over the years. Travel beyond this area is potentially possible, but we would wish to judge each such case individually.
Addlestone, Aldershot, Alresford, Alton, Ascot
Bagshot, Basingstoke, Bentley, Billingshurst, Bookham, Bordon, Bracknell,
Bramley, Byfleet
Camberley, Chertsey, Chiddingfold, Chobham, Cobham, Cranleigh, Crowthorne
Dorking
Egham, Elvetham, Epsom, Esher
Farnborough, Farnham, Fleet, Frensham, Frimley
Godalming, Grayshott, Grayswood, Guildford
Hartley Wintney, Haslemere, Hindhead, Hook,
Leatherhead, Lightwater, Loseley
Midhurst, Normandy, Odiham
Peaslake, Petersfield, Petworth, Pirbright
Sandhurst, Staines, Sunningdale
Tilford
Walton-on-Thames, West Byfleet, Weybridge, Woking, Wokingham
Yateley
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