Hogmanay is the evening of the year which we are in greatest demand...so much so that we arrange our evening in "slots" (early Hogmanay: 7pm-10pm and through the bells: 11pm-2am). We've already booked up the early Hogmanay slot to a church in Glasgow.
If you are interested in the "through the bells" slot, we would come to set up our sound equipment earlier in the day, go back to Glasgow and return in time for an 11pm start at your event. So we can only accept clients who are within about 30 minutes drive of Glasgow.
We have had other enquiries about this slot already and we had to turn away lots of potential clients once we were booked up for 2009, so if you would like to have us play the through the bells slot please get in touch as soon as possible to avoid disappointment. Look forward to hearing from you by email (jiggered@hotmail.com) or by phone (07793886607).
Posted at 12:49 on 16th May 2010 by
Jiggered Ceilidh Band have been approached by ITV about possibly appearing on the latest series of Four Weddings on Living. The show basically allows 4 brides to attend and then rate (*cringe*) various aspects of each other's weddings. Sounds like a potential bloodbath! "I rate your dress 3 out of 10", "your groom's speech was no more than a 2 out of 10"...Anyway, watch this space for more info!
In the meantime, I came across a website that allows you to get yourself ceilidh-dancing on the world wide web (aptly called the World Wide Ceilidh). Upload a photo of you and your dance partner and then get started!
Posted at 16:04 on 28th January 2010 by
In the final ceilidh of 2009, Jiggered Ceilidh Band travelled to Cumbernauld through lots of snow to play our Hogmanay gig at Craighalbert (great to be back with our friends and fans there). The end of the gig saw lots of car-pushing as the temperature was MINUS EIGHT and the snow was thick.
Ewan brought his antipodean pal Jaunty to the ceilidh. It was Jaunty's first ceilidh and he loved it but said it had a lot of similarities to bush dances in Australia (we're considering changing our name to Jiggered Bush Band)! Jaunty asked us where the word "Hogmanay" came from. It seemed embarrassing that we didn't know but neither does Wikipedia which makes me feel slightly better!
Anyway, looking forward to more gigging in 2010!
Posted at 10:14 on 1st January 2010 by
Jiggered Ceilidh Band have had a phenomenal 2009. It's been our busiest year yet. Perhaps we should treat ourselves to a "Ceilidh Lager" by William Bros. It's on a shortlist of 15 beers in Sainsbury's 2009 Beer Competition!
During the epic year that was 2009:
-we launched our new website (thanks to the guys at Atomised for this- it's generating lots of business for us)
-we made a few important gear purchases (including a new mixer and our cool banner stands)
-we travelled to London for a gig (great roadtrip)
-we were asked to play in France (twice) and the USA (maybe in 2010)
-we introduced some new tunes (that have gone down well with our fans)
Anyway, I'm off to enjoy my Ceilidh Lager!!
Posted at 8:39 on 28th December 2009 by
It's official...Jenny is the most die-hard member of Jiggered Ceilidh Band. My wife is expecting our third child- she is being induced to deliver on Friday, so I will have to miss my 2nd ceilidh in 7 years. So Jenny moves into pole position, having missed only 1 ceilidh in Jiggered's history! Well done Jenny! Yipee-ki-yay!!!
Posted at 19:08 on 9th December 2009 by
Jiggered Ceilidh Band drummer Ewan has had a nightmare week: First, his 15-year-old family dog Josh died. Then he was made redundant. Finally, he was taken into hospital (he's not been well...his only functioning kidney has been playing up). *1,2,3.....awwww*
Now that Ewan is jobless, he is considering a change in career. He's thinking about starting up a drum tuition service. So, this is your opportunity to be one of the first to learn from our star drummer. If you are interested in snapping up one of his teaching slots, then you can contact him on 07746386025 (if you quote the reference number 3141 you can get a special Jiggered blog discount).
Happy drumming. And hope you have a better week this week Ewan!
Posted at 6:38 on 18th October 2009 by
Jiggered Ceilidh Band shed a tear as they sold their old sound system. It had served us well for the past few years but we decided to sell it on since we're now using Mackie powered speakers and a smaller mixer.
The gear was snapped up within a couple of hours by 3 guys from Greenock (it would have been sooner but they ignored the satnav instructions!!).
The trio are the members of The Licks, a fledgling rock and roll band based in Greenock. They seemed nice guys- we wish them all the best...hope our former sound stuff helps you out- we'll be looking out for the name! If you ever get famous, we'll be looking for some credit for getting you started!!
Posted at 7:39 on 6th September 2009 by
Wanting a "ceilidh band" for a wedding, 21st party, fundraiser, anniversary party, school prom, church event...? Jiggered Ceilidh Band have played at literally hundreds of events...and most of these bookings were from people who had heard us before. Our sound is quite distinctive: Susan is an excellent fiddler who is equally adept at sight-reading complicated pieces and playing by ear/improvising, Jenny has a fantastic singing voice and loads of clients and guests agree that her singing brings a unique quality to our ceilidh band (she can also play the guitar and knows most chords in the key of G)
Posted at 13:53 on 13th April 2009 by
Jiggered Ceilidh Band are NOT to be confused with "The Jiggers", "Reelie Jiggered Ceilidh Band", "Jiggery Pokery" or any other Jig-pun-related band. We've found out that a few people have booked another band thinking it was Jiggered Ceilidh Band they were getting only to get another ceilidh band (oops).
Posted at 13:30 on 25th May 2009 by
Jiggered Ceilidh Band, one of Scotland's favourite ceilidh bands, are online in a number of places:
-Jiggered Ceilidh Band on Bebo,
-Jiggered Ceilidh Band on Facebook,
-Jiggered Ceildh Band on Twitter,
-Jiggered Ceilidh Band on Youtube,
-Jiggered Ceilidh Band on Flickr,
-Jiggered Ceilidh Band are listed in Gig Guide Ltd.
Please feel free to join our band/follow our tweets or just click on any link!
Posted at 8:14 on 8th May 2009 by
Jiggered Ceilidh Band are finding that people seem to find "ceilidh" hard to spell. This might make Googling us
Posted at 16:12 on 2nd June 2009 by
Jiggered's drummer Ewan has been off on his hols down in Australia -we will never hear the end of this if previous world tours are anything to go by ;)! Glad he's back...only 11 days until my wee sis Lorraine gets married and Jiggered are (of course) providing the ceilidh entertainment for that!
Cheers
Chris
Posted at 12:02 on 7th April 2009 by
April Fools' Day is right up there with Christmas and birthdays for me. Love it.
The extent of my tom-foolery today was putting my left arm in a "stookie"... Took a bit of planning and effort but nothing like these classic and elaborate BBC April Fools' broadcasts from 1957 and 2008!
Chris
Posted at 19:08 on 1st April 2009 by
Jiggered have been notable by their absence on the Internet for the past couple of years. All that's changed thanks to a complete reworking of www.jiggered.com! Atomised are the web-gurus who have designed the newer, slicker, funkier website that will spread Jiggered's fame across the web.
The website not only has an undisputed styling and some cool integrated technological features like an MP3 player for playing Jiggered media files, use of Twitter, photos from Flickr, videos from Youtube but also some bespoke cartoons by artist Craig Rennie.
It's taken a wee while to get the website branded just the way we wanted but we're finally ready so here it is. Now all that remains is to watch as Jiggered propel up Google's search list. Feel free to let us know what you think of the new branding!
Posted at 12:04 on 5th March 2009 by
