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Meet the Band
	Everyone in the Jigalots is not only an experienced musician but also an experienced dancer. When we play for a dance, we want our music to make you want to dance whether it’s gliding around the room in a dreamy waltz to bouncing around to an energetic hornpipe. When we play for people to listen, their feet will tap and some will do some impromptu dancing. The tunes we play are a richly mixed bag meaning we can play for an event with predominantly English, Irish or French music. We play a number of instruments including: melodeon, pipe & tabor, keyboard, clarinets, drums, rauschpfeife, guitar, fiddle and bodhran.
Carolyn	Keyboards, Guitar, Fiddle & Hammer Dulcimer
	The phrase 'It's always the quiet ones' was actually written with Carolyn in mind. Don't believe anything she tells you, ever. Apart from Carolyn generally being behind every wind-up in the band (apart from the hurdy-gurdy wheel), she plays rhythm and melody on keyboard, guitar and fiddle.
Fiz	Bass and Bb clarinets
	Fiz  has been playing the clarinet for years, but always from "the dots" until she joined the Jigalots. The group needed a lower sound, so she nipped out and bought a bass clarinet. Fiz uses the bass most of the time with the band, the two instruments together giving her 4 octaves to play with.
Andy	Hurdy Gurdy, Pipe and Tabor & Raushpfeife.
	Andy is the noisiest Jigalot by far. If you are in the audience, watch out for when he brings out his Rauschpfeife to play. It’s German name literally means “noise pipe” and its name in Italian is “cry/scream pipe” which gives you a bit of a hint. Add to that the hurdy-gurdy (“angry wasp in a paper bag” and one of the loudest 3-hole pipes (made of 1,000 year old Australian bog oak) and you get the picture of why he’s the noisiest.
Gary	Melodeons & Concertina
	Gary is the current holder of the coveted Jigalots 'Snoring Frog' trophy. Gary once asked an on duty nurse to get into bed with him when he really should have just left her attending his wounds! He loves to squeeze and please (on his Melodeon) That can be fun - providing he does not elaborate on his yellow bag (don't ask!).