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5 04, 2012

International Burns night Kiev: Reel Time Band

By reeltime|2017-03-01T11:12:15+00:00April 5th, 2012|events|0 Comments

It was a pleasure to take the Reel Time Band over to Kiev at the end of March, for our last Burns night of 2012. After playing Stirling and Edinburgh Castles in January, it was great to have a full castle constructed as the stage. Burns night in Kiev is like no other you have seen. Organised by The Lions Club with a mix of Scottish music and Ukrainian pop stars, at a glitzy society event. Raising money for charity is the main idea, with auctions and raffles raising more than $120000 [...]

14 03, 2012

Cocktail Creation at the Castle

By reeltime|2017-03-01T11:12:26+00:00March 14th, 2012|bars|0 Comments

March 2012: We were approached by an international media group to provide cocktail production at Scotlands most famous Landmark, Edinburgh Castle. The company were relaunching their brand and asked us to design and serve cocktails that fitted with their brands new colour scheme. ‘We understand that guests at these events want not only great tasting cocktails, but an element of theatre whilst their drinks are prepared’ said Mark Gilligan, Bar Manager. ‘We staffed this with 4 of Edinburgh’s leading bar tenders who were creating the cocktails from our bespoke mobile bar units.’ [...]

5 12, 2011

Mobile Event Bar Edinburgh You know when you’ve been tangoed

By reeltime|2017-03-01T11:12:36+00:00December 5th, 2011|bars|0 Comments

Saturday we were at the Dance Base in Edinburgh providing a mobile event bar service for the Tango Community. The bar had a great selection of wines as well as Mojito's , mainline spirits and ice cold beers. Everyone really enjoyed themselves and it was great to see a close knit dance community coming together to share their passion for Tango . Really lovely people and some great dance moves!

25 11, 2011

Reel Time Ceilidh Band: New samples

By reeltime|2017-03-01T11:12:50+00:00November 25th, 2011|events, Uncategorised|0 Comments

After performing together for the last 6 years around the corporate and wedding scene, the Reel Time Ceilidh Band have just recorded the start of their new Album. The band is looking to give guests a unique contemporary funky twist on Scottish ceilidh music. We have found that guests enjoy dancing to our style which may inject a disco riff, or a funk hook along with our Scottish sound. To hear these eagerly awaited samples, have a listen on the site http://bit.ly/nkFxMA If you want the band to come and play at [...]

16 11, 2011

Scotland Means Business

By reeltime|2017-03-01T11:20:28+00:00November 16th, 2011|conferences, events, incentives|0 Comments

Reel Time had a wonderful night at Kelvingrove on Tuesday, entertaining the VIP guests of Visit Scotland. We had a bagpiper welcoming the guests to the fantastic Glasgow venue. Roddy Deans was compering the event and addressed the haggis, while the Reel Time Ceilidh Band was on hand to give its funky brand of ceilidh music for guests to let their hair down. Later in the evening, the great Rodolpho performed some Aerial hoop, and silk performances. Was great to meet all the MICE buyers and Scottish suppliers, who came together to [...]

15 10, 2011

Piper in Las Vegas

By reeltime|2017-03-01T11:21:28+00:00October 15th, 2011|conferences, events|0 Comments

In October, Reel Times Roddy Deans went out to help Visit Scotland at IMEX America. The first time this huge trade show has been held in America, to give the American market access on their doorstep to the destinations and companies to make their stay a success. Roddy was working on the Visit Scotland stall, promoting the culture and heritage of Scotland. With hourly haggis address, whisky tasting sessions and musical interludes. ‘It is great to help out our national marketing board promote our country and traditions. I look forward to working [...]

6 10, 2011

Bagpipes, Pink Kilts, Elizabeth Hurley and Breast Cancer Awareness

By reeltime|2017-03-01T11:21:41+00:00October 6th, 2011|events|0 Comments

Had a great job yesterday piping Elizabeth Hurley in for one of her 4 international appearances to help with Breast Cancer Awareness. She signed special Estee Lauder products which were helping raise money for the charity. Later that day her and new fiancée Shane Warne switched on the Pink Floodights, to light up the Edinburgh skyline. House of Fraser did a great job of hosting the Breast Cancer awareness Public appearance; at Jenners in Edinburgh. Howie @ 21 Century Kilts designed me a wonderful pink Harris Tweed kilt. With some chunky [...]

28 08, 2011

Jungle City Pipers

By reeltime|2017-03-01T11:22:39+00:00August 28th, 2011|events|0 Comments

It is great to be involved in culture and the Arts, so it was a pleasure to be asked to help out with Jungle city. You can find out more about the project through their website. Basically famous artists made wonderful jungle creatures, which were then installed around Edinburgh for a month. At the end of the month, a charity auction was held, so people could buy the art, and help raise money for charity (£800000 to date). A great event to be involved with, we were supplying the Bagpiper. If you [...]

5 08, 2011

A busy July for Reel Time Bars

By reeltime|2017-03-01T11:22:50+00:00August 5th, 2011|bars|0 Comments

It was a pretty inconsistent July for the weather but one thing that was a guarantee was a great month for weddings! Reel Time Bars were all over Scotland from Loch Lomond to Aberdeen and back to Edinburgh! At the beginning of July we headed up to Boturich Castle to set up a bar in their purpose built marquee. There were cocktails flowing all evening with the ladies drinking Cosmos and the gentry on Mojitos. It was a beautiful day and we even had a moment to take in the breathtaking view across Loch Lomond. When you [...]

4 08, 2011

Reel Time Ceilidh Band: Summer Bonanza

By reeltime|2017-03-01T11:25:14+00:00August 4th, 2011|conferences, events, weddings|0 Comments

Has been a couple of busy months for Edinburgh's most Funky ceilidh band. Performing gigs from Dundas and Edinburgh castle, George hotel to Borthwick Castle… the list goes on! For more information about the bands recent gigs, travels and gossip, check our ceilidh band facebook page The Reel Time Ceilidh Band play from a 3 piece (for small venues), 4 piece for a rocking ceilidh or 5/6 piece with ceilidh and Popular song covers. The band has an excellent ceilidh dance caller, who will talk the guests through all the steps before [...]

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