Cormorant's Fancy - Voted in Top 20 Celtic Bands Celtic Band from York, PA

Cormorant's Fancy voted in top 20 Celtic bands of 2017, international Irish and Celtic Music Podcast! Venues and reviewers call Cormorant's Fancy "spellbinding," "with a knack for gorgeous arrangements." From tenderly passionate love songs to growling soul-rousers, and from captivating a cappella to swirling instrumentals, the band propels audiences into the living Celtic tradition. Our compelling cross-generational lineup unites past, present, and future, so that when we stir the crowd from the festival stage, grace a wedding, lead the pub in song, accompanying dancers, present at school, or fascinate with a keynote, our brazenly trad music rings true. We've been called the “most energetic” Celtic band, yet we do it with finesse! We play Harrisburg, Gettysburg, York, Lancaster, Baltimore, Washington, Pittsburgh, NY, VA, WV, OH, and more, festivals to fairs, weddings to workshops, parlors to pubs, schools to retirement villages, eateries to estates, museums to jams, corporate events to keynotes, worship to wakes. We absolutely love the depth and breadth of Irish, Scottish, and all Celtic traditional music! We constantly search for the very best songs and tunes, the music we know you will love! Only the rare band matches our vocal capabilities or spirited and nuanced playing! Every member of Cormorant's Fancy is a singer and a multi-instrumentalist! Each brings creativity that gives us "a knack for gorgeous arrangements." We're much more than just the typical Irish band. What will you find at a Cormorant's Fancy show? You'll enjoy lots of clapping, toe-tapping and singing along. You'll laugh out loud, and perhaps feel a tear in your eye. You won't be surprised at spontaneous dancing in open spaces. You'll feel the audience hang on every word of an unaccompanied ballad and hear them cheer for a rousing anthem. You'll smile at children and the young-at-heart join the band as guest percussionists You'll see Meg transformed from a lovelorn lass to an Irish patriot in high fervor, to a grief-stricken sweetheart, and back. You'll simply have a fantastic time! Cormorant's Fancy tailors every show to its venue, such as high-energy St. Paddy's parties, other all-Irish celebrations, authentic all-Scottish shows and Burns Suppers, fun sing-alongs, lovely wedding sets, lively tunes for dancers and ceilidhs, laid-back restaurant sets, pumped-up pub shows, engaging school and children's presentations, gorgeous Celtic Christmas programs, happy New Year's events (Hogmanay), and Celtic worship services! Add endless combinations of the band's styles! Engaging and supportive teachers, we present a full array of workshops too. Authenticity and originality are perfect partners in everything we do! Because our band members have many talents besides playing Celtic music, Cormorant's Fancy, along with our sister band, Dearest Home, offers many options to make your wedding as unique as you are, including these services, styles, and themes: Organist/Pianist Violinist/Fiddler Soprano Soloist Alto Soloist Irish, Scottish, and/or other Celtic music Old Timey, Appalachian, and/or Civil War Era music Classical music Sacred music Clergy Officiant Ceremony Planning Themed Weddings include Celtic (Irish, Scottish), Civil War Era (in period costume), Classic, Eclectic, and more! We truly love it when our audiences sing along, clap along, and dance along! That's why you'll recognize familiar chorus songs and the infectious beats of jigs and reels. And that's why we provide sing-along sheets, and even rhythm instruments so that the young and young-at-heart join in on percussion. We get to know our venues to present shows and/or workshops that perfectly fit their needs. We delight in working with all ages and are comfortable in many settings! Celtic music is in our blood, our heritage in Ireland's County Down, Clan Donald of the Scottish Isles, Wales, Cornwall, and Celtic Canada. We love to visit our ancestral homes! Since our 2003 beginning, Cormorant's Fancy has performed for concert series, festivals, historical events, libraries, park events, coffee houses, weddings, banquets, workshop events, private parties, and worship services. We're Music, Gettysburg! concert series favorites! Festivals include Heart of the Arts Festival, Northern Appalachian Folk Festival, and Adams County Irish Festival. We entertain for yearly Burns events. Margaret, Stephen, and Beth recently played at festivals in Scotland and England. We're the Historic Fairfield Inn's house band and frequent performers at Fitzgerald's Shamrock Restaurant. The Great Cormorant is a black fishing bird native to Ireland and Great Britain. "Cormorant's Fancy" reflects how its name might entitle one of Ryan's fiddle tunes. Cormorant's Fancy: brazenly trad

• Boyne Water | traditional Irish-American
• A Fig for a Kiss | traditional Irish slip jig
• A Kiss in the Morning Early | Mick Hanley/Niamh Parsons/trad. Irish
• A Man's a Man for A' That | traditional Scottish (Robert Burns)
• A Nation Once Again | traditional Irish
• Aberyswyth | traditional Welsh carol
• Ae Fond Kiss | traditional Scottish (Robert Burns)
• After the Battle of Aughrim | traditional Irish reel
• All That Is | Garnet Rogers
• All through the Night | traditional Welsh carol
• An Cailin Rua | traditional Irish
• Another Jig will Do | traditional Irish slip jig
• Arran Boat Song | traditional Scottish air
• Arthur McBride | traditional Irish
• As I Roved Out | traditional Irish
• Auld Lang Syne | traditional Scottish (Robert Burns)
• Aye, Waukin, O | traditional Scottish (Robert Burns)
• Baloo Lammy | traditional Scottish Carol
• Banish Misfortune | traditional Scottish jig
• Bank of Turf | traditional Irish jig
• Belfast Lasses | traditional Irish Reel
• Black Velvet Band | Traditional Irish song
• Bonnie Laddie Ye Gang By Me | traditional Scottish
• Bridal Jig | traditional Irish jig
• Calton Weaver (Nancy Whisky) | traditional Scottish
• Campbell's Farewell to Redcastle | traditional Scottish march
• Child In the Manger (Bunessan) | traditional Scottish carol
• Christmas Eve | traditional Irish reel
• Colonel Montgomery | traditional Scottish strathspey
• Da Cauld Nights O' Winter | traditional Scottish reel
• Deck the Hall | traditional Welsh carol
• Dennis Murphy's | traditional Irish polka
• Do You Love an Apple | traditional Irish
• Down By the Salley Gardens | traditional Irish
• Drive Dull Care Away | traditional Canadian Maritimes
• Drowsy Maggie | traditional Irish reel
• Endearing Young Charms | traditional Irish waltz
• Fanny Poer | traditional Irish air (Turloch O'Carolan)
• Father Kelly | traditional Irish reel
• Follow Me Up to Carlow | traditional Irish
• Four Green Fields | Tommy Makem
• Foxhunters | traditional Irish slip jig
• Give Me Your Hand | traditional Irish
• Green Grow the Rashes | traditional Scottish (Robert Burns)
• Hark the Bonny Christchurch Bells | traditional Irish dance
• Haste to the Wedding | traditional Scottish
• Here's a Health to the Company | traditional Irish and Scottish song
• I Am a Maid that Sleeps in Love | traditional Irish
• I'll Tell Me Ma | traditional Irish
• Inis Oirr | Thomas Walsh
• Irish Girl | tradItional Irish slip jig
• J. F. MacKenzie | traditional Scottish Strathspey
• John Ryan's | traditional Irish polka
• Kitty's Wedding | traditional Irish reel
• Lewis Bridal Song (Mairi's Wedding) | traditional Scottish
• Lord Inchiquin | traditional Irish air (Turloch O'Carolan)
• Love Came Down at Christmas | traditional Irish carol
• MacPherson's Lament | traditional Scottish
• Malcolm Ferguson | traditional Scottish air
• Man of the House | traditional Irish reel
• Merrily Kissed the Quaker | traditional Irish jig
• Molly Malone (Cockles and Mussels) | traditional Irish
• Morrison's Jig | traditional Irish
• Mug of Brown Ale | traditional Irish jig
• Munster Buttermilk | traditional Irish jig
• My Home | traditional Scottish waltz
• My Luve Is Like a Red Red Rose | traditional Scottish (Robert Burns)
• New Year's Day | traditional Scottish jig
• O Danny Boy (Derry Air) | traditional Irish
• O'er the Water to Charlie | traditional Scottish
• Off She Goes | traditional Irish jig
• Off to California | traditional Irish hornpipe
• Old Brown Slipper | traditional Irish slip jig
• P Stands for Paddy/Julia Delaney | traditional Irish song and reel
• Paddy Lay Back | traditional Sea Chantey
• Planxty Irwin | traditional Irish air (Turloch O'Carolan)
• Poll H’apenny | traditional Irish hornpipe
• Quare Bungle Rye | traditional Irish
• Rattlin', Roarin', Willie | traditional Scottish (Robert Burns)
• Red Is the Rose | traditional Irish
• Roddy McCorley | traditional Irish
• Rosin the Beau | traditional Irish
• Rowan’s Hornpipe | Stephen Folkemer
• Saint Patrick was a Gentleman | traditional Irish
• Scotland the Brave | traditional Scottish march
• Scots March | traditional Scottish march
• Siúil a Rún | traditional Irish
• Slane | traditional Irish air (and hymn Be Thou My Vision)
• Smash the Windows | traditional Irish jig
• Song of the Books | traditional Irish air
• South Wind | traditional Irish waltz
• Staten Island | traditional Irish hornpipe
• Sí Beag Sí Mhór | traditional Irish (Turloch O' Carolan)
• Taimse im Chodla | traditional Irish air
• That Night in Bethlehem | traditional Irish carol
• The Angus Reel | traditional Scottish reel
• The Ash Grove | traditional Welsh Song (and hymn)
• The Atholl Highlanders | traditional Scottish march
• The Auld Brig O' Ayr | Traditional Scottish strathspey
• The Auld Man's Mare's Deid | Traditional Scottish strathspey
• The Banks O' Doon (Ye Banks and Braes) | traditional Scottish (Robert Burns)
• The Banks o' Doon (Ye Banks and Braes)dD | traditional Scottish (Robert Burns)
• The Bard of Armagh | traditional Irish
• The Birken Tree/Highland Boat Song | traditional Scottish
• The Black Velvet Band | traditional Irish
• The Bonny Wee Window | traditional Scottish-American
• The Bottom of the Punch Bowl | traditional Scottish dance
• The Boyne Water | Traditional Irish-American reel
• The Boys of Balisodare | traditional Irish slip jig
• The Braes O' Killiecrankie | traditional Scottish (Robert Burns)
• The Breakdown | Traditional Scottish reel
• The Butterfly | Irish slip jig, Bothy Band
• The Canticle of the Turning | traditional Irish/Cooney
• The Cherry Tree Carol | traditional British Isles and American Carol
• The Connachtman's Ramble | traditional Irish jig
• The Cotten Mill Song (The Pride of the Springfield Road) | traditional Irish
• The Earl of Errol | Traditional Scottish dance
• The Flower Among Us All | Northumbrian air
• The Flowers of Edinburgh | traditional Scottish/Irish country dance and reel
• The Galway Shawl | traditional Irish
• The Gift of Love | traditional British Isles tune
• The Greenwood Laddie | tradtional Irish
• The High Road to Linton | Traditional Scottish Reel
• The Irish Rover | The Irish Rovers
• The Irish Volunteer | traditional Irish-American
• The Kesh Jig | traditional Irish
• The Killarney Boys of Pleasure | traditional Irish reel
• The Lark on the Strand | traditional Irish jig
• The Light Dragoon | traditional Scottish
• The MacNeils of Ugadale | traditional Scottish march
• The Merry Blacksmith | traditional Irish reel
• The Minstrel Boy | Irish and Irish/American song
• The Mummer's Jig | traditional Irish
• The Musical Priest | traditional Irish reel
• The New Brig O' Ayr | Traditional Scottish ree.
• The Old Copperplate | traditional Irish reel
• The Old Man's Mare's Deid | traditional Scottish strathspey
• The Parting Glass | traditional Irish
• The Rakes of Kildare | traditional Irish reel
• The Rich Lady of Belfast | traditional Irish-American
• The Rights of Man | traditional Irish hornpipe
• The Salley Gardens | traditional Irish reel
• The Snowy Path | Irish slip jig, Altan
• The Star of the County Down | traditional Irish
• The Swallowtail Jig | traditional Irish jig
• The Trout in the Bath | traditional Irish jig
• The Wexford Carol | traditional Irish carol
• The White Cockade | traditional Scots measure
• The Wild Rover | traditional Irish song
• The Wren Hornpipe | traditional Irish hornpipe
• The Wren's Nest | traditional Irish jig
• The Wren's Polka | traditional Irish polka
• Walsh’s Hornpipe | traditional Irish
• Whiskey in the Jar | Irish song
• Who'll Be King but Charlie | traditional Scottish
• Ye Jacobites By Name | traditional Scottish (Robert Burns)