Rampant Porch Lizards

The Rampant Porch Lizards is an acoustic ceilidh dance band whose main focus is playing for the Tannahill Ceilidhs six times a year in Azle, Texas.  (Note:  the word "ceilidh" originated in the Scottish Highlands and came to mean a gathering for food and dancing; the Irish version is spelled "ceili"). A lot of our repertoire consists of traditional Scottish and traditional Irish tunes.  For the ceilidh dances, we currently play four medleys of four jigs each, three medleys of four Strathspeys each, two medleys of four marches each, two medleys of four reels each, one medley of four hornpipes, and five waltzes.  The core of our music is a fiddle playing the melody against the rhythm guitar, which also serves as the timekeeper.  Other instruments accompanying this could be mandolin, cello, and a reeded instrument (such as a concertina) to mimic the sound of bagpipes.