Akmed’s Camel
Lincolnshire’s Premier Ceilidh Band
Our ceilidh band has many connections with Lincolnshire, ranging from the tunes we play to the dances we call.
Lincolnshire and Surrounding Counties
Lincolnshire is the largest county in the East Midlands with the citizens of Lincolnshire proudly proclaiming themselves as "Yellow Bellys".
Around North Lincolnshire are the counties of Yorkshire and Nottinghamshire. To the East of Lincolnshire are Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire. Finally, South Lincolnshire borders on Huntingdonshire, Cambridgeshire and Norfolk.
As a Lincolnshire ceilidh band with a far reaching reputation, we are often invited to perform ceilidh dances within these surrounding counties.
Locations Within Lincolnshire
Our band members have some of the best talent across Lincolnshire. They come from Crowland, just bordering Cambridgeshire in the south, up through Bourne, across to Holbeach and on up to Boston.
Some of the ceilidh dances we call are also related to locations in Lincolnshire, such as the Boston Tea Party. A few of the dance tunes are similarly associated by having Lincolnshire locations within their title. These include Lincolnshire Polka, Market Rasen Quickstep and Louth Quickstep.
Byards Leap
Although we are back to being Akmeds Camel, we are still known in the South Holland area as Byards Leap Ceilidh Band. This title is also a small hamlet in Lincolnshire, which is renowned in folk law.
Blind Byard was a magical horse that helped to destroy an evil witch. While being pursued by the witch, Byard leaped from a tall cliff. Where he landed, his rider turned and killed the witch and here the community of Byards Leap was formed.
