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	Sel has been playing the fiddle ever since Mr Harris taught him to pizzicato... His beautiful fiddle is 110 years old and is called Alberta. Why? Well, it was made by Jean Baptiste Colin - and there used to be a shampoo called Alberto Balsam by Baptiste and you can't really call a violin Balsam, can you? Sel plays with various Welsh bands (that's Taplaswyr, not the Welsh Guards) and met Bryn Terfel before he was famous. That's before Bryn Terfel was famous, not our Sel. He'll play with anybody that asks, though he says if you're blonde, blue eyed and shapely it helps! He was once in a film (wearing a mask, so you're forgiven if you didn't spot him) and has appeared in the Welsh version of Coronation Street, called Pobol y Cwm. Best claim to fame? He once ate chocolate cake with Diana Rigg... and still dines out on the story!
Guy plays melodeon, guitar, melodeon, harmonica, melodeon, mandola and melodeon. You've guessed it - he's got 4 melodeons (at the last count) and simply can't pass a music shop without just having a look... He's been on the radio three times - talking about his joint passions of pottery, cricket and music and he's played at the Eisteddfodd, but didn't really understand it because he doesn't speak Welsh. Guy has played on the Welsh Arts programme and appeared on Grampian TV, although you'd be forgiven for not recognising him - he had hair in those days! He's been playing melodeon since the band voted that he'd be their new melodeon player (the vote was 4-1, and Guy was the '1') and he also plays for the dance side Clocs Canton. He hasn't yet mastered the art of playing and dancing at the same time - we're working on it! He once impressed Billy Connolly with his Pete Townshend impersonation at a folk club, and has a black labrador renowned for singing along to the melodeon.
	Bob has more guitars than Guy has melodeons - 8 at the last count, and he's still working on it. He took up guitar because his mum was always playing the family piano and he never got a chance to practice. He was given a guitar that didn't have a bridge so Bob spent many hours in the local music shop memorising the shape it ought to be before cutting it in metal at his daytime job. Dedicated or what? He earned 15/- (those are SHILLINGS!) a week and spent 234 guineas on his first 'real' guitar... and the shopping habit has stuck! Since he started playing, Bob has never taken a holiday without at least his travelling guitar - until last year when a serious hand injury forced a deeply frustrating 'no-play' period of many months. Bob runs various folk clubs, sings with a vocal harmony band and can be called upon to liven up any party with renditions of songs from the Travelling Wilburys, Beatles, Eagles and Bob Dylan. He once played with Chris Farlowe in the 60's, and has the dubious honour of having replaced Tom Jones at his then regular gig at The Electricity Club in South Wales. Poor Tom - do you think he ever worked again?
Veronica learnt ballet and tap dancing at a very early age, and has been entertaining people with her clog dancing demonstrations ever since. She's a member of Clocs Canton and Cobblers Awl and has four pairs of clogs (although she only wears them one at a time!) She's been married to Bob (that's the Bob with all the guitars - this is an understanding woman) for 27 years, and he says it was the long dress and the hotpants that first attracted him. Well, it would, wouldn't it? Being good at communications, Veronica was an ideal choice to be the band's caller - and she has a unique talent for cajoling people to dance. Some would call it assault, but we prefer to call it cajoling. Veronica knows everybody in South Wales - and if she doesn't at the beginning of the evening, she will by the end!
	Imogen did her music degree at Dartington College of Arts in Devon, and we're sure they will be thrilled to learn that her idea of a really good night is to play the flute dressed as a bumble bee - this girl should get out more! Imogen still has the outfit from working for Cardiff in Bloom and, rather worryingly, she has also previously dressed up as a horse. Imogen's proud dad once told The Bumblebees group that not only was his daughter proficient enough on the flute to join them - but that she had the right outfit too. Sadly this means Imo can no longer go to their concerts. And here's a spooky thing - Imogen's dad (yes, the embarrassing one) used to play cricket in the same team as Guy!
We met Roger when he was booked to play at a festival in Spain with Sel, Imo and Guy - we enjoyed playing with him so much he's still with us! He keeps his past well hidden, which is probably very sensible, but we suspect a lot... He says he's been a rocker all his life, and the Bon Jovi poster on his bedroom wall tends to bear this out. He's come late to folk music but got the hang of it quickly once he realised beer was involved. He has a Harley, and leathers to go with it. Roger plays bodhran and flute (not at the same time, but we're working on it) and gets out his Big Drum Kit for larger gigs!
Bob and Guy play for the clog side that Veronica dances with, and now Sel joins in sometimes... Guy plays in another band, but Guy switches to guitar (mainly) in that one... Imogen plays in another band... Sel accompanies Bob in his vocal harmony group (no, NOT barbershop quartets!) ... Bob runs the PA for the Welsh band who Sel has played with for yonks... Veronica dances step clog with another dance team that Guy and Bob sometimes play for ... in fact all the band take any and every opportunity to play ... and they get asked by a lot of people! These are musicians who love playing - whatever the occasion!