It seems incredible to think that The Falconers has now been in existence for fifty years!  The band’s first booking was actually on 6th June 1975, in the Cawley Hall, Eye. However, the  our roots were right here in the Falcon Ballroom, where members of the newly-formed Falconers Folk Dance Club persuaded Roger and a couple of friends to come and try playing for folk dancing in October 1974.  Maggie’s mother Marion was one of those responsible.  Maggie’s first outside booking as part of the band was actually for Dave Jones’s Putley ceilidh at Christmas ‘75.  The band was for many years a three or four piece group, even sometimes five, but for the last twenty five Roger and Maggie have been the core band, playing as ever all around the country for dances and festivals.

So BFF and The Falconers have been intertwined for over fifty years!