That was the message Mick Bailey, bandleader and lead vocalist received from the UK's premier web-based directory of performing artists at the beginning of April 2001. The band shared the bill with famous Irish duo, The Bachelors, Helen Morgan, a superb solo singer and Patsy Peters, a very funny comedienne from Belfast. Benefit Raises 700 Wraggle Taggle helped to raise 700 for Children in Crisis on Saturday 18th December 2000 in the Avenue Centre, Kew. In the Devon version the lady was abducted by the Lord of Cassil and forced to marry against her will. The real event behind the original concerns the execution in 1624 of Scottish gypsy chieftain Jonny Faa, he ended up on the gallows while the lady was found again by her husband.
All later versions allow the lady to take off with the gypsies never to be seen again.
The very next day on 19th November 2000, Wraggle Taggle drove 240 miles to Reilly in France. All the musicians in Wraggle Taggle have been performing, touring and recording for many years and two are award-winning performers. The spirit of the Ceilidh Wraggle Taggle are one of the many superbly talented bands to come out of the vibrant North London traditional music scene. They are keeping alive the spirit of the ceilidh with a mix of Irish, Scottish, American and English influences. Four weddings and a funeral' also seemed to cause renewed interest in Scottish dancing.