R.J.Noall wrote the “Magic Fire – The Midsummer-eve Song and Dance” to be performed as part of the ceremony and newspaper reports in the 1930s refer to dancing around the fire and jumping through the flames at the end of the dance

The Bagas ‘brand’ has been around since around 2003/4 when Samba Kernow joined forces with musicians Delia & Dave Brotherton, Merv Davey and Duncan Gee to perform a Samba Celtica evening in St Ives Guildhall as part of St Ives September Festival.