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How expensive is hiring live music for a wedding or party?

January 18, 2012 / by / 0

The cost of hiring musicians to play at your wedding will vary widely, dependent on a number of factors. The number of musicians involved will obviously have a direct bearing on the cost, along with the location of the wedding, the duration of the performance, the amount of equipment entailed and the style of music…

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Can I have live music performed during my marriage ceremony?

January 11, 2012 / by / 0

Live musical performance is generally welcomed during wedding ceremonies in a church or chapel, as well as at the majority of civil ceremony venues. Organ, choir, string quartet, brass ensemble, harpist, guitarist, pianist, vocalist, flautist; just some of the potential options available to perform live music suitable for a marriage ceremony. Inform the vicar, registrar…

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Create a classical ambience at your wedding with a string quartet

January 9, 2012 / by / 2 Comments

A string quartet is an ideal alternative to a church organ to accompany the key elements of a traditional wedding ceremony, such as the bridal procession and the recessional march. The sumptuous sonorities of the combined tones of twin violins, viola and ’cello create a rich, dynamic, almost orchestral texture. However, modern string quartets (especially…

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A boogie-woogie band livens up your wedding celebration.

November 30, 2011 / by / 0

You may well be planning to hire a DJ to round off your wedding celebration, but there’s nothing quite like a performance from a live band to really get the party swinging, and nothing to beat a spot of good old-fashioned boogie-woogie and rock’n’roll to get everyone up on the dancefloor. Bass, drums and honky-tonk…

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Ceilidh, Ceili or Barndance – what’s the difference?

November 25, 2011 / by / 0

You want everyone to get thoroughly involved and have lots of fun at your wedding reception party, so you’ve thought a session or two of good old-fashioned country dancing would be a great ice-breaker and would appeal across a wide age-range. So far, so good – but what exactly are you looking for? Is it…

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Make sure that your plan your wedding music well in advance

November 22, 2011 / by / 0

As with many aspects in the overall planning of a wedding, the music and entertainment should be programmed as soon as practically possible. With the date set and the venue(s) confirmed, the guestlist shaping up and a clear plan evolving for the day as a whole, the earlier you begin plotting in the music for…

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How to choose live wedding ceremony music

November 21, 2011 / by / 0

It’s important to strike the right balance between a style of music that is suitable for the atmosphere of the ceremony and specific pieces that reflect your own personal choices as a couple. This can present a bit of a dilemma, but with careful thought a satisfactory solution can usually be found. Whatever your final…

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Swing Jazz : ‘It Don’t Mean A Thing If It Ain’t Got That Swing!’

November 10, 2011 / by / 0

If you wish to conjure up the aura of sophistication and unsurpassed romance at your wedding celebration, there’s only one possible choice of musical entertainment – Swing Jazz. Hollywood – the apogee of romance and elegant lifestyle portrayed on the silver screen and summed up in the literate lyrics and mellifluous melodies of Broadway. All-singing,…

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Wedding Reception Music : Finding The Best Wedding Band

November 9, 2011 / by / 0

Sourcing a live band for your wedding can pose a bit of a problem, especially if you’ve never dealt with musicians before. The major difficulty is identifying what to look for, and then where to start. You can spend many fruitless hours combing through Yellow Pages and other directories for possible candidates, and then yet…

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A pop covers band will get your wedding reception stomping

November 7, 2011 / by / 0

So you’ve decided to hire a live band as the main musical entertainment at your forthcoming wedding – congratulations, good call – but you aren’t entirely sure exactly what style of music will be most suitable. There’s probably going to be a wide range of ages represented among your guests, and a correspondingly broad spectrum…

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