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Organising Music for a Wedding Ceremony

May 2, 2012
Organising Music for a Wedding Ceremony

Your wedding is anticipated to be the most special day in your life, and naturally the ceremony is central to it. Irrespective of whether you are planning to marry during a church service or elsewhere in a civil ceremony, live music can play a significant role in creating a real sense of occasion. Consider carefully [...]

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The Al Fresco Trad Jazz Band brings the iconic Dixieland sound to life.

March 23, 2012
The Southampton based Al Fresco Trad Jazz Band brings the iconic Dixieland sound to life.

Trad Jazz is an ideal style of music to add a celebratory atmosphere to a wedding reception party, especially outdoors, and as their name implies, The Al Fresco Trad Jazz Band are ideally suited to such an occasion. Their lively, swaggering renditions of all the well-known classics of the genre performed in authentic New Orleans [...]

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Trad Jazz is perfect for summer wedding and party celebrations

February 22, 2012
Trad Jazz is perfect for summer wedding and party celebrations

The Mississippi Delta, where French and British cultures blend with African and Creole, is acknowledged as the birthplace of what has become known as Trad Jazz. An amalgam of blues and gospel hymns with European dance-tunes and song models, this idiosyncratic style of musical delivery appears to emerge in the popular marching church bands, especially [...]

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How does a live wedding band prefer to operate?

February 14, 2012
How does a live wedding band prefer to operate?

Most people will have attended weddings or parties where a live band has performed as part of the evening’s entertainment. It’s something that’s easy to take for granted, especially when everything went smoothly and the celebration was a huge success, with the music contributing much to proceedings. Now it’s your turn to organise the live [...]

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Let the majestic romance of Scotland inspire your party theme

January 24, 2012
No Scottish-themed wedding or anniversary celebration would be complete without a rousing ceilidh as the finale to the day’s proceedings.

You don’t have to be Scottish to appreciate Scotland (although it probably helps). The breathtaking natural beauty of the landscape, both lowland and highland, combined with the historical mystique of a powerful, colourful, unique and indomitable culture, lends the territory north of the border an unparallelled attraction steeped in nostalgia and tradition. Such a romantic [...]

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The UK’s Midwest Country Music – Ponchartrain

January 19, 2012
Bristol American Country Band for weddings and parties - Ponchartrain

This Bristol-based country and rockabilly band take their name and their musical inspiration from the iconic Lake Pontchartrain in Louisiana, USA. Successfully recreating an authentic Midwest sound is the foremost criterion in evoking the true spirit of American country music, and the band’s empathetic geographical location within the UK is a positive influence! Performing an [...]

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

January 18, 2012
The cost of hiring a band to play at your wedding will vary widely. The number of musicians involved will obviously have a direct bearing on the price.

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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