Weddings should be a joyous and memorable family event–but they can be a nightmare when brides or grooms or mothers micro manage and sabotage the music plans. Last minute fussy-pants or power grabbing changes in song selection, duration of the contract, or music flow just upsets everyone and does not justify the results. 1. Take […]
Planning Your Economical Triangle Wedding Music
Why do weddings cost so much when just a party is cheaper? The prices are caused by the brides themselves. Brides have evolved from simple garden weddings to demanding, customizing bridezillas and so the costs go up to meet those demands. To keep your prices down, please keep it simple. 1. Stick to the musicians’ […]
Planning Your Triangle Wedding Music
A fun addition to your wedding reception music is to personalize the songlist with tunes that mention your hometown, your honeymoon destination, your university, or your occupations. Songs such as Chicago, Chicago or New York, New York, Way Down Yonder in New Orleans, My Old Kentucky Home, Carolina on My Mind, Nothing Could be Finer […]
Planning Your Triangle Wedding Music
A charming and memorable addition to your wedding reception songlist is to “Dance Your Name”. Many women’s and men’s names are mentioned in songs of all decades and types, and it is fun to hear your name sung. There is: Along Comes Mary, Amanda, Angie Baby, Brandy, Carrie, Emily, Georgia on My Mind, Jenny Jenny, […]
Planning Your Triangle Wedding Music
A memorable wedding and reception can adapt a corresponding theme which carries through in the venue, the decorations, the food, the attire, and the music. Guests also enjoy participating with clothing choices of the theme. We have played Hawaiian/Island music at beach ceremonies with guitar and violin; Bluegrass/western weddings at Ward’s Hollow with banjo, mandolin […]
Planning your Triangle Wedding Music
Planning Your Triangle Wedding Music
Which is planned first–the songs or the musicians? Each group of instruments can have its own songlist, so you want to decide first what kind of music you want–Traditional, Beatles, Journey, Sinatra, Irish, Bluegrass,Jazz, or your own special theme. Guitar, piano or saxophone might be the more authentic choice rather that string quartet or harp. […]
Planning your Triangle Wedding Music
Outdoor Wedding Music Suggestions
The previous blog listed seven planning strategies. There are good reasons to implement them in your plans so you can hear all the music you contracted. Protecting the musicians from the elements insures that they can actually perform for you. They need to do their job what you need to do yours: dry level ground, […]
Planning Your Outdoor Triangle Wedding Music
Here in the Triangle, we are blessed with great weather nearly all the year ’round; however, every outdoor wedding needs a “Plan B” for rainy, cold, windy, hot, and dark weather: 1) Cover from direct sun, falling nuts, and rain. This can be a tent, an awning, a porch, a gazebo or a room with […]
