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Wedding band

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  • #52
    clint_silver
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,906 ✭✭✭clint_silver


    ShaShaBear wrote: »
    There are very few elderly people to be at our wedding. Grandparents on both sides have passed away and mostly everyone else would enjoy a good rousing dance. Something I always hated at weddings was when a band played slow songs over and over, and everyone sat down. You just knew no-one was entertained!
    A point a lot of people getting married don't realise. You can ask the band to include or omit any genre to want. Ask for no slow songs.
    Also If during the night the band are playing songs you don't like and not too many are dancing, it may be because theyre sticking to their set list and are too tired or not experienced enoug to know different. do not be afraid to walk up to them and ask them to change it. A good band won't have a problem with it.
    So if you've seen a band you like except for the slow songs they played, don't let it immediately put you off.


  • #53
    ShaShaBear
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,528 ✭✭✭ShaShaBear


    clint_silver wrote: »
    A point a lot of people getting married don't realise. You can ask the band to include or omit any genre to want. Ask for no slow songs.
    Also If during the night the band are playing songs you don't like and not too many are dancing, it may be because theyre sticking to their set list and are too tired or not experienced enoug to know different. do not be afraid to walk up to them and ask them to change it. A good band won't have a problem with it.
    So if you've seen a band you like except for the slow songs they played, don't let it immediately put you off.

    You're right actually, the more I think of it :P I think I'd be embarrassed to ask them to change their songs. Think all brides would rather pretend they wanted the band to play like that rather than make a scene.


  • #54
    clint_silver
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,906 ✭✭✭clint_silver


    ShaShaBear wrote: »
    You're right actually, the more I think of it :P I think I'd be embarrassed to ask them to change their songs. Think all brides would rather pretend they wanted the band to play like that rather than make a scene.
    In general I'd say leave it. We get lots of requests from guests to play different songs that might clash with what's going on. Floor might be pretty full doing a rock set and an elder guest might come over looking for some 70s when we might have played some earlier.
    Now, we might have to handle this diplomatically as if you asked that guest 2 months later what we were like all she'll remember is that we didn't play what she asked us to play even though she was dancing for most of the night. There's an an element of you can't please all the people all the time. It's all a matter of judging the floor and the band are normally best left to do that as its their business.

    However if bride or groom come over and ask for Anything it's flick the switch and go straight into what they want. That's the point I was trying to make. It doesn't create a scene unless the band can't do it but a good band should and its where you're paying your money. This is why I always say look at a bands set list before booking so you can gauge how many songs from a particular genre that they play.


  • #55
    byte
    Moderators, Regional North West Moderators Posts: 19,158 Mod ✭✭✭✭byte
    byte


    After having watched them play for a while at another wedding last week, we've decided to go ahead with Glitterbugs. Should be a mightly laugh! :)


  • #56
    ShaShaBear
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,528 ✭✭✭ShaShaBear


    byte wrote: »
    After having watched them play for a while at another wedding last week, we've decided to go ahead with Glitterbugs. Should be a mightly laugh! :)

    If you don't mind me asking, how much are they charging? We're hoping to go see them soon, but we're on a budget and I'd like to know if they are within my price range before I get excited about them :P


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