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Ceremony/cocktail hour music

Roziw Posted: Dec 12, 2005 04:56 PM+

Roziw MEMBER SINCE: 3/05 TOTAL POSTS : 101 WEDDING DATE: Jun 03, 2006

Posted: Dec 12, 2005 04:56 PM

Ceremony/cocktail hour music

can anyone offer advice/suggestions on music options/prices for ceremony and cocktail hour music, everything seems so expensive...Help!
Thanks :)

BRod-Cheng Posted: Dec 12, 2005 05:15 PM+

BRod-Cheng MEMBER SINCE: 4/05 TOTAL POSTS : 2500 WEDDING DATE: Jul 15, 2006

Posted: Dec 12, 2005 05:15 PM

Re: Ceremony/cocktail hour music

A lot of DJ's will do it for a nominal fee. If you have your heart set on live music, think about having only one musician -harpist, guitarist or pianist - instead of a group of musicians. It's a lot cheaper and sounds just as beautiful.

ETA: Put a post on the vendors board. I did that and got a lot of great responses.

janelovesharry Posted: Dec 12, 2005 05:32 PM+

janelovesharry MEMBER SINCE: 2/05 TOTAL POSTS : 744 WEDDING DATE: Jun 24, 2006

Posted: Dec 12, 2005 05:32 PM

Re: Ceremony/cocktail hour music

You could have a jazz trio or even a piano and acoustic guitar. I think that either one of those would be really nice

We are using Soul Revival www.soulrevivalband.com their prices are really resonable and they are wonderful! FM me for pricing

BlueTulip Posted: Dec 12, 2005 11:09 PM+

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Posted: Dec 12, 2005 11:09 PM

Re: Ceremony/cocktail hour music

I am using counterpoint-a string trio for $350 (I think) for hospitality and ceremony.

otherme Posted: Dec 13, 2005 12:12 PM+

otherme MEMBER SINCE: 3/05 TOTAL POSTS : 462 WEDDING DATE: Oct 30, 2005

Posted: Dec 13, 2005 12:12 PM

Re: Ceremony/cocktail hour music

We had a band for the reception (Code Bleu) and their price included a piano player at the cocktail hour.
We asked them to also help out with music during the ceremony and for only $100 more they did that too.

We basically had a guy set up with a keyboard, speaker system, and a laptop and he played the music we supplied him for each part of the ceremony.

If you're going with a DJ for your reception you should be able to have them do your cocktail hour and ceremony for a nominal amount more. It all depends on how extensive you want to be..