Cocktail HR Music

KandM2006 Posted: Feb 03, 2005 04:49 PM

Cocktail HR Music

What is everyone doing for their cocktail hr entertainment???
Do you think a Frank Sinatra singer is cheesy? I love the music but I'm looking for something low key and classy because my reception band is LOUD and upbeat!
Any suggestions?

denise2006 Posted: Feb 03, 2005 04:51 PM

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I am doing a steel drum band...there better be no rain, so we can all be outside on the deck right on the water! Its seriously all i want!

gNi1125 Posted: Feb 03, 2005 04:53 PM

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Our hall has someone playing the piano during CH.

May2004 Posted: Feb 03, 2005 05:23 PM

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Posted by gNi1125

Our hall has someone playing the piano during CH.

same here

Meme1279 Posted: Feb 03, 2005 05:37 PM

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We are getting a Steel Band for the cocktail hour also...
We were going to get a Frank Sinatra singer for dinner time but changed our minds.

marymoon Posted: Feb 03, 2005 06:39 PM

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My sister had a sinatra singer and he was SO good, you had to really look at him to tell it wasn't really frank sinatra. it was crazy! She did it during dinner and EVERYONE loved it. People lined up to shake his hand. it was great.

I'd do it during dinner though, not CH. During dinner people are sitting and can enjoy it, during the CH it's much mor frenetic motin, people walking around to get food the music often fades into the background or sets the mood, which is good for just music like steel drums or a jaz trio or something, but with a vocalist like that, they'll enjoy it more if they can sit and hear it during dinner

M&LSept1606 Posted: Feb 03, 2005 07:29 PM

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we're having our DJ play dinner music. But, sicne you're having a band...you can separately hire a two piece-three piece instrument band just for cocktail. Violins, or sax, or keyboardist.

Kris516 Posted: Feb 03, 2005 10:01 PM

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Since we are having our ceremony at the reception site, I was thinking of having a string quartet play for both the ceremony and cocktail hour.

If you like Sinatra, than go for it! It's classy, yet good mingle music!

JP&EP Posted: Feb 03, 2005 10:46 PM

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I'm having a keyboard player during cocktail hour.

leighdvm Posted: Feb 04, 2005 09:46 AM

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I'm having Gene Santini sing during my CH (he does Sinatra, Tony Bennett and Armstrong). It's not cheesy at all, it's very elegant and classy, IMO.

And I'd do it during the CH, not during dinner.

JPbride Posted: Feb 04, 2005 09:51 AM

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My Dj is going to playing some music during the CH.

VogueBride Posted: Feb 04, 2005 12:35 PM

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i have a band so they have 1 person on keyboard for the CH (but there is a piano there so i will ask them to use that) i think that would be a great idea (the frank singer)....but also piano is a good light way to go as well.

KandM2006 Posted: Feb 05, 2005 10:05 PM

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These are all some great ideas! Thanks!

KandM2006 Posted: Feb 05, 2005 10:06 PM

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Posted by leighdvm

I'm having Gene Santini sing during my CH (he does Sinatra, Tony Bennett and Armstrong). It's not cheesy at all, it's very elegant and classy, IMO.

And I'd do it during the CH, not during dinner.

Where can I get info on him?

cjb88 Posted: Feb 05, 2005 10:13 PM

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Posted by KandM2006

Posted by leighdvm

I'm having Gene Santini sing during my CH (he does Sinatra, Tony Bennett and Armstrong). It's not cheesy at all, it's very elegant and classy, IMO.

And I'd do it during the CH, not during dinner.

Where can I get info on him?

you can get him through Tommys Tunes

Im also going to have the string tri/quartet from my ceremony stay through the cocktail hour...

KandM2006 Posted: Feb 06, 2005 09:55 PM

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There is no piano in the cockatil room so it'd have to be electric....NOT the same! There is also no sound system so we'd have to hook something up if we wanted to play CD's. I think that takes away from the room? Am I crazy?

LaurenluvsTJ Posted: Feb 06, 2005 10:49 PM

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We're having a calypso band for CH. If you're having a DJ, they should be able to bring a system to set up in the room for cocktail hour if you just want to play music. Let them worry about that if there's no set up, thats their job.