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Modern Bands	Disc Jockeys	Jazz & Swing Bands
Latin Bands	Country & Bush	Solo Entertainers
Live          +        DJ
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Multicultural	Wedding MCs
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Wedding Singers, Gospel Groups, Singing Angels
Soloists	Trumpeters	Brass Ensemble
Singing Celebrants              Elvis Celebrant
Pre Dinner - Dinner
Solo Piano for Dinner Professional high quality Male & Female piano players Can bring an electric piano if required Modern music, Jazz, Classical, Themes & Theatre pieces.
Caricaturist	Magician	Comedy Characters
Entertaining Waiters	Continental Accordions	Celtic Ensembles
Gypsy Roving Strings	Wandering Minstrels	Live Garden Statues
Charlie Chaplin
Special Acts - After Dinner
Taste of Opera	Elvis	Comedians
Tribute Shows
Wedding Poet	Fire Dancers & Drummers	Swinging Martini's
Dancers
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n Backdrops Enhance the atmosphere of your special day. Dynamic backdrops A variety of themes to choose from

Issues to consider when choosing Entertainment

• Live or recorded?

• Number of guests?

• Budget?

• The area available for entertainment?

• Are the pre-drinks in a different area and can we use the same music?

• Timing?

• What is offered by the function?

• Will you need to consider other functions on at the same time as your reception?

The entertainment is a very important factor at the function because it sets the whole tone of the event. Who you book can make or break the function. Deal with professionals and book early so availability and choices are better.

Booking your entertainment through an entertainment agency will give you greater security because,

1. They are dealing with entertainment all the time. They know who is good and who is not.

2. A band or DJ is not going to cancel a job with an agency that gives them a lot of work because they are offered a better job on that particular date.

3. If something did happen and the entertainment did have to cancel, the agent would be able to organise something else for you.

Before choosing music, give some thought to:

1. the age group attending the function,

2. the style of the function,

3. the venue.

You want something flexible enough so that everyone present can enjoy.

When thinking about the entertainment:

Give consideration to the size of the venue and the amount of space the act will require. Remember, you do want some of the dance floor available for dancing! If the room is very small or closed in, don’t have something that will blast you out of the room. Conversely you want something that everyone can hear and see. So your requirements could change depending on whether you are having 50 or 300 guests.

Don’t have the music isolated from the guests, or you will lose the atmosphere. Entertainment should be on the same level, and in the same area as the guests. Ask the entertainers where they think is the best place for them to be set up. Mezzanine Floors work well for string quartets and pianists who are providing background music. If you want entertainment as well as music, the band or DJ needs to be part of the setting.

If the venue has difficult access for bringing in the equipment, let the band or DJ know, so that they can allow extra time or manpower to set up.

Entertainment is an area where you get what you pay for. If you have a limited budget, you are far better off booking a good disc jockey or a good duo rather than an average larger band.

Tips when organising the entertainment:

Have one person liaise with the entertainers on the night, because at a wedding there are at least six key people and it is important the entertainers know whose instruction they should follow.

Seat the older guests away from the music and the younger ones closer to it. This helps to avoid any problems with noise level.

Do not seat a table of children next to the entertainment, because if they start to run around they are likely to damage the equipment.

Have the entertainers arrive before the guests so the function is not interrupted any way. If you are having two different types of music during the function, for example, a pianist for pre-dinner and dinner music and a band for the dancing, make sure the band is set up well before the guests arrive. Then later in the night they can start playing at the nominated time. You may have to pay an early set up fee to cover their time but it is well worth it.

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