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Originally posted by AGDee
I had a band for the $20,000 wedding and a DJ for the $5000 wedding. I wasn't planning on a band for the first one because most of the wedding bands I'd heard made every song sound the same. But then I found this awesome band who was very talented and could do a variety of music really well, so I used them. The DJ for the second wedding was free and was a friend of the groom's. He is a DJ as a side job and did a really great job.

It really can be hard to find a band that can do the traditional polkas that the family expect, the sweet slow dances you want for the bridal dance and the good dance music for when the old folks all go home. I can imagine that the bands in NYC are better and more talented than in other parts of the country because so many talented people go to NYC to try to make it big.

Dee

My brother had a band for his wedding, and after that ALL the Italians around here started booking them too. I think they're called Intrigue. They are really really good and sing in a bunch of different languages, but mostly English and Italian. They sing any type of song. They also do outfit changes. For our family friend's December 12th wedding, they sang Christmas songs during dinner while wearing those sexy Ms. Clause dresses (red velvet with white fur trim... not skanky you know). You wouldn't think Italians would like that cuz usually it's Julio playing on the band's dj equipment, but it everyone loved it.