Reviews of Juma Steel Band

Good Evening,

Archie & I both would like to say a massive thank you for playing at our wedding. It will be something we will never forget and definitely made our wedding very special with the added touch of your music. All our guests mentioned how lovely the steel drums were.

We hope you enjoyed your time at our wedding as much as we did and thank you for travelling up to Norfolk to make our day so special. You have persuaded us both to honeymoon in Jamaica next year.

If there is anywhere we can put a public review please let us know as we would be very happy to do so.

Wishing you all the best,

Thank you again,

Archie & Zoe

The musicians were husband and wife and they were professional, excellent players, very pleasant and gave an excellent selection of tunes They were very well received by guests and the evening could not have been better. I believe they would receive my Evie’s from anyone in attendance. Well done to both performers.

HiMacella and Junior I just want to say thank you again for making our evening such a fantastic event . Guests keep messsging me saying how good the music was I had such a brilliant time and honestly it wouldn’t be possible that without you both making it so special for us and i enjoyed jit so much I wanna do another party soon !!I’ll live so I’ll let you know when I plan the next one when I recover from this one first!! Thanks again

We're ever so grateful for Marcella and Junior playing the steel pans during our cocktail reception. It incorporated our Jamaica culture in fun, vibrant and professional way. I would highly recommend their services.

Thanks once again for a fabulous Caribbean Day, our customers have spent the last two days raving about the fantastic time they had. We can't wait for next year!

Dear Marcella
Thank you so much for Saturday evening, our guests absolutely loved your music, it was very uplifting and gave the party a great atmosphere. Thank you once again soon
I will definitely book you again
Kind regards
Rose Bhachu

Good morning Marcella. Everyone and especially Stanley Could not of enjoyed the steel band more.It was magical to see Stan so happy and dancing.He was completely overwhelmed and has not stopped talking about this magical day and thanking me.It will not be a day any of us will forget in a hurry.my only wish is we could of hired you longer.Thank you so much for making stans day so special.you and your husband are extremely talented people.Many thanks,Sinead English

Hi Junior, Just wanted to say a massive thanks to you and your wife for the wedding, the guests loved it, as did we! Sorry I didn't get chance to say thanks before you left. Regards Olly Mayes

Hi Juma, Sorry I haven’t been in touch sooner as we have only just got back off our mini moon to Aberdeen:) We would like to say a massive thank you to you both for being apart of our special day, the guests absolutely loved the music and made the atmosphere uplifted despite the weather. We hope your journey back wasn’t too bad for you, . Many thanks once again, Claire and Brian

Hi Marcella Just wanted to say a HUGE thank you to Junior and the guys for performing at our wedding on Friday. They were amazing. A perfect vibe for our drinks reception. So many compliments from guests and such nice friendly guys too. Thank you so much Jayde & Marcus

Thank you Junior . You made our new years eve wedding day complete. Your performance got everyone in the mood for what was a great afternoon and evening. We only wished that we could have had you play for longer. Thanks again. Mr and Mrs Adams

Hi Marcella Many thanks to you and your team for the wonderful music. It created a real party atmosphere and reminded us of our wedding. Many of our friends commented on how relaxing the sound of the steel pan was. Thanks again best regards Garfield and Sarah

Hi Marcella,

Our guest thought you were wonderful - we had many comments about the band !! all extremely positive for sure.

Your selection of music was bang on - my only wish was I should have sorted you out to stay longer when I booked !!

We did have a rather good day and your band just set the tone for the whole day, so my very special thanks for making my 60th birthday party one to remenber ..

Kind Regards
Harry Acton 60 years young 2018 !!

Just wanted to say thank you so much for playing at our wedding our guests and ourselves really loved you guys the guests wished we had booked you for longer.

This band are fantastic!! Highly recommend them not only because do you get great musicians but really lovely polite kind people- am so grateful to them.

Hi Marcella. The feedback we received from both our staff and corporate clients was fantastic. You created a wonderful atmosphere that was perfect for our drinks reception and gave a real lift which everyone needed at the end of a long day at a conference. Will definitely be recommending you and I look forward to working together again in the future. Thanks Sarah

Hi Marcella Massive Thank you for amazing performance by the steel band on our wedding day. I was exactly what my wife and I hoped for plus much more, feedback from guests was also very positive. Thanks again Ricky

Dear Marcella,
Our guests absolutely LOVED the music - thank you! It was a great way to start off the party and was a good scene setter for the rest of the evenIng. We were blessed with good weather and it was fantastic that they could play outside. It was a bit of a rush for us herding everyone in for dinner just as they finished playing but I hope I managed to convey my thanks! I would definitely book them again and recommend them to anyone wanting a steel band.
Please pass on my thanks to Junior.
Best wishes,
Sarah

Hi Marcella & Junior,

We just wanted to say thank you very much for coming yesterday. The
response has been absolutely fantastic. Everyone who has come into the
pub today has either been raving about the time they had yesterday or
gutted they missed it. We have some great pictures that will be going
up on facebook in the next day or two.

We would definitely like to book you again for next year

Chris Chris Stuart and Christine

Marcella good morning.

My apologies for not getting to you sooner. Celebrations was still ongoing yesterday and today is officially nans birthday. So another busy day.
But I sincerely appreciate your warmth and professionalism that certainly contributed to making the evening a success.
There was a real Caribbean feel to the evening, helping those present, to feel closer to home.

Many thanks on behalf of nanny, myself and other members of the family and well as close friends.

If I ever hear of anyone wanting the steel bands played, I will certainly put your name forward.

Please extend my thanks to your husband.

Best wishes.

Pamela.

We’ve had good feedback so far and our music therapist commented that it was really great to see so many residents joining in and playing along.

Hope you all enjoyed the afternoon too! Have attached a pic of you playing.

Kind regards,
Amanda, Care Home Essex.

Hi All,
Just want to say a big thank you for playing at my Birthday on 17th July 2015. Steve surprised me with you coming and you truly were brilliant! All my guests enjoyed it and hopefully we will book you again for another occasion in the future.

We are so pleased we chose you to play at our party! Everybody enjoyed the music and it gave the occasion a definite - and surprise - lift. We had many appreciative comments for choosing such wonderful summer garden party music.

Junior and the team were great - really friendly and helpful, and we hope they also enjoyed playing for us.

Marcella was excellent - efficient and communicative in making the arrangements, so a special thank-you to her also.

Just wanted to say a massive thank you for playing at our wedding on the 15th. You did an amazing job and we received so many compliments - particularly from your dancing crew of kids! We also appreciate you being so flexible with playing during the blessing and then moving outside for the drinks reception. We also think your music selection was perfect and really helped get the party started.

We cannot thank you enough and will be recommending you to everyone we know!

From Kat & Henry

15th August - Crooked Billet

Wow, what a fantastic afternoon of entertainment from Juma Steel Band! Their music made us feel as if the sun was beating down even though it was a below average temperature English mid summers day.

We can't thank Juma enough for coming from London to entertain us all. Our pub regulars and visitors alike were blown away by the brilliant sound of the Caribbean brought to a rural village in Norfolk. Many felt compelled to dance and applaud throughout the performance such was the quality of music and the atmosphere created. Juma truly are the finest steel band in the UK in our estimation. We can't wait for a repeat booking next summer.

This is a wonderful band they played at my Sharon's 40th birthday party on the beach at Mersea Island ALL the tunes were great but when they played 'on broad way' it was fantastic, they are nice friendly people book them and have a great time

I am finally back at home in the US after lots of delays due to snow and ice. I received lots of positive feedback about your performance at my Dad's birthday party and people who did not even come said that they were sorry that they missed the band. I heard people singing along and that was a positive as I was not able to sit and listen to you.

Deciding to have a Steel Band perform was very adventurous for this group, but it worked out well and a good time was had by all.

We've had an extremely busy weekend sorting and recovering from my parents celebration. My husband and I would like to thank you and your husband for the wonderful performance of the steel pan music. It was absolutely FANTASTIC!! We have had many guests coming up to us later in the evening stating that it was such a surprise to hear that kind of music. They said that it reminded them of being back home when they were growing up and some of our friends who were born here loved it as well. Also some people hadn't thought about having this kind of entertainment for hire and will probably consider it for the future. I will definitely be passing on your details to anyone interested and will recommend you to others.

I hope you also enjoyed the evening and we will definitely be in contact again for a future event.

With all our best wishes

Just wanted to say a massive thank you for playing at our wedding on the 4th August. Everyone commented on the music and how it made such a lovely relaxed atmosphere.
We have finally got organised with the photos and we thought you would like to see the few that you are in!

Thanks again

Helen & Justin

Hi Marcella and Junior,

I hope you are both well and enjoying this gorgeous weather we now have!

Sorry for the delay in replying, having returned from our honeymoon and settling into married life, we wanted to get in touch to say a massive thank you to you both!
Will and I had such a wonderful day and we are so thankful that you both made that long trip to come and play at our wedding. The whole day was exactly what we wanted, could have wished for and you gave us such great music, creating the fun atmosphere we had hoped for.

All of our guest commented on how fabulous you both were and what a great idea it was to have you there. We loved having a go on the Steel Pans and of course would be happy to share some of these photos with you. Our photographer is currently editing them all and I can email you as soon as they are ready.

So thank you to you both again, we hope you also enjoyed the day and please do feel free to use this email as a testimonial. Would happily recommend you to others. We hope the rest of the year goes well for you both and once again thank you so much!!

With best wishes, Helen and Will - Mr and Mrs Wright!

Thank you so much for making our day extra special for us. We have had so many comments about how good the steel
band were. Philip was so glad the duo arrived with plenty of time and were very professional setting up so not to
cause any stress before we got married! We were very
grateful for the extra music played prior to the ceremony
which we weren't expecting. We enjoyed the music so much
and were a little sad when it had to stop! We especially
enjoyed having a go ourselves and are looking forward to
seeing the photos! We would recommend you 100% to anyone
else planning their wedding or event.

Best wishes,
Laura and Philip.

The band went down really well. We really enjoyed the music and it created the perfect background ambience for our event. We hope to have an event where we can
welcome you back.

Many thanks for the night and for your efficient back office organisation in the run up to the event.

It was great to meet Junior and the rest of the band at the Newton Summer Weekend. They turned up promptly and were very professional and cheerful at the same time. Despite the lack of sunshine the band created a warm atmosphere with some great, sunshine filled, music that everyone, who was not watching the rugby, really appreciated and enjoyed. Their sound was a great start to our very own company festival. We would definitely book the Steel band in the future if the need is there.

We were delighted with the steel band we had on June 30th – just right for our drinks party in the garden to celebrate our Golden Wedding, and several people have asked for their card which I have passed on. Thank you – they were an ideal choice.

Thanks for getting in touch - the Juma band were fantastic and were a wonderful addition to a really perfect day for us. They were great musicians but also really nice guys and extremely friendly. They were set up in advance and web let some of our guests have a go on the drums! Many thanks and I'll let you know if I hear of anyone else who needs a steel band!

Hi Marcella and Junior, First of all I would like to thank you for coming to Kelly's 21st. I have had very good feedback from the guests and everyone I spoke to said they thoroughly enjoyed the steel pan music and for some it actually made their night. I would certainly recommend you should anyone ask me about steel bands. Once again thank you for entertaining us, we all had a marvelous time and enjoyed your music very much.

We were very happy with the performance, thank you. Junior was very good and they were very professional. We would certainly use them again if we had such an occasion. My husband was suitably surprised and delighted. Thanks again for all your help in organising the event. Best wishes, Sue.

Thank you so much for playing at our wedding on Thursday evening. Our guests really enjoyed the variety of music played and was a lovely surprise as they arrived. Many thanks, Kerry.

Hello there Juma band, I would like to say a massive thank you for playing at our wedding, you made it one to remember! Thanks a lot! Sarah and Joe x

Hi Marcella, The band were great. Everyone enjoyed the evening, it was a real success, and having the Juma Steel Band performing for us, created a fabulous Caribbean feel to the night. I would have no hesitation in recommending them or using them again for our future events. Thank you for your very professional procedures from start to finish.

Hello Marcella

We just wanted to say thank you so much for playing on our special day. It was absolutely brilliant - all our guests have commented on how amazing the music was and how much you all seemed to capture the mood of the day so perfectly.
My husband was saying how he was smiling from the second you played the first note, all the way to you playing outside under the trees, which we thought was fantastic.
Our only regret was that we were unable to thank you in person after the final song, we were unaware we would be with the photographer for so long and wished we could have told you all in person how amazing you were and how much you lifted the spirits of all those there that day, including the venue and catering staff.
We truly thank you, and hope you have many more years of playing such great music together, and sorry we didn't get to say farewell again.

Hi Marcella,

The band were great.
Everyone enjoyed the evening, it was a real success, and having the Juma Steel Band performing for us, created a fabulous Caribbean feel to the night.
I would have no hesitation in recommending them or using them again for our future events.

Thank you for your very professional procedures from start to finish.

Kind regards,

Tony

'Please feel free to quote me in promotion of your act'

Anthony P Curtis

Dear Marcella, We were very happy with the performance, thank you. Junior was very good and they were very professional. We would certainly use them again if we had such an occasion. My husband was suitably surprised and delighted. Thanks again for all your help in organising the event. Best wishes, Sue.

I am finally back at home in the US after lots of delays due to snow and ice.

I received lots of positive feedback about your performance at my Dad's birthday party and people who did not even come said that they were sorry that they missed the band. I heard people singing along and that was a positive as I was not able to sit and listen to you.

Deciding to have a Steel Band perform was very adventurous for this group, but it worked out well and a good time was had by all.

Good Luck for the New Year.

Ann

The band were as good as ever!! Even though the weather was poor everyone had a great time listening to the band and I'm happy to advise that I received a ton of compliments (again!). Rest assured we will always recommend Juma to anyone who needs a Steel band.

Thanks for all your help with recent booking!

The band were absolutely fantastic, I cant express how amazing we thought they were, everything we could have possibly wanted for our reception. All our guests thought they were perfect we had so much fun when the band were playing. Thank you so much for playing the most fantastic performance. We are reccomending you to everyone and we cant wait for another excuse to book the band again as we loved you that much.

Thank you thank you thank you.

Thank you so much, they were brilliant and such nice people. I did speak with several others prior to booking, but went with juma because they were competitive and you were the most helpfull person I spoke with. You advised on how many band members I would need, how it would work and generally made me confident about choosing you.
I will most definitely use you again and will always recommend you.
Thank you for a great day x

Junior, Steven & Justin - what a fantastic band. Arranged for a surprise 30th anniversary party for my parents and they loved every minute. All the guests were really impressed by you and the little kids (and big kids) loved having a go on the instruments after. A great price and you gave a great atmosphere. Thanks again for entertaining us so much!!!

We've had an extremely busy weekend sorting and recovering from my parents celebration. My husband and I would like to thank you and your husband for the wonderful performance of the steel pan music. It was absolutely FANTASTIC!! We have had many guests coming up to us later in the evening stating that it was such a surprise to hear that kind of music. They said that it reminded them of being back home when they were growing up and some of our friends who were born here loved it as well. Also some people hadn't thought about having this kind of entertainment for hire and will probably consider it for the future. I will definitely be passing on your details to anyone interested and will recommend you to others.

I hope you also enjoyed the evening and we will definitely be in contact again for a future event.

Junior,

Just back from Honeymoon yesterday, so apologies for the delay. Thanks you so much for playing at our wedding reception, both Joanna and i have a great time and really enjoyed your music. A number of guest commented throughout the evening that they had had an amazing time and that they especially liked the fusion of East meets West that your band helped make happen. Loved the Caribbean injection and will recommend to others in the future. Thanks again for all.

Best Regards,

Rip & Jo

The Juma Steel Band went down brilliantly at the Stratford Centre on 1st December.

They added a great atmosphere to the events happening on the day and had the crowd up and dancing.

Will definitely keep in mind for future events.

Many thanks

Jane

Thank you so much for the lovely music you and the band played at my dad’s 80th Birthday. All the guest including dad really enjoyed it. It was very classy and contributed to a very elegant evening. You and your other band members were so lovely to deal with and I would definitely hire you again as well as recommend you to anyone you wants to hire a steel band - I have passed your number on to a few people now. Your professionalism was second to none and I really enjoyed your company.

I felt the music selection was perfect and beautifully played by you and the band. I did however, get a bit of a backlash from a few guests who felt I should have hired you for the whole night, but we will consider that for next time. Thank you to all of you we all really enjoyed it.

Best wishes

Sandra

We hired Juma for the interval between our wedding ceremony and breakfast. Communication was good, the price was fair considering they had to travel to Suffolk. They provided a friendly services, playing some tunes that people recognised. At some points a little quiet all in all people definitely enjoyed them. Thank you Juma