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"Brilliant! Truly professional and made my day so special. Their communication was great throughout and they made us feel at ease during the booking process as we weren't really sure what we were doing! Our dance floor was full until the end of the night and we couldn't recommend these guys enough. They even performed a request song for us which made the night even more special. Highly recommended! "

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"The Marvellous Motown Souls played at the Overgate Hospice Garden Party and they were absolutely amazing. They are so friendly and accommodating and had people up dancing throughout the set. I also saw them perform at a friends wedding prior to this and I didn't leave the dance floor once! Great band!"

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"Thank you Chris, and please do thank your accomplished colleagues for their brilliant playing. I’ll see Clare tonight and I can thank her again. You pitched the dances and music just right. Everyone enjoyed it. I’ve danced the eightsome reel many times but sadly haven’t yet attained any level of proficiency! Thank you too for your card – it’s much appreciated. Very best wishes Paul (and Lindsey) "

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"Party Hat were the best band we could have imagined playing for our wedding, from booking through to the day they were so accommodating and helpful and made us feel really special. On the day they played several requests for us and we had so many compliments from guests for months afterwards. The best wedding band we have seen!"

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"Brilliant band at the wedding reception last night in East Horton Golf club, Eastleigh. Good selection of songs, interaction with the audience , loved it. Would highly recommend."

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"Kirsty was absolutely incredible and we’re so glad we booked her for our wedding! Over the last couple of years we’ve been to a number of weddings, none of which had a dance floor you didn’t want to leave, and as a result we were really wary when booking our DJ. We wanted to dance! We had a long list of things that were very important to us and finding someone that really understood our vision was absolutely essential. We’d met with a few DJ’s, none of which were giving us the right ‘vibe’ and then we found Kirsty. We had a phone call with her, during which we discussed every item on our very long list of requirements and she just GOT IT. She made us feel so at ease and reassured us that she understood exactly what we were looking for. My Wife and I both have incredibly varied music tastes which were catered for perfectly by Kirsty! Kirsty is SO organised. She sent us a document detailing everything she needed from us to do her job excellently. One of the items we were very concerned about was our ‘Do Not Play’ list, Kirsty was SO respectful of it from our very first conversation, and we just knew we had nothing to fear. We each made her a playlist, showcasing our individual music tastes, and she was able to blend them together perfectly on the night in a way that not only perfectly suited us, but enticed our guests, of all ages, onto the dance floor. We got married on the longest and hottest day of the year, 34°C and it wasn’t dark until gone 10:30pm but that didn’t matter, her playlist on the night (which she sent a copy of to us post wedding, which we loved) was so perfectly curated, people were dancing from the second she set up until we had to turn the music off. Every song on our ‘Must Play List’ was ticked off at the perfect time throughout the night, she was true to her promise and didn’t allow anybody to make requests (one of our big no-no’s as we’d had Uncles threaten some very questionable song requests leading up to the wedding). My personal favourite part of Kirsty’s set was probably the last half hour, she read the dance floor perfectly banger after banger after banger, and perfectly timed our final song with the music cut off time which made our venue very happy. She also played us out with a little personalised song that everybody loved! We had so many compliments on the music from our guests!! All of her equipment was excellent and set the vibe perfectly, she clearly knows her equipment very well because it took her no time to set up or pack away at the end of the night. Fantastic lights which didn’t do that really annoying thing of nearly blinding you as they spin around the room, a personal pet peeve of mine. Her speakers were excellent and perfectly balanced, not too bass-y and set to the perfect volume to sing your lungs out but not go to bed with a ringing in your ears! She came and said hi as she arrived to check in with us, then said goodbye and had a bit of a chat with us as she packed away at the end of the night, but other than that, she didn’t speak to us whilst playing her set enabling us to fully enjoy ourselves and stay in the moment. Thank you for that! Kirsty is super on top of all of her paperwork, up to date with insurance and PAT tests, which will be required by any venue, so to have that presented to us without needing to ask helped to relieve some of the organisational stress surrounding the wedding. Every time we thought it was probably time to check in with her leading up to the wedding, she’d beat us to it, again, giving us one less thing to remember to do. Honestly, we can’t thank you enough for being so on top of everything and giving us no doubts that we could rely on you ♥ Our only regret is that we didn’t book Kirsty for her acoustic set during the day as she has an incredible voice we wish we’d gotten to hear more of! Thank you so much for all of your help throughout the process, for putting up with our requests and concerns and for making the evening of our wedding an absolutely cracking party!! We’ll be back in touch for our next event!!!"

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"Wild West Cowboy Theme booked Cats Whiskers at very short notice Sunday August bank holiday weekend They arrived 2 hours prior to start time Customers and local musicians found them to be Highly Accomplished performers with lots of Experience One customer have booked them for 70th birthday party Tom Bown Proprietor "

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"Really enjoyed the music and the guys were professional and friendly. Great atmosphere and we had a great birthday party - Thanks!"

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"We had such an amazing night celebrating our silver wedding anniversary. The Fireflies were brilliant, great musicians and Ian (vocalist and frontman) really got our guests up and dancing with a varied and upbeat setlist. We particularly liked that he moved through the dancefloor talking to us all as he went. Thank you so much for learning our special song (which I appreciate is unlikely to be a setlist regular!). Fireflies are a lovely group, great fun and a highly recommended addition to any party."

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"Hi Ben, You guys were amazing and everyone has said how brilliant you were. Noah was totally overwhelmed by Anne Marie and wants to come to your concert!!! Thank you all so much Katie "

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"Redline Avenue Band, what a group of musical excellence! So much fun to listen to and they will play your all time favourites! Harry's leadership goes to show in an effective function band which seems to flow effortlessly on stage. Just a bloody good band."

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"They absolutely blew me away with their fantastic sound, great range of music, amazing mash-ups blending one song into another, definitely looking forward to future gigs with this brilliant band "

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"An incredible day made even better by an incredible band. Making the songs we love come to life and making it a night we'll never forget. Made it personal, added their own twist on songs. Absolutely unforgettable"

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"The band were absolutely fantastic they did my 60th birthday, everyone absolutely loved them, the singers were brilliant, the musicians were first class, could not recommend them highly enough, would definitely use them again. Sharon Jones, Birthday Party at a Private House in Essex – 10th September 2022 "

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"Mr Love was truly fantastic - His happiness and party mode was contagious - He brought several instruments for the guests to play with - He had a full sound system and ability to play Aux music from iPhone - He stayed for over 7 hours even though we only agreed 3 hours I would highly recommend him for a fun party!"

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