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"They were here again at Christmas. As usual........... They were FAB-U-LUS! We are always pleased to see and hear them. Great Great band. Smashing music and choices. Don't leave it next time toooo long....missing you already xxx"

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"Thank you for great music at a 70th birthday party in Lincoln on Saturday. The impressive range of songs you played was perfect and much appreciated by all of us - including some much younger than 70! - as we danced and sang along. We will certainly be recommending you to other friends. You both helped to make a very happy evening, so thank you again."

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Hi Jude, thank you so much for inviting us to play at your wonderful party and we really enjoyed the company of such a lovely bunch of people....ps the food was great too! x

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"Can not thank you both enough. Thank you for making our wedding day so magical. You play beautifully and everyone who attended said how amazing you were. Highly recommended!"

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"We had the harmony makers sing at our wedding in spring 2025 and they were simply superb. Extremely professional and totally independent on the day, needing nothing from us, which was excellent. They brought their own equipment, great sound and all the guests said how much they enjoyed their set. They arranged a planning meeting in the lead up to the big day to go over all the details and choose songs we wanted to include. Certainly recommend for any events and will book again for future parties. NB… They also sung at my sisters wedding a capella in the church and blew everyone away!"

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"Hi James & the band! We had booked a band however they cancelled on us at the last minute (hubby's friend!). With only a month to go I must admit we were freaking out about not having a good band which we wanted from the start. Through a friend we heard about The Spectrum and watched their video's and liked what we heard. On the day of our wedding the band were very professional setting up on time and all the timings went to plan. They sounded brilliant! Our photographer commented that they were one of the best he had heard also. Just the right mix of classics/new songs and they really looked like a proper band! Amazing! x"

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"Sarah is a brilliant singer and friendly and lovely person. Her voice and choice of songs gave my event a very atmospheric relaxed happy feel. Her jukebox playlist on a QR code is genius. She left cards on each table so my guests could make song choices through the evening. I would highly recommend her and use her at future events I hope. Thanks Sarah!"

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"We really enjoyed it and so did all our guests -the band was great. The set was perhaps a little shorter than we had anticipated but there was a bit of delay with dinner so this may have had something to do with it. The communication from you and the band was excellent throughout and we were generally very pleased with the service and would be glad to recommend your company and the band. "

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"Fran was fantastic! She only had five days to prepare, yet turned up and delivered the most amazing set. In no time at all she had a large crowd enthralled. Extremely professional, accommodating and happy to tailor her offering. We will use her again and again...you should too! "

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"Thank you so much you were fantastic. I would recommend you all the time and to everyone, we all thought you were really great and loved the range of songs you do, something for everyone. Thank you for making Rowan's party special and thanks for his gift. That was a really lovely touch. Thank you for making the night fantastic."

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"We have booked Loz Kingsley to perform at Seer Green Beer & Music Festival for several years . He is a consummate professional , delivering high quality and engaging performances. He covers a wide range of genres and can be relied upon to entertain a crowd of mixed ages. A superb performer "

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"Oh SaxSmith! You made our wedding, everyone is still raving about the sax man! I think I've got you lined up for the next weddings of my friends plus their friends! Thank you so much!"

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"We couldn’t recommend Dahlia highly enough! Heather was so prompt and friendly with communication in the lead-up to our wedding, and incredibly accommodating with our requests. They played everything perfectly on the day and made the music feel so personal and special to us. Their repertoire was fabulous and it created such a lovely atmosphere during our drinks reception. Our only regret is that, as bride and groom, we didn’t have more time to sit and properly listen to them ourselves! Dahlia also played at my brother’s wedding, so they’ve now made two family weddings extra special. Thank you for the beautiful music at both - we wouldn’t hesitate to recommend you!"

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"We hired Elephants in the Room for a private party and they delivered on every count – kept 100 people dancing and singing all evening. This is the ultimate live party band. I couldn’t recommend them highly enough."

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"The ultra-stylish Kit Packham’s One Jump Ahead band is now 30 years old. For this Sunday afternoon gig at the award-winning Hideaway, they performed a rollicking set of songs ranging from 1940s and 1950s jump/jive, R&B and classic rock ‘n’ roll, to jazz standards and originals, featuring the band’s core seven-piece line-up: Bandleader and composer, Kit Packham on saxophones and lead vocal, Steve Knight on guitar, Perry White on piano, Alex Keen on double bass, Kenrick Rowe on drums, Tracey Mendham on saxophones and vocals, and Simon Da Silva on trumpet and flugelhorn. Striking in a blue pinstripe suit and fedora, Packham resembled Frank Sinatra, and he introduced numbers in a clear and informative way. They opened with one of the band’s original tunes, ‘Swing It’, which immediately propelled people to the dance floor. The band’s perky theme tune, ‘One Jump Ahead’, contained one of Packham’s signature, impactful abrupt endings and deadpan Knight added even more colour to the act by performing a nose flute solo on The Blues Brothers classic, ‘Minnie the Moocher’. White nailed a stunning boogie-woogie piano solo punctuated by thrillingly deep bass notes from Mendham on baritone saxophone on ‘Choo Choo Ch’Boogie’, and they even managed to squeeze in a world premiere featuring Vera Lynn’s World War II song, ‘We’ll Meet Again’: Loosely named ‘The Last Song Of The Set’, it cleverly welded an old song onto a new one. Eventually the two tunes overlapped, bringing the gig to an impressive end. The time flew; a sure sign that Kit Packham’s One Jump Ahead with its thoroughly well-written arrangements and heartfelt blend of comedy and music, had done a fine job of bringing this classy joint to life."

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"Overall the experience was great, we had lots of communication with Rhona who was the band agent for Starbound and she was lovely. Starbound band were really good and our guests on the day were complimentary about the music."

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