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"Easy to deal with and efficient. Holly's presence enhanced our daughter's wedding by playing in the ceremony and afterwards. She struck the perfect balance with her repertoire and was a hit in the ceremony and blended well with back ground music during the drinks reception. Thank you Holly and sorry that in the drinks reception you were initially inadvertently placed in a cold and draughty corner. Not recommended for a harpist at a winter wedding - but soon rectified! "

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"The Bedfordshire Golf Club was buzzing again on New Years Eve due to the welcomed return of Christian Gibson. We all celebrated the end of the year accompanied by Christain's amazing voice. He sang a variety of songs from Westend musicals to up to date hits. Fabulous evening, too many lovely comments from members and friends to mention. We can't wait until he performs again."

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"Thank you for the music you provided for dad's 70th. It was such a lovely surprise for him and we all thought your songs were absolutely fabulous. All our friends commented on how fantastic you both were. We'd love to book you again for our next big family event, thanks again."

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"Hi Melissa, I just wanted to say thank you for Saturday. Everyone thought you were amazing and loved your performance, particularly the Game of Thrones music!! People were still raving about it at the end of the night!"

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"Just a note to thank you very much for playing so beautifully at our wedding on 18 December. And also to thank you for driving all the way in the snow and ice. Sorry we didn't get to talk to you much but I loved the music you played and everybody commented on how great you were and how lovely the music was so thank you for choosing perfect songs. "

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" Rebecca was amazing at our Civil Partnership yesterday when she stepped in to perform at the very last minute. A beautiful player and a warm and lovely personality. Cannot recommend her enough. 12 out of 10. "

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"We contacted Caroline for our wedding in August, we were delighted to hear Caroline was available and was happy we had found the professional we were hoping for. We were told she would send an invoice in a few days, after a lengthy delay we received an email informing us that she was double booked but hoped we could find someone else for our day.... not quite the wedding professional you would hope for. Beware if you are looking to book."

Reply by Caroline Hall - Harpist
Invoices are sent out within a week of a verbal or written confirmation as detailed on my auto-responder, although I endeavour to send them out sooner. In Hollie’s case I discovered, on writing the invoice that unfortunately, another person had requested and accepted a quote for the same date within the same week. The process had been to enter the date into my diary when the invoices were sent out to avoid any confusion, as many quotes are given out, but not all taken up. The fact that this rare situation had occurred was communicated to Hollie within the week of her written communication that she wished to proceed, and before the invoice had been sent out. Additional time had been spent sourcing and purchasing the best version of Hollie’s desired song as she had requested something outside of my repertoire list and I wanted to make sure that I had found a suitable version prior to writing Hollie’s invoice. However, processes are continually improved upon and the booking process has now been rectified so that a provisional booking is entered into the calendar at the point of a verbal or written confirmation, before an invoice has been sent out in order to prevent disappointment. - Caroline

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"I just wanted to echo Rosemary Richardson's words and say a huge thank you to you, Andy, for playing so beautifully at my mother-in-law's funeral service. You added something very special to the day and we will be forever grateful to you for being amazing. Thank you, Lorna "

Reply by Andrew Brian Highland bagpiper
Hi Lorna, Apologies for not replying sooner! Thank you very much for your kind words, it was an honour to play for your family an such an important day for you all. I still think back to that day and the kindnest and warmth you all showed to me an what surely was such a difficult time. All the best, Andy

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"We just wanted to pass on our gratitude to Tsvetelina for her amazing harp performance at our Enchanted Evening event on Saturday. We've had some fantastic feedback from attendees to tell us that she was "calm and gentle" and "immensely talented"."

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"Jamal was fantastic. He really made our ceremony special and entertaining. Our guests were brought to tears with his gift. I would love an opportunity to book Jamal again and would highly recommend Jamal at any occasion that seeks fun, joy and an overall positive and vibrant atmosphere at their event. His professionalism was second to none and wish him all the best in his career ahead. "

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"Lee made our day pure class. From the moment he arrived to set up he put us at our ease & we realized what a professional Lee was/is. It was great to hear him playing in the hotel lobby while our guests arrived, he played the perfect mix of songs we’d asked to be included. He was great during the ceremony & for the drunks reception afterward. Everyone loved his playing & his friendly approach to everyone who chatted to him. We could not recommend him enough to anyone who would be thinking of hiring him. We’re now just thinking of other occasions within the family where we’d love Lee to play."

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"Well what can i say Christine Palethorpe you are one talented lady that we will certainly recommend again & again from our drinks reception at the leewood hotel buxton derbyshire to our meal your music was faultless, we had so many compliments about your music with just a relaxed atmosphere, we can not thank you enough so on behalf of my Husband & I thank you from the bottom of our hearts xxx"

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"Holly played her harp during our wedding breakfast at Girton College. Cambridge 28.3.15. Her music was beautiful and a wonderful addition to our day. We found it very relaxing and many of our guests commented on how much the enjoyed her music. Thank you Holly! "

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"We booked Kevin to play at my birthday celebration (ca 35 ppl) and could not be happier. Everybody was enjoying the music and people kept asking how we found Kevin. Apart from Kevin being an extremely talented musician he is a delightful person and we very much enjoyed his company. We would absolutely recommend Kevin and would surely have him play for us again for a special occasion."

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"What a character and a lovely man! Had the privilege of meeting spud at a friends wedding and can’t recommend him enough. As soon as that first note came out I had chills down my spine. He gets the balance spot on between professionalism and banter and it’s obvious how much he enjoys what he does. Ya ma wee pal"

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