Review Centre: Wedding Ceremony Musicians

"Please would you be kind enough to pass on our thanks to Jean for last Thursday. I don't think there was a dry eye in the house once she started playing for the bridal entrance! The whole day went like clockwork."

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"We were delighted with your performance and would like to book you for next year."

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"Hiring Matt was one of the best decisions myself and Vicky made for our wedding day. Right from the start we had positive comments on how unique he was and how he blended in with the whole setting whilst playing a wide range of great music to suit all tastes and age groups. I would recommend Matt to anyone I guarantee you will not be disappointed."

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"Avoid this woman. We paid her £380 to play for an hour and a half in the woods during our wedding ceremony and drinks reception on Saturday 10th August, 2019. She played for half an hour before the ceremony and then wouldn’t play the remaining hour because she claimed the conditions weren’t appropriate. Her reasons are as follows... her fingers were too cold (it was 20 degrees) and a small branch fell on the wedding celebrant who was no way near Cecily (the celebrant carried on like a profession, I hasten to add). I asked Cecily for the money for the hour back and she refused. I therefore, am going to be looking into what legal action to take as I am not happy paying £380 for someone to play for half an hour! Cecily ruined our wedding day so don’t book her... she could ruin yours, too! "

Reply by The Waldorf Harpist
N/B: Please note this booking was private and not through Last Minute Musicians. If it had, then the LMM contract would have made clear that the musician reserves the right to protect their instruments (and themselves) if the working environment become unreasonable or dangerous. On this day the MET office had issued a yellow warning for gale force winds and the weather conditions were a cause for concern. The wedding took place in a wood and as well as the celebrant being hit on the head by a falling branch, a much larger branch fell inches away from my harp after the ceremony. It is always difficult and upsetting to have to make the decision that it is unreasonable to continue playing when it is somebody's wedding day. I did, in fact, manage to play for 1/2 an hour before the ceremony and during the ceremony itself. When it was clear after the ceremony that there was no available option of moving inside, and after much consultation with ushers and friends of the couple, I made the decision that it was no longer a safe environment to work for me or the harp. I was assured by those I spoke to that the bride and groom would understand. The cold was a factor (high winds make the temperature feel much colder, and I would like to add several guests did put on their coats. I was also kindly offered a jacket) but not the reason for having to curtail this booking after 1 hour of playing. It is sometimes possible to deal with the ill effects of playing in the cold but the issue here was the lack of back up plan when the weather made the working environment dangerous. Nobody should be expected to work in an unsafe environment or put their extremely expensive and delicate instrument (as well as themselves) at risk when their livelihood depends on it. I would hope that having managed to play before and during the ceremony (and before the couple departed for photographs) that the decision made did not ruin anyone's wedding day. Naturally I am saddened when anyone feels dissatisfied with the service provided and I have never had a negative response to my performance at a wedding before. With best wishes, Cecily

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"I just wanted to write to let you know how wonderful Mark was at my fathers 50th last night! He played all of my fathers favourites perfectly and we loved every minute of it! I hope he managed to enjoy himself as well! Thank you so much and will definitely be in touch next time we need a musician...it's my mothers 50th next year so will keep you posted! Take care and thanks again, Miranda xx "

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"A & B are a fantastic combination of folk and jazz with an authentic Italian twist. As well as both being extremely talented musicians, A & B are a real treat."

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"Wow wow your so Amazong the best 👌 u made my brothers day Amazing brother ❤️ u are a lovely person and are very talented ❤️ and last minute you was available and I very much appreciated you for that 😊 My family and friends still talk about my brother beautiful send off so mystical and lovely you helped us turn or grief to light the soundtrack and the violin electric guitar was amazing Everyone always says the music and mask man is Amazing I will tell everyone about you and recommend you to all ❤️🙏 Once again thank you my friend I look forward to doing music business with u 👏 My brother wayne was a musician and a singer and a song writer And very beautiful and talented he would love your music and would of collaborated together ❤️ He would of loved it all 🙏 Thank you thank you Stay blessed and making sweet music. So professional 👏 Take care friend love Alicia ❤️ "

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"Just wanted to say a big thank you for playing for us the other evening. Your items were lovely and thoroughly enjoyed. Should we require a violinist again, we will be sure to be in touch."

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"We had an absolutely brilliant wedding! Many thanks to our violinist Jo, she was amazing!"

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"Quality of the service 5.0 Value for money 5.0 Responsiveness 5.0 Professionalism 5.0 Flexibility 5.0 Outstanding singer, very responsive Kieron is a very talented person who is very responsive to emails and made the process of booking him very easy. He was very professional and sung the songs we wanted for our vow renewal. He also sent us demo tracks before hand which was brilliant so we knew what the songs were going to sound like. He is very approachable person and turned up very promptly and we got so many compliments on his voice so much so my our guests waited before leaving to hear more of his singing. My sister was asked whether he was coming to the venue. Kieron also took the time to greet us outside after and shook our hands. Genuinely a really nice person behind a Brilliant voice. Thanks Kieron!"

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"Dear Patrick On behalf of my family I would like to thank you so much for playing at my Father's funeral yesterday. Your rendition of Flower of Scotland and Auld Lang Syne were amazing and greatly appreciated by all. Thank you once again "

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"Anna Leigh was amazing. She adapted well to all songs from all eras and managed to get everybody up dancing! She completely looked and sounded the party. Couldn’t have asked for better wedding entertainment and guests throughout the night commented on how great she was"

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"Always an enjoyable evening when I catch Dan's sets. "

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"Ollie was amazing from the moment we first got in touch with him. He was really flexible and friendly to deal with, adapted the play list to suit us and even learnt a new track. On the evening he sounded amazing, we’ve had so many compliments since and one of our guests is hoping to book him for her event too. He pitched his music perfectly, appeared to have adapted his play list according to the mood and was very obliging with our shouts for more! I cannot rate him enough. "

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"Dom has an amazing voice! Extremely talented and played absolutely beautifully. Our guests were blown away! Thank you so much! "

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