Chicago History Museum
April 25, 2015

Natalie & Chris, you guys threw one hell of a party last week, and we were thrilled to celebrate with you! Artistrings quartet began their wedding ceremony with elegant classical music. For cocktails, we went with 1920s speakeasy jazz. After everyone enjoyed a feast by Jewell Catering, we danced the night away!

We’re loving this new tune from Meghan Trainor:

Some more highlights from the evening – what a night!

Natalie, many thanks for sharing your thoughts on yelp:

The Chris Sarlas Orchestra was FANTASTIC for our wedding and I highly recommend this group to anyone looking for a wedding or event band!!

We used both the string quartet and full band for ALL of the music for our entire day. The ceremony music was incredibly beautiful and the band got everyone up and on the dance floor and kept them there all night. We had many many many guests provide us with incredibly positive feedback – “I felt like I was at a concert for a super awesome band!” – My favorite comment 🙂

Working with Chris and Carol was as easy as it gets. They are priced VERY reasonably and accommodating for meetings. They take care of every singe detail from band set-up to mics and volume (important for ceremony especially) to MC’ing for the entire evening.

I interviewed several bands before deciding upon the Chris Sarlas Orchestra. Chris and Carol are super nice, down-to-earth folks and I felt 100% sure that my MC for the night wouldn’t make it about him or the band but about US. I did NOT get this sentiment from the other bands I interviewed (who also charge about $1000-$2000 more).

Long review short: BOOK THEM NOW FOR YOUR EVENT OR WEDDING!!!! Such a fantastic band!!!

October 25, 2014
JW Marriott

When a professional DJ chooses your band to play for his wedding, it’s an honor. What can we say about Michele & Adam….planning was a riot, and we miss you guys already!

We love learning new songs for our clients. How’s this for an awesome mother/son dance? The Curly Shuffle came out when Adam was a toddler, and it was played on the radio a lot. Whenever the song came on, Adam and his mom would dance around together, stoogeisms and all. Love it!

This crowd was here to dance, and they sure did. Tim says it best: “I’m so glad we got this gig!” Check out some footage here:

When Michele’s dad asked us to play some Santana, we said “sure thing.” Our percussionist Joe brought a surprise guest who sat in with us for a couple of tunes. The surprise guest was Raul Rekow, conguero for Carlos Santana’s band from 1976-2013. Yes, you read that correctly. PHENOMENAL.

Michele’s dad is a huge music fan and, along with the Artistrings String Quartet + Trumpet, played for their ceremony, but we also got him up to sing a little something towards the end of the night. Fortunately, he’s not shy 🙂

A couple more requests….Barry sounds amazing on Chicago’s 25 or 6 to 4 and Vehicle. And, this is the only time we’ll ever say “more cowbell” and it’s not a joke.

The party was still going strong, so they asked us to stay and play a little longer, with the request that Raul join us for an encore of Oye Como Va. Check out the horn section (Mark, Brian, and Henry) taking solos here:

Congratulations to Adam & Michele!!

P.S. What do you think of our new look?