Pam and Kevin meticulously planned their ceremony and reception at the Hilton Rosemont — truly great music fans, they had many diverse requests! One of the many highlights included a custom arrangement of Beyonce’s “Halo” prepared and performed by Artistrings. First dance was our performance of Dave Matthews Band’s “You and Me” — dancing between courses of dinner service, the hora looked like a ridiculously busy scene from a movie, and comfy flip flops were worn by many! Pam’s Sister and Maid of Honor, left this great 5-star review of the evening on Yelp — many thanks Debbie!
“I am still recovering from one of the best nights of my life thanks to the Chris Sarlas Orchestra. This past weekend was my sister’s wedding and Yelp doesn’t give me the option to add more stars to this phenomenal band and orchestra. If you are looking for top quality musicians, this is where you should turn to in the Chicagoland area. Chris and Carol are an absolute pleasure to work with. Whatever requests my sister and her husband had, big or small, Chris and Carol were able to meet that request. I have never seen so many people dancing at any event. I wish I could watch all of the musicians perform every weekend because the show was spectacular! Thank you for making their wedding the success that it truly was. You are the talk of the town!”
First song of dancing between courses with a reduced band. Note that it didn’t result in reduced dancing…SING DAYNA!!
We just had the BEST time playing in the backing orchestra for Celtic Woman at North Central College in Naperville. The string section in the orchestra was provided by Artistrings. So much fun to perform with these talented ladies!
We got as many of us in the frame as we could! Artistrings string section for Celtic Woman show. Following directionsElizabeth, Carol, & Ray, with one of our celebrities 🙂 Mairead Nesbitt tearing it up in rehearsalThe two shortest violinists in the building today 😂
From ceremony through last dance, we were honored to provide the music for this wonderful couple. Expert coordination from Lauren at LK Events. If you are considering a consultant, she is a MUST CALL. An absolute pleasure to work with, each & every time!
“We don’t have enough great things to say about the Chris Sarlas Orchestra. Our wedding guests packed the dance floor all night, and we are still receiving compliments about how wonderful our band was! Chris intently listened to the songs we hoped to hear/songs we didn’t want to hear and was a pleasure to work with.”
This party ROCKED. Justin had one song that was a MUST PLAY. So we learned it just for him:
Also, we discovered that Dayna can RAP. Pretty darn cool.
Kristy’s dad was incredibly kind to leave us this 5 star review:
“could not have been more impressed with band. chris sarlas ran the wedding from introduction of bride to final dance. as father of bride I just sat back and enjoyed the party. He ran it beautifully and my daughter and wife were thrilled. never ending parade of guests all night kept telling me what a wonderful band. dance floor was filled from first dance until last dance. Chris communicated with my daughter prior to the wedding and everything was ready to go. The man is a gentleman and was great with our guests. Great experience.
From the first night we met Chris til the final dance it was an amazing adventure. the man is wonderful to work with and his band is the best you’ll ever hear. kept party going without stop. dance floor was filled all night til final dance.
you don’t need co-ordinator when you have chris sarlas band. they played for the ceremony and from introductions til final dance he ran the entire evening. As father of bride I just enjoyed the whole evening while chris ran the show.”
From ceremony through dancing, Jamie & Ryan’s celebration was an incredible party at a gorgeous, historic venue. Love every Frank Lloyd Wright detail at The Rookery. Makes you want to get up & dance, right?
“This is a truly phenomenal band! I think they may be a little hidden gem right now, but I would jump on the chance to work with them. We worked with Chris on our wedding just a couple of weeks ago and it could not have been executed more perfectly. From the very beginning, he was such a pleasure to work with. I had many ideas and he walked me through countless pricing options, instrument combinations, etc. He also had great ideas for things we were unsure about and is an excellent listener. Chris is exceedingly professional – a dream to work with.
We hired Chris and his musicians for our ceremony (cello and violin performed pop instrumental songs), the jazz trio for our cocktail hour, and the 10-piece band for our reception. Chris did a great job MC-ing and he and the band’s music was never cheezy wedding band- sounding, just really, really good. All our guests commented on how great they were and the dance floor was full all night!”
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