Michigan Shores Club
June 27, 2015

Another absolutely amazing weekend. More video coming up shortly, but in the meantime, this iPhone video from Tim needs to go up right away. Love it!

Update, 7/2/15
…and this is what it looked like from Carol’s perspective. Hilarious!

So, the evening started with the traditional father/daughter dance. While Mary chose a Neil Young tune for the dance with her father, he had made other plans. 🙂 Mary’s dad planned a surprise for the bride, which was a recording of her singing “Where Is Love” from Oliver in the 8th grade. Check out her priceless reaction here:

And then, we had a party. A really big party. What an amazing crowd. Some of our favorite moments are here:

Mary, a million thanks for leaving these words for us on yelp!!

The Chris Sarlas Orchestra is AMAZING. The main thing my husband and I were looking for while planning our wedding was a good band. I remembered how great the band was at my cousin’s wedding so I asked my aunt for the band info and she gave me the name Chris Sarlas. Well let’s just say my memory did not disappoint.. they were awesome. The number one thing we’ve heard in the last few weeks while rehashing the wedding is about how great the band was. My family and friends love to dance and the Chris Sarlas and his band kept us dancing all night long. The dance floor was always packed and asome family members (a brother-in-law, a cousin, some of my uncles) who don’t usually never make it out on the dance floor almost never left it the night of our wedding. Chris helped my dad pull off the most special surprise I could ever imagine for the Dad/daughter dance. They got a voice recording from my 8th grade play when I was Oliver and sang a solo “Where is love.” When the song came on (I was expecting Neil Young) I burst into tears. It was such a special moment. Chris also helped with the planning of the nights events and worked as the MC. We initially met him in his house to go over what we were looking for and what kind of music we like/don’t like and they stuck to that. They play a very wide selection of music and his band members are SO talented and have such good voices. They played some lighter music (norah jones) during dinner that was beautiful and easy to listen to and the guests loved it. The band seemed to be having so much fun themselves. It was the best night we could have imagined and a big part of that was because of Chris Sarlas and his band. I would highly recommend them and have already had several people from the wedding ask for the name of the band to recommend to their family/friends.

Looking forward to your next family celebration 🙂

June 13, 2015
Chicago Cultural Center – Preston Bradley Hall

Blackhawks game 5? Kate & Nick’s wedding? Only one thing to do…let’s dance!!

We were thrilled to be included on Saturday night for this fantastic celebration, with a great mix of new tunes and classic hits. Loved getting this note from Kate this morning:

Online reviews to come, but a side note to you guys….AMAZING!!! All I’ve been hearing is about how great the band was! But want to tell you right now how WONDERFUL you were 🙂

We think you’re pretty wonderful too — hope to see you dancing at an event soon!

May 30, 2015

The University Club of Chicago

Kara & Taylor, welcome to your wedding!

Now. Who wants to see Tim rap?

With flawless coordination by Lindsay Green, and the sweetest bride & groom ever, we enjoyed every second of Kara & Taylor’s wedding in Cathedral Hall. These words from Kara a few days after the wedding mean so much:

Just about every band you google will be relatively good–especially if you’re celebrating your big day in the wonderful city of Chicago. The difference between every other band and this one is Chris. He is hands on, easy to talk to, intuitive and simply THE BEST guy to work with. He provides hundreds of songs on his song lists, has a great team behind him and is who you should choose for any party–but especially your wedding. Do yourself a favor and book the Chris Sarlas Orchestra now. You will not regret it 🙂

-An extremely happy couple 🙂