It’s always such an enormous honor when a family invites us back to perform for another celebration. We’ve had a blast playing for sisters Dana and Jamie’s weddings, one year apart. The Empire Room was filled to the brim with a crowd that was ready to dance from the beginning of dinner, and we sure did. After we danced a bit, we calmed things down with our conversation-friendly dinner music Unplugged set. Check out Tim on Grenade, with Dayna, Jae, and Barry on background harmonies. Gorgeous!
And when we danced? Another epic celebration for one of our favorite families:
When a family invites you back for a third wedding, it’s truly the ultimate honor. We were thrilled to celebrate with Ashley & Joe at a space that’s new to us, the Museum of Broadcast Communications.
What a great venue! With seamless coordination by the team of BCR Events, this was a celebration that made us smile all night long.
Ashley, a million thanks for the kind words on yelp! It’s always such a pleasure to play for your family 🙂
The Chris Sarlas Orchestra is THE BEST. Our priority for our wedding was a fun party with a packed dance floor, and the band absolutely delivered. The band kept our guests dancing all night long until closing, and we had numerous compliments during (and they’ve kept coming after) the wedding about how great the band was. The band played two of my sisters’ weddings as well, and we loved them so much we actually chose our wedding date around the band’s availability! And we are so happy we did. Chris is a pleasure to work with – he’s professional and accommodating to our requests and our wishes. We also had the band’s string quartet play our ceremony music. They did an amazing job too, and Carol was extremely helpful in recommending music to fit with our taste. I wouldn’t hire any other band!
Lauren & Dan chose one of our very favorite north shore clubs for their wedding day, and it was spectacular. With expert coordination from Megan and her team at North Shore Events, the evening was smooth sailing for all!
We’ve put together a few minutes of dancing highlights from this super fun party:
It was so amazing to get to know Meredith, Clay, and both of their families as we planned their wedding day. The celebration began at Hope Lutheran Church in Long Grove with the Artistrings Quartet for their ceremony, and then transitioned over to their reception at Independence Grove. Artistrings switched gears to 100% pop string quartet music for dinner entertainment, and then The Chris Sarlas Orchestra took over for dancing. WHAT A PARTY!!!
Check out this special surprise version of Uptown Funk, sung by Meredith and Clay’s friend. An amazing gift to them!
Clay’s mom left us these kind words on Wedding Wire:
The Chris Sarlas Orchestra was the highlight of my son’s wedding reception! Besides the amazing talent that we all enjoyed, they have the timing, and professionalism to create an amazing party. People danced all night! One week after the wedding, we are regularly being asked how we found them (word of mouth) and told how amazing they were. You can’t go wrong with this band! We also used the string quartet for the ceremony and dinner music and they were just as wonderful. They have a huge selection of music to choose form. Chris worked with the Bride & Groom in advance to choose music and discuss everything from the introduction of the wedding party to how to do toasts.
Thank you Tia! We had a blast celebrating with your families!
It’s always such a pleasure to be back at the InterContinental, working with Chris Schmidt and his team. Nicole & Brian assembled a group of rock-star vendors, including Dilly Lily, JDetailed Events, and Gerber & Scarpelli. If you’re looking for our favorite crowd surfing bride, you’ve come to the right place. We danced until 2am! Check out some highlights here:
Nicole & Brian, hope to see you dancing at an event soon!
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