October 27, 2018

Our absolute favorite thing to do is to visit together and get to know each couple that chooses us to be their Chicago wedding band. Mia and Quinn are an incredible pair that exudes a peaceful, content happiness together — they’re always smiling! It follows that their celebration at the Westin Lombard was filled with over 300 of their friends and family that mirrored their cheerful character and affection!

When guests arrived for cocktails, they were musically transported to South America with our Spanish guitar duo performing a range of flamenco and latin-inspired music. This first impression was such an unexpected and fun twist to cocktail music, that guests were primed to expect the unexpected for the rest of the night 🙂

At dinnertime, the ballroom opened to impact of the band with their favorite motown, swing and pop tunes as their wedding party and families gathered themselves for introductions. The music they music they chose let everyone know in no uncertain terms that a serious dance party awaited them!

Mia and Quinn entered to deafening cheers from all, and headed straight to the dance floor. Their moment was It Had To Be You/Harry Connick Jr., and every guest knew that the bar was set way, way up high for the evening of dancing after dinner!

Tammy Jordan’s Westin staff expertly served 4 courses to their party with the greatest attention to the smallest detail while always keeping a 10,000 ft. macro view of the evening’s timeline pulse in clear view.

After dinner, we expanded a bit to the 14-piece Chris Sarlas Orchestra to play a full array of American and Greek music. Dances with parents (‘What A Wonderful World’ and ‘In The Mood’) led into an American dance set that packed the floor, only to be rivaled by the set of Greek dancing that followed! Mia was blessed to have all 4 of her grandparents there. We were so happy that one of the featured Greek dances up front was specially requested for them – this was a beautiful photo moment which will be treasured forever!

The sweet table, complete with ice cream bar (yay!) opened as we transitioned back to American dancing, and despite the mountain of delicious pastries, check out the video to experience how this party would…not…stop…dancing!!

Mia and Quinn’s happiness and health as a couple is infectious – everyone is so happy to be around them. We know we were! 🙂

December 1, 2018

When Elaine and Brian began preparing for their Chicago wedding, they told us that were juggling American and Greek traditions, while wanting to stay true to their vision as a couple. We were so happy to work with them, along with both of their families, as this is our specialty 🙂

The choice of the Blackstone Hotel was the perfect size for celebrating their merger with about 100 friends and family in attendance. They were going for an elegant winter black tie affair, and nailed it!

After dinner service, our Chicago wedding band fused the gap with their American and Greek music traditions – performing everything live!

Special dances began with Dream A Little Dream Of Me/Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong for their first dance together. Then two more special dances: Elaine and her dad danced to God Only Knows/The Beach Boys, followed by Molly Pasutti’s The Man You’ve Become for Brian and his mom. After that, everyone got to their feet and joined them on the dance floor to kick the party into overdrive!

We loved that their requests included something for everyone: Stevie Wonder, Bruno Mars, Justin Timberlake, Taylor Swift, Tina Turner, Pitbull, Frank Sinatra and Whitney Houston, to name a few. This was a serious dance party! Traditional Greek music got everyone up and dancing around this historic downtown Chicago ballroom.

Elaine and Brian crafted a simply incredible night! All our congratulations, and our most gracious thanks for this terrific Wedding Wire review:

“There are not enough nice things I can say about Chris and his band. Chris and his wife were super involved with our wedding from the start. They truly cared about making sure our wedding was a party and that the dance floor was always full. The band was awesome!! The dance floor was packed all night! I would highly recommend Chris and his band!”