Absolutely top notch! We used them for our wedding in April and could not have been more pleased. Super easy to work with- Chris knows all the questions to ask and really helped this clueless bride plan out the reception. He understood exactly the vibe we were going for (more party, less traditional) and 100% delivered. Thanks to Chris, everything ran so smoothly during the reception. The musicians were amazing and kept our dance floor PACKED the entire night. At the end of the night, our guests were chanting, “One more song!” which very aptly sums it up!
January 24, 2013 – WeddingWire, the nation’s leading online wedding marketplace, is thrilled to announce that both Artistrings and The Chris Sarlas Orchestra have been selected as winners of the prestigious WeddingWire Bride’s Choice Awards® 2013 for Entertainment in Chicago, IL!
The esteemed annual awards program recognizes the top five percent of wedding professionals in the WeddingWire Network who demonstrate excellence in quality, service, responsiveness and professionalism. Artistrings and The Chris Sarlas Orchestra’s selection as Bride’s Choice Award 2013 winners were selected based on the positive experiences expressed by past clients on WeddingWire, the world’s largest wedding review site with over one million reviews. While many industry awards are given by the host organization, the WeddingWire Bride’s Choice Awards® winners are determined solely based on reviews from real newlyweds and their experiences working with Artistrings and The Chris Sarlas Orchestra.
The WeddingWire Bride’s Choice Awards® 2013 are given to the top local wedding vendors in more than 20 service categories, from wedding venues to wedding photographers, based on professional achievements from the previous year. Award-winning vendors are distinguished for the quality, quantity, consistency and timeliness of the reviews they have received from their past clients. As a Bride’s Choice Awards winner, Artistrings and The Chris Sarlas Orchestra are highlighted within the WeddingWire Network, which is comprised of over 200,000
wedding professionals throughout the United States, Canada and abroad.
“Each year, WeddingWire looks forward to celebrating the success of the top-rated wedding professionals within the WeddingWire Network,” said Timothy Chi, CEO, WeddingWire. “Now in its fifth year, the Bride’s Choice Awards® program continues to recognize the elite wedding professionals who exemplify a commitment to quality, service and professionalism. These businesses were chosen by our bridal community for their responsiveness and dedication to their clients over the past year. We are honored to recognize Sarlas Music, Inc. for their impressive achievements within the wedding industry.”
Sarlas Music, Inc. is thrilled to be one of the top Entertainment companies in Chicago, IL in the WeddingWire Network of sites, which include leading wedding sites such as WeddingWire, Project Wedding, Brides.com, Martha Stewart Weddings, and Weddingbee. We would like to thank our past clients for taking the time to review our business on WeddingWire. We value all of our clients and truly appreciate the positive feedback that helped us earn the WeddingWire Bride’s Choice Awards® for 2013.
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!!
Our final wedding of 2012 was Melissa & Pete’s celebration at one of the most beautiful ballrooms in the City. Farrah Singh coordinated all aspects wonderfully — even after holiday mania, their guests danced and danced!
The bride & groom were so kind to post this wonderful 5-star review on Wedding Wire and Yelp:
“We hired the Chris Sarlas Orchestra for our wedding in late 2012. They were outstanding. Chris is a pleasure to work with- very professional. His musicians are top-notch. So many of our guests were raving about the band. We had them play a couple of Greek dance songs, which everybody loved, and the rest traditional music. Chris does a great job with the MC duties, keeping the reception moving. He’s very classy- no cheesy wedding band stories here.
One note: Chris posts video on youtube and on his website of actual weddings and dates that his band plays. No studio videos/recordings. You really get a good idea of how they’ll sound at your wedding.
This takes guts on his part, and to us, it made the difference.
We’re absolutely thrilled with our choice of bands for our wedding.”
Rea and Ian’s wedding was our first performance at the newly renovated and stunning JW Marriott — I never met Ian and Rea until the party; they did all their planning via e-mail and phone from the West Coast! They told us some music choices they liked, some they weren’t fond of, and trusted us to fill in the rest — Most of the people who gave toasts, all mentioned how their bridal dance, “Better Together”/Jack Johnson was so perfect for them!
Ian’s father (who initially contacted us) left us this fantastic 5-star review, summing up his experience with us. I think this is one of our all-time favorite reviews 🙂
“Just returned from our son’s wedding in Chicago and we are all still buzzing- the wedding was tremendous on all levels but The Chris Sarlas Orchestra truly made the wedding unforgettable. Guests have not stopped raving about the orchestra and the variety and quality of the music. Sarlas delivered!! What did not go unnoticed was his understated approach- he knows that HE is NOT the show for the night…it is about the bride, the groom and the guests. So, no ego, no showmanship, just performances to please the crowd. The Orchestra fed off the guests and the guests fed off the Orchestra. This made for 4 hours of pure enjoyment. No brainer if you want a wedding band for your evening.”
Thank you Dave for choosing us to celebrate Ian and Rea’s special day!
Such a busy night, but we managed to get a couple of clips late in the party….and it was such a fantastic crowd.
Our favorite new song, from Bruno Mars:
Barry sounds fantastic on this Neon Trees tune:
Your guests will tell you that they're dancing to the best band in Chicago
