It’s always a pleasure to return to the Renaissance Room at The Hotel InterContinental Chicago! We were trusted to provide music for Gwen & Mikey’s entire celebration weekend, beginning with romantic harp music setting the mood for their rehearsal dinner at the Art Institute of Chicago’s Terzo Piano restaurant. On Saturday, their ceremony featured the Artistrings String Quartet with the addition of Operatic vocalist Greer Davis performing “L’amero Saro Costante,” from Mozart’s Il Re Pastore. The room was magically transformed from ceremony to reception, opening to the band performing for their first dance, “In My Life,” and after dinner, all of the guests danced the night away to the CSO!
For the fifth year in a row, the Chris Sarlas Orchestra provided music for the Loyola Founder’s Dinner! The evening drew in over 900 guests who enjoyed fantastic cuisine from Blue Plate Catering, cocktails, award presentations, and dancing into the night.
Richard Williams, Director of Special Events, conducting the Founder's Dinner Chorus in the program's finaleThe Loyola Founder's Dinner Chorus
Kevin and Fernanda meticulously planned their ceremony and reception at the elegant Union League Club of Chicago. Beginning with the most versatile string ensemble in town, the Artistrings string quartet provided classical selections for their ceremony, and then completely changed gears to perform an all-contemporary cocktail hour! Coldplay, Beatles, U2, Queen, Billy Joel, Snow Patrol, Weezer…you name it, they played it, and everyone was commenting on how cool it was to have a string quartet playing pop music. The Chris Sarlas Orchestra’s jazz trio welcomed guests to the 6th floor with dinner music, followed by a big surprise from the groom: he hired The Three Waiters for additional dinner entertainment. The Three Waiters involves three singing waiters who pretend to be actual waiters during dinner service, and then unleash a dynamic and sophisticated live performance a la The Three Tenors! They had everyone laughing and waving their napkins in the air by the end of the show. Our 11 piece band provided the music for dancing, and we topped off the evening with an after-hours set by our DJ Barry. What a night!
Cutting the cake
Favors
The waiters appeared one at a time...
Our guys watching the show... Wave your napkins in the air!
Ioanna & Andrew
Hotel InterContinental – Renaissance Room
Hotel InterContinental Chicago is truly one of our favorite places to perform. Catering Director Chris Schmidt and his staff provide exemplary service to the hundreds of couples who chose this impeccable hotel to host their parties. Ioanna and Andrew’s celebration was in the gorgeous Renaissance Room on the 5th floor…
The first of two weddings this holiday weekend was a beautiful celebration at Exmoor Country Club in Highland Park. We had a wonderful evening of great music, of course including all of Elizabeth’s favorite Michael Buble tunes! We wish the bride & groom a long, happy, healthy life together!
It was great to see Allison Rosati, NBC TV news anchor, enjoying the band!
The decor was gorgeous!
Your guests will tell you that they're dancing to the best band in Chicago
