{"id":5468,"date":"2024-12-29T17:37:03","date_gmt":"2024-12-29T23:37:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sarlasmusic.com\/blog\/?p=5468"},"modified":"2025-02-16T17:16:55","modified_gmt":"2025-02-16T23:16:55","slug":"chicago-event-band-delivers-die-with-a-smile-and-we-can-t-stop-smiling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sarlasmusic.com\/blog\/chicago-event-band-delivers-die-with-a-smile-and-we-can-t-stop-smiling\/","title":{"rendered":"CHICAGO EVENT BAND DELIVERS DIE WITH A SMILE, AND WE CAN&#8217;T STOP SMILING"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div style=\"width: 474px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-5468-1\" width=\"474\" height=\"474\" poster=\"https:\/\/sarlasmusic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/if-you-listen-to-only-one-thing-this-week-this-is-it.-giana-tim-performed-die-with-a-smile-last-nigh-1.jpg\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/sarlasmusic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/if-you-listen-to-only-one-thing-this-week-this-is-it.-giana-tim-performed-die-with-a-smile-last-nigh-1.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/sarlasmusic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/if-you-listen-to-only-one-thing-this-week-this-is-it.-giana-tim-performed-die-with-a-smile-last-nigh-1.mp4\">https:\/\/sarlasmusic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/if-you-listen-to-only-one-thing-this-week-this-is-it.-giana-tim-performed-die-with-a-smile-last-nigh-1.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div><br \/>\n<a title=\"If you listen to only one thing this week, this is it. Giana &amp; Tim performed Die With A Smile last night for the *first* time and we caught it on video. HOLY SMOKES \n.\n.\n.\ndiewithasmile chrissarlasorchestra chrissarlas chicagoweddingband chicagoentertainment chicagoliveband chicagocoverband coverband liveband chicagoband chicagovocalist chicagovocalists vocalist vocalists liveentertainment weddingband corporateentertainment chicagocorporateentertainment chicagocorporate\" href=\"https:\/\/scontent-atl3-1.cdninstagram.com\/v\/t51.75761-15\/471710011_18479968228022456_5665764495177394632_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_e35_tt6&amp;_nc_cat=108&amp;ccb=1-7&amp;_nc_sid=18de74&amp;_nc_ohc=oCQtseCZTgwQ7kNvgErnr1K&amp;_nc_zt=23&amp;_nc_ht=scontent-atl3-1.cdninstagram.com&amp;edm=ANo9K5cEAAAA&amp;_nc_gid=Aq6MH8Zd_S9hjiL69FP0pTb&amp;oh=00_AYCBwRxXdg45HVYde68sLmUx_xa1rBxUg4G6ms1ovpb6zQ&amp;oe=67A452D0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"1280\" class=\"video wp-image-5469\" src=\"https:\/\/sarlasmusic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/if-you-listen-to-only-one-thing-this-week-this-is-it.-giana-tim-performed-die-with-a-smile-last-nigh-1.jpg\" alt=\"If you listen to only one thing this week, this is it. Giana &amp; Tim performed Die With A Smile last night for the *first* time and we caught it on video. HOLY SMOKES \n.\n.\n.\ndiewithasmile chrissarlasorchestra chrissarlas chicagoweddingband chicagoentertainment chicagoliveband chicagocoverband coverband liveband chicagoband chicagovocalist chicagovocalists vocalist vocalists liveentertainment weddingband corporateentertainment chicagocorporateentertainment chicagocorporate\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sarlasmusic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/if-you-listen-to-only-one-thing-this-week-this-is-it.-giana-tim-performed-die-with-a-smile-last-nigh-1.jpg 720w, https:\/\/sarlasmusic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/if-you-listen-to-only-one-thing-this-week-this-is-it.-giana-tim-performed-die-with-a-smile-last-nigh-1-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/sarlasmusic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/if-you-listen-to-only-one-thing-this-week-this-is-it.-giana-tim-performed-die-with-a-smile-last-nigh-1-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/sarlasmusic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/if-you-listen-to-only-one-thing-this-week-this-is-it.-giana-tim-performed-die-with-a-smile-last-nigh-1-640x1138.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a>If you listen to only one thing this week, this is it. Our incredible Chicago vocalists Giana &amp; Tim performed Die With A Smile last night for the *first* time at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hellenicleague.org\">Hellenic League Debutante Cotillion<\/a> and we caught it on video. HOLY SMOKES \ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udd25<\/p>\n<p>This was the fourth time our Greek American Band performed for this Cotillion in the stunning Grand Ballroom of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hilton.com\/en\/hotels\/chichhh-hilton-chicago\/\">Chicago Hilton &amp; Towers<\/a>. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sarlasmusic.com\/chris-sarlas-orchestra\/\">Chris Sarlas Orchestra<\/a> performs both <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sarlasmusic.com\/chris-sarlas-orchestra-global\/\">live Greek<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sarlasmusic.com\/chris-sarlas-orchestra\/\">top rated current American dance hits<\/a>, so it&#8217;s the perfect fit for this Greek-American Chicago Gala Event.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you listen to only one thing this week, this is it. Our incredible Chicago vocalists Giana &amp; Tim performed Die With A Smile last night for the *first* time at the Hellenic League Debutante Cotillion and we caught it on video. HOLY SMOKES \ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udd25 This was the fourth time our Greek American Band performed &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sarlasmusic.com\/blog\/chicago-event-band-delivers-die-with-a-smile-and-we-can-t-stop-smiling\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">CHICAGO EVENT BAND DELIVERS DIE WITH A SMILE, AND WE CAN&#8217;T STOP SMILING<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6413,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,112,113,114,115,5,17,116],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5468","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chicago-corporate-entertainment","category-chicago-cover-band","category-chicago-entertainment","category-chicago-gala","category-chicago-greek-band","category-chicago-wedding-band","category-chris-sarlas-orchestra","category-greek-american-band"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sarlasmusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5468","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sarlasmusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sarlasmusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sarlasmusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sarlasmusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5468"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/sarlasmusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5468\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6441,"href":"https:\/\/sarlasmusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5468\/revisions\/6441"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sarlasmusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6413"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sarlasmusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5468"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sarlasmusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5468"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sarlasmusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}