SHADE HOTEL

EntErtainmEnt Chris arpad Steel Drums phone: contact: e-mail: website: address: 818.709.6928 Chris Arpad chrisarpad@juno.com www.chrisarpad.com by appointment only Harp music By Vonette & musical networks phone: contact: e-mail: website: address: 310.201.2809, 818.365.4065 Vonette vonharp@mac.com web.mac.com/vonharp 9903 S. Santa Monica Blvd., #304 Beverly Hills, CA 90212 Naturally every event is special . . . When it has to be absolutely memorable, add solo steel drum sounds of Chris Arpad. All types of Music from Classical to Contemporary. Solo Harp, duos, trios, & quartets with violin, flute, guitar, voice & Strings. wedding tip: And the BAnd (or dJ) PlAyed on… There are a few parts of your reception you’ll need to fill your entertainment team in on before the big day. mr. announcer: Do you want your DJ or bandleader to announce the wedding party and reception events? Then he’s going to need all that information. Write down people’s names (don’t forget pronunciations), wedding roles, and their relationship to you (groom’s brother, bride’s college roommate, and so on). If someone else will be making these announcements, make sure the entertainment knows their sole duty is turning out tunes. the First Dance: The band or DJ will need to know how you want to handle any special dances — your first dance, your last dance, parent dances, and anything else you might want set to music. Make sure they know the songs, have (or can play) the versions you want and understand the importance of the moment to you. If you’re working with a band, but you simply MUST dance to Marc Cohn’s version of True Companion, make sure you provide them with the disc. Let the music Play: Do you want each and every guest — no matter their age — to get down together on the dance floor? Focus on variety. Ask your musicians or DJ to play songs that span several decades. Get people started with songs so popular that everyone will know and enjoy them: the Beatles, Sinatra, Aretha, and Patsy Cline. Don’t forget to give your entertainers a list of NO-plays. (If you don’t, you just might end up doing the Hokey Pokey, the Chicken Dance, and the Macarena on your big day.) As the evening progresses, ties loosen up and curfew-bound relatives take their leave, feel free to kick it up a notch with your favorite age-appropriate tunes. 31 http://web.mac.com/vonharp http://www.chrisarpad.com

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