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Wednesday, 1 September 2010

Hire A Party Band To Make Sure Of A Great Time!

By Olivia King

Are you throwing a party? Are you planning to make different and special? Then the answer to these questions lies solely in hiring party bands. Any function starting from a baby shower, professional success, birthday or a wedding can be celebrated by making party bands to play at your party. This will surely make the party rock.

Genre of music is the most important thing that one should look at before selecting the party band. So if you are arranging for a party for friends then hire a party band that can play music that your friends like. Again if you are arranging for a party where you want to dance like crazy then hire a party band that can play all the dance numbers for you to shake your leg to.

If you have the desire to make your party exciting, extra ordinary and definitely different from the common or ordinary ones, then the only station is the party bands. Not going by the general music genre approach to band hiring, you can be creative and choose a good band to deliver something different. This article will guide you with some innovative ideas to make your party a huge hit and give it that extra sheen.

Firstly, instead of a rock or pop genre, one can hire a tribute band. For instance, if your guests are fond of country music, you might have a 'John Denver' evening, hiring a party band who can play all Denver songs as a tribute to the great man. Thus, a tribute to Michael Jackson, Beatles, etc is a good idea for your party.

You can also have a party band playing songs of a particular decade. Thus, chose the decade first and then hire a decade band. Let it be the swinging sixties or the groovy seventies. While for the Sixties, you will get a variation in rock & Roll and rhythm & Blues, for Seventies, you can ask your party band to play metal or Acid rock with Jefferson Airplane or Grateful Dead numbers. You can have the band to play even Oldies with covers of Pat Boon or Frank Sinatra, and it is up to you choice.

As another novel idea, you can have a karaoke party too. You and your friends can be one-day rock stars singing along with the party band and their music. That will be a great hit for sure. Never mind if you cannot sing that well. The idea is to enjoy and that's what you will do. Your friends will remember the fun they had for a long time.

The fourth idea in which your hired party band has a major role to play is if you have a themed party. Be it a beach party, or an old barn fall party, a backyard barbeque or a Halloween one, hire a party band that comes dressed accordingly and set the mood by playing music corresponding to the theme in order to make it come alive. For any kind of a themed party, be it a private one or a grand wedding or the like, the party band is who makes the theme prominent along with the decor.

Coming down to the brass tracks, there are certain points to take note of before the party. Talk to the party band about its requirements regarding power supply, parking space for loading and unloading equipments, timings etc and check up with the venue if they possess the necessary licenses to host party bands. Check for sound limits if any and stage space where the performance will take place. Everything planned well beforehand, sit back and enjoy while your party becomes the talk of the town.

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