Testimonials & Reviews 2009 – 2013

December 2013

Dear Titus

Just a quick email to thank you and the band for the music and entertainment they provided at our house party last Saturday. We all had an absolutely fantastic time and the Burritos were exactly what we were after, bringing their brilliant Mexican entertainment to our kitchen. Lots of people were asking for their details. We would definitely recommend them to anyone who wanted to add a bit of chilli spice and tequila to their party!
Best wishes for 2014

Jamas

Hi Titus

I just wanted to send an email to say thank you very much, the band were great and we all had so much fun!!
Thanks again
Djihan
El Paso Hoxton
www.elpasohoxton.com

Hi Titus,

I just wanted to drop you a quick email to say a huge thank you for coordinating three of our bands for Tuesdays event. Giant Gospel were new to Daily Telegraph but I have to say they were exceptional!! We had so many comments on the evening from staff and customers, they were absolutely fantastic.

Andalus and El Caribe were great as always, please pass our thanks on to them also.

Another thank you to Alice for attending and helping us out on the evening, she was a great help!

Rosie
Rosie Oliver
Marketing Coordinator
Fenwick Ltd, Brent Cross Shopping Centre, London, NW4 3FN

November 2013

Dear wonderful Beat Burritos,

You made the party!

From your stunning clothes, mellow singing, irresistible rhythms and high class playing to your charming inter reaction with the guests, children and all (following the conga line, dipping in and out of the dome) and chatting in strong Mexican accents. You were a delight and created much surreal happiness. THANK YOU SO MUCH!

from Olivia’s mother

ps Olivia says she will send some pics on – they are good fun.

Dear Titus

I just wanted to drop you a quick email to say thank you for your help in organising the bands for Thursday. If you could also pass on my thanks to each of the acts I would really appreciate it.

Also thank you very much for Sean, he was a great help! The evening was really successful and it was great for El Caribe, Rococo and Geanina to be a part of it!

Thanks again

Kind Regards

Hannah and Rosie
Hannah Leaman
Marketing Assistant
Fenwick Ltd
Brent Cross

October 2013

Hi Titus

Just thought I would drop you a line to say how fantastic Udit and his colleague were on Saturday at our event.  Everyone commented on the brilliance of their music and how much the performance added to the overall ambience of the night.

I can truly say that every aspect of the performance was superb and the night would have been truly lacking without the presence of Udit and his colleague.
Thank you in assisting in organising the booking and please also pass on my heartfelt thanks to Udit and his colleague.

Kindest regards,
Rakesh

Hi Titus

My husband and I booked Doug for our wedding reception and he was brilliant!

Right from the start he was helpful; playing at an open mic night in Camden so that we could listen to him live and then proceeding to learn six songs that were special to us. He even nailed the first dance song and added a funky spin to it!

Doug is very personable and polite at all times. He has an amazing voice that you could listen to all day long, fantastic guitar skills and proved to be the right choice for our intimate venue.

Alex Fairhurst

Hello Titus,

I just wanted to write and let you know how pleased we were with the Kingston Duo at Rebecca and Simon’s wedding last Saturday. Alfie was always prompt to reply to emails, and was very friendly and helpful on the night, arriving early to allow plenty of time to set up and check arrangements with me.

And of course, most importantly, they are both superb musicians and their playing was enjoyed by absolutely all, creating a warm atmosphere with lots of dancing.
They were just what Rebecca had hoped for, and we would thoroughly recommend them.

Thank you again for your help
Best wishes
Gill

September 2013

Hi Titus,
I want to say a huge thank you to the musicians. They made our wedding a wonderful and special occasion.
Professional, punctual and a joy to work with.
My guests loved the music and it was a unique touch to our ceremony.
Thank you once again and I will most certainly be recommending your services to friends.
Kind regards
Bianca

Hi Titus,

The performers were perfect, on time, very professional and very understanding of the brief.  The performances were thoroughly enjoyed by all attendees.  I would definitely book them again.

Regards

Kat Astbury  | Event Project Management Assistant 

Westfield London | Westfield Shopping Centre Management

August 2013

Hi I just wanted to say a huge thank you to yourself and the band. They were brilliant, everybody really enjoyed it. I especially liked being able to play with them and being told I was the happiest bride they had seen 

Thank you again.
Faye

July 2013

Hi Marcus,

It’s been a bit hectic since the wedding so apologies for not getting in touch sooner.

I just wanted to say a big thank you to you & the band for putting on such a great show at Northbrook Park for us. We thought you were absolutely amazing and we can honestly say our night would not have been the same without you. It was fantastic…  We had so many comments regarding how good you guys were.

We have some great pictures of you all from the night, so if you need me to send these over to you for any reason, please let me know & I will happily send.

Thank you once again.

Elliott.

Hi Titus,

Apologies for the lateness of this note but I’ve gone straight into back to back events. I am still hopeful to write an official “thank you” letter when I get some time but in the meantime….

THANK YOU to Electric Blue Jewel who were superb. The girls looked great, they sounded amazing and were utter professionals throughout this event.

For some reason the boat engines made a lot of noise this years and we’re not sure why but the ladies handled it perfectly.
We had a glorious evening which meant a lot of guests went up on to the upper deck but those who did get chance to listen to Blue Jewel thought they were brilliant.

A big thank you to Blue Jewel and a big thank you to you for booking them.

Kind regards
Sarah

Sarah Howe | Events ~ Chief Executives Office | Camelot Business Solutions Limited

June 2013

Hi Titus

Thanks for your email – apologies for not replying sooner.

Yes it all went very well on Wednesday night thank you – it was a great evening and Genina’s performance was exactly what we were looking for and provided a lovely background to the dinner.

It would be great to keep in touch regarding future events.

Thanks for all your help.

Best wishes
Jessica

Jessica Patrick
Head of PR & Events
Candy & Candy

May 2013

Hi Titus

Thank you very much for all your help with the band for our event last night on the Cutty Sark. The Chinese band were great and completely fitted with our theme for the evening.

Kind regards,

Alexi Harrison | Events Manager | Marketing & Business Development
For Grant Thornton UK LLP

Hi Titus

All bands greatly received and enjoyed by the walkers, lots of good compliments.

Please pass my thanks and regards to all of them.

Leon Mitchell

Walk the Walk

PHOTO FROM JON’S PARTY

Hi Roger,

Just a few lines to say what a great show you guys from The Vybez put on for our launch party. As you know we had all shapes, sizes, colours and ages there but everybody has been coming up to me saying it was the best party they’ve ever been to! The way you guys worked with my sound guy was fantastic (btw Richard says hi to the girls!).

If you want me to be a reference…no
problem…. happy to talk to any future customers or e-mail etc.
Once again thanks guys.
Your very satisfied customer, Jon

April 2013

Hi Marcus,
Thanks so much to you and the band for playing last Saturday at our wedding reception. You are fantastic musicians and pitched things perfectly – you had everyone dancing all evening (even my 88 year old grandma)! We had lots of fun and had so many comments from friends and family on how great you were.

Thanks again,
Natalie and Sam

March 2013

(School Workshop & Concert)

Hello Titus,

The day was a huge success and our staff and students loved the workshops and the concert. We are already looking forward to finding a way to fit Abdelkader into our plans again!!!

Many Thanks,

Sharon
Scalby School, Fieldstead Crescent, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, YO12 6TH

February 2013

Hi Titus,

Thank you for organising the oreintal performers for us; they were a huge success and did a wonderful job.

Thank you again and we hope to work with you again soon.

With best wishes,

Miranda – Buddha Bar

December 2012

Deborah,

I just wanted to say a huge thank you for the fantastic music you gave us at the party last night.  So many people asked about you and we all just loved it.

Thank you for coming all the way from London.  I hope your journey home was trouble free and that you have a good Christmas.

Best wishes,
Susie

November 2012

I am just emailing to say thank you so much for playing on Friday night, you were absolutely fantastic and totally made the party. I do hope you enjoyed playing at the museum and that everything was ok for you. Thank you so much again.

Sophie – Wallace Collection

The music was lovely and the guests really enjoyed themselves. It was great thank you.

Gazprom Marketing

We really really loved the band! They were such a fantastic contribution to the party and they were so kind to lend us their shirts also! Everyone loved them.

Comment from Party for Emma Freud

October 2012

Double Lion Dance Performance with Live Music – Pics Courtesy of Halo Group – Copyright Benjamineagle.com

Hello Titus,

I just wanted to say a big thank you for supplying your act on Friday evening. The performers were lovely and they performed a great show.

I will certainly keep you at the forefront of my mind should an event come up in the future that I can get in contact with you for.

I hope you had a great weekend.

Many thanks

Jenny

SENIOR EVENT MANAGER   – Halo Group            

Giant Gospel Choir – Flashmob in Brussels for BUAV

Dear Panjani and Charmain,

We’ve just posted the ‘official’ video of the event on our Facebook page – www.facebook.com/thebuav – and on YouTube – http://www.youtube.com/thebuav. It looks great and is already really popular with our supporters!

Thank you so much for putting on a great show for us yesterday, the guys all did fantastically, please do pass on our thanks. It was an absolute pleasure working with all of you, and I hope we have the opportunity to do it again someday!

Best wishes
Carla and Giulia

Carla Owen
Executive Office and Project Manager
British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection (BUAV)

Hi Titus,

I just wanted to get in touch to say a huge thank you to John (Carribe Steel Band) and the rest of the band for playing at our wedding on 6 October. They were totally brilliant and helped to set the tone of the afternoon really nicely, with everyone enjoying the music with big smiles on their faces! They were really professional and helped make the day extra special. Thanks again for getting things arranged for us, and please pass on our thanks to the crew.
Best wishes.

Sarah & Stu

Motor City Party Band – FPDC Annual Ball

Hi Marcus and band members

Just to say thank you for performing at the Annual Ball this year.
Individuals were very pleased and thought you were great!
Please see FPDC Facebook as there are some good photos of your band on there.

Regards

Saya Nehar
Events, Membership and Communications Officer

September 2012

Bands at the Paralympics

Rio Showband at ‘Brent Celebrates a Golden Summer’ Event

The feedback we have has been extremely positive and your performance ended the event just as we had hoped. Your whole performance from beginning to end was full of colour, energy and show stopping sparkle.

The audience, whether young or old, were engaged throughout and the way everyone moved forward was testament to the fantastic costumes and wonderful music. I was up at the top end of the event for some of your performance and the stage looked fabulous, with light starting to fade, the colours on stage really stood out and made the whole thing look spectacular.

Your professionalism in setting up quickly was also greatly appreciated.

I have attached a couple of pictures that were taken on the day, I hope they reach you ok and are not too large to get through cyber space.

Thank you for all your help and support.

Kind regards

Sarah C

Events Officer
Communications and Marketing
Customer and Community Engagement
Brent Council

To book London’s Most Colourful and Energetic Brazillian Dancers and Band

August 2012

Just a short note to request that you pass my sincere thanks, on behalf of all at the Oxfordshire, to the band for a great performance on Saturday.

They helped make the event a great success!

Kind Regards
James

I unfortunately didn’t get chance to thank Carribe Steel so I wonder if you could please pass on our thanks for providing the music for our summer ball. They really were very good and fitted the occasion perfectly. The guests enjoyed the night’s entertainment.

Many thanks

Alison Worsley

Hi Orlando

I just wanted to say a quick thank you for helping make our wedding on 15th July such a special day. You got our wedding breakfast off to the perfect start, created an amazing atmosphere and everybody thought you were great, most importantly my new wife

Best regards
Paul S G

July 2012

Thanks so much for organising Kadir to come to our school. He was excellent! We had a great day drumming , dancing and singing- what a fantastic musician! We all had a really happy day. I am so glad that we could finally get it all sorted out, and all our emails finally resulted in a wonderful day of music.
Thanks for all your help.

Kind regards
Sarah H – Hadleigh High School

The day worked out really well in the end and not as bad as the forecast was predicting. The band were absolutely fantastic and everyone had a brilliant time dancing and singing.
Kirsty S
Equitix

June 2012

Dear Titus

We were absolutely thrilled with Jozef’s performance this evening. Everyone thoroughly enjoyed it… I look forward hearing him again and recommending him to others.

I wish him a bright future.

Shan

Dear Titus

Firstly, can I say how much our guests enjoyed the performance by the Nites Blues steel band at our Parliamentary reception yesterday evening.  They were really great entertainment and fantastically professional.

Georgina – I am sorry I did not get an opportunity to thank you in person but we were all extremely grateful.

Kind regards

Holly

Dear Colette,

Steve and I are back from our honeymoon now and just wanted to say a huge thank you for the wonderful ceilidh you orchestrated at our wedding! It was the highlight of the night! And my legs paid for it the following day! Everyone enjoyed it tremendously.

All the best for the future!

Asma and Steve.

May 2012

Hey Titus

Thank you very much for your recommendation of Joseph, couldn’t be more pleased.

She said yes.

It was a great day, and I’ve linked to you both on my own website.

Joseph – once again, thank you.

Pristesh P

April 2012

Just a short note to let you know how well the lion dance was received at my daughter’s wedding on Friday, 20th April 2012.  The lion dance was delightful and the guests were all enchanted by the entertainment. We all thoroughly enjoyed it. 

Thank you for arranging this for us and please convey my thanks also to the lion dancers who performed for us that evening.  Many, many thanks to them for a delightful and enjoyable performance!

Kind regards

Mrs V H Howay

February 2012

I’d just like to say thank you for all of your hard work(Son Latin Trio). Everything worked out last night and we managed to raise just over £2000 for our charity.

AmaniP

December 2011

Just a quick email to ask you to pass our thanks on to both bands for last night. As always Andulus where professional and sounded great. The Steel Band sounded fabulous. Well done to all and I look forward to rebooking them both for next year – date still to come. I wish you, them and all your families a very Merry Christmas and a Healthy & Happy New Year. Take care and speak soon.

Debbie R.
Fenwick Ltd, Brent Cross

November 2011

Hi Titus

The band were fantastic (Sam Crockatt Quintet), thank you.  Many people commented on how much they enjoyed them, my new wife included!  They were also very friendly and helpful and worked well with the venue. Thanks a lot to them and to you for your help in booking.  Thank You.

Nick Madeira

November 2011

Hi Titus,

Thank you so much for the music on Sunday; everyone said it was one of the best things about the Feast. I was wondering if you might be available to perform again on 3 December. We’re putting on an extra special Christmas event in the evening between 5pm and 8pm with hot food, drink, performers, music and light display.

Helen
West Norwood Feast

October 2011

The steel band was lovely, Mr Thomas and his daughter were charmed our children, staff and parents! This was our first School Carnival, next year we may need more of the Thomas family (or other teachers) as a bigger sound would be even better!

Sarah Q
Bonneville Primary School

September 2011

Dear Colette (Long Notes)

Thank you so much for playing at our wedding, you were absolutely brilliant and everyone was talking about what a beautiful touch your playing was, it turned something nice into something magical, and my mother even commented about what a lovely and charming woman you are too.  We can’t believe you took the time to learn the music we had suggested, including the L’Atalante theme, we are very grateful indeed.

We had a really amazing day and you contributed significantly to thank – so thank you.

Best wishes
Brendan and Fionnuala
Wedding Regent’s Canal, London 3rd September 2011

July 2011

Hi Colette

Thank you so much to The Long Notes for the amazing music you provided us on our wedding day. So many guests commented on how your music created the perfect atmosphere. The tune – “Ceremony” – that you learnt for us was just so wonderful and a few people stated it put the hairs up on the back of their neck when you played it. Thank you.

With best wishes
Tara and Mick (wedding Ham Polo Club 30th July 2011)

June 2011

Hey Leo (Tropicana)

How are you?  Thank you so much for the music – you guys were fab!  Everyone was sooo complimentary : )    I loved it!   Sorry for didn’t get a chance to say bye to you. I would definitely book you again : )

Thanks so much. Hope to stay in touch so we can use you for another party soon : ) 

Regards

Farzeela

May 2011

Dear Titus,
I hope you had a good weekend. I would just like you to pass on my thanks to Sam and the trio who played at our event on 12th May. They were a pleasure to work with, and the style of music and songs were perfect for our event. We had many guests compliment the trio during the evening!

I understand that my colleague has booked them for another event on 18th May, which I will not be here for. However I do hope they enjoyed themselves and that we can work together again soon.

Kind regards,
Antonia

February 2011

Dear Sir/Madam

I write as Principal of BSix Brooke House Sixth Form College in Hackney.

We hired your Chinese dragon dancers last Thursday for two shows for our staff and students. They were fantastic and everyone loved the performance. (Everyone is saying that it was by far the best such performance they had ever seen).

Thank you again for creating such a joyous occasion.

All best wishes
Ken (Warman) Principal

October 2010

Dear Marcus,

I just wanted to drop you a note to say a HUGE thank you to you and the band for being absolutely amazing at our wedding. You were absolutely fantastic, had the dancefloor jumping and the Bugsy Malone song was the hi-light of the night – people are still talking about it.

It was an absolute honour to have you there and we will definitely be telling all our friends that are getting married to have you as their band.

All the best with the future.

Annis & Dom xxx

Hi Titus,

I hope you are well.

I just wanted to drop you an email to say a massive thank you for providing the MFL marching/ brass band for our event in Deal. They did a tremendous job, and everyone at the event thought they were a huge success.

Thanks again  and please can you pass on our gratitude to the rest of the band.

Suzzanne Bunn
Mother London

August 2010

Dear Charmain

Words can’t adequately express how much you and your team made my birthday party so special on Saturday. Everyone had a FANTASTIC time and I’ve been inundated with compliments about the ‘singers’.

Thank you so much for a fabulous set on Saturday. I will be passing on you details to everyone who attended and I’m pretty sure you might get some calls as a result.

Please pass on my thanks to all your team and if you every need a recommendation please let me know.

Alison

July 2010

I am just emailing to say thank you to John and the Carribe Steel Band for playing at our wedding on 30th July, and I would be very grateful if you could pass on our thanks. They were absolutely fantastic and everybody loved it and hasn’t stopped talking about them since. They were such a perfect surprise for all our guests (we hadn’t told anybody we had booked them!), and I wouldn’t hesitate in booking them for anything else we plan in the future.

Thank you so much again,
Teri & Matt

I just wanted to say a huge thank you for all your help with the organisation for the Hampton Court Flower Show last night. Although we haven’t heard from the client yet we thought it went very well and everyone seemed to have a really good time. The band sounded great and really helped to create a fun and lively atmosphere.

Please pass on our thanks them, it was a pleasure to work with them.

Jenny.

I just wanted to e-mail you and say a big thank you for your steel band. As per arrangements they turned up on time, played excellent music which was appreciated by all at our event. We are all still talking about the steel band and how good they were on the night.

Thank You

Regards
Clare

June 2010

Could you please pass on my thanks to the members of Soulfly who performed very well at the party on Saturday night and went done very well with all the guests.

Best wishes
Cathryn Lloyd Director

May 2010

Hi Guys – just wanted to say thanks for yesterday, it was excellent and our guests really enjoyed the music.

Thanks again,
Cathy Evans

April 2010

Dear Miriam

Thank you to you and the rest of the ensemble for entertaining everyone with your beautiful music, you gave the finishing touch to a wonderful evening. The only constructive feedback we could possibly give is that your performance ended before our evening did, therefore next time we book you, we will have to ensure we book you for the entire evening.

We look forward to hearing you again!

With thanks
Spiral Software

February 2010

Good Morning

I would like to pass on my thanks to the two gentlemen who came to perform for us on Friday 19th February. The day was a huge success and I have had numerous praise from all our residents especially our Chinese nationals at what a great time they had. The display was great fun and made the day complete. Thank you once again for agreeing to come at such short notice and providing such great performers.

Regards Jackie Smart

January 2010

I would like to send a big thank you to you and the members of the steel band for making my dads burial service a great atmosphere. they were fabulous , so professional .It was an honour to have them play considering the severe weather conditions.

I will be highly recommending your company to others.

Thank you again,
Marina Hope

October 2009

Hi Guys,

Just wanted to say a big thanks for your time and performance on Friday night – the feedback has been very good, and I really appreciated you being there!

Many thanks!
Naomi

September 2009

Hi Marcus,

I hope you’re well. I just wanted to write you a quick note to say how fantastic you and your band were at our wedding on the 25th September. You were as good if not better than we remembered you and I can’t even tell you how many people commented on how great you were! (Almost everyone basically!)

I’ll definitely pass your name on to anyone I know who is getting married and that is looking for a band, and hope to see you again providing we’re then invited!!

You were professional and awesome as we both expected and it’s obvious that you enjoy what you do as well, which always helps!

Thanks again, please pass on our best to all your band mates, you all helped to make our day the perfect day it was.

Cheers Marcus,

George & Gemma Pointon-Taylor

August 2009

Hello Pajani,

Just to say many thanks for the band on Friday. They were excellent and we will certainly bear them in mind when we start planning our next event. Please pass our thanks on to them.

Yours sincerely,
John Simkins.

July 2009

Just a quick message to say that Cache went down a storm at our party last night. They did a fantastic job and were really great to work with and I will most definitely be recommending them to everyone!

Alexandra Rance
Events Manager

Jun 2009

Hi Graham,

I wanted to say a HUGE thanks for playing at the wedding. The ceremony music was exactly how we hoped it would be and the reception tunes were spot on. Shame about the weather but I think in the end, it added to the ‘true british’ feel of the day!

Thanks again,
Dan & Tam

I’d just like you to give the Band a BIG THANK YOU for a brilliant session at my Party on Saturday, everyone really enjoyed it and although the weather wasn’t very good they made a great atmosphere.

Hope they enjoyed themselves too.

Thanks again.
Jane x

May 2009

Dear Richard

Just wanted to say a big belated thank you to you and the rest of Perfect Blend your fabulous performance at our wedding last month. We had such a wonderful and this was really topped off by a brilliant evening of dancing and I have to say some rather bad singing on our part!!

Best wishes and thanks again
Fran & Rich

Dear Cath,

Thank you very much for supplying the Karaoke/Bandoke band, they first performed and got everyone on their feet dancing, we then had our staff sing hits from the 80s right up to some recent hits.

Finally our CEO and Directors sang Dancing Queen with the whole party in vocal unison, it was magical. The band amazingly made everyone sound great and the lead vocalist was so patient on each song guiding those unsure along. Our staff can’t wait to do it again. We will definitely come back to you for our Christmas Entertainment in 2009

Best Regards
Helen

Feb 2009

Dear Cath,

Following last Saturday’s Ball at the Palace Hotel Torquay I just wanted to let you know that we were delighted with the Band and Dancers’s performance on the night. The professionalism of both the Band and the Dancers was above expectations and we especially loved the way first, Leo organised the performances throughout the evening and secondly, the way Vanessa got most of the Guests on the floor to Samba with her and the other Dancers.

All in all, we would be happy to recommend you, for the way you organised everything from day one and the Band and Dancers for their friendly attitude, superb performance and total willingness to adapt exactly to our needs on the night. Once again thank you and do keep in touch

Best Regards,
James

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