Wedding Ceremony Music Planner: Simple, Easy, Done!
This wedding ceremony music planner will make organizing your wedding ceremony music a breeze. This simple planner answers the common questions:
- How many songs do I need for my wedding ceremony?
- What people and things do I need wedding ceremony songs for?
- What are the traditional pieces for the bride, bridesmaids, mother’s seating, etc.
Whether you would like classical music, jazz, country or popular music, this guide will be all you need to organize your wedding ceremony music.
Once you have your wedding ceremony music form filled in your music ceremony songs will be selected and organized.
Note: The minister/officiant traditionally takes their place after the mothers are seated. Traditionally the groomsmen either enter immediately after minister or process with the bridesmaids. For more information about processional orders check out this article.
This wedding ceremony music planner form will get your ceremony music 100% organized. It will also organize the information that your wedding ceremony musicians will need.
Wedding Ceremony Music Planner Form
Ceremony Music (Fill in the no. of people for each category and select pieces.)
Prelude: (15 to 30 minutes of music in the style of ceremony music or you may select pieces)
___Mothers ___Grandmothers Seating Music: Pachebel’s Canon in D or_____________________
Processionals:
___Bridesmaids ___Maids of Honor ___flower girls ____ring bearers: Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring or _______________________
Bride: Bridal Chorus by Wagner or Trumpet Voluntary by Clarke or________________________
Sand Ceremony or other ceremony needing music: Ave Maria or _____________________
Recessional:
Wedding March by Mendelssohn, or ___________________
Postlude: Ode to Joy by Beethoven or ______________________
And now the party begins! Time for your happily ever after!
For cocktail hour and dinner music we suggest that you “bundle” and use ceremony musicians to save money. Most professional ensembles can switch gears and perform different styles of music for the cocktail hour and dinner.
For song lists and tips for selecting your ensembles, styles of music and reception music organizing visit our blog guide.
Please leave a comment and let us know if this was helpful for you! If you have any questions about organizing your wedding music contact our wedding music coordinator who is happy to answer questions anytime – no sales pitch and no charge. We are happy to help and we learn a lot from talking with brides all over the world about their weddings.
Happy wedding day!
How to Find Your Dream Wedding Venue on a Budget
By Becky Rogers, WeddingVenueMap.com
Congratulations! You’re engaged and now you’re on the hunt for your dream wedding venue on a budget. Maybe you’ve already started with the help of family and friends or you’ve done some deep diving on the internet to help you figure what the perfect ceremony and reception space look like to celebrate your love.
Rachel Doyle Photography | Azalea Lodge at Mead Botanical Gardens
Before You Start Searching
Information you need to get started
There are a few things you and your partner will need to discuss before beginning your search for that perfect wedding venue. First you’ll need to decide what time of year you plan to get married or if there’s a special date or day of the week that you plan to tie the knot on.
It’s important to know so that you don’t waste your time falling in love with a venue that already has the date you’re set on reserved for another couple. If you have no preference of date or day of the week, it’s good to have a month or two you’d prefer to hold your wedding.
Live Happy Studio | Venue on the Lake
The second thing that’s important to know before searching for a venue is the guest count, making a list of people you absolutely couldn’t have that special day without and another list with everyone you’d like to invite including those must have guests. When you start looking for venues, you’ll want to look for venues that have the capacity to hold the entire guest list.
The third, most important, discussion you will need to have with your fiancé before searching officially begins, is the budget. This should be the budget for the entire wedding, once you have that we recommend having a consultation with a local professional wedding planner to get a better idea of what your budget will get you.
It’s hard to know what things cost and how far your budget will actually reach. Especially in terms of the amount you really have for the venue rental and catering since this is the largest portion of your budget.
Dreamscape Photography | Altamonte Chapel
Do you know what you’re looking for?
Before you begin searching for local wedding venues on a budget, you should know the overall vision for the entire location as well as the ceremony, photograph areas, and reception spaces. This is the time where you might decide if you like barns, ballrooms, resorts, beaches, or any other style wedding venues.
Along with the style, you should decide if outdoors/indoors matters to you for either ceremony or reception space and which you would prefer for these.
Lori Barbely Photography | Trellis 925
Keeping Track of The Venues You’ll See
Chances are, when you’re looking at venues with similar styles it can be hard to remember which included specific features, what their prices were, and what stood out the most to you and your partner.
To avoid getting confused or overwhelmed, create a system that works best for you to keep track of the venues, something such as a notebook, word document, spreadsheet, or anything else that helps you remember key findings.
Some of the items you should include would be:
- Name
- Price for weekdays (with tax and service charges included)
- Price for Friday & Sunday (with tax and service charges included)
- Price for Saturday (with tax and service charges included)
- Hours allotted for rental
- Website (to easily find their gallery and information again)
With this list, there are plenty of other amenities or features that may stand out as important when searching and you may want to add those to the system as well.
Captured by Elle | Art & History Museums Maitland
Beginning Steps to Finding Your Dream Wedding Venue
Venue Budget
After all of the preliminary work is done and you’ve worked with a local planner or resource to figure out the breakdown of wedding costs in your area, you should have a better understanding of what each of those vendors costs and you can determine the realistic amount you have to spend on just the reception and ceremony venue.
Jennifer Nicole Photography | Ever After Farms
Resources in your area
Finding the perfect wedding venue on a budget can be hard to sort through all of the venues that don’t fit for you. Luckily there are free resources for engaged couples, such as ours i n Central Florida, that can help to narrow down the list for you to save time without sorting through all of those wedding venues yourself.
The Wedding Venue Map is a print and online resource for engaged couples to locate and search through over 400 Central Florida wedding venues with over 40 different ways to filter through them. Our online venue search allows you to find the style, price range, ceremony and reception settings, as well as other unique settings that fit your venue vision the best.
Live Happy Studio | Bridle Oaks Barn
These kinds of resources will help you do preliminary searching to discover more of the things you like or don’t like about venues and to discover the venues you eventually want to tour in person.
Be sure during this time to keep track of any venues that stand out to you and any of the information that will be helpful later in narrowing down the wedding venues that will be the best considerations.
Jennifer Nicole Photography | Field Manor
Narrowing Venues Down
Considering The Comparisons
At this point, you should have a list compiled of the venues that have fit your style, ceremony and reception requirements, and overall vision. The next step to narrowing your list into your top favorites that you’ll schedule tours with is to eliminate based on price range.
If you’re working to find a wedding venue on a budget, then the cost of the rental will need to be an important factor in determining those to move lower on the list. From here sort your list by the top picks based on the online research you’ve already done.
Captured by Elle | Bending Branch Ranch
Scheduling a Tour and Making The Most Out of It
Taking the time to schedule a tour is significant to deciding on a wedding venue, it gives you the opportunity to see the entire place including spaces that might not be easily seen during research.
Start with a few tours of the top 4-5 venues on your list, take the tours and if by some chance you’re not in love with any of them you can head to the next ones on the rest of your list.
Dreamscape Photography | The Delamater House
Questions to Ask
During your time on the tour, chances are you’ll have questions about the property itself, but there are some important questions you should be asking if you’re looking for that wedding venue on a budget. Knowing if they require specific vendors, especially catering company limitations, can affect whether or not it still fits your budget.
Other factors to consider might be how many hours are allotted on the day of, what spaces you’re free to use during your wedding, and if there are tables and chairs included in the rental if so what they look like. If you’re planning to have an outdoor ceremony around the time the sun would begin to set, a crucial question to ask is where the sun sets on their property.
Write down any other questions you might have for each specific venue, no matter how small, these are questions that may have answers to help in making your final decision.
Live Happy Studio | Orlando Science Center
Deciding
After you’ve gone on every wedding venue tour you and your fiancé wanted to see in person, there should be a relatively clear pick of which one or two venues stood out most. There might be an obvious fit for your vision and budget but if you’ve fallen in love with a space slightly out of your budget on the date you chose, there are ways to see if you can make it work without increasing the budget.
Considering another day of the week rather than just Saturday like Friday or Sunday or even a weekday. Consider narrowing the guest list even further to the people that truly are the most important part of your wedding day may help your dream venue fit your budget.
If you have trouble deciding what would be the best fit for your perfect wedding day, this is where a local wedding professional or your wedding planner can provide those well informed suggestions. The Wedding Venue Map team is also always available to help engaged couples find that perfect wedding venue in the Central Florida area.
If this was helpful for you, please check out our Music Remembrance wedding music guides, tips and song lists.
Clermont Singing Telegram a Surprise They Will Love!
When looking for a surprise gift, a Clermont singing telegram creates a lasting memory for everyone involved. They can be used for many occasions in Lake County Florida.
Occasions for Surprise Clermont Singing telegrams
- Birthday
- Anniversary
- Congratulations
- Promotion
- Proposal
- Valentine’s Day
- I miss you
- I love you
- Cheer up
- I’m here for you
- Across the miles
- Landmark birthday or anniversary
- Holidays
- Christmas Gift
Styles of Singing Telegrams
- Funny or Novelty
- Teasing/Over the Hill for 40th or 50th birthday
- Romantic
- Sincere to friend or family
- Movie, book, star singer video re-creation
- Custom funny, romantic or sincere lyrics
- Favorite song
Use a Single Singer or a Marching Band
The sky is the limit! A singer in formal attire or a novelty costume is perfect for many occasions. There are also many dramatic options that may be perfect for your Clermont singing telegram. Using different combinations of singers and musicians gives endless available options. For example:
- String trio for Valentine’s Day
- Dixieland band with singer performing patriotic music for the Fourth of July or a Patriotic Holiday for a Veteran
- New Orleans funeral jazz band marching in a parade around the office. Mourning the death of youth, the band performs traditional New Orleans funeral music for the bosses 40th birthday.
- Singer with guitarist for a marriage proposal performing her favorite love song
- Irish Band with a singer for Saint Patrick’s Day
- Popular music quartet with singer performing love songs for dancing next to a surprise candlelight dinner
- Singer dressed like a princess for child’s birthday
- Singer with violin and guitar for an anniversary from a husband away on work
Clermont Singing Telegrams for?
Singing telegrams are a memorable gift for anyone. Whether it’s a funny novelty telegram, a romantic serenade or serious telegram, it will make a lasting memory. Great for mom, dad, wife, husband, girlfriend, boyfriend, best friend, relative, baby’s party, child, boss or co-worker.
To hire a singing telegram in Clermont, Lake County or Central Florida contact Music Remembrance.
List of Articles: Helpful Event & Wedding Music Tips & Ideas
Music Remembrance Articles Table of Contents
Wedding Music
Wedding Music Tips
- Wedding Music Guides & Tips
- How To Save Budget on Wedding Music
- Wedding Ceremony Music Planning Guide
- Wedding Music Do’s & Don’ts
- Lists of Wedding Brass Ensembles & Tips for Using Brass Music
- Is Classical Music The Best Choice For My Wedding Ceremony?
- Choosing Your Wedding Ceremony Music, Tips and List of Ensembles & Music Styles
- How To Organize Your Wedding Ceremony Music & Classical Songs For Each Part Of The Ceremony
Wedding Music Ideas
- Ideas for Personalizing Your Wedding Music
- Fun Wedding Ceremony Music Ideas
- Find Your Perfect Wedding Music: 50 Different Wedding Ensembles To Choose From
- Great Wedding Themes
- Ideas for Using Fanfare Trumpets
- New Orleans Style Wedding Parade For your Wedding
Wedding Song Lists
- Songs To Walk Down The Aisle To
- Songs For The Bouquet Toss
- Classical String Wedding Music Songs
- Traditional Wedding Ceremony Music Songs & Tips
- Wedding Music Song Lists
- Father & Daughter Dance Songs
- First Dance Songs
- Classical Pieces For Each Part Of Your Wedding Ceremony
Wedding Reception Music Tips
Event Music
Tips for Hiring Wedding & Event Musicians
- How To Hire The Best Orlando Event Jazz
- How To Hire The Best Orlando Brass Musicians
- Choosing The Best String Musicians & Lists of String Ensembles
- How To Hire Musicians The Right Musicians For Your Wedding or Event
- Tips For Hiring Event Musicians
- Find Your Perfect Wedding Music: 50 Different Wedding Ensembles To Choose From
Orlando’s Music Remembrance Musicians
- Music Remembrance’s Orlando Musicians-About Music Remembrance
- Music Remembrance Service Area & Types of Events We Provide Musicians
Event Music Tips & Ideas
- Ideas For Using Fanfare Trumpets
- New Orleans Parade For Events & Funerals
- How To Spice Up Your Convention or Meeting With Live Music
- Looking for A Theme for Your Event? List of Great Event Themes
Singing Telegrams Ideas
Romantic Serenade Ideas
Tips For Musicians
Hire Orlando Jazz Band
Looking to hire an Orlando jazz band? Here are some helpful tips. There are many kinds of jazz bands that come in many sizes. Depending on the details for your event and the mood you would like to create, these descriptions and tips will help you hire the Orlando jazz band that will be the best choice for your event or wedding. Orlando’s Music Remembrance provides all of the jazz bands below and more.
Sizes and styles of Orlando Jazz Bands
Small Jazz Bands-Hire Orlando Jazz Band
A small band is usually from two to five musicians. A small jazz band is sometimes called a small jazz ensemble or a jazz combo. Different combos play different types of jazz or a mixture of styles.
Dixieland Jazz Band
This small jazz band is perfect for 1920’s, Great Gatsby, New Orleans and Casino themed events. It is also great for “wake up my business convention”, events wanting some fun energetic music, parades and New Orleans funerals.
Orlando Dixieland Bands performs 1920’s style jazz. They are often referred to by these names:
- New Orleans Jazz Band
- Traditional Jazz Band
- Great Gatsby Jazz Band or Great Gatsby Jazz Orchestra (when called this Great Gatsby costumes are normally worn)
- Brass Band
- New Orleans Brass Band
- Society Jazz Orchestra
When used for funerals the same bands are also referred to by these names:
- New Orleans Funeral Band
- New Orleans Funeral Processional Band
- Dixieland Parade Band
- Funeral Processional Band
- Dixieland Funeral Band
Dixieland Jazz Bands comes in different sizes. These are the most popular:
- Smallest: Trumpet, Tuba or Upright String Bass, Piano or Banjo
- Small: Trumpet, Tuba or Upright String Bass, Piano or Banjo, Trombone
- Medium: Trumpet, Tuba or Upright String Bass, Piano or Banjo, Trombone, Drums or Clarinet
- Full Tradition Band: Trumpet, Tuba or Upright String Bass, Piano or Banjo, Trombone, Drums and Clarinet
Note – For dixieland bands performing for a parade:
- Snare drum replaces piano, banjo or accordion
- Add a bass drum for a full parade band
- Tuba replaces upright string bass
Mardi Gras Band
This band is perfect for New Orleans, Mardi Gras or Fat Tuesday themed events and parties
People call a Dixieland band used for mardi gras events a mardi gras band. Some mardi gras bands play Cajun influenced music or zydeco music in addition to or instead of dixieland jazz. Some mardi gras bands use accordion to give a New Orleans Cajun flair. Otherwise, the instrumentation is the same as dixieland bands. Mardi gras bands perform for Fat Tuesday parties and parades. In mardi gras bands performing for a parade, snare drum replaces piano, banjo or accordion and they usually add a bass drum. Different names for mardi gras bands:
- Mardi Gras Band
- Mardi gras parade band or second line band
- New Orleans parade band
- Zydeco band
- Cajun Jazz band
- Parade brass band
- Brass Band
- New Orleans parade band
Swing Band
Swing Bands are great for themed WWII era events, dancing and assisted living concerts.
These jazz bands come in small size and big band sizes. They play music from the swing era and retro-swing or jump swing music like Jump, Jive and Wail. A traditional instrumentation is singer, trumpet, trombone, saxophone, piano, upright string bass and drums.
Jazz Combo
Some small jazz bands play a variety of music or just one of the many jazz styles. These bands are great for wedding cocktail music, background music for dinner or events and assisted living concerts.
- Cool jazz – a mellow sounding jazz style
- Bebop jazz – a virtuosic jazz club or concert style jazz
- Jazz Fusion – a mix of rock styles and jazz. Some jazz fusion bands perform pop songs with jazz saxophone, trumpet and/or trombone
- Variety small jazz band plays a mix of all jazz styles including swing. They leave out bebop jazz unless the event is a concert.
People also refer to small jazz bands as:
- jazz combos
- small jazz group or small jazz band
- cocktail jazz group or cocktail jazz band
- jazz band
Big Bands – Hire Orlando Jazz Band
These bands are perfect for WWII era themed events and swing dancing. Because of the size the are best suited to medium to large spaces and larger budgets.
Big Bands are large jazz bands that play swing music. Most big bands perform swing music from the swing era/WWII era. Because of the number of musicians these are more expensive than small jazz bands.
The traditional instrumentation for big bands is 5 saxophones, 3 trombones, 4 trumpets and piano, bass, drums and vocalist. Smaller big bands between big band size and Swing Band Combo are available.
All these Orlando Jazz Bands and more are available at www.MusicRemembrance.com. To hire your own Orlando jazz band contact us.
Funny Birthday: Gift Ideas From Hysterical Singing Telegrams Stories
Looking for ideas to create a funny birthday memory. Here are some funny real-life stories of Orlando singing telegrams customized as funny birthday singing telegrams.
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Bunny-Gram Funny Singing Telegram
A client calls up and says, “I would like a singing telegrams to embarrass my brother”. We tease each other (out of love) and the thing he “hates” the most is when I embarrass him. Fast forward to his birthday. He is hard at work with all of his co-workers. A singer in a bunny costume and a big bouquet of balloons shows up and walks through all the offices gathering all his co-workers by saying “the birthday bunny is looking for Mitch the birthday boy”. Everyone grabbed their cell phone cameras and started following the singer.
We arrive at his bosses office where was summoned to a fake meeting a few minutes before the singer arrived. The singer sings hands him the bouquet of balloons and announces that his “wonderful perfect sister wants to do something special for his birthday and she hopes this won’t embarrass him. The singer puts bunny ears on his head. The whole office is laughing and videoing as he turns bright red and says “I’m going to get her back, don’t worry!!” The singer sings “Happy Birthday” and then leads everyone in “Happy Birthday” followed by posing for lots of pictures. I’m sure he and his sister still tell the story.
One-Person Band
One of my favorites that we’ve done many times. Trombonist with bass drum on back and percussion instruments on arms and legs. The scenario goes like this: First, perform happy birthday on the trombone with percussion instruments after each phrase for comedy. Secondly, the one-person band musician sings Happy Birthday with custom extra verses.
One time the the one-person band musician was customized to pose as a crazy street musician and play for the birthday boy when he came out of a show.
Scene:
Musician: “I’m going to play something special for you! I bet you like the stylistics (birthday boy’s favorite band). This is for you, because ‘You Make Me Feel Brand New’. Woo!”
Musician plays: The Stylistics song “You Make Me Feel Brand New” in flamboyant way.
Musician says Toward end of song, “This is the lesser known part of the song,”
Musician plays: “Happy Birthday” in crazy way getting more recognizable at the end.
Musician: Sam If you haven’t guessed yet, your wonderful daughter-in-law Sarah let me know your having a very important birthday today.. She & Ken want to do something special for you so this is Your Singing Telegram!!!
This funny birthday singing telegram ended with a custom song with one funny verse and three personal verses.
Happy Birthday to you
Happy Birthday to you
Happy Birthday dear Sam
Happy Birthday to you.So many kids that you raised
Some were not yours by birth
You gave God’s love to all of them
It’s just part of your worth.You take photos for fun,
And like to shoot a gun,
But don’t call you Samuel,
Not even in fun.Your family loves you,
And your wife Sheila too,
Sal is watching over you,
All are blessed by you.
Custom Lyrics from another One-Man Band Singing Telegram
From Daughters to Mom. Performed at work so all her co-workers could enjoy.
From your daughters to you,
this surprise is for you,
so what could be more grand
than a one woman band!You’re a really great mom,
and you stay really calm,
we know we all drive you crazy,
but you’re always supermom!Happy birthday to you,
From Ashley, Sherrie, Carly, Arrianna and Joey too.
Happy birthday dear Donna
Your a really great Momma.
More Funny Singing Telegram Ideas
Funny birthday singing telegrams are our most popular singing telegrams for birthday gifts in Orlando. Our popular 40th birthday and 50th birthday with custom over-the-hill comedy lyrics.
Here is one example:
Now your 50, it’s true,
You’ve refined the old you.
Added glasses and gout,
Aches and pains make you shout.Now your 50, it’s true
There’s more younger than you,
But look on the bright side,
You’re not ready for glue.Now your 50, it’s true
A better version of you,
you have more maturity,
& soon get social securityYes, you’re 50 years old
but your body’s not cold
you’re just over the hill
And things can still work with a pill.
Funny Movie Recreations
Movie recreations like the Bette Midler singing telegram from Beaches and the restaurant sing-a-long from “My Best Friends Wedding” create a memorable funny surprise.
To customize your own funny birthday singing telegram in Orlando or Florida Contact Music Remembrance.
Romantic Ideas: Create Romance With Singing Telegrams For Proposals & Gifts
Looking for romantic ideas for a romantic dinner, night out, proposal/engagement, to say “I love you” or “I miss you”? Romantic Singing telegrams are a memorable way to create romance. Below are some real life stories of romantic singing telegram Orlando’s Music Remembrance musicians and bands company has delivered.
Romantic Ideas for Romantic Birthday Gift
Wanting to do something memorable for her partner, Sara asked Music Remembrance to customize a romantic singing telegram. Receiving a romantic gift is more fun to receive when others can share is seeing how much your significant other loves you. This is why this Orlando Romantic singing telegram is delivered at work. The recipient is a pastry chef at her own restaurant. This singer and guitarist dressed in tuxedos enter the restaurant and walk up to the pastry counter where the birthday girl is working. They make an announcement and begin singing “Never Stop” by SafetySuit. Then they present her with a bouquet of flowers and read a note written by her significant other wishing her a happy birthday and telling her how truly loved she is. See the video.
Romantic Ideas For Anniversary
It’s Anniversary week and you haven’t thought of a gift yet. One of our clients found himself in this position. It was their first anniversary after having a baby and he had to be away on business. He surprised her with a singing telegram at her doorstep.
The singer rings the doorbell with flowers in hand. The husband who was on the phone with her says “answer the door, you have a delivery”. The vocalist hands her flowers and announces “your husband dedicates these special songs to you to remind you how much he loves you and always will” The singer, accompanied by a guitarist, sings John Michael Montgomery’s, “I Love the Way You Love Me”. The last verse is custom lyrics about their relationship and his love for her. The wife teared up through the whole thing and cried during the custom verses. What a sweet husband to do this for her.
Romantic Ideas for Proposal/Engagement
The boyfriend takes his girlfriend out to dinner. He says ” Lets take a stroll at the park across the street. What she doesn’t know is that he has made plans to propose there. Set up at the gazebo are flowers and candles. They come up to the gazebo and she is wondering if someone is having an event. He guides her to the gazebo and then as she turns around a singer starts to sing “Sing John Legend’s All of Me. Their song. They dance and then he gets down on one knee during the last bars on the song and then proposes.
If you are looking to do something romantic and memorable, a romantic music singing telegram customized for your special someone will always be remembered.
Contact Music Remembrance to customize your own romantic singing telegram in Orlando and Central Florida.
Singing Telegrams Ideas
Looking for singing telegram ideas? Trying to come up with a memorable gift? Music Remembrance has been performing singing telegrams with singers and musicians since 2001. These are some stories of our favorite and also our most popular singing telegrams. Some of these singing telegram ideas are funny, some sentimental or romantic. These singing telegrams are for a mix of birthday, children’s birthday, anniversary, I miss you, wedding proposal and joke gifts.
Children’s Birthday Princess Singing Telegram
Mothers, Fathers, Grandparents and relatives that can’t be there for landmark birthdays often send a special happy birthday singing telegram for the child and family in Orlando, Florida. The most popular is a singer dressed in a princess costume carrying gifts and balloons to sing for the child for a video that everyone will enjoy seeing. In addition, for children’s birthday parties, the singer stays and leads fun interactive songs with the kids like the “Hokey Pokey”.
Christmas
Send an Orlando Singing Telegram to tell someone special to you “Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays”. One of our most popular holiday Orlando singing telegrams is our Christmas Caroler Quartet in Dickens costumes. Brass Christmas Carolers performing Christmas carols and a solo singer singing “We Wish You A Merry Christmas”.
Mother’s Day and Father’s Day Singing Telegram Ideas
Hire a singer to sing special mother’s or Father’s themed song for example, “Daddy’s Little Girl”. Have a verse of custom lyrics written about how special they are. In Orlando and Central Florida available in English, Italian and Spanish.
Graduation Singing Telegram ideas for the Graduate and Graduation Party
- Surprise singing telegram gift with a marching band performing a parade a celebratory music, for example “Celebration” by Kool and The Gang. Firstly, The band carries a banner that says “Congratulations!” with the graduate’s name while marching toward the graduate. Secondly, In the middle of the parade the band arrives at the graduate and pulls him up front to lead the parade with a director’s baton as they play a funky version of Pomp and Circumstance (the traditional graduation march music). lastly, The parade ends at his graduation party.
- Dixieland Jazz Band performs fun celebratory music at your graduation party to make the event a memorable occasion. This band is the perfect volume so everyone can easily converse while enjoying the festive feel. Livens up a party even more than any decor.
Send A Band Performing Their Favorite Music
For surprise parties at work, home or a venue a band is a popular choice that goes over big. Recently we send a dixieland trio for a man’s landmark surprise birthday gift. It is his favorite music and he came home to a small gathering friends and family, cake and his favorite music. The band performed a dixieland version of “Happy Birthday” with extra verses of custom lyrics filled with funny stories of his life that had everyone laughing. This was in addition to a full concert of his favorite songs.
Come back for more funny and heart warming stories: Engagement Rick, I miss you birthday at Disney springs, Bunny Gram: embarrass my brother, anniversary singing telegram, doo-wop birthday, favorite movie re-creations (Bette Midler in Beaches and Sing-a-long scene in My Best Friend’s Wedding.) and celebrity impersonations (Chubby Checker & Adele).
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Serving Orlando, Lake County, Sumter County & Central Florida. Video and live internet singing telegrams and serenades available worldwide.
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Orlando Birthday Gram – A Memorable Gift
For a memorable birthday surprise, an Orlando Birthday Gram is the perfect gift. Orlando birthday grams are singing telegrams tailored by Music Remembrance to be personal and memorable. Perfect for your friend, romantic interest or family.
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Orlando Birthday Gram, Singing Telegrams for everyone.
We customize each singing telegram for your special birthday-girl, birthday-boy, husband, wife, mom, dad, sister, brother, best-friend, co-worker, son, daughter or boss.
Find out more about Music Remembrance Singing Telegrams
Personalized and Customized Orlando Birthday Gram
Music Remembrance customizes our singing telegrams. There is no extra cost for customizing your Orlando Birthday-gram.
Lyrics
- Singing Introduction A singing introduction is singing of special words, from you, before the telegram. (Sometimes funny, sometimes sentimental. For example: I’m so glad that you were born. You are the love of my life and make everyday a blessing.)
- Custom Verses Extra verses written to the Happy Birthday Song, You supply Music Remembrance with information about the recipient and we write the verses. Some people tell us funny stories, their good qualities, hobbies, things they do that make the world a better place, how they feel about them, about their relationship and lives together and/or general information like the number of children.
- Custom Song Lyrics Take their favorite song and have the words changed in some of the verses. Have custom lyrics written about them or your relationship with them.
Gifts
Customize your singing birthday-gram with gifts if you would like
- Balloons
- Birthday Cake
- Flowers
- Funny gifts (like bunny ears for the birthday boy to wear while receiving his singing telegram from one of our singers in a bunny costume)
- Personalized gift. Have any gift that you would like delivered with the singing telegrams delivered by our vocalist.
Costumes
- Many complementary costumes available for comedic Orlando Birthday-grams. For example, our popular one-man band, princess and bunny-gram.
- Complementary formal tuxedos and gowns for sentimental singing telegrams
- Custom order a costume we haven’t used before for an additional charge.
Occasions
Birthdays
- Husband or wife or partner birthday
- Best friend birthday
- Mom or Dad birthday
- Family birthday
- Kids birthday
- Baby birthday
- Boyfriend or girlfriend birthday
- Co-worker, boss or employee birthday
Romantic Occasions
- Anniversary
- Engagement/proposal
- Valentine’s Day
- Romantic night out
- Just to say “I love you”
- “I’m Sorry”
- “I miss You”
Congratulations
- New Job, promotion, new business, baby, engagement, accomplishment
Holidays
- Mother’s Day
- Father’s Day
- Christmas for a unique and memorable Christmas gift
- Valentine’s Day
- Any holiday/day that’s special to them
We hope this gives you lots of fun and romantic ideas for singing telegrams. Music Remembrance is looking forward to customizing the perfect Orlando Singing Telegram for your special someone. For more information please contact us.
Hire Orlando Brass Musicians
Your thinking you may like to hire Orlando brass musicians to play music for your wedding or event. What kind of brass groups are available in Orlando, how do you choose one, what are the costs and what kind of music do they play? Here are some answers to these questions about how to hire Orlando brass musicians. If you have more questions, please feel free to contact our music coordinator Andrea. Whether you are are about to hire Orlando brass musicians or are planning music for another state or country, we are always happy to help.
What kind of Orlando Brass Musicians and Brass Groups Are There?
Brass Quintet Two trumpets, french horn, trombone and tuba. (Add french horn to Brass quartet)
Brass Quartet Two trumpets, Trombone and Tuba This ensemble sounds full and has the versatility to transform from a classical ensemble to a jazz quartet. Can perform all styles of music and easily perform requests.
Trumpet A solo trumpeter is a great choice for weddings. Add an organist or pianist for a full sound.
Fanfare Trumpets The long dramatic trumpets to perform a fanfare announcing any event. A dramatic way to announce that the bride is about to walk down the aisle.
Brass Band A brass band is a band of all brass instruments and drums are often added. They perform Mardi Gras, Great Gatsby, Dixieland and funky New Orleans music. Great for themed events, lively parties, Fat Tuesday, conventions and parades.
How To Hire Orlando Brass Musicians: Choosing the right ones for you
To hire Orlando brass musicians, here are some questions to ask:
Are the musicians full time professional performers?
Many musicians will answer yes when they actually make there living another way but sometimes perform for pay. Ask if performing (not teaching or something else) is their only profession. This way your are insured to book experienced musicians. Just because a musician substitutes in a local symphony, does not mean they have the experience playing events that you deserve. You want musicians that spend their lives practicing their instruments and have encountered every thing that could distract during a performance and know just what to do. e.g. showing up and the power isn’t working. Professionals know to have battery lights. The wedding planner cues to start the bride’s song and then bride’s hair accessory starts to slip and needs to be fixed. A professional ensemble knows to set up so they can see the wedding party before they start to process and there will not be a problem. They will extend the bridal party music and do an extra long fanfare for the bride. Problem solved.
How many brass musicians routinely perform in the ensemble?
A professional ensemble will have several players that know the music for each instrument. This way if someone breaks their leg on your wedding day, another brass player that performs with the ensemble on a regular basis will step in.
Can you play special requests?
A professional ensemble will be able to perform any song that you may request.
What if I want the musicians to play a variety of music styles or a different kind of music for the cocktail hour?
This should not be a problem for versatile professional musicians. Ask your brass musicians if they can perform any jazz, classical or popular song you would like. Classical only musicians will have a problem doing this and will need to have arrangements written for this and often will charge extra.
Costs
The costs for booking brass musicians will depend mostly on the number of musicians you choose. e.g. A brass quartet will be less expensive than a brass quartet and a solo trumpeter will be the least expensive
There should be one price that includes all music you would like for the ceremony including prelude music (music before the ceremony while guests are seated) and postlude music (music while guests leave the sanctuary or location). There should be a package available to have the musicians stay for cocktail hour that will be less than hiring another ensemble for the cocktail hour. If you would like another group for cocktail hour, like a jazz duo, you can still save money if your uses some of the ceremony musicians. e.g. Brass quartet for the ceremony and a jazz duo of guitar and trumpet/flugel horn or trombone for cocktail hour. When choosing a musician that will need to be a classical and jazz expert, Music Remembrance will reserve the perfect versatile musician for you.
Music
A professional brass ensemble should be able to play any song in any style of music that you would like. Popular music choices for brass music groups are classical, jazz, Broadway, popular music and dixieland.
I hope that you find these tips for hiring brass musicians helpful. Please let us know what you think below. We love to hear from you!
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For musicians, singers, ensembles and bands in Orlando, Florida contact Music Remembrance. http://www.MusicRemembrance.com | 407-240-3945 | Andrea@MusicRemembrance.com
