May Wedding at the Portland Regency

Kristine and Dan's wedding kicked off our 2010 wedding season with an amazing night at the Portland Regency Hotel. Their New York style wedding with dancing in-between the dinner courses kept the party going from beginning to end. What great dancers they are! We enjoyed working with their family over the past year and to see everyone having a good time on the dance floor was the best. Thanks for chosing Wavelength to celebrate with you. Gretchen and Kathleen from First Frame Studio truly captured memorable moments.

photos by First Frame Studio

Maine Wedding Industry Social

Wedding Maine-ia Mixer 2 planned for Thursday, June 3rd from 5-7pm at Maine Limousine Service's new location in South Portland. Come and enjoy the party! It's the 2nd annual Wedding Maine-ia Mixer for the Maine wedding industry. This is a chance for hard-working, wedding professionals to come out and enjoy each other's company during the rush of the 2010 wedding season. It's a night out to socialize with your peers without the demands of your business. Join your hosts from Maine Limousine Service, CVC Catering and Wavelength for an evening of socializing with industry professionals. Live music, tasty bites and a cash bar will be provided. We look forward to seeing everyone at Maine Limousine Service's new location in South Portland!

Your hosts,

Kim Madore-Smith, http://www.mainelimo.com/

Chef Nancy Cerny, http://www.cvccateringgroup.com/

Johnna Dionne, http://www.wavelengthband.com/

Michelle and Charlie's wedding

The date was 07-07-07. We had a fabulous time celebrating Charlie and Michelle's wedding on this day back in 2007 with them. It was so nice bumping into Charlie at a business social back in April and reconnecting with he and Michelle. They've written a very nice review of Wavelength that we wanted to share along with their dance photo. The beautiful location at the Moorings B&B in Georegetown couldn't be more picture perfect.
http://www.themooringb-b.com/

"We used Wavelength for our wedding in July of 2007. The band was excellent! They played a great selection of music that encouraged the guests to dance. They were also very easy to work with. They were responsive to our questions before the event, flexible about the set-up at the reception (outdoors, in a tent, on a rainy day), and friendly and accommodating with the guests’ requests. They helped to make our reception a fun event. We would recommend them to others without hesitation."

Wedding Season Is Here!

Wavelength's 2010 wedding season starts this Saturday in Portland, Maine. The band is looking forward to an incredible season packed with beautiful destination weddings on the coast and amazing Portland receptions. We've added multiple songs and artists to our repetoire and can't wait to play them out for everyone. From customized ceremonies, outdoor cocktail parties to the ultimate dance party, Wavelength delivers the best mix of music from the 50s to today. We'll update our song list for you soon. If you are looking for a special request for your ceremony or first dance, Wavelength's wedding packages include this option to customize the perfect entertainment package to make your wedding celebration extraordinary. Contact us today for a customized proposal tailored to your wedding style.

Tickets now on sale

Join Wavelength on Friday, July 30th for our annual music cruise on Casco Bay. Dance the night away to favorites from the 70s, 80s and now with your favorite wedding and function band. Tickets are now on sale at Casco Bay Lines ferry terminal, Commercial Street, Portland, Maine.

Purchase tickets in advance at Casco Bay Lines or by contacting Wavelength at http://wavelengthband.com/contactus.html. Advance tickets are $15, day-of show $16 but don't wait...we've been known to sell out.

Interview with Beth and Rich

We have enjoyed every minute with Beth and Rich from wedding planning to the celebration and numerous music cruises before and after their 2008 Peaks Island wedding. We are honored to have met such a wonderful couple. We want to thank Beth and Rich for their time speaking to future brides and grooms when considering Wavelength for their Maine wedding band. Here they share their experience with Wavelength for their wedding entertainment. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhCBGm8x_2c

Bouquet and Garter Toss

Count on Wavelength to be your master of ceremonies when hiring the band for your wedding celebration. In addition to wedding party introductions and special dances, we will walk you through the little details that you may wish to incorporate into your wedding reception. After the cake is cut and the father/daughter dance is completed, we typically move right into the dance party celebration. If the bride and groom decide to incorporate the bouquet toss or garter toss tradition into their wedding party, this is performed an hour or so into the reception. We see less than half of the weddings we do actually decide to toss the garter and maybe half toss the bouquet but we're always available to accomodate you in these wedding traditions. Here's a fun background story that we found on both.

The first bridal bouquet did not consist of flowers. Instead, wedding bouquets were originally made of strong herbs such as thyme and garlic meant to ward off evil spirits. Tossing of the garter derives from an English ritual called “flinging the stocking.” Guests would playfully invade the bridal chamber and grab the bride’s stockings, and then they took turns sitting at the foot of the bed flinging the stockings over the heads of the couple. Whoever’s stocking landed on the bride’s or the groom’s nose would be the next to wed.