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 Instead, wedding bouquets were originally made of strong herbs such as thyme and garlic meant to ward off evil spirits.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.

Bride's Choice Award

WeddingWire, the nation’s leading wedding technology company, just announced Wavelength has been selected to receive the WeddingWire 2010 Bride’s Choice Awards™ for Maine wedding band! The annual Bride’s Choice Awards recognizes and celebrates excellence in quality and service within the wedding industry, as determined by recent reviews and extensive surveys from over 500,000 newlyweds. Wavelength is among the top five percent of all vendors in the WeddingWire community, which includes over 100,000 wedding professionals across the US and Canada. Awards were given to winners across 19 different service categories, from wedding venues to wedding photographers. “We are excited to recognize and honor the success of the top wedding professionals within the WeddingWire Community” said Timothy Chi, WeddingWire’s Chief Executive Officer. “The annual Bride’s Choice Awards program has given us the unique opportunity to highlight the best wedding professionals in each region as reviewed by brides and grooms who have utilized their services in the past year.” We are happy to announce that Wavelength is among the very best wedding band within the WeddingWire Network, which includes WeddingWire and Martha Stewart Weddings.

We would like to thank our past newlyweds for nominating us for the 2010 Bride’s Choice Awards!



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New Year new songs

Wavelength had a wonderful night ringing in the new year at the Italian Heritage Center in Portland. Thanks to all who joined us. We've jumped right into 2010 with plans underway for an exciting year. We're starting off with a number of new songs to add to our repetoire this year including songs from the 80s, new motown selections and current hits all planned for the next practice. We enjoy learning new songs and are always open to suggestions. Open Arms by Journey was added for bride and groom Beth and Rich which we recorded live on New Year's Eve. Here's a link to the clip: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3786468/Open%20Arms%20Clip.mp3.
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2009 in Review

What a terrific 2009! We've had the opportunity to work with many wonderful clients and entertain many this year. We are very thankful to everyone who continues to support us by attending our public events and referring the band for various functions throughout the year. We've had the pleasure to perform for weddings, corporate events, summer concert series and a music cruise here in Maine, travel to Boston, Bar Harbor, Coastal Maine, Southern Maine, as well as play close to home in the Portland area. Congratulations to all our 2009 married couples! May your love continue to grow.

Stay tuned for 2010!

Letter from Allison

All six members of Wavelength enjoy what we do. We are very thankful to our clients, family, fans and friends that continue to support our efforts in providing the best musical entertainment in Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusettes and beyond. It is always an honor to perform at our many various functions throughout the year and most especially, to be a part of wonderful wedding celebrations that will be both fun and memorable for years to come. This past September Wavelength performed for Allison and Mike Barton's wedding on Peaks Island. Since then, Allison has been kind enough to be a reference for future brides and grooms considering Wavelength as their wedding entertainment. She has sent us this wonderful letter of recommendation that we wanted to share.
December 16, 2009
Dear Johnna,
A long overdue letter of thanks for Wavelength! Mike and I thoroughly enjoyed our wedding on Peaks Island this past fall and a large part of the energy in the room can be attributed to the band. A couple of people actually noted that the female singer, Kathleen, had a great stage presence. You were truly helpful in the process that can be overwhelming and sometimes scary. The suggestions you made and the extra trip to the island with me put my mind at ease and gave me total confidence that the day would go off without a hitch. (This was sometimes doubtful due to the fact the day was to be held on an island!) This speaks a lot to your professionalism and excellent management of the band business. The contractual agreement was completely clear and I always knew when deadlines were for various decisions in terms of songs, scheduling of the day, announcements, etc.
The band was a total hit the day of. I know it was a strange request having the band learn “Werewolves of London” but I know that when the band started to play it, Mike, myself and our friends kicked the dance party into high gear and I don’t remember it stopping!
I know that we had the band announce a congratulations to several anniversary couples but I did ask if you could play “It had to be you” which was my Matron of Honor’s song with her husband. I thought it would be a nice surprise that was meaningful to them since their anniversary was actually the day of our wedding! The band played it and they were so thrilled. Correct me if I’m wrong, but I think the band actually learned this song too!? This illustrates the true talent of the band members and the commitment to making an event truly special to all involved.
I also wanted to say thank you to you and the band for being especially patient when it came to Mike and me selecting our first dance song. We waited until the last minute for a decision that we thought would come easily and we put the band in a difficult situation having to play a song that they had not practiced in a while. Even though we called you two days before our wedding, the song sounded great and we are so happy with our last minute choice! Please feel free to use us as a reference anytime. Kindly, Allison Barton

Allison and Mike's wedding

What a great day September 12, 2009 was at the TEIA Club on Peaks Island. Wavelength was honored to celebrate Allison and Mike's marriage with them, their family and friends. We provided music for their ceremony on the lawn with acoustic guitar, social hour on the porch with guitar and keyboards followed by a wonderful reception inside the club. Allison and Mike had an incredibly fun dance crowd. We first met Allison and Mike last November at Thatcher's during Wavelength's public appearance and taping for Premier Bride tv. Their request that night, please learn Werewolves of London for our wedding. We knew then that this was going to be fun. During the spring, Allison and Johnna traveled to Peaks Island along with bride-to-be Meg, Pete and her family to check out the club. The location and the ambiance was perfect for both September brides getting married a week apart, both at the Club and with Wavelength as their wedding day entertainment. Thank you so much for allowing us to celebrate with you.