2018 Wedding Season in Review {SUMMER}
As the 2018 wedding season comes to a close, I thought I would take some time to look back on the summer to some of the wonderful events we have been fortunate enough to provide music for as well as some exciting milestones personally.
This year was a huge year for both the quartet and myself personally. We performed for over 50 events this year travelling all over New England to Vermont, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, New York and plenty of events here in Massachusetts. We were able to see ourselves perform on national television for the docuseries Married at First Sight and we expanded to include dozens of musicians in the New England area as the Blackstone Valley String Quartet & Ensembles. I personally welcomed my first child at the end of June. It has been a whirlwind summer filled with travel all over New England celebrating the love of so many couples while caring for a newborn at home. So, if we have been a bit more silent than usual on social media that is why! Cue the cute baby pictures!
Now onto a few details from many of the events we provided music for this summer!
June
C + J
VENUE :: Oceancliff
VIBE :: On Trend Wedding
PRELUDE :: Home, Marry You, Ho Hey, All of Me, The Luckiest, Come Away With Me, Make You Feel My Love, Marry Me
PROCESSIONAL ::
Officiant/Groom/Groomsmen {Thinking Out Loud}
Mothers/Grandmothers/Bridesmaids {Lucky}
Bride {A Thousand Years}
RECESSIONAL :: Best Day of My Life
MEMORIES :: This was a wedding performed by our string quartet on a beautiful morning on the ocean.
K + A
VENUE :: Arrowhead Acres
VIBE :: Beatles meets Bob Marley
PRELUDE :: Three Little Birds, Is This Love, Yesterday, In My Life, All You Need is Love
PROCESSIONAL ::
Bridesmaids {Here Comes the Sun}
Bride {I’ll Be}
RECESSIONAL :: One Love
MEMORIES :: This was a solo wedding for myself and it was exactly one week to the day before my son was born. I was definitely ready to not be pregnant anymore but I had one more wedding in me before he was born! It rained just a little, but the weather held out for a beautiful ceremony under the trees at Arrowhead Acres.
C + L
VENUE :: Oceancliff
VIBE :: Ecclectic Pop Mix
PRELUDE :: Kiss From a Rose, Everlong, Somewhere Only We Know, Fields of Gold
PROCESSIONAL ::
Mothers {The Way You Look Tonight}
Bridesmaids {You’re My Best Friend}
Bride {Lucky}
RECESSIONAL :: Africa – Toto
MEMORIES :: This was our second wedding of the month performed at Oceancliff performed by one of our trios (without myself!). Jamie, Laura and Liz had a wonderful time playing for a beautiful wedding on the ocean!
JULY
C + P
VENUE :: Emmanuel Lutheran Church and The Publick House
VIBE :: Traditional Ceremony/Classic Rock Cocktail Hour
PRELUDE :: Gather Us In, Marry Me, A Thousand Years, Going to the Chapel, First Day of My Life, I Won’t Give Up On Us
PROCESSIONAL ::
Parents/Wedding Party {Here Comes the Sun}
Bride {Canon}
CEREMONY :: A Mighty Fortress is Our God, Borning Cry, How Great Thou Art
RECESSIONAL :: Mendelsohn Wedding March
COCKTAIL HOUR :: Moon River, Hey There Delilah, Brown Eyed Girl, Stairway to Heaven, Bohemian Rhapsody, Time in a Bottle, Piano Man, Dancing Queen, Somewhere Only We Know
MEMORIES :: This was a beautiful wedding in the Worcester area performed by our string quartet and my first wedding back after having my son! We had a wonderful time playing lots of familiar classical and pop pieces for guests!
J + S
VENUE :: Harrington Farm
VIBE :: Pop Classics + Wedding Classics
PRELUDE :: In My Life, Here Comes the Sun, Viva La Vida, Can’t Help Falling in Love, Marry You, Tonight, Tonight
PROCESSIONAL ::
Mothers {Canon}
Bridesmaids {All You Need is Love}
Bride {Blackbird}
RECESSIONAL :: Signed, Sealed, Delivered
MEMORIES :: This was a wedding performed by one of our duos at the beautiful Harrington Farm. It was a cooler day after over a week of a heat wave and our second wedding on that same day.
R + K
VENUE :: Searles Castle
VIBE :: Classic Pop + Classic Rock
PRELUDE :: Everything I Do, I Do It For You, Just the Way You Are, A Thousand Years, Say You Won’t Let Go, Love Story, Harvest Moon
PROCESSIONAL ::
Groom/Groomsmen {Eye of the Tiger}
Mothers/Bridesmaids {Just Breathe}
Bride {Groovy Kind of Love}
RECESSIONAL :: Sweet Caroline
COCKTAIL HOUR :: Best Day of My Life, In My Life, Piano Man, Sweet Child O’ Mine, Young & Beautiful, Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now, Shipping Up to Boston, Dream On, Livin’ On a Prayer
AUGUST
N + S
VENUE :: Hammond Castle
VIBE :: Classic Pop
PRELUDE :: Free Fallin’, Somewhere Over the Rainbow, Best Day of My Life, All of Me, Blackbird, All You Need is Love
PROCESSIONAL ::
Mothers {Here Come the Sun}
Bridesmaids {A Thousand Years}
Bride {For the Love of a Princess}
MEMORIES :: This was a duo performed at a beautiful castle on the North Shore. Jamie and I had a wonderful time performing together!
L + B
VENUE :: Castle in the Clouds
VIBE :: Classical Ceremony + Pop Favorites Cocktails
PRELUDE :: Classical Mix
PROCESSIONAL ::
Mothers {Bach Air}
Bridesmaids {Bist Du Bei Mir}
Bride {Canon}
RECESSIONAL :: Marry You
COCKTAIL HOUR :: Dream On, In My Life, Viva La Vida, Paradise, Yesterday
MEMORIES :: This wedding was a beautiful wedding “in the clouds” looking out over Lake Winnepesaukie and the NH mountains. We had the pleasure of working with Memorable Events for a second time for this wedding. The wedding started off looking like the rain would hold off, but in the middle of the ceremony it began to pour. The rain couldn’t get the bride and groom down though as clear umbrellas popped open and the ceremony continued.
L + M
VENUE :: Woodstock Inn
VIBE :: Classic + Classy + Romance
PRELUDE :: Can’t Help Falling in Love, Life on Mars, Your Song, La Vie En Rose, Morning Has Broken, Somewhere Over the Rainbow, Here Comes the Sun
PROCESSIONAL ::
Wedding Party {Les Champs Elysees}
Bride {God Only Knows}
RECESSIONAL :: Signed, Sealed, Delivered
MEMORIES :: Our string quartet headed up to Woodstock, VT for a beautiful indoor wedding overlooking the tent outside for the reception. This was one of many weddings that we had the pleasure of working with Storied Events.
J + M
VENUE :: Tower Hill Botanic Garden
VIBE :: Top 40
PRELUDE :: Somewhere Over the Rainbow, I’m Yours, Thinking Out Loud, Home, Stay With Me
PROCESSIONAL ::
Bridesmaids {Marry Me}
Bride {A Thousand Years}
RECESSIONAL :: Best Day of My Life
COCKTAILS :: Viva La Vida, Paradise, Dream On, Marry You, Lucky, Ho Hey, White Winter Hymnal, Chasing Cars, Teenage Dream, Sorry, Somewhere Only We Know
COMING SOON: FALL WEDDINGS IN REVIEW
XOXO - Sylvia