Cocktail Sax Band

 

Cocktail Sax Jazz Band is perfect for corporate events and corporate entertainment, we understand how to create an awesome atmosphere for entertainment or background music that adds style and elegance to any event.   Our musicians know how to make the music tasteful, yet not too loud.. enabling great networking and conversations.

 

 

 

 

Jazz is great music for events, the music can add sophisticated elegance in dancing music or create an environment that people want to stay and listen/talk more to their business collegues.   We know how to make a corporate reception work well, and how to make the music make your event special and memorable.

 

 

              

 

 

 

 

 

 

Megan Werhand

 

"Cocktail Sax Band provided a memorable evening for my event at the Indiana War Memorial.  The entertainment was outstanding!   Your musical selections, variety and talent of the group exceeded our expectations.

 

Your high standars of professionalism was expressed in your attire, your attention to volume and your ability to match the music to the energy of the evening.   I was impressed with your willingness to work with the caterers on the layout of the space to ensure our guests experience remained the priority."

 

Deborah Sheeran

 

"On behalf of the International Institue for Sustainable Laboratories, I would like to express my most sincere thanks to you and your band for providing such great music for our LABS21 2009 Annual Conference Technology and Services Fair Evening Reception.   With more than 600 attendees and 70 exhibiting organizations, we think this year's conference was one of the best.

 

We received many positive comments from attendees and exhibitors alike, all of whom thoroughly enjoyed the music you provided during the reception.   We all thought your group provided a wonderful ambiance for the event:  classy background music that did not impede anyone's conversations.

 

It was a pleasure for our support contractor (ERG) to work with you both before and during the event.   Thank you again."

 

Phil Wirdzek

President and Executive Director

 

 

 

 

"I think the band was a great fit for our event.  The music was at a perfect volume, the song choices were great, and the vocalist did an exceptional job.  Also, allowing one of our rep owners to get up there and sing was a big hit!  Thanks again for being a part of the event and we will keep you in mind for our next one."

Hillary Hochgesang
Endress+Hauser Flowtec AG
www.endress.com

 

www.ivytech.edu 

 

 

"I thought the band was very good.  The music was appropriate and well played.  The sound levels were great for dinner conversation, which I know was a concern for the client going into the event.  The ad lib sound effects during the presentation were the perfect touch.  I enjoyed working with you, and would be happy to refer you to other events."

 

Lisa Sirkin

 

Carmen Carson

 

 

 

We just played an event in a tent outside the NCAA building downtown in Indy.  The event planner did an awesome job in working through numerous logistics issues with an outside event, she even kept it from raining!   What made this a bit unique and fun was that our band was the "Tonight Show" band for the event.  This was an awards and recognition event.   Our band played "walk on" music for each person.  This added a unique and special touch to the event as each song was chosen for the person.  It also made the event move along and made everyone feel like they were "winning an academy award".   This turned a boring awards event into a fun exciting event for everyone.  Many people came up to the band after the event and thanked us for adding the special touch to the event.

 

 

Roof-top Party... talk about getting creative.  A CPA firm is celebrating their 50th company anniversary and they have asked the band to play a client appreciation party for them.  The have a parking garage right next to their building so they decided to have a roof-top party.  What a great idea, the parking garage actually has a great view from the roof-top, plenty of space, and of course... plenty of parking!  Being right next to their office, all their clients know how to get to the party.

 

A simple and inexpensive idea for a corporate event... of course... add live music!

 

 

Look out!  What is next door!   This last week the band was asked to play a very elegant event for a financial services firm.   This was a client appreciation event for their high end clients and our music was to make the event very special and unique for them.   The event would start with the band playing for Cocktails in the lobby of the venue and then moving into the Ballroom during dinner.   A perfect design.... however, the venue also booked a Piano Recital in an adjacent lobby during the same time.  Ouch!  

 

We see this type of thing happen often, when planning an event it is important to understand what else is going on at the venue during the same time to avoid conflicts, confusion with your guests, and other challenges.

 

Since we have seen this before, we spotted the other event and quickly went to the venue staff to work out a plan on the music.   We could see that an "event train wreck" was going to happen and the venue would have two very unhappy clients.  Because we brought this to the attention of the venue staff before both events started, the venue was able to make adjustments to both events and everyone was happy.

 

Find out what else is going on in the venue before, during, and after your event.  It could save you some big issues....

 

 

With many corporation seeing a slowdown from the economy, we are still seeing them need to get out and agressively market and sell their products and services.  Organizations are certainly being more frugal on planning events and carefully considering each expense, but we also see more attention being paid to "building relationship" with customers.   Better planned Cocktail Receptions that enable effective networking and relationship building are strategically important for organizations to retain current customers and start new relationships with prospective customers.  We are seeing organizations spend more time planning and improving the effectiveness of these events to reap better bottom line results.

 

If you need ideas on how to make a better event, give me a call... we see many "best practices" being done on making these events work very well.

 

 

A great group of people at Meeting Planners International (MPI) are having their annual awards events and golf outing.   More information is on www.mpi-indiana.org.   We have been members of MPI for over one year and this year were awarded the "Shining Star Award" by MPI.   It has been great to meet all the people and MPI and see how we can help them and their business be successful.   Definitely an organization I would recommend... Hope to see you at a future meeting.

 

 

The International Special Events Society (ISES) is having their big special events show on May 6, 2009.  This event named "Flaunt" is a hot trend show to see the latest trends in special events, decorations, entertainment and more.

 

More information is available at   www.isesindiana.com

 

We will be there!

 

 

 

As great as sound is at creating energy and impacting the mood of people, lighting has a great impact also.   Yet we see many events where the focus is on the food.   Successful event planners look at the whole environment of the event and will plan the pre-event experience, the post-event experience and great detail within the event itself including music styles, upbeat or quiet, lighting, room layout and many other important details that can really impact an event.   Next event, don't forget the lighting...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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