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Claire Hobson, August 2015

 

The Mini Big Band were absolutely wonderful, everyone is still talking about how great you were! The musicians are unbelievably talented and gave the most amazing performance, they were all so lovely and we did not even notice them setting up. They made the evening of our wedding perfect and the Jazz trio throughout the day were the finishing touch and made for such a relaxing atmosphere. Thank you to you for all your help, the booking process was so easy, there was no stress involved at all. Thank you from myself and Callum and everyone who attended our wedding day 🙂

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Lorries Forbes, July 2015


The Mini Big Band were the highlight of the evening. They made a special accommodation for a song choice for our first dance. They were friendly and super fun to listen and chat with. They blew everyone away. They made the night, I was so happy to have booked them!
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Sarah Tyson, July 2015

 

Just a quick line to let you know that, once again, we were delighted with The Mini Big Band performance. Sophie and Ben had a wonderful day and you really did help the evening go with a ‘swing’! We have had a lot of comments from our guests about the music and how much they enjoyed it. You are so professional from set up to performance and really just lovely guys to have around…I must say …knowing it was you was one less thing for me to worry about. So a big thank you for coming up to Cumbria for us again!! I’m sure you have been as busy as ever..so hope this finds you all not too exhausted!!!

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Peter Sheehan, July 2015

 

The dust has settled and I would now like to say a huge thank you to you and the rest of The Mini Big Band for making our wedding extravaganza such a brilliant celebration. We had the most amazing three days and your headline act on Day One set the tone for the events ahead. In spite of things out of their control, your guys were brilliant, bending over backwards to accommodate the revised timetable, and rocked it. Thank you once again- we will be recommending you to one and all. Please pass this on to the rest of the band.

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Jules Ross Brown, July 2015.

 

Firstly thank you all so, SO much for your really wonderful contribution to our wedding – it was so nice to meet you finally after the many months of planning and all of our guests just had a wonderful time during the evening’s entertainment! I am also delighted that we decided to have the jazz quartet in the garden during the drinks reception as that was a perfect addition to the (happily very sunny! J) afternoon and set just the right tone. I should also say thank you so much for indulging my other half and letting him sing a couple of numbers with the band – it made his evening! If I had anything to complain about it was simply that we couldn’t go on dancing all night!

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A selection of Septembers gigs, so far.

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Here’s a few photos from a selection of our September gigs.  Our busy summer run is continuing.

Here are pictures from Eaves Hall in Clitheroe, Bowes Musuem in Barnard Castle and an event for LexisNexis in Oxfordshire.

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Jen’s wedding, North Yorkshire

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Here’s a few photos from a great gig this weekend for Jen’s wedding in North Yorkshire. Such a beautiful setting. A special mentioned has to go out to our singer, Paul who found out his wife’s waters had broken at half time, yet still wanted to carry on (very quickly) for the second set, before rushing to get to the birth of his daughter.  He made it (we’re all glad to hear) and he and his wife now have a beautiful baby girl. What a night!!

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Sophie’s wedding day, Cumbria.

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heres a few pictures from Sophie’s white wedding up in Cumbria.

we had the pleasure to play for Sophie’s grandad and grandmas wedding anniversary a few years ago so it was a real pleasure to be asked back to play for Sophie’s wedding.

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Sarah and Jonas’ wedding – Cambridge, August 2015

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Here’s a few behind the scenes pictures of the Mini Big Band getting ready to swing in Cambridge.

This was a beautiful British summers evening right on the banks of the river.

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Summer event for CSL Behring, Hayward Heath.

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Our piano player "Stretch" living up to his name and making the event organiser wish she'd worn her heals.

Our piano player “Stretch” living up to his name and making the event organiser wish she’d worn her heals.

Here’s a few photos from the fantastic summer event for CSL Behring at Jeremy’s Restaurant in Hayward Heath.

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