For some ideas on how to make your event unique and memorable, check out our blog entries! Our clients constantly surprise us with their ingenuity.

Monday, January 09, 2006 Teaching Services Grooms and brides often want to spring surprises on their other halves during the big do itself. Usually they end up singing or playing an instrument while Striiiings accompanies them. For the first time, however, Striiiings played an active role in a groom's loving rendition of Kanon in D on the violin during his wedding dinner at Raffles The Plaza: We had taught him to play. It took just two lessons of less than 30 minutes each, spread over less than a month, and the groom was ready for the stage. Striiiings had also loaned him the violin as he did not own one himself. On the night itself, the groom, initially nervous, played confidently during his special item and the audience (well aware that their friend / relative is not a musician!) greeted him with rounds of rapturous applause. His wife was very touched indeed and she could not believe that her husband had actually accomplished what she thought was an impossible feat. In fact, the groom was so thrilled with his performance and playing with the Striiiings group he wanted to do it again, but could not due to time constraints. Indeed, not all grooms or brides sound good when they attempt something so radical during their weddings. But what we have realized is that it doesn't matter. It's the effort and love put in that moves the hearts of all those present. # posted by Sher @ 3:09 PM

Sunday, January 01, 2006 Tango Fugata! Though we usually recommend the piano quartet on the whole for its better impact, the string quartet has its place as well, which we did for the cocktail reception for our client's wedding on new year's eve. The clients had no absolute requests apart from no christmas songs, so we played our arrangements of Astor Piazzolla with fantastic vigour. Tango Fugata really came to life yesterday, and with everybody sitting comfortably around our group listening, it was like a mini concert indeed :) Extremely gratifying! # posted by Paul @ 10:39 PM 0 comments

Christmas Sparkle Every wedding is different. But the one which truly took the cake was Stella and Chris' wedding at The Arches, Sentosa, on Christmas Day. Indeed, there was no better occasion for Striiiings to up the ingenuity factor and help to create a wedding that was truly memorable! For one, the wedding was not at the hotels or venues that Striiiings had played at in the past. It was at The Arches, a colonial bungalow nestled amongst the trees just next to the Merlion, with a lovely courtyard and steps leading down to the famed landmark. Whilst the food was served inside the bungalow, the action was taking place outside where Striiiings was located. Memorable highlighs from this Sentosa wedding: a) Some truly lovely march-ins. As Striiiings played march-in music like the Kanon in D and Por Una Cabeza, the bride and groom glided down the staircase at the side of the bungalow to emerge amongst the guest who were milling around in the courtyard. b) Striiiings accompanied the couple's first dance as a married pair, to the strains of Eric Clapton's "Wonderful Tonight". c) As the day was also the bride's parent's wedding anniversary, the surprise announcement was accompanied by our strains of Teresa Teng's "Tian Mi Mi" signalling the change in mood and generation! d) The bride also performed a special surprise item for her husband with the band, a rendition of a Kenny G song. She played her practised piece on our keyboard, as our violist helped her along with the melody. We certainly hope to have a chance to play at The Arches again! # posted by Sher @ 12:43 PM

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