Category: Entertainment

If you have an upcoming event, then it’s important to factor in the entertainment aspect of the occasion.

Entertainment helps liven up any event and will go a long way towards enhancing the mood. You can hire a live band, a DJ or a comedian to help keep everyone in high spirits throughout the event.

How to Choose Event Entertainment Yarra Valley

Audience

The first thing you want to consider before hiring any kind of entertainment is the crowd you’ll be entertaining. Consider the age of the crowd and choose appropriate entertainment for the day.

Experience

You also want to hire someone that has had enough experience performing in different events. This calls for a background check which will help you learn more about entertainers in Yarra Valley.

Style of Music

If you are looking for a certain type of music to be performed or played at your event, consider hiring someone that specializes in that genre and style. For instance, if you are interested in Jazz music, it would be easier to work with a jazz band as opposed to a band that plays different types of music.

Location

Consider hiring someone that is located near you or your venue. This makes it easy for you to contact them when you have inquiries.

Booking

Booking early is always advised when it comes to hiring entertainment for your event. This gives you enough time to go through your requirements and properly plan for the day.

Cost

When it comes to cost, you’ll have plenty of things to consider. For starters, you’ll need to determine how long you’ll need the entertainment on the day of your event. You can either hire half day or full day entertainment. Both options will vary in cost. Most bands and DJs offer packages where you get to choose what suits you best. Well established entertainers will charge you more for their services but you are likely to get value as opposed to hiring new bands.

Special Requests

You may also want to consider going for an entertainer that accepts requests from the crowd. This gives everyone an opportunity to control the way the day goes.

Communication

It is important that you only work with someone that makes you comfortable and answers your questions patiently. If they are in the habit of keeping your calls waiting or fail to answer your questions properly, then it would be better to look elsewhere.

Reading reviews on entertainers around you will also help you understand your options in order to make an informed decision.

If you are planning a huge party, you will definitely be spoilt for choice when it comes to everything from dessert platters to color schemes. However, when it comes to one of the main aspects of your party which is the music, there are really only two main categories, and that is recorded music or live music. While most parties you attend will have recorded music playing, and there isn’t anything wrong with that, there’s something more memorable about having a live band playing at your party. If you are one of those people that have never experienced the Sydney party bands before and you would like to experience it now, then you should continue reading.

Choosing to play recorded music at your party is quick and convenient. It is also cheap. Anyone with some basic knowledge on how to use computers would be able to put together a playlist in no time at all. However what you end up with is a generic list of songs. If you prefer to hire a DJ as well, then the mood and atmosphere created will depend solely on that person. In most cases, they usually play generic songs as well and add a few old jokes and phrases to the performance. If this is what you are looking to achieve, then a DJ would be a great option. However, if you are looking for something with class and elegance and if you want to performance that will be remembered for years to come, then what you really need is a live party band.

When you hire a live band, you are dealing with real people. You are able to sit down and explain your requirements to them, and they are able to accommodate you. In most cases, live bands are able to play music from different genres. This basically means that they can adapt to your specific type of party or event. So when it comes to being sensitive to different parts of the event, they will be able to customize how they play music to suit each phase of the party. For example, when it comes to dining, they will be able to lower the tempo and play music that is, softer, soothing and allows the guests to talk and mingle. After dinner is over, and the dance floor is opened they will pick up the tempo and play music that really gets the crowd energized and excited. So if you are looking for a memorable experience for your guests and yourself, then Sydney party bands is the way to go.

Nobody expects their guitar to stay in perfect tune from the first moment that they take it out of the box. Strings lose their tension over time. Hard plucking stretches them out. Atmospheric differences in temperature and humidity can alter them as well. Every once in a while, you have to perform a little preventative maintenance and tune-up in order to keep it ringing out as it once did.

The same factors of degradation that affect the strings also work upon the body of the guitar itself. Body oils and grime build up all over the instrument, particularly in places where some physical obstruction allows this gunk to collect. This includes places like the frets, the pickboard, and along the pickups, bridge, and more generally over the entire neck and body of the guitar. Keeping your guitar sounding great and preventing it from dying an early death due to neglect is the reason why you need to give it a nice treatment of natural guitar conditioner from time to time.

Yet care must be taken in the process, since one can inadvertently alter the tone or playability of the instrument if it is not done carefully. There are a number of products that will help condition the strings and clean them out so that their audio luster is restored but it is important to prevent any residue from these conditioners gravitating down to the fretboard, which also needs to be cleaned as well.

For the fretboard, which is generally the grimiest area of all, it is usually easier to make it sparkle if one removes the strings so that conditioner can be worked into all the nooks and crannies. Just as it is important to not let string conditioner onto the fretboard, it is also important to work on the neck just a portion of it at a time. Over the years, guitar necks get tensioned from the strings. If one releases all the strings at the same time, it can lead to a relaxation of the neck, which may imperceptibly flex into a new configuration and never sound quite the same ever again.

It could, perhaps, end up sounding better than before, but it is not really worth taking the chance. Take a couple strings off, clean out that area, then put them back on and move over to the next pair and so on. Always use an all natural guitar conditioner, gently wipe rather than scrub, and keep everything as dry as possible. Water is very bad for guitars.

No party is ever complete without music and that includes wedding banquets. After the solemn ceremony, everyone gets to celebrate the momentous occasion with song and dance. You may play recorded music but it would be much better to hear them being performed live. Get Sydney wedding bands (music) to play for you during this event. There are lots to choose from with each having their own unique characteristics. Everyone is sure to find a great group for any occasion. Just be sure to get to know all of your candidates to make sure that you pick the best match. Here are a few considerations:

Genre or Specialty

Think about the kind of reception that you would like to hold. Do you want it to be formal or casual? Do you have preferred genres of music? Are you a massive fan of a certain musician? Go ahead and comb through the list of possible bands to check if they fit your preferences in one way or another. If you like jazz music, then narrow down your list to groups that can perform this with justice. If you want a more modern touch, then simply choose accordingly. Have some of your guests come up the stage and sing if they have the talent for it.

Musical Excellence

Ask around about the bands that you are interested in. Perhaps other people already know them after being in some of their gigs. They can provide feedback from their first-hand experience. If you trust their judgment, then hear them out and weigh their comments. You may also check online reviews in case any are available. Go to their social media pages and read the ratings. Of course, being ideal on paper isn’t the same as performing well in practice. No matter how much people praise a certain band, it would still be best to hear them live before getting their services. Try to look up their scheduled gigs around the city and watch them perform.

Audience Impact

Another reason to get a seat during their performances is to evaluate their audience impact. See how well they interact with the crowd. Are they able to get the people’s attention or is everyone ignoring them as they perform? Can they make the audience sing and dance with them? Is there friendly interaction and general merriment across the room? Does the band behave in a way that would be fitting for the wedding considering the guests who are attending? Evaluate all of these things and imagine your pick singing on your special day.

The Gatsby Show is by far, the best representation of the early 1920s in American history and culture. The classical author of the novel makes not only an impressive portrayal of the so-called Lost Generation but crafts an indelible record of an era. The Roaring 20s was marred by a 38-million World War I casualty, the phenomenal rise of the U.S. economy, and The Prohibition.

With the Gatsby Show, the era becomes unforgettable to future generations who are now tasked with unlocking the powerful symbols of the life and times that are as unique as they are unerasable. In fact, the Gatsby Show has been immortalized in motion pictures with the image of ladies clad in tight-fitting and glittering gypsy outfits while dancing on bar tables. Permanently etched in the collective consciousness, the said image beckons if not tempts other generations to revisit the Jazz Age and see it for all it’s worth.

Upon first glance or visit, the main image portrayed in the Gatsby Show may seem like a picture of 20th-century excess, glamor, and sophistication. Yet actually, there is more than meets the eye. The year 1922 was marked by the illegality of alcohol, so the scene portrayed could have only originated from the underground economy.

Meanwhile, the utter ubiquity of fast cars portrayed the era when car buying first took off in the American economy. At this time, three out of four people owned a car, and hence the moniker, The Roaring 20s. Also, although the US and the rest of the world were still technical mourning the tremendous casualty of war, the exuberance in the air was representative of the American emergence into a super power both militarily and economically.

More importantly, however, the most memorable imagery represents the ascendancy of the Black culture into the stratosphere of arts, literature, and entertainment. Welcome to the Jazz Age, the powerful images from both the book as well as the movie versions–appear to convey. So deep is the portrayal that readers and viewers alike can literally feel the angst that the rest of American society felt at the unexpected rise of a race that less than a century ago was confined to slavery.

So, while an observer witnesses the seemingly nonstop barrage of glamor and merrymaking, the racial tensions run deep at the same time in a novel that from its publication was destined for greatness. The subtlety and the juxtaposition of opposing elements apparently do a better job in words and pictures much more than any painting during the period can. Finally, nothing paints a more stark picture of the era of modernity pushing aside nobility and moral values from atop a cliff.

“So we beat on…”

You know the rest –

And if you do, it is safe to say that some of your greatest adventures come from within the pages of a yellowed book. When you live and breathe literature, it is bound to happen… you find that the books you read become a part of you. Once you discover this, you find yourself celebrating just how much you love the books you will never forget.

You hang the book’s best quotes in your living room.

You quote characters in every day conversation even when no one else has read the book…

And you even compare people in your life to the people between the pages.

If you have fallen in love with The Great Gatsby like millions of others, here are 3 wonderful ways to celebrate the book that changed your life forever.

Go to a Gatsby Show and Live the Magic. You Won’t Regret It.

Why stay home and dream about being in the book when you can get out and live the book instead. The Gatsby Show is like a story in music, complete with era authentic dress and old world songs made for dancing. Come dressed in a period appropriate ensemble to look and feel like you belong in the story… or just come as you already are. You will have a great time either way.

Throw a Gatsby Style Party. It Never Killed Nobody.

Bring the champagne and get ready to mingle with stars. Pair black and gold balloons with jazz music, good wine and good friends… and you have a recipe for a party unlike any other. You can even use cardstock print outs of book pages to create place cards. Use a metallic pen to scribble your guests’ names on the cards.

Create a Great Gatsby Themed Reading Room.

Your home is your haven and the perfect place to let your personality shine through. Create a Gatsby themed reading room where you can escape to and devour as many books as you can read. Bring in colorful old typewriters and glass accents. Small chandeliers look pretty in entryways. Metallic accents and velvet textiles bring everything together in a way that is synonymous with the time period.

Classics are books that never run out of things to say. The Great Gatsby is a story that will live on forever. Celebrate your love of literature every day by finding new ways to integrate the words into your life. When you do, you can, in a way, live the book to life.