Band
The year's hardest crowd puts every department in one room: a twenty-two year old sits next to a sixty year old, and half the guests aren't ready to be there. Hits spanning six decades solve that problem.
The band spans six decades, provides acoustic music while guests arrive and eat, handles the award announcements and thank-yous on the microphone, and shifts into a full dance set as the room gets going.
Most wedding guests know one another already. That's not true at a company party. Coworkers arrive right from work and stay with their teams, with no one willing to dance first.
Comfort in a crowd doesn't come from louder volume. Familiarity does the work, songs the crowd already knows. A set drawn from one decade splits the room into the people who grew up with it and the people waiting it out. We deliberately chose material spanning 1967 through 2018, so nobody sits through a whole set without hearing something they recognize.
We play acoustic with percussion instead of the full drum kit, kept low under the talk. Guests are settling at tables and catching up with coworkers they usually only see on email. Do not load this part with a dance set.
After awards, service anniversaries, and thank-yous, everyone gets up. Two hosts share the microphone so the person who organized the night does not have to handle announcements and can enjoy the evening.
How much time each half gets depends on two things: the length of time you have the room and whether it includes a formal program. A gathering featuring only one speech calls for an extended dance set. An awards night that ends with fifteen minutes of dancing calls for a different booking and should be planned that way. When your event follows the second pattern more closely, corporate events and galas works better.
Every local business plans its holiday party within the same three weeks. The first two Saturdays in December fill up before other dates, months in advance. Once you pick a date, book it right away. If you have room to adjust your schedule, a Thursday or weeknight in early December is easier to book and typically costs less with every vendor, the band included.
Rik and Bob both handle the microphone, so announcements never hold up the music.
Our PA runs all night, not only during our sets. As guests arrive and between sets, we play recorded music through it, a playlist from a laptop. If you want more, Ricky Bobby DJ is a separate offering of Ricky Bobby Music that you can book together with the band in one booking.
You can pick the music, or tell us the mood and we’ll pick it. If you’ve hired your own DJ or host, they can use our system.
A range wider than you would pick for a wedding. We play songs from 1967 to 2018, so nobody has to go a full set without hearing a song they know.
Book it as soon as your date is confirmed.
Yes. That comes with the booking. Rik and Bob share the microphone, working from a schedule agreed on in advance.
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