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Back at Bibis! Back on stage!

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Well, it’s been a rather quiet and unusual time for us this summer, as it has for everybody.  Due to Covid, we’ve been working hard moving all of our clients wedding dates from this year free of charge, to hopefully happier times in the future.  And boy will we all be ready to PARTY by then.

Things have started to move again for us and this weekend saw us return for our first post covid performance at the amazing Bibis restaurant in Leeds.  It was great to be back doing what we love and also great to see that this can work in a Covid secure way.  The restaurant has an amazing Covid policy in place keeping all of the guest safe and we matched this with our distanced stage set and keeping ourselves to a bubble through out.

As performances go, this was really special for us and the audience alike.  The first time we have performed to smiling faces in over 6 months!

It was great to see that live music is possible at these times with the correct preparations in place and hopefully a sign of things to come.

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Nikita and Sean’s London wedding.

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What a blast this was!  These guys certainly new how to party.

This weekend we headed down to Greenwich, London to the historic Trafalgar Tavern for Nikita and Sean’s stunning wedding.  This was a beautiful venue, right on the Thames, with stunning views over London. The perfect party place.

All the best guys!

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Sold out Jazz Night.

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This was a blast!
A slightly different evening for us playing at the fantastic Romanby Golf & Country Club jazz night. A sell out crowd, squeezed into a great venue, enjoying big band music how it show be! Up close and personal.

We’ll certainly be back soon.

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Sophie and Tom’s wedding – Stubton Hall.

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Hi Chris

What can I say?!  THE best night of music and singing and dancing!  The band was superb, and your wonderfully chosen repertoire kept all ages on the dance floor all evening.
We couldn’t have asked for more.
Please give thanks to all members of the band.
With good wishes
Sophie Easton
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Sophie and Tom’s stunning wedding at the beautiful Stubton Hall.

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It was great to be back at the stunning Stubton Hall for Sophie and Tom’s winter wedding.  A cold but beautiful day.

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New Years Eve at the Chester Grosvenor

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It was a pleasure for us to bring in the New Year at the fantastic Chester Grosvenor Hotel this year.  A fantastic evening in one of the most stunning hotel venues.

Happy New Year from The Mini Big Band.  Here’s to a fun 2020.

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The final run up to Christmas.

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We had a fantastic run up to Christmas this year, with some amazing Christmas weddings in Central London, York and North Yorkshire, as well as some very glamorous Christmas parties.  It was great to finish our Christmas run at the fantastic Bibis Restaurant in Leeds, one of our very favourite public venues to play at.

Time for a little rest for us before a very glamorous NYE event in Chester.

Wishing you all a Merry Christmas and all the best for the New Year.

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Sarah and Gemma’s stunning central London Wedding.

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It was great to return to this stunning venue for Sarah and Gemma’s amazing Christmas wedding this weekend.  Middle Temple Hall in the heart of London looked absolutely stunning with its Christmas decorations on full show, including a huge Christmas tree and and ceiling of floating candles.

Stunning venue, food and atmosphere.

All the best guys.

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Vicky and Alex – The Normans York

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Hi Chris

We wanted to say thank you so much to you and the band for an absolutely amazing evening of music on Saturday.

A lot of our guests are musicians and we were all SO impressed with the standard of the band. Luke’s voice is just amazing and the band was so tight and full of energy. Luke was great at working the dancefloor and getting the crowd up and dancing.

You honestly made the evening! We are so glad we booked you! An absolute must. We will treasure the memories of our friends having an amazing time on the dancefloor forever.

Thanks Chris also for being so helpful and responsive during the wedding planning and answering all our questions, it was much appreciated.

We’ll send a few photos through once our photographer has edited them and sent us the full set.

Many thanks again.

Vicky and Alex

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Vicky and Alex’s Yorkshire Wedding.

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It was great to be back at The Normans in York this weekend for Vicky and Alex’s stunning Yorkshire barn wedding.  A crowd full of musicians in one of the finest Yorkshire wedding venues, with a bride and groom who were ready to party!  The perfect mix.

All the best guys.

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