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"Incredibly well done! The speech and the singing were so beautiful and went to everyone's heart! You made our wedding ceremony so special! We are so proud to have been the first. Met our expectations 110%. We can hardly put into words what we experienced and wish everyone just such a great experience with you! Here are a few extra stars ☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆ because 5 are not enough! LG Michi and Ilka"

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"We just wanted to send a quick note to say thanks for last weekend - we had a fantastic day and we had so many comments about how good the music was."

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"Nice to meet you at The Milton Rooms on Saturday night. Everyone enjoyed the evening. I loved all your sets. Love that Swing era music and the songs. You can dance ballroom and latin to almost all of them. So, thanks to everyone in the band and I hope to see/hear you again sometime. Good luck and take care! All the Best."

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"Wow, what a show! You have a great voice and all of your musicians were just fabulous. The music was smart, fun and sophisticated – again, just what we wanted, and such a pleasure to dance to a band who really know how to play!"

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"Harmony In Harlem performed at our wedding at the Plaisterers' Hall on London Wall in 2012. We thought that the band was fantastic - our guests loved it and at least one said it was the best music they have ever heard at a function - I certainly thought so!"

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"Came on time, dressed appropriately, cooperated with last-minute instructions, excellent set list, exceeded expectations."

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" All Music Review Thom Jurek The title of this set is an apt one. While much of the music presented by the Rick Holland-Evan Dobbins Little Big Band, it hearkens back -- in terms of its sophistication, confidence and outright jazz literacy, not nostalgically -- to an era when progressive jazz, and big bands (this one numbering 10 pieces) flourished on the scene. This is one sophisticated outfit. Featuring the arrangement and compositional skills of Brent Wallarab, Jim Martin, Bill Dobbins and Kerry Strayer, this band struts out the tradition and make some joyous, complex, and elegant music that reflects its own unique identity. The résumés of all these players are impressive and reflected in the confidence of the date. It opens with "SUNY-Triangle," a Martin composition that works its artful sleight-of-hand over Antonio Carlos Jobim's "Triste." Martin uses the rhythmically complex samba and drapes some tough, knotty twists and turns over it. The intro is a beautiful and raucous wake-up call, while the head of the tune, with its staggered entrances and exits -- including some fine soloing by John Viavattine on tenor and John Nyerges on piano -- give this tune a unique identity. "Creature Comfort" is a beautiful mid-tempo ballad by Wallarab with edgeless yet multi-dimensional dissonances written into its harmonics. It swings beautifully and includes a fine, punchy solo by tenorman Glenn Cashman. Besides the originals, there are some fine readings here as well. There's Wallarab's arrangement of Duke Ellington's "Black and Tan Fantasy" that's a thoroughly modern exercise losing none of Ellington's humor or rhythmic complexity. Likewise, Gerry Mulligan's haunting, wee-hours, "Night Lights," is given expert treatment here by Strayer, and Dean Keller's baritone saxophone playing combines Mulligan's sense of lyric and Ben Webster's sense of time. In Time's Shadow reveals that innovation need not sacrifice accessibility or swing. It is convincing evidence that the big band form is alive, well and full of surprises."

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"Sese Vocalist used to be a student in our academy, what an impeccable voice and versatile singer. We later promoted her as a vocal coach. I am more than happy with her services."

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"We have hired Hana a couple of times for our events on our yachts and she has even been available for us at very last minute with barely no time to prepare. She is great as a person and everyone is always amazed with her music. We have hired her with a pianist as well as a guitar player on different occasions and each time she has given us a great show."

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"Thank you so much for performing on our wedding day. The weather was great and the guests on the terrace enjoyed your sets. The guests comments were very complimentary, you were very much appreciated by them. It was exactly what I had envisaged so you fulfilled a dream for me. So once again please accept and extend our sincere thanks to all concerned."

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"Hi Greg, Everyone loved the band!!! You were exactly what we had hoped for and more!! Thank you so very much!!"

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"My guys were booked at this location and it went well. I got good feedback from the Mgr and they just rebooked them again. They are excited the business liked them and wanted them back."

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"Performing at "Revolucion de Cuba" in Norwich ,enhancing the venue's Latin Music Scene with dynamic trumpet performances."

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"These guys played at my wedding earlier this year and they were insane! Never had so much fun, karaoke with a big band is an ingenious idea... If anyone else I know is getting married please book them so I can see them again! "

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"Mr. Swing’s Dance Orchestra performed at our wedding at the Hospitium in York and we couldn’t have asked for a more perfect band. The swing band was fantastic at reading the room and getting everyone up and dancing. All of our guests have raved about how amazing they were, and we totally agree. If you want to make your special day even more memorable, definitely hire Mr. Swing."

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