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"I am delighted to recommend Vincent Cassotta of Enfield CT in pursuit of his grant application for the Louis Armstrong Tribute with a Jazz Quartet performing at the Eli Whitney Elementary School. My previous role as the PK-12 Music Coordinator for the Enfield Public School District has brought me in direct contact with the professional, innovative, creative, and artistic musician and retired teacher Mr. Vincent Cassotta. I have witnessed first-hand the impact and quality of his quality music instruction provided for his thirty-nine years of teaching tenure in our community. To have the opportunity to bring the genre of American Jazz Music as a tribute to the legend of Louis Armstrong with quality professional musicians under Mr. Cassotta’s organization is a blessing to the young minds and ears of our elementary students, especially at a time when music education in Enfield offers less opportunities. This past Spring I had the opportunity to guest speak at Mr. Cassotta’s retirement party celebrating his many years of service in music education. In that speech I spoke about multiple areas beyond the collegial and professional relationship Mr. Cassotta, and I achieved since 1999. These in my opinion provide strong evidence for the Enfield Cultural Council to support this mission of this application fiscally. One of the points shared was that Mr. Cassotta balanced his career of music education and professional trumpet performing with incredible success throughout his career. Aside from the technical, logistical and time management responsibilities from such an endeavor, he achieved this success with never letting go of the care demonstrated to his students, family members, school building staff, and his music professional colleagues. The fact that he desires to continue to expand the music opportunities to students in Enfield now in his retirement resting years is evidence of his dedication to this art form and willingness to always educate. Furthermore Mr. Cassotta’s wealth of experience professionally as a performing musician and student of the trumpet is stellar. In his education Mr. Cassotta studied trumpet with Rolf Smedvig of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and Empire Brass Quintet, Jimm Maxwell a NYC Studio Musician, Roger Murtha of the Hartford Symphony and Hartt School of Music, and Dan Patrylak of the Eastman Brass Quintet and UCONN. To continue, Mr. Cassotta was a freelance performer with Frank Sinatra, Manhattan Transfer, Ella Fitzgerald, Bobby Vinton, Bob Hope, The Four Tops, Phil Woods, The Temptations, Sammy Davis Jr., Andy Williams, Franki Valli and the Jimmy and Tommy Dorsey Orchestra. Including numerous local and state pit orchestra’s and local well know jazz bands. He has also published works as a composer and arranger with KJOS music as well as multiple professional recordings. I strongly urge you to consider Mr. Cassotta’s application for this grant. Your support will help impact music education in Enfield and continue to make a meaningful impact on the lives of its students. Thank you for considering this recommendation. Sincerely, Mark F. Reppucci Jazz, Orchestra, Music Technology and Piano Teacher Enfield High School Write your tex"

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"Nr. ONE, To put it in song titles "Simply the best" like Tina, "Beautiful" like Christina, "The one that I want" like Olivia and John, "Sweet dream" like La Bouche."

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"Sergio is the best! Great entertainment:) Also very good communication before the show"

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"She was versatile, and everyone enjoyed her presentation. She has a beautiful voice and works well with people."

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"We had 5 star for our evening reception at our wedding and Graham was just so fantastic, he made all our guests get up and dance and have such a great night. He was so friendly but professional and made the night run so smooth. The photos and video he made for us was just out of this world. We have had some amazing feedback and all our guests had a fab time. Thank you so so much again. Would highly recommend."

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"Jalo & sounds performed during a bbq organized by our company. It was a rainy and gloomy evening and we were not as excited for the event as we would have if the sun was shining. I could not give a better idea of what I mean, by saying that Jalo's music totally made up for the lack of atmosphere caused by the weather conditions. The room went bright again, we enjoyed the bbq along with the music which made everything so special. Thanks Jalo for contributing to create such nice memories! Eleonora & Laurie "

Reply by Jalo & Sounds
Dearest, yes Company Events are usually full of Challenges & Questions to say the least. I surely didn't expect so many Acoustic Rock lovers! many many thanks

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"Giulia was extremely helpful and easy to interact with. She curated a playlist just for the event, and even continued to update it as she found out more information about the venue and event! Unfortunately I had to cancel so I don’t know how the performance would be, but if she’s plays even a little bit close to how she organizes, I know it would be amazing!"

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"I might not be the most objective person to talk about my wedding day, but our guests said it was the best cocktail hour they had ever been to, and that was thanks to the band (Adrian Black 4-piece) that Supermusica booked for us. The atmosphere they created was incredible from the very first minute. A huge thank you to Alex (gig organizer) and the rest of the team for their advice, their help, and for making everything so easy. Already looking forward to another celebration so we can book you again!!"

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"Great player and communicator. We got married in Como Lake in april and Maoro was so emphatic and ready to adopt his repertoir to our will. I definitely suggest him and its saxophone!"

Reply by Saxophonia
Thanks Cindy, it has been a great party and a pleasure to enternain you and your guests.

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"5 stars for everything Martin and the band were fabulous they kept us informed and catered for our wishes we had a great night and the music was awesome thank you for making our 50th wedding anniversary a really special one I will be recomending the band to all my friends thank you once more "

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"Sister Big Stuff knows exactly how to work the crowd - her love trains are fantastic! We love her here in the Northern Quarter."

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"We had the pleasure of Rich singing last night at my Dad’s 80th party. What a voice and he played a great selection of songs which everyone loved. He made the atmosphere amazing and everyone was dancing, or foot tapping! If you are looking for the wow factor , this guy has it all. We will definitely book him again. Thanks Rich, you put a smile on many faces, and I’m sure everyone is still humming those tunes this morning 😊"

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"The Crowd Pleasers were pneunominal! We arrange a gig night last minute and they were our headline act and did not let us down. They were incredible, all so talented and had an amazing presence on stage. Their set list included an array of songs that got everyone dancing on their feet. Not only this, but they help us out to ensure we had all we need to make the night successful. They are all just so wonderful. I can not wait to watch them again and hopefully we will have The Crowd Pleasers at another event."

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"I recently hosted my 21st birthday bash in a marquee with dinner and dancing for a hundred people. I could not have hoped to find a better act. Their music was sensational and they kept the dance floor heaving from the end of supper to the ludicrously early hours. The fact that all my guests remarked on how good the music was speaks volumes . especially considering that the guests' ages ranged from nineteen to ninety. However apart from their music, they were incredibly helpful and pleasant, of whom nothing was too much to ask and they undertook every task asked of them with a smile on their faces. I would highly recommend them to anyone. Kindest regards, Carlos Baird "

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"Abigail recently played at our wedding and it was so beautiful. We are both so glad that we arranged for a violinist, it made the event even more special and we had so many compliments from our guests at how much of a lovely touch it was to the event. Abigail plays beautiful and we could not be more happy - if you are considering having a violinist play at your wedding I cannot recommend Abigail enough, it was just the most perfect touch and we are so happy!"

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