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Wondertones Wedding Showcase

15/1/2018

 
Recently Engaged? Then you need to come to The Salthill Hotel on Sunday 21st January between 3 - 5 pm. The Wondertones will be performing a wedding showcase. The Band will be playing some music from their exclusive wedding sets!

BE DIFFERENT! Book an 8-Piece Wedding Band with Brass!
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Our New Website

26/11/2017

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So we have decided to update our website for 2018!

The new site is mobile-tastic with faster page loading speeds on mobile.  We have made some key changes to pages and simplified our layout. Some pages have been brought together and updated.

We have been working hard on our videos recently and we have decided to integrate them into our website. We have broken up our VAST song list in to categories, to make them easier to navigate. Our blog is getting a facelift and all of our good tips are being put in to an easy to search blog archive.

Our social media from Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and Instagram features throughout the site. Lastly, booking queries will be easier to make from our site on mobile phones and tablets!
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Our 2015 Galway Wedding Stats!

28/12/2015

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Some Wonderstats from 2015...!!

Our most popular  2015 wedding venues:

  1. The Salthill Hotel
  2. The Ardilaun Hotel
  3. The Lodge at Ashford Castle
  4. Hotel Meyrick Galway
  5. The Lough Rea Hotel & Spa
  6. Glenlo Abbey Hotel
  7. Galway Bay Hotel
  8. Claregalway Hotel
  9. The Diamond Coast Hotel Enniscrone
  10. The Raheen Woods Hotel

All fantastic venues, we also have played many other beautiful boutique venues and castles around the county and country!
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Our Top 6 ‪#‎firstdancesongs‬ from 2015:
  1. "Thinking out loud" - Ed Sheeran
  2. "The One" - Kodaline
  3. "You are the best thing" - Ray LaMontagne
  4. "Ho Hey" - The Lumineers
  5. "You do something to me" - Paul Weller
  6. "Have I told you lately" - Van Morrison

Did you know.... The Wondertones play 97% of ‪#‎firstdance‬ songs live!
‪#‎nobackingtracks‬ ‪#‎noCD‬ ‪#‎livemusicrocks
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Tuam Herald Wedding Feature

18/2/2015

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Extracts from our article in The Tuam Herald...

The Wondertones top tips for wedding bliss:

The First Dance: You are not expected to be Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers! The first dance is usually a simple shuffle around the dance floor. Pick a song that you both like with appropriate lyrics. A short up-beat ditty is a great crowd pleaser, slower songs should be curtailed to about 3 minutes. Definitely do not have a second slow song, your guests will get bored and just sit down!

Picking a good DJ: A good DJ will be ready to play the second the band finish. They will interact with your guests and avoid playing songs that the band already played. The key difference with a good DJ is that they will understand that your reception is not a nightclub and will cater for all into the small hours.

Picking a good band: A good band will gauge your audience from the stage and adjust their set to suit your crowd. The obvious thing to do in this instance is to book The Wondertones!
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Speeches: Long speeches are incredibly boring! A good guide is about 10 – 15 minutes per speech, any longer and your guests will just leave and start chatting with The Wondertones in the foyer!

The Dance Floor: Sometimes your guests may need encouragement to hop on the dance floor! It is great when the bridal party are dancing and keeping the floor going! Have the groomsmen and bridesmaids tipped to support the dance floor during the night ;)

The top 3 first dance songs of 2014/2015:

1. Ed Sheeran: “Thinking out loud”
2. John Legend: “All of Me”
3. Jason Mraz: “I won’t give up”

About The Wondertones:
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After 6 years on the road, The Wondertones are becoming one of the most sought after wedding bands in Galway. They were recently finalists in the 2015 weddingsonline “Wedding Band of the Year” awards. The band are an 8-piece outfit with four impressive male/female lead vocalists and a live brass section consisting of trumpet and sax. The backline consists of piano, drums, bass and guitars. There is an array of other instruments also including percussion, harmonica, tin whistle and pan pipes! All music is performed live – there are no backing tracks! The Wondertones are members of the Wedding Bands Association. Further information can be found on www.wondertones.ie
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    Dwayne - Wondertones Blog Author

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    Dwayne.
    Guitar Player with The Wondertones, 8 Piece Galway Wedding Band.

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