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[QUOTE="kianalaroche, post: 968980, member: 33212"]
Hello!

I’m getting married on 4.12.25 and needing a solo or duo musician for the ceremony, cocktail hour/dinner, and first dances afterwards. No reception music needed.

Would need from 5pm-9pm


[/QUOTE]
Congratulations on your engagement! We're local and play a lot of weddings in addition to events, concerts and gigs. 

Here's our introductory email:

My husband and I moved to Defuniak Springs from Kauai, Hawaii about five years ago. We played many lovely weddings there, everything from high end weddings to beach weddings. Here we've played weddings at Rosemary Town Hall, the Pearl Hotel, Alys Beach, The Henderson Hotel, Monet Monet, Eden Gardens, the Vue on 30A, The Chapel at Seaside and more.

Here are our demos - they were all filmed live using an iPhone. 
Solo violin for ceremony demo: [MEDIA=youtube]rOTnuRgyEqE[/MEDIA]
Violin/guitar duo for ceremony demo: [MEDIA=youtube]L67KSqZx5NY[/MEDIA]
Violin/guitar duo for cocktail hour: [MEDIA=youtube]xwVpHhGr318[/MEDIA]

Here are links to our Wedding Wire and The Knot accounts: 
[URL="https://www.weddingwire.com/biz/gillerans-island-band/1b6e1682945157fd.html"]Gilleran's Island Band - Wedding Musicians - Defuniak Springs, FL - WeddingWire[/URL]
[URL]https://www.theknot.com/marketplace/gillerans-island-band-defuniak-springs-fl-2070148[/URL]

Here is a sweet compilation video of a lot of weddings I played on Kauai, solo, duo and with music by my string quartet. [MEDIA=youtube]fcXSa4gKH60[/MEDIA]

Best regards,
Terra Jean and John
[URL='http://www.gilleransisland.com/']www.gilleransisland.com[/URL]
850-924-0222

<blockquote class="xfBb-quote" data-name="kianalaroche">Hello! 
 
I’m getting married on 4.12.25 and needing a solo or duo musician for the ceremony, cocktail hour/dinner, and first dances afterwards. No reception music needed. 
 
Would need from 5pm-9pm</blockquote>Congratulations on your engagement! We&#039;re local and play a lot of weddings in addition to events, concerts and gigs. 
 
Here&#039;s our introductory email: 
 
My husband and I moved to Defuniak Springs from Kauai, Hawaii about five years ago. We played many lovely weddings there, everything from high end weddings to beach weddings. Here we&#039;ve played weddings at Rosemary Town Hall, the Pearl Hotel, Alys Beach, The Henderson Hotel, Monet Monet, Eden Gardens, the Vue on 30A, The Chapel at Seaside and more. 
 
Here are our demos - they were all filmed live using an iPhone. 
Solo violin for ceremony demo: <iframe allowfullscreen="" scrolling="no" style="background:url(https://i.ytimg.com/vi/rOTnuRgyEqE/hqdefault.jpg) 50% 50% / cover" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/rOTnuRgyEqE"></iframe>Violin/guitar duo for ceremony demo: <iframe allowfullscreen="" scrolling="no" style="background:url(https://i.ytimg.com/vi/L67KSqZx5NY/hqdefault.jpg) 50% 50% / cover" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/L67KSqZx5NY"></iframe>Violin/guitar duo for cocktail hour: <iframe allowfullscreen="" scrolling="no" style="background:url(https://i.ytimg.com/vi/xwVpHhGr318/hqdefault.jpg) 50% 50% / cover" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/xwVpHhGr318"></iframe> 
Here are links to our Wedding Wire and The Knot accounts: 
<a href="https://www.weddingwire.com/biz/gillerans-island-band/1b6e1682945157fd.html" target="_blank" class="link link--external" rel="nofollow ugc noopener">Gilleran&#039;s Island Band - Wedding Musicians - Defuniak Springs, FL - WeddingWire</a> 
<a href="https://www.theknot.com/marketplace/gillerans-island-band-defuniak-springs-fl-2070148" target="_blank" class="link link--external" rel="nofollow ugc noopener">https://www.theknot.com/marketplace/gillerans-island-band-defuniak-springs-fl-2070148</a> 
 
Here is a sweet compilation video of a lot of weddings I played on Kauai, solo, duo and with music by my string quartet. <iframe allowfullscreen="" scrolling="no" style="background:url(https://i.ytimg.com/vi/fcXSa4gKH60/hqdefault.jpg) 50% 50% / cover" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/fcXSa4gKH60"></iframe> 
Best regards, 
Terra Jean and John 
<a href="http://www.gilleransisland.com/" target="_blank" class="link link--external" rel="nofollow ugc noopener">www.gilleransisland.com</a> 
850-924-0222

kianalaroche

Hello! 

I’m getting married on 4.12.25 and needing a solo or duo musician for the ceremony, cocktail hour/dinner, and first dances afterwards. No reception music needed. 

Would need from 5pm-9pm 

Thank you in advance!

Hello! 
 
I’m getting married on 4.12.25 and needing a solo or duo musician for the ceremony, cocktail hour/dinner, and first dances afterwards. No reception music needed. 
 
Would need from 5pm-9pm 
 
Thank you in advance!

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