The Perks

NAME OF BAND: The Perks

ADDRESS FOR FAN MAIL: NthLyn4@aol.com

TELEPHONE FOR BOOKINGS: 0777 9098437

WEBSITE: www.myspace.com/perksband
www.the-perks.co.uk – under construction

MUSIC TYPE: Indie/Punk

OTHER INFORMATION: The Perks are a new energetic young band with an amazing talent. They write their own music and are keen to showcase this.

The Perks consist of five members – Hamish, Nath, Bean, Fred and Patch. They have already played a few gigs round their local area, Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire, and now would like to cast their net further playing other venues.

Please keep checking their website for updates on news and gigs.

If you would like to hear a sample of their music or book them for a gig (all venues will be considered), please use the above contact details.

Written by The Editor on April 12th, 2006 with no comments.
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NSN Productions Limited

NSN Productions Limited
The Musical Entertainment Agency

We are a musical entertainment agency, providing live music for corporate do’s, weddings, celebrations etc. Between the three of us, we have performed in and organised countless events: some of which are memorable for the most unusual reasons. We have experienced the highs and lows of ‘showbusiness’: the hissy fits, the stroppy divos, the paralytic leading lady, the absent leading man…. And those are just the clients…. But life can be a ‘Cabaret’: if you have a sense of humour.

We are currently selling a product which is wine tasting with a twist: this being musical entertainment by three lovely female singers, between wines. We have called the product “Wine, women and song”. Before Christmas we attended the committee meeting for a prim Home Counties Music Festival. Things were going well: the female committee members were attentive, if not slightly ‘sniffy’, whilst the retired colonel had fallen asleep with his mouth open. On describing the concept of the evening, with the girls singing after each wine, the colonel woke up with a start: “So the girls will take their clothes off then”. We didn’t get the engagement – mercifully.

Occasionally there can be a misunderstanding as to the role of the performer at an engagement or ‘gig’. I should stress that whilst tennis player, Pat Cash has a following based on his ability to remove his shirt, the average classical musician – and for this story read tenor, is unlikely, and unwilling to please the audience in this way. Last October, we were asked to provide a ‘Romantic Tenor’, to serenade at a birthday lunch at a restaurant on the King’s Road, Chelsea. Normally, he would sing operatic and neopolitan arias, whilst presenting the ladies with red roses and chocolates. We sent Justin, a blond 6’3” Adonis, dressed in tails, for the job. Little did he (or we) realise that the Chelsea ladies that lunch, were more interested in seeing his chest, and within 30 seconds were all screaming “Strip, strip!” to which our Justin ran out terrified. He has accepted no further gigs from us, but interestingly, the other tenors were very miffed that they WEREN’T asked….

Music plays a major role in creating the right atmosphere for a romantic occasion: whether it be a serenading tenor, guitarist or violinist. Last (2005) New Year’s Eve, we were performing at a venue where a number of guests had returned again, and they asked us for the ‘same requests as last year’. The memories of certain music: “Our song”, or favourite tunes, can mean so much to clients. So, gentlemen, do take this into account when you arrange your Valentine’s date – and not rely on Classic FM, which my husband did..

Some people are surprised that musicians can provide useful training opportunities for corporate clients. I have seen grown men – well senior managers, cry at musicians who work as a team – unlike their own department. Recently, we were invited to lead a singing workshop at a major conference, and were surprised to have over 70 volunteers. These ranged from the local Choral Society members, to ex-rugby players and stressed delegates that didn’t want to go back to their hotel rooms too early. Confronted with such a range of participants we decided to start with a group massage: steady, this was fully clothed – just neck and shoulders. We then continued with African chants, when an Irish delegate was taken ill: it transpired that he was so enraptured by watching a blond curvaceous accountant clapping and gigging to the chant, that he became dizzy and fainted. At these events, working as a team is crucial and the ex-rugby players came to their own in the ‘part singing’: drowning out the other parts – which rather annoyed the choral society singers, but by the end of the session, the stressed delegates were relaxed: their shoulders no longer by their ears. A great time was had by all.

For more details of my services please contact me on info@nsn-productions.com or www.nsn-productions.com

Written by The Editor on April 12th, 2006 with 1 comment.
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Women Speakers

womenspeakers.co.uk provides immensely talented women who cover virtually every subject and they are all exceptional.

We have speakers who constantly produce extraordinary results for leading companies at home and overseas through their invaluable experience and outstanding skills. Their phenomenal presentations demonstrating how to achieve success through implementing change, improving profitability and achieving the best value.

Comediennes and sensational after dinner performers abound and we offer an impressive list of humorous and informative speakers. We are also very proud of the incredible Conference Facilitators, Presenters and Media Trainers available through this agency.

In a nutshell, the women listed on this site are Experts to motivate people at all levels, Coaches who encourage managers and members to release untapped potential, Specialists who offer proven sales techniques with innovative processes to improve sales productivity, Professionals who successfully concentrate on developing marketing strategies, improving attitudes to customer-care, leadership and communication skills, Qualified Presenters to lead Seminars, Facilitators to host Conferences and Exceptional After Dinner Speakers.

They are simply the very best!

Contact: Sylvia Tidy-Harris
Telephone: +44 1530 263221
Email: info@womenspeakers.co.uk
Website: www.womenspeakers.co.uk

Written by The Editor on April 7th, 2006 with 1 comment.
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Tips for Selecting Wedding Musicians

Tips for Selecting Wedding Musicians
By Gail Leino

Planning a wedding celebration can be crazy, fun, and overwhelming all at once! So many decisions, so little time. Menu? Decorations? Flowers? Wedding Invitations? Bridal Showers? Music? Lets focus on the music and share suggestions to ensure a successful wedding celebration.

Things happen so just keep cool and let the wedding professionals help you by virtue of their expertise! If you are a do it yourselfer, allow extra time for the learning curve. Just relax if stuff goes wrong like the ring bearer forgetting the ring up on the 16th floor of the hotel room or the ceremony starting 35 minutes late because Uncle Bob took a wrong turn driving to the church.

Always trust a professional. Remember: You are planning one wedding. Professional help plan thousands. Many people are looking for value today and may believe that because Aunt Bertha plays the piano, she’d be perfect as your cocktail pianist. Aunt Bertha may know “Love Me Tender” ~ but do you want to hear it over and over? Don’t disappoint your guests or yourself by cutting corners? If she wants to play as her gift to you, invite her to play one or two songs. Let Aunt Bertha be a guest. Leave the music to the professional who has a wide repertoire for everyone. They are able to take requests, play polished, professional arrangements ~ and do it all while smiling and carrying on a conversation without taking their hands off the keys.

For a beautiful, elegant, and classy wedding ceremony and reception use “live” music. Keep the CDs in the car. If you are absolutely on the tightest budget ~ you can hire a solo musician for what two dinner entrees or a lovely flower arrangement would cost. Do not cut corners with your ambience. Music sets the tone for your day. Your guests WILL notice. Keep this thought in mind for your wedding showers, rehearsal dinners, and your post nuptial champagne brunches.

Trust your friends for referrals that they have dealt with for their special occasions. If you don’t know of anyone, the facility where you are planning your event usually has a list of preferred Musicians for specializing in Wedding Ceremonies, Receptions, and Corporate Events. Ask your friend and the venue about Bands, Orchestras, DJ’s, Florists, Photographers, and Caterers. Just ask a Catering Coordinator for their list of Professional Musicians; this lists of recommended vendors most likely did not PAY to be listed! Anyone can get listed in a phone book or a wedding magazine for a fee. Recommendations cost nothing but are tremendously valuable resources.

Brides planning Catholic wedding ceremonies need to consult with the Musical Director of their local churches before selecting musicians. It is common practice for the church to REQUIRE you utilize their “in house” musicians and will not allow you to bring in “outside” vendors. Remember when planning your wedding, always trust a professional with a proven reputation. Enjoy your special day!

Mrs. Party… Gail Leino is the internet’s leading authority on selecting the best possible party supplies, using proper etiquette and manners while also teaching organizational skills and fun facts. Go here for a lovely selection of Wedding Favors.

Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Gail_Leino

Written by The Editor on April 3rd, 2006 with 1 comment.
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Your Own House Boy for the Day

Having lived in Malawi for ten years, I have experienced first hand, how helpful it can be to have domestic staff. Don’t get me wrong, I am not a lazy person who hates washing up, but a busy person, who at the time had to keep a full time job. Having someone around the house, not only helped them to support their family, because they were now working, but gave me the freedom to work and socialise, simply because domestic chores were no longer on my agenda.

How I would love house staff again, especially now as The Friday Team are beginning to identify themselves and the sites get busy, but alas the budget won’t allow, just yet!

I often visit friends, who, like me, are also busy and as a result, their domestic chores pile up in front of them. How beneficial would it be, for them to have domestic staff?

Well, now you can treat them to their very own house boy for the day, as we discovered a unique, daring and hilarious idea for combining that need for domestic help, with an unforgettable suprise!

YOUR MATES WILL LOVE THIS…..

Sit back and relax while your very own HOUSE BOY scurries around with the hoover, brings your drinks and dusts your tables! Having a domestic cleaner has never been the same. You provide the cleaning materials and your house boy will work to your orders!

Why not hire Jeeves as your houseboy for…

Gift for a friends birthday
Pamper yourself for the day while you sit back and relax
Prize at a party for one lucky lady
Coffee morning
When your too busy to do the housework

What services do you offer?

“We offer a male servant, in a thong, to work for YOU at various LADIES ONLY HOUSE PARTIES. Every service involves a respectable, yet desirable male in a thong or g-string! We can help with party ideas and themes and we can also suggest and help set up party games and forfeits for either the servant to entertain you with or for the guests to have a go at themselves.”

How and why were Ladies Nights started?

“We started back in 2002 after careful consideration and research in to what women wanted. We noted the popularity of Male Strip Shows and asked what our female friends wanted. They said that many shows either went too far for their friends or didn’t go far enough. Basically they wanted a say in how the party went. They wanted to choose how far the stripper went rather than have to have the same show that the entertainers put on for EVERY group. They also enjoyed the Victorian romance and being waited on by a man. Having their own servant to work for them with the addition of a little titilation! We put all this together and came up with services that WOMEN REALLY WANT!”

What can we expect when we hire the service?

“You will receive a very hardworking male with a nice body. From then on its up to YOU! He will do as he’s told. Wear what he’s told and be YOUR fantasy! He will carry out the duties you requested him to do when you book with us. He will obey YOU and your guests throughout the night while wiggling his cute buttocks! He will be the perfect servant at YOUR beck and call and make your night that extra special!”

What duties will he perform for me?

“When you book your servant we will keep in contact with you for several weeks to ask about your event, who will be attending, what duties you wish him to carry out and what games or forfeits you may want. His duties can be anything from…

Greeting your guests on arrival
Pouring the drinks
Keeping glasses topped up
Lighting cigarettes
Washing up
Keeping the rooms tidy
Taking coats
Doing entertaining forfeits
Lap dance for a guest
Holding ashtrays
…. and a whole lot more on your command!!!!
You can chat with our staff by email and phone to keep us informed about your event and the duties you wish him to do.”

Why tire yourself out worrying about who’s got what drinks or if there is enough clean glasses to pour your friend another wine… when you’ve got a servant to do it for you! Just sit back and enjoy the party!

What are forfeits?

“They are simple, funny tasks that you can order your servant to do. They break the ice at a party and act as hilarious entertainment for your guests! They are often used as punishments for not obeying a guest or forgetting to address a Lady as M’lady and can be anything from…

20 Press ups
10 Spanks
Having ice cubes poured in his thong
… and many more!!
The ‘SERVANTS FORFEITS’ have become very popular and have the party crowd in raptures!!! See who can order him to do the most. There is a book full of forfeits that the guests can choose from every time they feel he ‘deserves’ a forfeit!

Are there any age restrictions at the parties?

“Yes. As you can imagine, with a semi-naked male in the room we have to put an age restriction of 18 on our services. We also are only allowed to offer our services for LADIES ONLY parties which means only Ladies over the age of 18 are allowed to attend your party if you choose one of our services.”

What type of party can we hire the male servant for?

“Basically any house party that is for Adult Ladies Only. Our servant has worked at many occasions from raunchy hen nights to tame business meetings. These may include…

Dinner Party
Garden Party
Hen Night
Birthday
Charity
Murder Mystery
Fancy Dress
Halloween
Christmas
Divorce Party
Lingerie Party
Ladies Business Network
Club Meetings
…. You name it and we can and have worked at all sorts of Ladies Only events!”

If you would like to book Jeeves, please use the contact form below:

Written by The Editor on March 6th, 2006 with 1 comment.
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The Digital Paparazzi

The Digital Paparazzi are no ordinary photographers - they are entertainers with a mission. A mission to enliven and capture events and solicit cheesy grins and outrageous poses. Fun and exhibitionism!

Most people would be shocked to find the paparazzi in their faces. I mean of course, the real paparazzi, who hang around at all times of day, ready to suddenly expose the next new celebrity into public view. But how would you react, if a group of paparazzi styled from the 1930’s were waiting outside the venue that you had just arrived at?

As stated on their website, over the past five years, at hundreds of events, they have taken many tens of thousands of pictures of many hundreds of thousands of people. The vast majority of them were smiling. An awful lot of them were posing. Some of them posing awfully. But all of them were having fun.

Available as an original addition to any event, function or party, normally positioned as guests arrive - just like the real paparazzi - photo’s taken are displayed on a web page known only to those involved (that has no inbound links, so is private) for the guests to visit and view, at the latest, 12 hours after the event. Each guest pictured is given a card with details and the address of the site where they can view all the other pictures taken at that (but only that) event. See a sample from RSVP 2005. Each site is individually designed to reflect any corporate identity and colour scheme.

Based in Nottinghamshire, most of their work has been in London, but they have also been to Berlin, Copenhagen and Barcelona. They are currently planning trips to Bucharest and Nice. With a list of corporate clients as long as your arm, (including the BBC and Coca-Cola) The Digital Paparazzi certainly are ready to add a finishing touch to your event.

Overall, I reckon its a fantastic service, with added value entertainment thrown in. The Digital Paparazzi will certainly be on my ‘must have at next party’ list!

Written by Roz Edwards

Written by The Editor on January 28th, 2006 with 1 comment.
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Artist Profile - Christina Jackson

After showing promise as a teenager, Christina’s love for live music started with her singing and playing guitar in her local pub in Oxford.

Soon afterwards, she found herself on the international stage, enjoying life on the road with a folk trio and working the expatriate circuit throughout Southern Africa.

Upon her eventual arrival in France, Christina was noticed at her very first solo performance by the proprietor of the prestigious jazz venue Le Petit Journal Montparnasse in Paris, where such icons as Stephane Grappelli, Enrico Macias and Sacha Distel regularly plied their art.

However, the need to earn an honest living led Christina away from this promising debut on the Parisien jazz scene and she joined France’s top Western Swing band as lead female vocalist.

This led to regular appearances on the national TV networks TF1 and France2, a recording contract - coupled with mainstream distribution (currently distributed through La Fnac - see www.Amazon.fr – and, most importantly for any musician(!), a regular income!

During the 90s, and despite enjoying notoriety at the top of this niche market, Christina finally chose to take the plunge and become a solo artist.

In France she had become almost too well-known as the lead vocalist for Les Westerners, a label she felt would restrict her if she wanted to develop her love of romantic jazz, folk, blues and swing, the strong melodies of which had enchanted her audiences at Le Petit Journal years before.

And so, since making her UK debut in February of this year, Christina has delighted audiences throughout the West Country, including Bristol, Cheltenham and her adopted home county of Wiltshire, where she was invited to play at Marlborough Jazz Festival in 2004 and now plays regularly at venues throughout the area.

November 2004 saw her recording her first live concert for BBC Radio Wiltshire, which was broadcast in late December of that year.

Written by The Editor on January 17th, 2006 with no comments.
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