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Outdoor Event

Live acoustic music for holiday parties in Raleigh-Durham and across North Carolina

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I play corporate holiday parties, club Christmas events, and private holiday gatherings across the Triangle and beyond. My job is to make the evening easy for you and good for your guests, so you can spend the night with your people instead of managing the entertainment.

What a holiday party usually looks like

Most holiday parties start with people arriving in waves, then dinner, then a toast or a few words from leadership. I keep the music easy and conversational while people catch up, keep it light through dinner, and save the familiar sing-along songs for later, if the room wants them. If you have a program, I build around it. If you need the music to stop for remarks, it stops cleanly and picks back up.

Christmas music, or none at all

Some groups want carols and holiday standards all night. Others don't want a single Christmas song. Both are completely fine. Most land somewhere in between: a few holiday favorites mixed into the songs everyone already knows. Tell me what you have in mind and I'll plan around it.

Where I've played holiday events

I've played the same company's executive holiday party for the past three years, at City Club Raleigh and Brier Creek Country Club. I've also played a corporate holiday party at Prestonwood Country Club in Cary. [Add any other holiday events you've played here; I only listed the ones I could confirm.]

One less thing for you to manage

I bring my own sound system and set up before your guests arrive, usually two hours early. There are no breaks and no dead air. Backup power and cables stay in my car for every event. You won't need to think about the music once the night starts, and that's the point.

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