In a feature article and interview on wedding music, 2004 issue
"A band that gets family and friends up and dancing will be fondly recalled for a lifetime," says Michael Lerich of the Chicago-based Michael Lerich Orchestra.
"The success of an event, and what makes a good bandleader, is being able to create an event with balanaced components," agrees Valerie Romanoff, CEO of Starlight Orchestras in New York City. Of course, crowd appeal can't be judged completely in advance. "It's also intuitive reading, like poetry in motion as the event unfolds", says Romanoff. "It's not a concert; it's interactive, a give-and-take between what the orchestra is putting out and what people will respond to".
