shebo's reviews

I had the WORST experience with Elegant Touch of Strings. If I would have known about que3nbe's review beforehand (see below), I would've thought twice about booking this string duo, especially because I made a HUGE mistake in not listening to them play music first, and just booking them based on the "good" reviews on this website.
I myself have been a professional violinist/musician for many years (and I've played violin for numerous weddings myself). I definitely KNOW music. I KNOW that during my wedding ceremony I heard numerous squeeks, numerous wrong notes, and parts of various pieces/songs were off key and out of tune. At one point in the ceremony I found myself red with embarrassment because I thought perhaps a 4 year old had taken over the violin and was in the back of the room doing a "performance". My other guests and husband pulled me aside afterward and asked me HOW I could book such terrible musicians. It was really quite embarrassing for me, especially since I'm also a violinist with many years of experience. The worst part of all, was that while I was watching a short video clip of my wedding the next day, I could hear all the wrong notes and squeeks all over again-it was AWFUL to hear it again-I had to put the television on MUTE! I contacted Sherry/owner, and just like the other reviewer mentioned-the owner was VERY defensive, insulting, and insisted that I "move on" because they played "beautiful music". She even had the nerve to tell me to "dream on" when I mentioned that I had heard many squeeky sounds from the instruments. And unfortunately, she had the audacity to accuse me of some other nasty things, which I will not mention in this review. PLEASE BRIDES, do yourself a favor and listen to the musicians FIRST before signing ANY contracts. Don't make the mistake I did by hiring musicians based on others' "good" reviews-listen for yourself and make your own judgement and decision!!!

Lana deserves more stars than I could possibly ever give her. She is an absolute delight to work with and did an OUTSTANDING job in helping to coordinate on the day of my wedding. We gave Lana a number of responsibilities to take care of on the wedding day, and she did ALL of them successfully with a big smile on her face. I was SO RELAXED on my wedding day, because I knew I had Lana by my side there to coordinate and take care of all of the little wedding details. Lana is efficient, flexible, responsible, organized, and knows many wedding vendors in the area to make your life simple. Don't waste your time looking for other coordinators who want to make you jump through a hundred hoops and charge you expensive prices. Lana is very reasonably priced, and does amazing work for the amount that you pay her. LANA IS TRULY THE BEST in event planning, and I HIGHLY recommend her.