Three one hour films which are being transmitted in March 2013 on BBC2. ‘A Very British Wedding’ is an observational series looking to explore the subject of weddings among different religions and cultures. Our contribution to the series was our performance at a Jewish Wedding (episode 3), showing the first dance and Israeli music discussions with the happy couple Ben and Natalie.

As one of the leading Jewish wedding bands in the UK (see our Jewish Wedding page)  it really was an honour to be asked to take part in the TV series. The focus is going to be on our Israeli dance sets which is such a big part of a Jewish wedding.

A Very British Wedding

You can see Lucy (our Keyboard player) being filmed by the BBC camera crew talking with Alan Shalks the wedding planner before our band performance.

‘A Very British Wedding’ is an observational Series looking to explore the subject of weddings among different Religions and Cultures in the UK today, through their planning, whether this is organized through more formal Planners, family members or the couple themselves.

It has been commissioned by Religion And Ethics at the BBC. Within the Series, they aim to give an intelligent understanding and insight into the practices, customs and traditions which each Culture and Religion approach weddings and in turn allow an insight into contemporary multi-cultural British life. They follow, in detail, the planning of weddings and the events themselves.

A photo from the braodcast off 'A Very British Wedding' for BBC2

A photo from the broadcast of 'A Very British Wedding' for BBC2

‘A Very British Wedding’ should be a great TV series – hope they get my good side!!

Any couples planning their wedding for next year look no further than The Choice the UK’s No 1 Jewish wedding band, to Israeli Dancing to our our acclaimed party sets.

“Russell and the band where amazing from the first enquiry to the performance on the day. kept me informed and where so enthusiastic about my wedding day and their performance. On the day they sounded perfect and got everyone up on the dance floor, all the guests commented on what a great band!!!!!!”

“The Choice were very professional and exceeded all our expectations. All of our guests commented on how good they were. They met all our demands. Will definitely use them again and have recommended them to our friends and family. They kept the dance floor busy and know how to keep a party going.”

“they were perfect, from the first phone call to the very end of the evening, they got the crowd on the dance floor for the whole evening which is just what we wanted, great set up, lights, music. Next time I have a party I would not call anyone else”

“The Choice did a brilliant job. They were very flexible to our requirements. They were smart, punctual and did a great job of keeping everyone dancing all evening. I would definitely recommend them,”

“Our wedding day was made complete by The Choice. They were exactly what we wished for, and we were not disappointed. As our first dance song was not on their list, they kindly rehearsed it for the big day, and did not let us down, and were excellent. I would certainly recommend them to anyone.”

“From very first viewing of the band’s website through initial communication via email and follow up emails I was fully confident that The Choice would deliver a superb night’s entertainment. I was not disappointed.They played our choice of first dance to perfection and rocked the whole night”

“Really entertaining, solid band, encouraged guests to participate. Brilliant”

“The choice band were absolutely incredible before our wedding they were very helpful with what choices need to be made and on the night of the wedding they went far beyond our expectations. They really brought the whole night together the dance floor was never empty and the atmosphere was fabulous !”

“Great selection of music and they really got an idea of what the audience was enjoying. They allowed our best man to sing the first song with them and this worked very well. Very interactive and friendly with the audience and took requests. Really good repertoire”

“Absolutely fantastic! The Choice were good fun as well as brilliant musicians. Everyone was up and dancing. They were flexible to meet what we wanted. We especially liked the send off at the end of the night which was a great surprise! Would recommend them to anyone….”

Why They Booked (in random order)

“They play a 3 hour set and sounded good on their CD.”

“Good website videos/recordings, very responsive and professional on emails asking for quotes and reasonable price.”

“a family member had seen them perform and said they where amazing and would totally recommend them, this family member is really into bands and knows his stuff so we went with his recommendation”

“We were very impressed with their professionalism and after reading other people’s reviews, we had no doubt that they were the band we had to have for our wedding. They have an excellent repertoire of music and were even willing to learn our chosen first dance song even though they had never done it before.”

“I can only say that it was a bit of a ‘punt’ as I saw their web site and just took it from there. Not being able to see the band ‘live’ beforehand was a bit of a risk, but what a stroke of luck that we went for this band. Anyone wanting a fantastic band for their event should certainly consider them. Their website gave me enough info. to book them and it turned out to be the right CHOICE!”

“Excellent website with full song samples and great reviews. Would recommend to anyone and we’re just waiting for an excuse to book them again.”

“Recommended by friends”

“have seen them before, the team are very helpful, and I’ll book them again if I can.”

“They were recommended by our wedding planner they are very reasonably priced and they understood exactly what we wanted”

“Saw them at a friends wedding and really enjoyed their performance”

Average Voting Scores

“Wow! Quality of singing, performance and client service was outstanding. They even learnt our first dance song by Elbow, which was quite a difficult song. The lead singer is a cool guy. They even let our guests play a few songs with them up on stage…”

“From the minute we enquired about their service to the thank you email i sent out after our honeymoon, Russell and the guys were absolutely fantastic. Russell always returned our calls promptly and was never too busy to discuss our plans and idea’s. Our guests are still talking about our reception and the excellent show the Choice put on. They were especially impressed with the range of material the band had and there was not one request ignored. We will certainly be considering them again for future events.”

“Couldn’t be more happy – they were absolutely wonderful!”

“So a great help up & leading to the day, great price & great people…will def use in the future”

“This band were AMAZING!! They play such a variety of high quality music that really did get our guests of all ages up and dancing. The dance floor was always full! They also learnt our first dance song with not very much notice! Really lovely and professional people. Well worth the money.”

“The choice were very professional and very friendly. We had a friend our ours to sing our first dance, the choice were more than happy to let her warm up with them and they even backed here for our first dance which was great. Other
bands may have got upset or felt threatened but they embraced it to make our day as good as it could be. They were great throughout the night and really got everybody going. Just before the last dance they got everyone on the floor and
we went around and thanked everyone which they arranged and played through. My wife and I have no complaints and
would be happy to reccommend them to any of our friends.”

“We used the Choice for our Masonic Ladies Night. they were fantastic. I cannot rate them high enough.”

“They performed at my Mums 60th and were brilliant, then did our friends wedding last year and our this yeah and were equally as good! A pleasure to deal with before, during and after!!! My Mum has booked them in for her 70th already for next year… 10 years and still going strong!!”

“All our guests loved “The Choice”. Our guests want us to have another party just so we can have the band back. They
really made the party atmosphere and we had a great time. So glad we booked them for our wedding.”

“The best band ever”

“The dance floor was not empty once! Which was great as we had a wide range of guests!. By far the best part of our wedding- I would not hesitate to recommend ‘The Choice’ to anyone!”
“I have recommended The Choice to my best friend who was a bridesmaid at our wedding. She gets married Sept next
year and really liked the band”

“If I could score ‘The Choice’ at 100 out of 10 I would – in fact, infinity would not be going too far! Our wedding guests still, over a year later, talk about what an amazing party we had and all agree that it was the band that made it. Booking from the Internet without hearing the band first is always a gamble (we could have done, we just decided not to….!) but ‘The Choice’ were the best decision we made – other than to get married in the first place – and all our suppliers were amazing so that is saying something. Russell made us feel totally at ease before the day and on our wedding day we didn’t even notice they were there (in a good way) until they started playing. They liaised with the venue manager and sorted themselves out without disturbing us or the guests. Russell even sorted out our indecision on a first dance song and made sure we had one without feeling awkward which is fantastic since I was dreading that part. We are going to a wedding next week and the couple getting married were determined to have a band on the basis that they were what made the wedding party great! I cannot emphasise enough how professional the band were, how they helped the day run smoothly – and how they made sure our party went with a bang! I am smiling whilst I write this, remembering just how good it was.”