Rembrandt - The Ultimate Party Band!

Okay folks, next is the entertainment.  Rembrandt (the ultimate party band, fo suga...) played at our wedding.  When I met Nathan, he told me what his father did for a living.  His father owned a business where he managed bands that play at weddings.  I thought, cool - a band! - 4 or 5 guys with guitars that play covers of popular songs or maybe even their own music.  

I was so wrong...

Rembrandt is so much more than that.  When I finally met Nate's parents, they explained that they are a 13 piece band with a horn line and multiple singers and that they primarily play high-end weddings.  I was very surprised.  Nate's mom, Tammy (who promotes the band), showed me a demo video of the band and I was blown away.  

They. were. amazing.

Check them out:  http://www.rembrandtband.com/ 

Link to the demo page: http://www.rembrandtband.com/film.ivnu

Being the father of the groom, Doug, manager of the band, booked Rembrandt as their gift to us.  I was delighted and overwhelmed.  They were exactly what I wanted at our reception.  DJs are great, but I wanted our wedding to be an awesome party that people would remember.  And this band truly set our reception apart from other typical Mormon weddings.  Ultimately, that's what I wanted for our reception.  I didn't want a typical Mormon wedding where friends and family show up at a church building, have some cake and punch and then leave.  I wanted to have a big party where people stayed and danced and talked and socialized.  And that's what happened - mostly because of the entertainment. 

I danced my heart out.  Well, at least during one song.  But there were plenty of other people dancing the entire night.  And I loved it that people were having fun at our wedding.  The one song I danced to (besides the first dance with Nate) was at the very end of the night.  It was Pink's "Raise Your Glass."  It was one of the songs I specifically requested and Doug pulled me onto the dance floor so I could dance to that one song.  It was one of the most fun moments of the night.  I was out there dancing with Doug and my little 6-year-old niece, Emma, got down on the dance floor with us.  The floor was packed, and Vanessa, the lead singer during that song, came out onto the dance floor and danced with us, microphone and all, singing the song.  I gave her the hugest hug at the end.  I just had so much fun.  It was such a wonderful memory. 

Here is Vanessa:

Here are some dancing folks:  

And during the anniversary dance:  

(More on that later...)

The dance floor was packed nearly all night.  

This was a huge gift to us.  Normally, the band costs in the neighborhood of $8000 to hire.  We felt very lucky to have this high-end wedding band at our very non-high-end wedding.  Both Nathan and I felt very blessed to have wonderful people around us that were willing to give so much.  A huge thanks to Doug Waitman and his band Rembrandt, but that thanks can never adequately portray how amazing the band made our wedding and how perfect it made our day.     

All photos in this post are by allichellephotography.com.