The Squires Band References

Dear Squires Band, We are so pleased with the level of fun and profesionalism you brought to our wedding planning and our wedding day. You were at our reception hall to set up and ready to play when you said you would be. As the Bride and Groom we could not be happier with our live band selection. Your performance, song selection and friendliness exceeded our expectations. We recommend The Squires Band for any wedding performance. Thank You!!

Brian and Carrie

We booked The Squires for the past 4 years and have enjoyed their high energy and fun music each year! They always get the crowd into the music and sing along with them. People are expecting to see them each year now. The band is very easy to work with and schedule times to play at our event. Makes my job much easier and they are a great value too! We are certainly having them back again for our festival in 2010 for the 5th year!!

Sara Collins - Event Coordinator

Hello Squires Band!

They are a great band...they know a lot of variety and know how to mingle and interact with the crowd. They play the music that the crowd likes and stay with that! Each year more people are coming to our party and that’s mostly due to the great response of having The Squires Band play for our function. I have had them come and play at our neighborhood Oktoberfest for 6 years and they are always a lot of fun and life of the party!! They are so easy and fun to work with too! Even in tough weather conditions, they can adapt so well. We had our 6th Oktoberfest party this year and it was fun as always! Hope to have the guys back again for our expanding neighborhood get togethers in the future! Hoy-Hoy-Hoy!!

Craig and Amy, Eden Prairie, MN

The Squires were PERFECT for my grandparents 65th Wedding Anniversary Party! We got so many so many so many compliments about our choice of your band and your music! The Squires Band was so very much worth it – you guys were great – great ‘spirit’ & personality of interacting with the crowd. Thanks again for being flexible on the setup in the park! You guys are very easy to work with and made our job so much easier too!!

You’re the top of our list when we’ll need entertainment again in the future!

Connie S.

Hello Squires Band! – 2010 4th Annual Stillwater Brewers Bazaar

I wanted to thank you once again for your participation in the 2010 4th Annual Brewers Bazaar. The Squires Band performed great again this year! This year, the event was an even bigger success than last year's. We had a fabulous weather and the new venue on the Avalon Riverboat proved to be a great location for the event. We estimated that we had well over 800 attendees and we raised more than $18,000. We truly appreciate the great job you guys did once again. The most pleasing aspect of the day was walking around and seeing everyone having a great time – especially the folks dancing and singing with you guys on the third deck of the boat. We will be having The Squires Band back again in 2011 for the 5th year in a row! You guys played your hearts out and it showed with the crowds response!

Ken McGinley - Stillwater Rotary Chairperson

Hello Squires Band!

I wanted to personally thank you for your participation in the 2009 3rd Annual Brewers Bazaar. The Squires Band performed great again this year! This year, the event was an even bigger success than last year's. I know the wind and cold temps didn’t make it easy for you guys but you played a significant role keeping the crowd entertained as they overflowed onto the patio. We estimated that we had 675 attendees and we raised more than $12,000. We truly appreciate the great job you guys did. The most pleasing aspect of the day was walking around and seeing everyone having a great time – especially the folks dancing and singing on the patio. We will most likely be having The Squires Band back again in 2010 on the deck! You guys played your hearts out and it showed with the crowds response!

Ken McGinley - Stillwater Rotary Chairperson

The Squires Band is the best. They are the true definition of the word "professional"! Need them to show up to your event mid-afternoon on a workday? -They show up early! Ask them to provide the sound system to your ceremony? -They happily agree! Something unusual comes up (no plug or extension cord capable outdoor wedding ceremony site)? -They think outside the box and make it work (brought their own quiet outdoor generator to power the sound system)! Whether you have two people or two hundrend on the dance floor, they make it fun for everyone!

What more can I say about these guys? No matter what curveballs that myself and my wife threw at them, they kept on hitting h omeruns! Did I also mention that they are easy to communicate with and are completely stress and hassle free!?! Do yourself a favor and book the The Squires. We are eternally greatful that we did!

Thank you Squires Band!!!
Joe and Andrea

We have had The Squires Band for the past two years at our 'Summer Concert In The Park' Series and LOVE them! People now ask us when are The Squires going to be playing at our concerts in the park. We have had them the past two years and have been very impressed by the variety of music they play and how they interact with the large crowds that we have come for their performance. We definitely will be having them back again in 2009! People love to sit and listen and tap their toes to their music. They are dependable and so easy to work with.

Our committee would recommend The Squires Band to anyone interested in having a versatile band that will exceed expectations!

Sincerely,
Donna Linders and Carrol Theumen
Hastings Summer Concert Series Coordinators

Hello Squires Band!

To begin with, I apologize for being so late with this “thank you”. I spent so many hours preparing for this year’s Brewers Bazaars that I needed to focus on my real job for a few weeks after the event.

I wanted to personally thank you for your participation in the 2nd Annual Brewers Bazaar. The band was a great addition to the event and we appreciated your patience with the weather conditions. With your help, our Rotary Club raised over $9,000 towards our H.S. Student Scholarships program and a Water Purification Project in Mangaon, India. We attracted over 400 attendees to the Water Street Inn on Saturday, May 17th and everyone had a great time.

We are already planning for next year. The date has been set for Saturday, May 16th, 2009 – same time, same location. We would love to have you back again for the 3rd Annual Brewers Bazaar in 2009 as we look to build on the success of the previous years. Thank you once again for your participation and support of our Club. Please visit our web site to view photos from this year’s event and learn more about our Club activities: www.stillwatersunriserotary.org/page/show/44542. Thank you and I’ll look for you at the Washington County Fair later this month!

Having attended quite a few wedding dances where there was no dancing and everyone was gone by 10:00 PM, my fiance and I knew what we didn't want. Finding a band that would play a mix of old time and rock and roll seemed like it would be a challenge. We found The Squires online and arranged a meeting where we could hear them play in front of an audience. I was sold after that. They kept the dance floor busy the entire time we were there. We found The Squires professional and accommodating in the planning stages and were kept abreast of developments within the band in the months leading up to our wedding. It was one detail I didn’t have to think twice about.

The wedding dance was wonderful! We still hear comments about how much fun people had, young and old alike. The Squires were true to their word and kept our guests entertained and out of their seats. Their performance exceeded my expectations. When the lights came on at the end of the evening I was surprised at how many guests had stayed the entire time.

I would enthusiastically recommend The Squires for an upcoming event. They're able to read the energy of the crowd and play to it. Not only does the band provide a good time for the crowd but you can see they're having fun as well. The Squires offer such a wide variety of music that they are able to play to an audience with a broad age range and not alienate one group to play a certain type of music. Everyone stays included and feels part of the dance. I have nothing but compliments to say about The Squires.

Dear WONDERFUL Squires,

You each are so very SUPER! I just want you to know how much so many people appreciate your musical contribution! You do so well! You're great music reaches the feelings of many people - especially the elderly. We hope and pray that you can continue to use your beautiful talents to reach the hearts and minds of so many people. We love it immensely. We watch for your appearance on the cable TV show each week and love it! Our prayer is that God will continue to guide and bless you. Many many graces and blessings be in store for you and your loved ones.

This was it, we had finally decided to get married and wow did we not know what we were getting into. Every facet of our wedding was thought through; we wanted everything perfect as long as it was in our budget. We wanted to have a wedding that was representative of us something where everyone would feel welcome, something that was both beautiful and solemn but at the same time lively and comical; I guess we think quite a bit of ourselves.

We come from rural America; fortunately we have also made friends in Minneapolis, Chicago and other metropolitan areas across the country. Our friends are as young as 21 and our family as old as 92 with of course children and the like thrown all in the mix. When it came time to pick the entertainment we were highly selective, we contacted at least 30 bands, having phone interviews with 5 of them and hearing 3 of them play; now picture being married to me…

After selecting the Squires we were somewhat nervous, some of our friends go to techno clubs every week while others love Johnny Cash we had a melting pot of tastes. We should not have worried at all; the Squires blew the doors off the place. Everyone and I mean everyone stayed until the last song was played, I think only my 80 some year old adopted Grandmother and one guy who celebrated a little too much left before the show was over. I cannot count how many people who said this was the best wedding they had ever been to and while I’d like to think we had something to do with it; it was almost entirely because of the Squires. They played everything we asked them to and didn’t play what we asked them to avoid, they kept the crowd on the dance floor and on their feet, they kept everyone there (we still had 130+ people there at the end of the night which I think is unheard of) our friends that had planned to leave stayed and most importantly they let me do my Johnny Cash impersonation. Everyone still talks about the Squires; my aunt and uncle thanked me for having entertainment that they could enjoy too, I don’t think they had danced since the Nixon administration. They are truly worth every dime and then some. If I ever had an event where I could have any entertainment I would book them as soon as I could. If you are thinking of having a band for your wedding and you’re a group that likes to have fun then don’t bother calling 30 bands like I did, just book this one.

Guys thanks again for playing at our wedding, we loved it, people still talk about it and we are coming to see you play on New Years Eve.

The Squires were a big hit at our wedding and we really couldn’t have asked for it to be any better. Since a large part of our life together is music, we knew that a band was a requirement at our wedding reception. While looking for bands, I contacted them through the Citypages band search website. My wife and I both live in Chicago and were planning a wedding to take place in St. Paul. For this reason, we had never had the chance to meet the band in person before the big day. All of our contact was through the Internet including booking, contract, and song selection discussion. We were most impressed at how accommodating they were. All of the planning with the band was extremely easy and convenient, making one aspect of wedding planning a little less stressful.

Some family and friends expressed doubt when we told them that we had booked a band known for playing polkas, but it didn’t take long once the dance/New Year’s Eve party began for everyone to agree that it was a great choice. The age of our guests range from small children to grandparents with most of our friends being in their mid-20’s. Once the band started to play, everyone danced the whole night. I’ve been to receptions where the DJ struggles to get people on the dance floor, but everyone loved the Squires. Everything worked out great. They took breaks which afforded all our guests the opportunity to sit, talk, eat, and drink. When the band started again, everyone was back on the dance floor. The Squires played a good mix of songs from polkas, classic rock, Motown, and our favorite Johnny Cash. The Squires offered a more personal touch, I think, than a DJ provides; even allowing a couple of family and friends to perform with them. All around, the Squires were a great choice and made for an entertaining party. I would not hesitate to use the Squires again and would recommend them to anyone looking for music for any occasion.

Last fall we put on a fund raiser to raise money and awareness for victims of domestic abuse. This issue was very important to us since our close friend was unfortunately affected by this important issue. Among the many great activities of the night was the main attraction, The Squires Band.

I was so impressed by how easy it was working with The Squires Band from the minute we set the date of the event all the way through their last song of the evening. They were in contact with us leading up to the event, showed up on time and were very flexible with their vast song list. They played all the song that we wanted to hear and they were great! It was a great mix of classic rock and roll and polka to appeal to all ages, Oh and what an outstanding drummer!

I would definitely recommend The Squires Band for any occasion. Thanks again guys, we are so happy that you could play a huge role in our very special night.