What is the instrumentation of your band?

The band recommended for corporate events, dances and weddings consists of 5 members with the following instrumentation: keyboardist, two guitarists, drummer and female vocalist. Each male band member sings and our female vocalist doubles on auxilliary percussion. If required, we can also add a sax player and/or a latin percussionist giving you a choice of a 5 to 7 member group.




How long have you been together?

Sandy Vine And The Midnights have been around since 1988. I personally have 25 years of professional experience as a musician performing at weddings, dances, corporate events, private parties, nightclubs, theatres and casinos.

What styles of music do you play?

We take pride in being able to provide music for almost every age group at any particular function, so if you are looking for variety, you'll be making an excellent choice. We perform material that is in the Top 40 chart of today, right back to the best dance hits from the 1950's to the 90's. We also perform swing styles and ballroom music where requested.

Take a look at our songlists here at the site. They are constantly being updated with new material. If there is something that you require that is not on these particular lists, please ask. We are very experienced and over the years have performed many songs - there may be something that we have done before that may not be on the list.

Do you take requests?

Of course - in fact, we encourage it! There is nothing more satisfying to us than being able to belt out a request that fills the dance floor. If we don't know a particular request, then we'll at least try to perform something along the same style or from the same artist.

How long do you play? How many breaks do you take?

Usually, clients will book a four hour block of time for the dance portion of an evening (eg. 9pm-1am, 8pm-12am).  We prefer to do longer sets to get everyone pumped on the dance floor, and they typically last between 90 -120 minutes in a NON STOP format. "NON STOP" music means that we perform songs seamlessly - one into another so that the dance floor is always moving. No awkward pauses - no idle chatter - just lots of dance music!

One or two (max.) breaks are the norm for the dance portion.  The scheduling of your evening will dictate when a break is taken.  We can provide recorded music for all breaks.

You are not limited to a four hour block by any means. Music is available through dinner and the cocktail hour if needed. If preferred, the entire band can be hired to perform music for dancing through the dinner hour. We can customize an evening of music based on your specific requirements.

How does the band dress?

Some events (weddings, for example) require us to dress formally. Others may assume a more business-casual approach (eg. black dress shirt and slacks). Yet other more casual events may prefer us in jeans and loud Hawaiian shirts.

Be ASSURED that the band will be dressed appropriately for your event. We will confirm all of these details when you book an event with us.

It's not going to be too loud, is it?

One of our strengths is that we don't have to play loud to make it sound great. We carry a state-of-the-art sound system that stresses clarity - not volume. We run it at just the right volume for the dance floor so that guests can "feel" a part of the music, but can still carry a normal conversation at their tables.

More often than not, you will tell us to turn up the volume before you have to tell us to turn it down. (That's not to say that we can't crank it up when you need us to...)

What do you charge?

As you can imagine, every event has its own characteristics as to the location, travel time, performance time, and size of band being hired. We will price an event on all of these factors and will make sure that all quotes are given in a clear manner once we get all the relevent information about your event. Don't forget that we also have packages of music that can encompass your entire day - from ceremonies and cocktails to dinner music and dancing.

A special note to our American clients: our pricing is quoted in Canadian Funds when your event is held in Canada.

Will you travel to the USA? How far will you travel?

By all means. We are located a short distance from the 3 US borders into the Niagara Falls, NY and Buffalo, NY areas and have had great success performing for our American clients. We have access to work visas so that all of our travel into the US is worry-free. (We've heard horror stories of bands trying to "sneak" across the border and not making it to their event - can you imagine being the event coordinator or bride on a day like that?)

We are based out of the Niagara Region and normally work in the Southern Ontario area, but have travelled for special events further from home. We will price the event accordingly to include all travel expenses so that it is worry free for the purchaser.

What is the next step if we are interested?

Take this link to the contact page and either email or phone us so that we can check availability and quote you on your particular event. Should you decide to book with us, there is a contract to sign and a deposit to be taken care of to hold the booking date. The return of both the deposit and contract will secure your booking date.

Please feel free to contact us with ANY questions you may have about how our live music services will help to make your event a success.