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“Thanks again for such an amazing performance, we got great feedback and would definitely recommend again! Loved it!”

Lauren & Tom, Fulham

Played at Amberley Castle near Arundel on Saturday for a beautiful wedding. We provided a jazz trio during the champagne (and Pimms) reception, then 3 x 45 minute sets of party music in the evening. Fabulous grounds, polite and helpful staff, a wonderful wedding planner (Isobel Lamplough), fireworks, even a rare albino peahen – we had such a nice time. Looking forward to performing there again soon.

Cornucopia rocked the Dover Street Wine Bar last night – we played a 2-set showcase there from 10.30pm and received many appreciative comments from the punters (and indeed the bouncers!). The sound seems to have vastly improved there since last I played Dover St – I seem to remember being hit with a wall of noise. We will hopefully be holding these showcases every 3 months to enable our clients to see us perform. Most of our gigs are private, so it’s a bit difficult otherwise. I shall keep you informed…

Cornucopia opened up the conference for the GSK Oncology Department up in the North Mymms training centre with a fantastic rendition of Queen’s “One Vision”. We then performed for their evening Masked Ball and had them crying out for more at the end of the night. On request we included a few more Queen numbers which seemed to be appreciated by all. Queen stuff is not necessarily the best stuff to dance to, but it is enormous fun to play, so we thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. On that note, Cornucopia are quite happy to learn up to 3 songs for your event, as long as there is adequate notice (that means more than a week!).

“Richard. Would like to thank you and the other members of the band for a fabulous night of wicked entertainment to celebrate both our wedding and Sarah’s 40th birthday. The range of music delivery and professionalism of your group was exceptional. Seeing a packed dance floor literally for every song was amazing and we’ve had so many comments from our guests stating how much of a great time they had, which is basically down to you guys. If you’re ever playing a public gig let us know and we’ll be there.”

Tony & Sarah, Forest of Dean

CORNUCOPIA – OUSEFIELD HOUSE OFFICERS’ MESS TESTIMONIAL

“I would like to take this rather belated opportunity to thank both yourself and your band members for the superb levels of entertainment you have delivered at the Officers’ Mess for the two major functions that we hold each year. Both the Summer Ball (17 Jul 10) and Xmas Ball (11 Dec 10) were outstanding events that benefitted greatly from the professional expertise and flexibility that you have afforded the Mess Committee on both occasions. With a diverse Membership ranging from the ages of mid twenties through to mid seventies the attendees are always going to be potentially difficult to please. However, you have an unfailing ability to judge what needs to be delivered and managed to keep the dance floor packed throughout the evening. Be it catering for the broad needs of a diverse audience or “banging out” the modern classics in the early hours, the live entertainment and disco have been outstanding. The seven and five piece groups that you provided for the two events met all expectations and where very responsive to the tailored needs of both evenings. Qualifying my comments with the observation that I have been involved in organising events in various capacities over the last 16 years I can confidently and unreservedly recommend the services of Cornucopia to any potential customer.”

D Godderidge
Major
President of the Mess Committee

Well, we didn’t play for the Royal Wedding, but our lead vocalist Damien did sing at Hyde Park in the afternoon before hot-footing it down to Horsted Place near Uckfield for a beautiful wedding. A fantastic gig – indeed, possibly one of our best. We wowed them with 3 sets, and we had the lovely Maria Henderson on vocals with Damien. We wish Lauren and Matt every happiness together.

Many of you have asked for this, so here it is… It’s just been updated – spot the Jessie J song… If you have suggestions, please email them to info@cornucopiamusic.co.uk. We review regularly and we will be updating this every couple of months.

9 to 5
500 Miles
All I Wanna Do
All Right Now
American Boy
American Pie
Angels
Back In The USSR
Billie Jean
Bitch
Black Horse And The Cherry Tree
Blame It On The Boogie
Brass In Pocket
Breakfast At Tiffanys
Brown Eyed Girl
Can’t Take My Eyes Off Of You
Candle In The Wind
Carwash
Chasing Cars
Complicated
Crazy
Crazy In Love
Crazy Little Thing Called Love
Dancing Queen
Dec ’63 (Oh What A Night)
Disco Inferno
Dock Of The Bay
Don’t Look Back In Anger
Don’t Speak
Don’t Stop (Fleetwood Mac)
Don’t Stop Believing
Don’t Stop Me Now
Don’t You Want Me
Easy
Fields Of Gold
Gimme Some Lovin’
Great Balls Of Fire
Hallelujah
Handbags And Gladrags
Heard It Through The Grapevine
Hello
Hero
Hey Jude
Honky Tonk Women
I Don’t Feel Like Dancing
I Feel Good
I Love Rock & Roll
I’m A Believer
Imagine
I Wanna Go Home (Buble)
I Will Survive
Just The Way You Are
Kids In America
Killing Me Softly
La Bamba
Le Freak
Let It Be
Let Me Entertain You
Living On A Prayer
Long Train Running
Lovely Day
Mercy
Moondance
More Than Words
Mustang Sally
No Woman No Cry
Perfect (Fairground Attraction)
Piano Man
Play That Funky Music
Price Tag
Proud Mary (Tina Turner)
Put Your Records On
Rehab
Rhinestone Cowboy
Respect (Erasure)
Rock Dj
Sex On Fire
Simply The Best
Smells Like Teen Spirit
Smile
So Lonely
So What
Stand By Me
Stand By Your Man
Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For
Stuck In The Middle With You
Suddenly I See
Summer Nights
Summer Of ‘69
Superstition
Suspicious Minds
Sweet About Me
Sweet Child Of Mine
Take On Me
These Boots Were Made For Walking
Trouble (Coldplay)
Unchained Melody
Valerie
Waterloo
We Are Family
What’s Up (4 Non Blondes)
When You Say Nothing At All
Wonderful Tonight
Wonderwall
You Are The Sunshine Of My Life
You Do Something To Me
You Raise Me Up
You’re Beautiful
You’re The One That I Want
You To Me Are Everything