I love music from the 30s and 40s, I grew up listening to all the classics from George and Ira Gershwin, Harry Warren, Irving Berlin, Jerome Kern, Cole Porter... and many others besides. Even if you aren't a particular fan of that era, there is something indescribably romantic and lovely about the songs from that Golden Age, which just makes a wedding party go with, well - a swing!

Sara & Swingtime are local to us in the Bay Area, and I couldn't believe how lucky we were to find such a talented swing band right here, on our doorstep. Sara was wonderful to deal with from start to end, communicating regularly and with great interest and excitement about our big day. She clearly loves her music, and has been doing it for far longer than seems possible from her youthful enthusiasm for what she does.

We booked Sara and her bandmates for both our wedding day, to play during cocktail hour, and for a larger party we had a few days later, to play for about 3 hours during the afternoon. Our wedding day was a very small, intimate occasion for just 18 people in total at my groom's parents' house, so we had a trio of just Sara and two musicians playing for us, which was perfect. They played a variety of very romantic standards, alongside some peppier, jazzy songs, but as it was our wedding day, the focus was on romance. For the larger party, we had five musicians, bringing a much livelier set of swing standards and songs to entertain our guests.

The band were just fantastic. They played with only a couple of short breaks, on both days, even though the weather was unseasonably hot! Kind of lucky for us in one sense, but heat is not the musician's friend. We did what we could to shade them, somewhat successfully - and the band played on... Sara was resourceful and professional, and they just did what they had come to do, without a moment of complaining and bothering (even when we'd forgotten to make sure that they had power!)

Everyone loved them and their music, they were a huge hit with all age groups, and my only regret was that I had so little time to stop and listen and enjoy them (a common complaint among brides, I'm sure). Sara & Swingtime will be at the top of my list for any future event or big celebration.

If you want wonderful live musicians, playing classic romantic standards from the original era of swing, then book Sara & Swingtime!