Connexion performed at our wedding two weeks ago (September 1, 2013), and they were incredible. Initially we were on the fence between getting a band and a DJ for our wedding, and Connexion's affordability allowed us to choose them over a DJ, and we are so glad we did! I found Connexion on Google as I was searching "Chicagoland wedding bands", and after doing some research on Yelp and talking to Ray, we were sold. Ray even invited us to go listen to them perform at another couple's wedding in downtown Chicago, which we did, and we were blown away by the amazing talent of the group and by the number of people on the dance floor. If you are considering hiring Connexion for your wedding, I recommend taking them up on their offer and seeing them perform at another venue, it's like an extra free show!
Ray has been super easy to work with throughout the entire process, he is very prompt with replies for emails and always very courteous and friendly. Out of all our vendors for the wedding, they were by far the easiest to work with - I'm a very organized/type A kind of person, and I was a little worried about the promptness of the florist and the bakery, so I called and contacted them multiple times before the actual day. With Connexion I didn't even have a fleeting thought or worry - Ray and I finalized details about a week before over email and that was it - no hassle and no worry.
On our wedding day, we had very high expectations for Connexion, and they still blew us out of the water. Their performance the entire night was spot on, and their energy was incredible. We had almost our entire guest list out dancing on the floor the entire night - literally, almost our entire guest list, except for a few older folk that danced in their seats :) Both of our families are fun and pretty outgoing, but I was shocked at some of the people that I saw on the dance floor, Connexion knew all the right songs to play to make everybody dance! We even had some of the band members joining us on the dance floor during one of their breaks, we thought that was awesome!!
Also, I was a tiny bit concerned about bridal party introductions, because at both of my sister's weddings in the past, they used DJ's, and they had pronounced names wrong during the introductions (including calling the groom the wrong name as he was being introduced!) --- I was a little worried that my wedding was doomed to have the same fate - somebody's name would be wrong. But with Connexion there was absolutely no need to worry, Ray made sure to get phonetic pronunciations on each person's name in the bridal party, and they did a flawless job with introductions on the day of. Phew!
One last thing....every single guest that we talked to RAVED about Connexion. At the end of the night, and the following day, and even now (we are two weeks out since the wedding), our guests are still talking about the band. I even had multiple friends who are recently engaged and planning their weddings ask me about Connexion and how to get in touch - they were seriously the hit of my wedding!
To the Connexion band - a HUGE thank you for your incredible performances, your talent, and your energy all night! You helped make our wedding amazing and a very popular topic among our friends and family!
To all wedding planners - Connexion was easily THE best decision about our wedding! read more