Band For Wedding

In a sign of how freely insurgents – or at least unarmed ones – can move around even the most heavily policed areas of the most sensitive parts of the Afghan capital, Kabul, the militant agreed to meet the Guardian in one of Kabul's ritziest... He passed easily through the extra security laid on for the second day of President Hamid Karzai's peace jirga – a gathering he said was controlled by the Afghan president's foreign backers and was therefore pointless. Two nights earlier, the commander and his band of a dozen insurgents in Wardak province, just south of the capital, had attacked members of a local US-backed militia. None of the well-heeled Afghan diners and foreign contractors batted an eyelid as the thickly bearded man – who cannot be named – helped himself to rice and barbecue chicken from the buffet.

If you have ever been to a dimly lit wedding reception where a full band played flawlessly along with the mood of the room, then you can understand the difference that a live band can bring to a reception. Often couples choose a DJ instead of a live band because they think it is much more difficult to find an appropriate band to suit their needs. Of course weddings can cost a lot of money, and one of the elements of your wedding that adds to the total is the cost of the music. Hiring a live band for your wedding can add class and style like no other form of musical entertainment can provide. In some cases couples want muted instrumental background music and no dancing at all, and it is hard to beat the effectiveness of a live band for that. In many cases a band will play timed sets, and recorded music can fill in the breaks, so you get the best of both worlds. People are used to recorded music and just about everyone will get a big kick out of interacting with a live band. Many couples do the usual thing and hire a DJ for their wedding reception.

Two nights earlier, the commander and his band of a dozen insurgents in Wardak province, just south of the capital, had attacked members of a local

At Schwartz Jewelers in College Hill, 85 to 90 percent of new wedding bands sold for men are tungsten or a composite of other metals,

she'll wake up and they'll have their wedding day in that field, green and brown, candles on the trees, music in the air, wedding bands on their hands.

This was a party crowd and he brought as much party as he could with a 10+ member band. At a couple different points, he stood up on his piano stool and

When Barry Francis lost his wedding band in Coronado, he hardly expected to get it back from Texas, courtesy of a