Razzle Dazzle References

United Kingdom & New Zealand Assn Inc

References:

PO BOX 45173, Epuni, Lower Hutt. Email
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN
MAY 2007
The United Kingdom & New Zealand Association Inc. have used the services of Razzle Dazzle for nine years.
Of utmost importance to the Club has been their reliability. This was shown so amazingly at our Christmas Dance in 2006 when Daryl left Frances in the labour ward and fronted up to play for us for 4 hours (not including setting up and packing up at the end). It was such a relief to discover Baby Anita waited for her Dad before making her grand entrance!
Razzle Dazzle is very professional and they have a wide repertoire ranging through Ballroom, Latin American, Rock & Roll, Old Time and New Vogue.
Daryl’s versatility on several instruments makes for a very entertaining evening accompanied by Frances beautiful voice.
The Band is very popular with our Club members.
Pp UK & NZ Assoc. Inc.
Margaret Gooch

From Daniell McGruddy (left) Social and Competitive Dancer
(pictured here with Sir Elton John)

"I have been listening and dancing to the sounds of Razzle Dazzle for some years now at many different venues and enjoy their music immensely. My dance partner and I enjoy our dancing very much, both socially and competitively.
It is always a great pleasure to dance to a band that not only maintains good rhythm but also plays songs that everyone can relate to and even sing along to. Razzle Dazzle is such a band! From the many different instruments Daryl plays to the soft velvet voice of Frances this is surely a musical match made in heaven, with both instrumentalist and singer complimenting each other superbly!
As they perform many great songs from both the past and the present it would be impossible for me to say I have any particular favourites. I can only say how much I always look forward to hearing them perform at the many venues they frequent throughout the greater Wellington Region."

From Daphne Knipe Wellington
Ph 478 6845 (after hours)
"Thank you, Frances and Daryl, Razzle Dazzle was a great hit at my 60^th birthday party.
As you know I am an addicted dancer and love the community dances for the fun, exercise and pleasant socializing it brings. Many of my friends also love this dancing world as well so it was an easy choice to plan a dance evening and have our favourite band to play for us. I did also get wonderful feed back from my non-dancing family and friends who enjoyed listening to the music, watching the dancers and could still have a conversation with others without being drowned out.
For me it was great being able to ask for exactly what I wanted music-wise to accommodate both the experienced and novice dancers who just wanted to join in and have fun. Once again a big thank you for your part in making the evening such a great success."

From: Karen Conway, Director
The Recruiter and CareerDynamix
Ph: 04 974 4188

"I would like to thank you so much for the super entertainment provided for our launch function in February. Many of our guests commented on how wonderful you both sounded. And thank you also for coming up with such a subtle mixture of jazz, contemporary and bluesy numbers to suit the occasion.

Balancing background music and the need to be able to converse with guests is not always an easy act, but you instinctively knew how to blend this all together and it was much appreciated. I hope you are available for future functions as we will definitely use you again."

From Robyn Cooke
Ph 569 3232
Hutt Valley Community Dance

"Since 1999 Razzle Dazzle have been providing great dance music for our community dances to which between 100 -160 people attend
Frances has a melodic easy listening voice and their music is great to dance to as they put many hours into getting the strict tempo right for us. Razzle Dazzle have a very wide range of music for all types of dance and tastes. I really love the big band sound they sometimes produce especially for a quickstep – makes you want to get up and go !
A number of our dancers when holding private functions have asked Razzle Dazzle to provide the music for the very successful evenings. They are a very capable and co-operative duo who would suit most situations"

Ian MacDonald

Dance Programme Convenor
Eastern Suburbs Community Dance Committee
Tel: 04-387 7667

"The Eastern Suburbs Community Dance Committee runs dances every six to eight weeks at St Catherine’s College, Kilbirnie. We cater for up to 160 patrons who enjoy dancing that includes Ballroom, Latin, Sequence, New Vogue, Old Time and Jive/Rock ’n Roll.
Razzle Dazzle provides a varied programme encompassing all these dance genres and is first on the list of our bands of choice. Their repertoire is huge, encompassing music that matches the spirit as well as the correct tempo for each dance. They are able to tailor the music to meet all our requirements and can match the season or theme with appropriate music.
Frances and Daryl’s popularity is so great that some of our patrons will only attend when they know that Razzle Dazzle is playing."

2 April 2008
To Frances & Daryl
On behalf of the Wellington Social Club for the Blind, I would like to sincerely thank you for the great musical entertainment we were privileged to hear.
Thank you for your support. It was greatly appreciated.
Yours sincerely
Grace Wheeler, Chairperson