Renewal of Vows Ceremony at the Chihuly Exhibit

Angie and Doug picked the newest and coolest location for their renewal of vows ceremony... the new Chihuly exhibit in St Pete. We were blown away with the exhibit and we got some cool pictures... on camera phone (sorry for the poor resolution!) This was the most awesome idea - we played And I love you so for Angie's walk down the aisle, The Prayer for the recessional and Evergreen for the cake cutting.

August Wedding at the Rusty Pelican

Alafia Trio at the Rusty Pelican in August. It was very hot but we loved playing! Congratulations to McCall and Chuck!

Look what arrived in the mail recently!

Caroline and David were such a lovely couple to work with their gorgeous wedding at Lange Farm in May. We were thrilled they were so pleased with our services. (Side note-I am sorry the second picture is rotated, I can't seem to correct it. )

We at Alafia Strings have received so much praise and so many happy clients. Have you checked out our reviews on weddingwire?

http://www.weddingwire.com/reviews/alafia-string-quartet-brandon/99330548ce4e8c3d.html

Until next time,

Alda :)

A very busy spring indeed!

I have been slow to update our blog; we have had a beautiful new addition to the family, Mary, born 3.30!

A few highlights since December; we have performed at:

Corporate event for Countryside Publishing

A wedding at Longboat Key Club

A wedding at Turner House in Palm Harbor

A wedding at the Crosley Estate

A wedding at Islands Garden Club (several times!)

A wedding at St Paul's Church (several times!)

A performance at St Peter's Cathedral

A wedding at Don CeSar Hotel

A wedding at the Renaissance Vinoy Hotel (with Pam Iorio in attendance!)

A wedding at Tradewinds Resort

A wedding at Sunken Gardens

A wedding at Lange Farm

A wedding at Our Lady of Perpetual Help

A wedding at Cross Creek Ranch

A wedding at Crystal Beach Community Church

A wedding at Palma Ceia United Methodist Church

A wedding at the White Chapel in Palm Harbor

A weddign at Phillipi Creek Mansion

A wedding at The Hilton in Longboat Key.... and Aaron and I played a few concerts with The Florida Orchestra. It has been a very busy spring indeed!

:) Alda

Thank you from ASQ

Tampa, Florida- January 20, 2010WeddingWire, the nation's leading wedding technology company, just announced Alafia String Quartet has been selected to receive the WeddingWire 2010 Bride's Choice Awards for Ceremony Music.

The annual Bride's Choice Awards recognizes and celebrates excellence in quality and service within the wedding industry, as determined by recent reviews and extensive surveys from over 500,000 newlyweds.

Alafia String Quartet is among the top five percent of all vendors in the WeddingWire community, which includes over 100,000 wedding professionals across the US and Canada. Awards were given to winners across 19 different service categories, from wedding venues to wedding photographers.

We are excited to recognize and honor the success of the top wedding professionals within the WeddingWire Community said Timothy Chi, WeddingWire's Chief Executive Officer. The annual Bride's Choice Awards program has given us the unique opportunity to highlight the best wedding professionals in each region as reviewed by brides and grooms who have utilized their services in the past year.

We are happy to announce that Alafia String Quartet is among the very best Ceremony Music Providers within the WeddingWire Network, which includes WeddingWire and Martha Stewart Weddings. We would like to thank our past newlyweds for nominating us for the 2010 Bride's Choice Awards.

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