INDEX ProfileStrofes Band is a Professional Ensemble which features Male & Female Vocalists, Bouzouki, Keyboards, Guitars, Drums, and Percussion. We are based in Melbourne, Australia.Strofes Band and it's members share a common objective, to provide professional, quality of service and excellence in music to it's clientelle. Your happiness and satisfication is our success.With over 30 years experience in the industry we know how to make your event a success.We specialize in mixed weddings and events. We are able to acheive the right balance in music to ensure that you and your guests are satisfied and having a great time.Strofes Band are available to perform Local, Country, interstate and international for any event.Dedicated to our clients needs, we also offers an International blend of music. Our repertoire includes 50's, 60's, 70's and 80's classics. Also offering the Latest Dance Hits with Smooth Contemporary Jazz, Lounge, and Latin Music to make your party come alive.Dedicated in setting a new standard of Greek music, like that found in Greece. Our music ranges from modern, contemporary Greek to Laikia, Rebetika, traditional dance from all parts of Greece, ie Cyprus, Macedonia (Levendiko), islands (Nisiotika), Crete, Pontiaka, Kalamata, etc. Some of the venues we have performed at:- Crown Palladium - Melbourne- The Hyatt - Melbourne- Flemington Race Course - Melbourne- Zinc Federation Square - Melbourne- RACV Club - Melbourne- Stokehouse - Melbourne- The Gables - Melbourne- The Sovereign - Northcote- The international of Brighton - Melbourne- The Florian Receptions - Melbourne- Nine Darling Street - Melbourne- Quat Quatta - Melbourne- Lincoln of Toorak - Melbourne- Leonda by the Yarra - Melbourne- The Manor on High - Melbourne- Lakeside & The Luxor Receptions - Melbourne- Hawthorn & Merrimu Receptions - Melbourne- Ultima receptions - Melbourne- Stars International - Melbourne- Grand Star Receptions - Melbourne- San Remo Ballroom - Melbourne- Athenian Tavern - Melbourne- Remvi by the bay - Melbourne- Lemnos Greek Tavern - Melbourne- The Front Room - Wellington New Zealand- Witchmount Estate Wineries - Rockbank- The Ambassador - Morwell - Red Hill Estate Wineries - Red Hill- Michelton Wineries - Nagambie- GV Hotel - Shepparton- The Setts - Mildura- Premiere Receptions - Traralgon- Kernot Hall - Morwell- Italian Australian Club - Morwell- The Carlton Crest - Darwin, NT- Rydges Southbank - Townsville, QLD- The Hellenic Club - Canberra, ACT- Museum of Contemporary Arts - The Rocks, Sydney, NSW- Taylors - Narooma, NSW- Bicentennial Function Centre - Queanbeyan, NSW- Ayers House - Adelaide , SAWhy Strofes Band?We have and offer everything you require to make your event a success:1. We have the instrumentation to produce real music (Not Midi or Backing Tracks).2. Our entertainers interact with your guests make them part of the experience.3. We adapt to suit your venue no matter how big or small.4. MINIMAL BREAKS to give you and your guests more dance time and entertainment value.5. We provide Lighting to create a party atmosphere at NO EXTRA CHARGE.6. Packages to suit your budget , Competitive Prices without sacrificing quality.7. FREE! 30 minutes performance time if your event goes into Overtime.8. We give you a big sound and a night you and your guests will never forget, a full dance floor and a high energy performance. Have a look at our testimonials from our previous couples.9. We understand that weddings can be costly, we don't require a full menu for the band, just one course and standard drinks are fine.10. Whether your function is in country Victoria, interstate or overseas we have all different packages that are available to choose from.11. NEW we offer 'Strofes Unplugged' Why not enjoy the best of both worlds the sounds of Acoustic and Electric. For more information please check out our section on Strofes Unplugged.12. We have a variety of different packages and can tailor make packages to suit your requiremements and budget.Our Master of CeremonyGeorge our Master of Ceremony (MC) will conduct all your formalities in both Greek & English and facilitate the night, by liaising with the Function Manager, Staff and the Strofes Band to ensure your night runs smoothly and according to plan. He also provides a personalized Consultation to all our couplesto ensure that all your formailites and entertainment requirements are satified. This means you get more entertainment value and more dancing time .George offers a variety of MC packages to suit your requirementsand Budget.With George you can relax and enjoy your night, your in good hands. Preview NightsWe conduct a showcase for potential clientelle usually on a Tuesday Night once a fortnight in a studio environment. Our performance part of the night goes for a 30 Minutes and then the other 10 minutes is spent answering any questions you may have. Why attending a Preview Night is ImportantThese preview nights are conducted to give our potential clients a taste and an appreciation of the band's musical and entertainment capabilities . Also this allows the potential client the ability to listen to the bands diverse genres of music. Whereas attending a performance or function can be inconvienient and will restrict the potential client as to what can be heard at the present time and to the tastes, style, genre of the musical program, that the has been selected by the client at their function. Every Client has different requirements. Therefore judging the band on whats been played at a function is not a good idea, as this is not the true representation of the bands capabilities.For example, The client has requested traditional music onlyand nothing modern and to follow the format and running of the night as per their requirements. As the client is engaging our services we must follow the requests of the client as agreed.I cant attend a Preview Night We understand that our potential clients and clients live a busy lifestyle or cannot physically attend a Preview night due to commitments, locations, etc. Therefore we have produced high quality samples from a wide range of Styles and Genres to give our potential clients an understanding as to our musical capabilities as a band.Also you can contact George and organize a video conference meeting on Skype.If you would like to attend a Preview night or would like to enquire please feel free to contact us, all our details can be found on our enquiries page.

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Paul: Greek Music

Michelle: Greek & English Music

Spiro: English, Italian, Latin Music

OUR MUSICIANS Our Musicians
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Chris: Bouzouki

Steve: Keyboards

Spiro: Acoustic & Electric Guitar

George: Acoustic & Electric Bass

Kosta: Drums

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Strofes UnpluggedStrofes Uplugged is when the band is stripped down to acoustic instruments such as the warm Male & Female vocals, acoustic guitar, acoustic bass, Acoustic Bouzouki, Piano sound & Percussion.The musical program changes to suit the envirionment creating a relaxed and fun night. This includes some Jazz, dinner music, English and Greek sing alongs and Latin music.Perfect for any type of parties and venues.We also come to your house for pre wedding parties or want something different and want to celebrate with your guests before going to the church or tying the knot.Why not have both?You can have the best of both worlds.Why not have the first part of your wedding or function unplugged during your entree with some unplugged background music which you and your guests will enjoy.Then during our dance sets have the great sound of Strofes plugged into our high quality sound equipment and electric instruments to offer you the best of both worlds."Our success is your happiness."
PACKAGES RED LABEL - 'One Flavour one Taste'Band Services & LightingBLACK LABEL - 'For those who like it Smooth'Band Services, Lighting & Master of CeremonyDeluxe PackageGREEN LABEL - 'Special Blend of Flavours'Band Services, Lighting, Master of CeremonyGold PackageGOLD LABEL - 'Smooth and Refine'Band Services, Lighting, Master of CeremonyGold Package & Choice of Extra (s)BLUE LABEL - 'Taste truly for the Connoisseur'Band Services, Lighting, Master of CeremonyGold Package, Choice of Extra (s), Pre-Wedding Entertainment.OUR EXTRA'S - FOR THOSE WHO WANT MORE- Clarinet - DJ - Pontian Lyra- Greek Dancing Group- Belly DancerPlease note: Extra's vary in price range, depending on what Extra(s) are chosen in conjuction with our packages.
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TESTIMONIALSCorporate FunctionsYasou george and Strofes!On behalf of GOYANZ( Greek Orthodox Youth Association of New Zealand) Would like to thank you Strofes for the most amazing annual dance in history!!! Miss Goyanzyou guys rocked. you kept the "kefi" alive! with Hours of music, NON stop dancing! we didn't want the night to end!quotes from the night" AMAZING, Best Band thats played for us from Australia, Sounded like being in Greece"..Hope to have all 7 of yous next year!! 2012!! Bigger HITTTT!!!Once again thank you for coming to Wellington New Zealand and making our night so memorable!!PeterGOYANZ5 June 2011Event: Masters of the Mediterranean _ Crown, Breezes Restaurant Melbourne "thank you all for a great performance. We hope to have Strofes Band perform again one day." Christine, Crown Limited Event: Hellenic Club - Olympus Ballroom - Greek Independance Day Dance"On behalf of the Hellenic Club we thank Strofes Greek Band for a great night of entertainmentand look forward to seeing them at our next function." Hellenic Club Weddings FunctionsHey George,How are you?I just wanted to say a belated thank you for such an amazing performance at our wedding! You all are truly gifted and all of our guests had a great time.. even yiayia got up and had a swing when Michael Buble was played.I look forward to defiantly using you in the near future, and of course we highly recommend you to all our family and friends!Have a very merry Christmas and a very happy New Year filled with love!Thank you againMr & Mrs Koutsonas The Florian - ElstenwickGeorge & Strofes, My husband and I would like to say a huge thank you for your performance at our Wedding a couple of weekends ago (19/11/11). From the moment we viewed your performance we booked you straight away. Planning our meetings to organising the music we had chosen it was all a breeze! to giving us advice you had taken a lot of the stress away by having everything under control.. The music on the night was spectacular! All our guest had enjoyed the entertainment, From the solo clarinet playing to the Greek music and the Turkish and then topping it off with our favourite variety of English music. During the night we had guest approaching us telling us how great the band is, and that they didn't want the night to end! (We didn't either) we were all having so much fun! Our Clarinet player, WOW!!! What more can we say! Everybody was loving the solo performance, He was Fabulous! All our guest were speechless! His performance got all our guest dancing in there seats! George thank you for playing the roll of MC as well, the whole night went by without a hitch! You had everything under control and made our night stress free! which gave us the opportunity to have the best night of our lives and to enjoy every moment. We want to thank you all again for a Fantastic night, people are still raving on about how great the entertainment was and it's all thanks to you. We are glad that we had chosen Strofes to take part in the most important part of our lives, not only are you guys great performers but you all have great personalities that made the night even more enjoyable!. Thank you Zalihe & GeorgeManor on High - EppingHi George,Strofes band were amazing... they created a fantastic atmosphere at our wedding that made everyone there get up and dance and have a great time. All our guests commented on how terrific the band was. Highly recommended! Thanks again, you guys really made it for us!CheersMaria and DaleTanglewood Estate WineryMerrick NorthHi George Re: Wedding celebration Just wanted to say a BIG thank you to you and your team for the loveliest night last Saturday. Everybody had a ball thanx to you guys and we were absolutely wrapped with the outcome. Ever since last week we've been inundated with people asking about your band. They were impressed with how strong you were not only with the greek but also with the English music. You're a credit to Melbourne and we were so proud to host our wedding celebration with your band by our side.The thing that impressed us most was the way you've taken classic and traditional greek music and breathed new life into it giving a fresh, young approach which is really appealing to our generation. Even non-greek guests were impressed with the greek music and wanted to dance. Your English music got the crowds going with classics like the nutbush/busstop and I for one was totally wrapped with my favourite song being played so well.....Ain't Nobody. Special mention has to be made to your gorgeous male and female vocalists. My god they can sing!!!!!! Paul has the sweetest sounding voice that caresses you when he sings and Michelle, what can I say.... That gorgeous lady can sure belt out a song. What a voice!!!! These two compliment each other so well that we can listen to them every night....You've become our favourite band in Melbourne and after considering every band out there, we're so happy we went with you. We'll be recommending you to everybody we know and we hope to be using you again and again for future functions. You guys are just that awesome. Please thank the band for us and tell them how happy and grateful we are for a trully amazing evening.....it will stay with us forever....Warmest thanxChris and PatrickRoselyn Court Receptions - EssendonHi George, Everyone had an awesome night.My dad enjoyed singing with the band and all our guests had a great night with your non stop party hits. We did not want it to finish.Thanks,Peter & AngelaFlemington Race Course - FlemingtonDear George and Guys, Just want to say we had a great night.Thank you so much for such a memorable night.You and the band had all of our guests on the dance floor all night.We appreciate all your effort and help, and we highly recommend Strofes to anyone looking for a band.Sincerly,Arthur & MarieOakville Receptions- Preston VICDear George and the rest of the band members,My husband and I would like to thank you all very much for the wonderful music you played at Cynthia and Steve’s wedding on Saturday at Mitchelton Winery.We all loved your music. All of the band members played and sang with feeling and emotion.Everyone had such a great time and we just keeping hearing about how great the band was. My cousin's husband, Peter, who was the great dancer thought you were wonderful and he should know.I was very happy that all the aussies joined in as well. They all had a great evening and I think they will remember the music and the enjoyable wedding for a long time.We were so lucky with the weather and all the great people we hired to help us celebrate the wedding.Hope you had a good time too.If we ever require a band again, you will definitely be the first ones we contact. We have also recommended you to our friends and anyone who asks about bands.All the best,NikiSteve & CynthiaMichelton Winery - Nagambie VIC"Thank you again for helping us make our wedding the success it was. Yianni & I had heaps of fun and we have had loads of great feedback from guests about the entertainment. One of the members of the Greek community in Townsville was enquiring about your details as they are trying to source a band to play at their annual Greek Festival. I have passed on your details to them with pleasure – good luck!Thanks again George. It was really nice to meet you & the band"Bridget & Yianni Southbank Convention Centre - QLD Townsville "We have been meaning to contact you. We had a great time and everyone loved your band!Once again, many many thanks George - it was a great day and we will never forget it cheers"Diane & PhilThe Gables - Malvern EastDear George & StrofesThanks Guys for truly an exciting and memorable night.We really loved the Male and Female singers combinationand the diverse music that made our night very special.We didn't want the night to end.Tina & ChrisLa Mirage Receptions - Somerton"I would like to Thank you and the rest of the Band for helping make the night great, All I hear from guests is how much the enjoyed the music, I have forwarded the bands details to a few people. Once again Thank you so much."Amy & Peter Narmbool Homestead - Ballarat "You guys were wonderful, we all had the best night. We had great feed back about the band "Strofes" "Everything you guys did for us including special requests and even letting the drunk Groomsman have a crack at singing Greek " which I don't recall" :) was exceptional.""People are still talking about the wedding. And how much fun it was.""All we can say is thank you from the bottom of our hearts for helping make our special day memorable."Jessie & John Stars International Reception - Preston "Just wanted to again say a big Thank You for making our wedding such a success. Hope you all had a great night and maybe we can catchup when were in Melbourne next."Vicky & Nick Premiere Receptions - Traralgon Country Victoria
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