Category Archives: Latin Music

Find your Latin music here

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Latin music is a whole spectrum of music which derives from Spanish speaking and Latin American countries. The sheer vibrancy of these acts are truly mesmerising with upbeat sounds that guarantee to get feet tapping. There’s passion and life in the music and hiring a Latin Music performer or band for an event is the perfect choice for a guaranteed crowd pleaser.

The most well-known being the Salsa which is a very sexy dance. Up and down the Country there are many ‘Salsa’ classes as people who love this music want to learn to dance.  Of course we have all seen ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ and are familiar with the Tango, Cha Cha, Jive and Rumba.

If you would like this upbeat and beautiful music playing at your function or even if you wanted lessons you are able to book these Latin bands, performers and acts for your pleasure. Easy to book online, just fill out a form which is located in our Red Masque Directory. We have the best Latin Music Acts available on our entertainment directory. Book today, they will not disappoint.

Charity event tips

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Tip 1- The purpose – You should decide what the purpose of your charity event is and confirm this early to start initial planning. Is this full a fundraising event? Or does it have other goals in mind such as gaining awareness, publicity and to reach out to a new network of people. Many charitable events have more than one goal and these need to be decided before any further action takes place. Confirming and planning the details for your charity event will depend on knowing what goals you are trying to achieve.

Tip 2- Date, Time & Venue – Give yourself plenty of time to organise any type of event. At least 3 months in advance. You don’t want this to be a rushed job so ensure that all aspects are planned to perfection. Your venue is also entirely up to you, yet should reflect your theme, your purpose and your charity. If you believe that your house can hold the demand, then feel free to do so but for a large event then a venue such as a hotel may be better suited. Ask the venue for some freebies, if you don’t ask then you will never know.

Tip 3 – Budget Plan – Every fundraising event plan should contain a detailed budget plan of all of the expenses that will be required to hold the event.

Your budget plan should include staff, invitations, venue, catering, entertainment, utilities, and anything else that will be required to make the event successful. Your budget should take into account your fundraising goal, ensuring that you raise that amount above and beyond all expenses. Top tip for your budget is to always have a spare amount, you just never know when an emergency will appear and that extra bit of cash could really help you out

Tip 4 – Round up your troops – For your charity event to be a true success you will need a strong workforce behind you. This could be family and friends, volunteers of the charity or even try and recruit some new volunteers to help. Your team could help you in so many different ways such as helping you with the planning, collecting money outside supermarkets, selling tickets for the charity event and also on the day of your event it is always great to have a spare pair of hands.

Tip 5 – Read All about It – You have to let the public know
about your charity event, or nobody will know anything about it. Ask the charity to help by putting up the information on their Facebook page, create some simple flyers and leave them in shops in your area, create an “event” on Facebook and invite people, go and speak to your newspapers and get them to interview you about the charity event and if possible ring your local radio station and get a small interview slot. The more people know about the charity event, the more of a success it will be.

Tip 6 – Entertainment is key – Your entertainment has to be fresh, exciting and fun. Why not hire a fun casino which is great fun and also brilliant for fundraising? Or a magician who can walk about the room and make your guests “wow” in amazement. You could even hire out a crazy golf course;
you may even have the next Tiger Woods in your mists. The event entertainment needs to be organised quite early on in the planning process if you don’t want to be disappointed.

Tip 7 – Stick by the law – I would advise anybody to always go and research the laws and regulation when organising any event, especially a charity event. There are certain guidelines which need to be put in place to surrounding fundraising in public areas; you would need to speak to the local council about these. They are only small regulations so should not be anything too serious to worry about, but always check and get support from your local council

Tip 8 – Collecting the money- On the night of your event, you have to collect s the money if it is a fund raiser. You could collect the money by walking around the room with a branded bucket, have a raffle and collect the money when selling tickets or you could place an envelope for each guest
at their table where they place their desired amount into and you collect at a designated time of the night. There are so many options on how to do this, but these three seem to be
the most effective.

Tip 9 – Mind your manners! – Always remember to say Thank You both straight after the event and in the days that follow. Your guests, volunteers and sponsors need to be appreciated. They have taken time out of their lives to help with your charity event. Make a small speech simply thanking everybody for coming along, send a personal email again thanking them or even send them a moment of the night. Take a group photograph of everybody who attended and print these out for each volunteer and sponsor. A simple thank you on the back is all that is need and it gives your event that personal touch.

Tip 10 – HAVE FUN – You have done your planning, you have done your research and you have everything in place. Now it’s time to have fun. Mingle with your guests and have a laugh, if they see you relaxed then they will also feel relaxed. And remember it’s for charity, so no matter what you do you are making a difference.

25 creative entertainment ideas

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If you are a planner, you’ll probably in need of some creative entertainment ideas for your event or meeting, so because of that, we at Red Masque have put together a nice list.    

1.          Hire a comedian who can poke some fun at your CEO, do an impersonation of him, or even make light of your industry as a whole.

2.          Hire a magician that can incorporate your sales message into his magic, or cut your CEO or receptionist in half. He might even be able to vanish the CEO, much to the delight of the employees.

3.            Book a vocal improvisation group to take requests and spin them into a funny performance.

4.            Have a musician write a song about your company and play it at the event.

5.          Hire a celebrity impersonator to come to the event and sign autographs and take pictures with guests.

6.          Book a caricature artist to draw personalized sketches of each employee at the company. These are fun souvenirs as well.

7.          Book a digital caricature artist who composes his or her photos digitally on a computer right in front of your eyes. They can even personalize the backdrop to reflect the company or event. This is a great souvenir for the guests to take home.

8.          Book a balloon artist that makes the life size figures such as Disney characters, scenery like palm trees, huge company logos, and more. The balloon artist can do these figures with everyone watching making it an experience to watch the balloons being put together.

9.            How about a strolling juggler who can mingle through the cocktail hour.

10.        Book a stilt walker to make a big announcement for your company at an annual conference or meeting. It is a fun and guaranteed way to get everyone’s attention.

11.        A clown is a great option for events with children or families. There are also evil clowns for events with no kids or around Halloween.

12.        Book a palm reader to make psychic predictions about the future of the company or to tell people’s fortunes.

13.        Hire a reality TV star to interact with guests. They are far less money than big time Hollywood celebrities.

14.          Book a tribute band to play the songs of an artist that is popular among the guests.

15.        An a cappella group can perform on stage or stroll through the event during a cocktail hour or dinner.

16.        Hire a symphony orchestra to play at the event. You will need to consider space requirements for this type of an act.

17.          You could have a mime act out a corporate message to employees or event customers.

18.          Book a DJ to play only requested songs or songs from a certain era such as the 80’s

19.        Break dancers can be lots of fun. They are generally young, hip, and add a sense of youth to an event.

20.          How about a mariachi band for some festive music.

21.          A steel drum band can be a nice addition to a high end gala event.

22.        Booking a fire eater can be a great way to kick off the launch of a hot new product or service.

23.        Carollers can be nice addition to the Christmas season

24.        A living statue can be a great idea for almost any event. Make sure you ask for a living statue that matches closely to the theme of your event or meeting.

25.        Booking a circus act is a great idea when the event needs something remarkable or to get a buzz going. Make sure you can accommodate for the space some of the circus acts require.

For all you Latin music lovers

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For all you Latin music lovers out there who live and breathe this type of music, then Brazilian, Salsa or tango dancers can be hired for your very special evening. You could know some moves already but with these brilliant and talented dancers they could show you a few more.

How spectacular when a group of salsa dancers come into your party and liven things up a bit, or you could be organising a carnival where vibrant Brazilian dancers will be a very big hit with your crowd. A salsa dance is very special and intimate, making a romantic proposal even more romantic.  If you haven’t yet thought of this original idea then why not let Red Masque directory help you along the way?

 

Get those ‘hips’ moving

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You could be having a dance evening where you would like to try out some Salsa moves.  Not only would it keep you fit but you will have a great time listening and dancing to these cool sounds that is guaranteed to get anyone’s hips moving. You could hire a Latin dance group or Latin band to play all the up to date Latin music at your private party it could be sounds like the merengue, bamba or reggaton. 

You could want some Middle Eastern music playing at your party; we have the best Middle Eastern artists advertised in our directory which is guaranteed to be a real crowd pleaser.  You artist is able to teach dance moves is you so wanted, so if you were opening up a ‘dance academy’ they can be hired for lessons if you so wished.

Simply look on our acts advertised on our Red Masque directory and if you see one you like simply fill out an online booking form where your dance act will be in contact directly.