Party Bands: Alpha Connection

In 1989 four Royal Marine musicians formed a band called Alpha Connection and performed at the odd holiday camp and at a few dinner dances in and around Portsmouth. They soon added the brass section to the band completing the current line up of Alpha Connection. In 1990 the band completed a world record for performing 108 hours non-stop in aid of the NSPCC and was officially entered in the 'Guinness Book of World Records'.

Alpha Connection took the initial gamble to leave the Royal Marines and thereafter steadily built up a reputation for quality and reliability. Now, as a fully professional seven-piece unit, Alpha Connection has achieved international acclaim as one of the most exciting and fresh new party show bands in the UK, having performed at over 2000 venues worldwide and covering some 500,000 miles in the process.

Today, Alpha Connection's date book contains more famous London Hotels than a visiting oil sheikh. Such is it's budding reputation, Alpha Connection now plays more than 200 gigs a year and turns down just as many. Much of its work includes major corporate functions, society events and balls such as the Water Rats Ball and the Variety Club of Great Britain. Premier league football clubs like Manchester United, Arsenal and Blackburn Rovers have also caught on to the band's mass appeal.

The musicians have also performed at numerous royal occasions, in front of the Queen, Prince Charles, The Late Princess Diana and the Princess Royal. They have also appeared on TV numerous times.

More recently the band have collaborated with an expert production tem from London's West End Theatres and has put together an unbeatable combination of classic party music, slick staging, dazzling costumes and high energy dance routines, in a ground-breaking show that exceeds all expectations. The fact that each musician is able to play at least two different instruments as well as sing gives the band this unique musical versatility.

The key to success goes beyond pure good musicianship. It's a highly entertaining and visual unit, which has the talent and ability to satisfy a wide cross-section of the public. High quality covers of such cleverly arranged and varied material make it virtually irresistible.

Alpha Connection has become one of the most exciting party bands in the UK today. Their reputation as a professional act and leaders in their field precedes them.

The band tours extensively throughout the UK and abroad performing at many major Corporate Events, Award Presentations, Post Conference Parties, Charity Balls, Cabaret and Theatre Shows, as well as appearing on prime time TV. The band's versatility and sheer energy create a truly great centrepiece for any private party, proving to be a major catalyst for success at wedding and barmitzvahs.

Alpha Connection's line up includes a very popular brass section, enabling them to deliver a unique presentation of sound and vision that sets them apart from all other bands. The band is able to perform a fully choreographed show, combining breath-taking dance routines, stunning costume changes, and a huge repertoire of music from all the major classic artists fo the eras. Their comprehensive and vast musical repertoire include timeless Big Band Classics, Rock and Roll, Soul, Blues, Latin, Salsa and chart hits from the 21st Century. The extremely versatile male lin-up of all singing, multi-talented musicians can also be complemented by the addition of glamorous female dancers and singers.

If you want top class, stimulating entertainment that will have audiences talking about the event for weeks, even months afterwards, then you want Alpha Connection.

Testimonials
On behalf of Tara and myself and all our family we would like to say how fantastic you made our wedding. We are sure that if you had not been there our party would have been like any other boring old wedding!"

"You are all true professionals and our parents told us that everyone enjoyed you all on our special day, even the old grannies!"

"Although it is always difficult to gauge an accurate response during the function, the sheer number of our guests dancing and the fact that most stayed until the very end is the best illustration of your performance. Subsequently, everyone we have spoken to has complimented your performance which we have enjoyed seeing on our wedding video"

"Simply The Best - I don't know where the energy comes from, people can't stop talking about the band, they'd never seen anything like it before, you are unique"

Party Bands: Alpha Connection