de Bois Entertainment

We had High Rize play our wedding and they really made the wedding what it was - an incredibly fun, high energy, smooth night -- the best night of our lives. We received so many comments about how amazing the band was both the night of and in the days that have followed. It was only after attending several weddings as guests that my now husband and I realized how important the band is: they can truly make or break the night. High Rize TOTALLY made our wedding reception. Also important, they took every single one of our suggestions and incorporated them so smoothly into their own playlist. It felt like a really unique, personal experience, which is a large part of what made it what we wanted. I have already recommended High Rize and de Bois to one friend and will continue to do so!

WOW. Everyone was so amazed at the band. These guys can really sing and they really know how to get the crowd going! We loved how they brought our guests to the dance floor and set the mood for each event (father/daughter dance, cake cutting, introduction). They performed great music for dinner as well, including Bebel Gilberto, which my husband loves! Yes, it's expensive..but it's worth it. Totally worth it!

I worked with De Bois for some musicians for a client's wedding. Terri was my contact in the office and was very easy to work with, professional and very responsive. The musicians for the wedding were great. Arrived on time, dressed appropriately for the wedding style and were great performers - adding the perfect ambiance to the wedding - I will definitely be recommending De Bois to other guests in the future.

De Bois Entertainment is incredible. They were so professional to work with and extremely organized. From the day I contacted them to following up after the wedding, they were an absolute pleasure to work with. TC and Traffic Jamm performed at my wedding and they were so good that my guests tried to pay us to extend the party later so that they could dancing!

No hands bar, AMAZING. We hired High Rize and received many compliments like what a great band! They can play!!! In the beginning of hiring a band. I almost hired the wrong band. A band that I found on the internet (Martini Kings). By the grace of instinct, I could not for the life of me sign the weird band retainer. I also had a weird feeling and I felt like it might not be a good hire. I instinctually knew I should hold off hiring them until I asked more questions. The band leader was such a jerk and had a bad attitude (I have emails to proove it). I felt so burned by the experience that we were opting to hire a DJ rather than a band. I hated that I was treated badly for asking questions and realized do not hire a band directly because there is no way to protect oneself if they perchance not show up to my reception. Thank god for instincts. I then asked our event planner to recommend someone trust worthy and MUST have a professional attitude. She recommended De Boise Entertainment. I made a call to there office-- after hours-- and I got an immediate phone call from Randy. He was very nice. I told him my dilemma and my bad experience with the other band I almost hired. I met with Randy S at his office on a Sunday. We could only meet on the weekends and he was very flexible with his schedule. We told him what kind of music we liked and he showed us some bands he thought would fit. We told him that our budget and was willing to work within our budget. In hindsight we could have hired a DJ to save money, but the band took it to another level. We are so happy we hired De Bois Entertainment. Thank you Deboise. YOU GUYS ARE AWESOME.

De Bois was great to work with. They are very professional and have great resources. We had a live jazz quartet for our wedding and they were fantastic. We had rave reviews on the music from everyone at the wedding. They showed up early, were professional, sounded great and played exactly what we were looking for. I could not be happier!

High Rize played at our July 30th wedding. We only had a chance to hear their music online and the price was great so we booked them. I have seen many wedding bands that were great- but this band is beyond great! It was the first time about 70percent of our guests from out of state has heard a live band instead of a DJ play at a wedding, and one month later they are STILL talking about it! In fact many want a "cd" of all the songs performed at our wedding. Anyways we couldn't have been happier with the music and it made the entire wedding a better event because of it!We also loved how they provided us with a song choice sheet prior to the wedding and we were able to decide which songs we for sure wanted played, would love to be played, and didn't want played at all. I loved being able to be part of the song choices!

De Bois gave incredible ambiance to our wedding ceremony and made our reception ROCK! Powerpoint had awesome energy and helped to make our wedding the most magical and memorable day of our lives thus far!

Entourage played at our April 30th wedding in Beverly Hills and they were absolutely amazing, exceeded my expectations which were already quite high. Working with De Bois Entertainment and hiring Entourage was one of the fastest and easiest vendor decisions we made. We really wanted our wedding to be fun and music was a top priority for us, so we spent the extra money to have Entourage and it was worth every penny! They were so accommodating to all our requests, learned a song for our grand entrance and performed it to perfection, kept our guests (of all ages) dancing all night long and just filled the room with energy and excitement. They knew how to read our guests and interacted with them brilliantly - even now our guests are still telling me how amazing the band was. Hire them, don't even think twice! We had the time of our lives at our wedding and Entourage were truly part of that.

Entourage is the best wedding band I've ever seen--in fact, our wedding guests asked if they do concerts. They can sing anything and everything, and keep the party going all night long through a variety of different ages and genres.

They were expensive, but worth it! Did an excellent job getting people on the dance floor.

We booked TC & Traffic Jamm. We had heard them at a friend's wedding and had to have them for our wedding. You need to book EARLY btw! Everyone complimented us on the band. They definitely keep the energy level high for your reception. They will learn 2 new songs for you and they have a wonderful range. I love that TC can sing Usher's "Yeah" and Frank Sinatra too. You won't be disappointed with them.

we booked chuck wansley for our wedding thru de bois productions. Susan was easy to work with and understood our desires, keeping in mind our budget. We also booked a guitar duo for our ceremony that was wonderful as well. Chuck Wansley's band is by far the best "wedding" band that we have ever heard. Chuck kept the party going all thru the night. The music was excellent! You can't go wrong!

Having been a bride myself and now running an event design and coordination company, live.love.create events, I understand how music and entertainment is so key to an amazing wedding. This being said, deBois entertainment is THE BAND to hire if you want your wedding to be a memorable one that will be talked about for years!! Not only are they so helpful as a fellow vendor to execute the couple's wedding vision to a tee, they really bring the party! You won't be able to NOT be on the dance floor with deBois rocking the night away!!! They are truly an amazing, talented and fun group of people!!! Awesomeness!

Oh my, there are no words! DeBois is just fantastic and Terri Herrington is a superwoman! I booked Entourage/DeBois for my client's wedding and it was an absolutely pleasure from beginning to end. Clear and quick communication, flexibility and willingness to help, and then a wonderful live performance at the event. I highly recommend DeBois... and ask for Terri!

Entourage played at our wedding and were fantastic. People commented all night how amazing the band was, and people were up and dancing the entire time. This was one thing that was really important to us - and they did not disappoint. They can play everything!

PowerPoint played at our wedding reception and they were incredible! Fantastic muscicians, singers and performers. Each song they played was better than the last and they covered everything from classic, elegant selections to the most modern hits. The band was out on the dance floor with us and we were up on stage with them! Music is so important for creating the mood and PowerPoint made our special night truly unforgettable.

Used the band Entourage. They were great! Everyone loved them - they created a fun spirited event and everyone was up and dancing. 6 out of 7 of the band members can sing so they was a nice variety of voices.

Our band - Entourage - was amazing! All of our guests commented on how much fun they had dancing and people were up and moving the whole night, which is exactly what we wanted! The band did a great job, looked great, were great hosts and made the reception very memorial for all! We went with 7 pieces instead of the usual 10 to try to watch the cost some. I would definitely recommend this company, and this band in particular.

We met with de Bois Entertainment and were impressed by the bands they represented and by their professionalism. Based on a video they showed us of a few wedding bands, we chose the Ricky V Band. We liked that the lead singer - Ricky V - could sing the rock songs and the female singer had a good range for any songs sung by women. We even spent an additional $750 for a young, male African-American singer who could handle the motown songs.On the day of the wedding, the band insisted upon being placed on the edge of the dance floor -- greatly limiting our dance area - even though we had wanted them to be stationed on a landing above the floor. De Bois said they would come by the venue BEFORE the wedding day to see if the band could play on the landing, but we really don't know if they ever did that. If they did, we never heard about it and were therefore surprised when we entered the room for the first time to do our choreographed salsa dance - with half the floor taken up by the band, we had to wing it during our first dance.In addition to this, most of the band members were unrecognizeable to us. With the exception of Ricky V himself, NONE of the other musicians seemed to be the ones in the video we saw, specifically not the female singer or the African-American singer. This was so obvious to us that, for the first hour, we were convinced that this was not the band we hired. (These musicians were talented enough, but they were not what we expected. The de Bois contract states that a musician might be replaced if someone has a scheduling conflict or something, but in this case, almost the ENTIRE band was replaced without anyone saying a word to us!).But the worst thing was this:We were told by de Bois that, for a 4-hour reception, the band would play about 40-50 songs. We were given their playlist -- basically, a long list of songs that the band already knew how to perform. We were told that we could choose 10-15 must-play songs from the list. We could also designate the DO NOT play songs. We chose only 8 songs that were must-play tunes. The Ricky V Band played NONE - not one - of the songs on our must-play list. Also, we indicated 90 other songs from which to choose and told them that all other songs should be considered DO NOT PLAY. They completely ignored our request and basically played what they wanted to, without regard to what we asked them to play.The following Monday, just before leaving for our honeymoon, we called de Bois to tell them of our less-than-satisfactory experience. They were "sorry" but offered nothing more than that. We weren't trying to get our money back, but, in the name of professional courtesy we did expect something more than, "gee, that's too bad about your wedding day -- I guess there is nothing we can do about it now." I would advise any bride and groom to consider another entertainment company lest you get the "bait-and-switch" that we experienced.