The first issue that we had with SAB had to do with our first dance. Arguably the band’s biggest moment of the night. We had taken months of private dance lessons and were so excit...ed for our choreographed first dance. Weeks ahead of the wedding, I spoke with our band coordinator (who was NOT one of the band members, which I think is part of the issue). I asked her whether the band would feel comfortable playing a shortened version of our first dance song. It was a touch faster than normal, and about 30 seconds at the very end were taken out. Very simple changes. I sent her the audio of the EXACT mp3 we wanted the band to play. Knowing that it was an altered song though, I said that it would absolutely be OK if we just use the recorded version if they were not able to do it exactly as we wanted. She insisted that the band would be more than comfortable playing it exactly, and I trusted her. Sadly, the band did not play the song as they were supposed to. We had memorized every word of the song by this point, from so much practicing, and the singer didn’t even know the words of the song. This made remembering our cues difficult. Then, the band stopped the song WAY too early---- cutting off all of our crescendo, our big final dance moves, and forcing us to end our first dance abruptly in the middle of a random turn. It was a HUGE bummer. It’s been over a month now, and it still puts a pit in my stomach. I’m so disappointed. I wish we would have used a recorded version, or had gone with a band that does NOT put a random group of people together so that I could have spoken with the band directly ahead of time. Furthermore, the band played a lot of music that was poorly received and didn’t get the crowd dancing. Song after song that I'd never heard before in my life. I wanted to ask them several times to start playing the hits, any hits, but rather I decided to just make the best of the day and go with the flow. Toward the end of the night, the band played a recorded song requested by a guest during their break, and allowed the song to play TWICE. Everyone was confused why the same song was being played a second time. I, the bride, finally had to leave the dance floor and walk over to where the band was sitting back and relaxing, and ask them why they were letting the song play over and over. All in all, I regret choosing a band that I couldn’t speak with members of directly ahead of time. I think the concept of SAB is great, but because it makes communication and knowing what you'll get more difficult, I encourage you to be careful!