6 07, 2019

Chateau in the Lot

2023-08-30T13:39:39+01:00July 6th, 2019|

HOT HOT HOT IN SW FRANCE The Candies headed back to the French region of The Lot today; for our third visit at the very beautiful Chateau Camp del Saltre and another Dutch couple recommended to us by Lot of Happiness. The weather has been crazy hot in France and as the evening progessed and the guests danced the night away, one [...]

30 06, 2019

Mediterranean Mountain Wedding

2023-08-30T13:44:47+01:00June 30th, 2019|

Mountains, Weddings and Paola! Today's wedding was in the Pyrenees mountains not far from the south coast of France near Perpignan.   We were joined today by our fabulous fourth Candy Paola. Singer/songwriter/pianist Paola Vera has been described as a ‘Jazz chick with hits’ (Richard Niles) and a ‘truly gifted improviser’ (Pete Churchill). Paola’s music blends her passion for jazz with a modern [...]

20 06, 2019

Very Special Birthday Party

2023-08-30T13:45:39+01:00June 20th, 2019|

HUGE 60th Birthday Party in the Dordogne We always love to work with new Event Planners and Venues so we were delighted to get a call from Larraine Bashford at Hideaways en France.  Hideaways specialise in organising and creating luxury chateau weddings so we were very happy to be invited to work with them! Larraine was organising a very special birthday party.  We would [...]

11 06, 2018

June Bugs

2023-08-30T13:44:40+01:00June 11th, 2018|

Summer has arrived in South West France Although someone has yet to tell Mother Nature (we wonder if she's still sleeping off what seems to be a rather long winter!)  But no matter... it's June and the roses are blooming and our busy season is well underway. And we do love to be busy which is just as well because as well as singing [...]

2 04, 2018

Easter Bunnies

2023-08-30T13:41:34+01:00April 2nd, 2018|

Yeah! The Candies are back from our respective spring holidays and we're back on the fabulous AmaDulce in Bordeaux.  Tonight we joined the ship at Bourg sur Gironde, a pretty little vineyard town on the banks of the Gironde estuary. We're thrilled to be part of the Ama Entertainment crew again this year and keen to perform our new AMA set. We were welcomed aboard and [...]

21 01, 2018

Fabulous First

2023-08-30T13:41:51+01:00January 21st, 2018|

January Birthday Party The Candies don't normally perform in January or February as we spread our wings southwards for the winter but for today's birthday boy we made an exception. The party was held in the north of the Dordogne, near the little village of Saint Pardoux la Riviere... and being close to the Riviere was a little bit of a concern as [...]

24 09, 2017

Wow!

2023-08-30T13:46:05+01:00September 24th, 2017|

The Candies would be the first to admit that we get to sing at some pretty amazing venues; and today Chateau Labro was no exception. We were heading about 3 hours south east, to the little village of Onet-Le-Chateau... but our destination wasn’t the ancient and magnificent castle the dominates the village… but  a few kilometres further on at Chateau de Labro.   This fabulous [...]

6 08, 2017

More Love…

2023-08-30T13:45:00+01:00August 6th, 2017|

Weddings, weddings, weddings... although next weekend we do also have a corporate event! Candies and Weddings are like Strawberries and Cream... with added Champagne... and we love it when we get a few kind words after an event.  Last week we had three :) The first from a beautiful bride (and handsome groom!) who married in the Charente in SW France... Thank you all [...]

6 08, 2017

How Far is Too Far?

2023-08-30T13:43:03+01:00August 6th, 2017|

The Candies Sing at lots of weddings! When you're booking a band for a wedding it's really important that you find musicians who have lots of experience... weddings are wonderful and unique and fabulous and a specialist arena! We often pick up bookings whilst performing at other weddings (from friends, venues and wedding professionals) and one of the questions we're asked over and over [...]

30 07, 2017

Garden Party Party

2023-05-13T10:17:35+01:00July 30th, 2017|

Beautiful Informal Marquee Wedding in the Charente We met todays couple a few months ago at one of our campsite gigs, when they dropped by backstage to introduce themselves.  Their wedding had been planned as an informal affair in the garden of their house and whilst it was informal, it was also rather special. Some French village houses can have [...]

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