Poles Apart Stilt walking band can provide a colourful band, on stilts, from 1 to 10 performers (or more). Poles Apart Stilts has performed at many international events around the world.
Venues that we've played at included The Athens Olympics Games, Wembley Stadium, Cowes & Henley Regatta, Glastonbury Festival, several Royal Events, Canary Wharf etc...
Poles Apart Stilts has performed in Portugal, Holland, Kuwait, Dubai, Greece, The Republic of Ireland, China, Turkey, France and India.
Poles Aparts also does Pirates, Punch & Judy, 30's Rif Raff, Santa Claus, Soldiers, Victorians (Dead and more brightly coloured), Dogs and Devils, Medieval, Elvis, Insects and Sgt Peppers. The music we play is generally rock 'n' roll, disco, pop, rock, New Orlean's jazz and a complete set of Beatles tunes, all using the stripped down instrumentation of sousaphone, banjo, percussion and sax, with harmony vocals.
We encourage audience participation and will overstretch ourselves to entertain.
Poles Apart costume changes
As Poles Apart has such a variety of costumes, and repertoire, we can provide various themed acts, with appropriate costume changes and music, all at the same event. All at a small extra cost!
This is what we suggest for three performances, with three costume changes and three styles of music (all using sousaphone, banjo, sax and percussion):
1. 'Sgt Pepper's Band', playing Beatles music, with full vocal harmonies.
2. 'Rockin' Elvis's', playing old time rock 'n' roll.
3. 'Silly Toff's Band', playing fun New Orlean's Jazz.
There are various options to our performances:
Poles Apart Walkabout Stilt band
Poles Apart stilt band as a live band with 3 part vocal harmonies that is entirely self-contained (ie no PA, stage required etc..) and acoustic. This is great for those occasions that you want us roaming around and able to move flexibly with the occasion.
On Stage Functions band
Poles Apart Stilt band can be on-stage, and amplified (with Seinheiser radio mics for vocals and instruments) as a functions band, either on stilts, with costumes, or tailored to your requirements. We can arrange staging, PA, lighting and technicians.
A functions band with a difference. The skilled musicianship of Poles Apart, but not the same old functions band, but one playing the party classics on the blasphemous instrumentation of sousaphone, banjo, percussion, saxophone(s).
See our videos, on U tube by clicking below:
Playing 'Staying Alive'
http://youtube.com/watch?v=gG24tDxnn3M
and 'Great Balls of Fire'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7G-zyTbcntI
Playing trad jazz at various festivals.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wiel2sgTtOc
Jack Frosts, in Havant, at their Christmas Lights On, on 1st Dec 2007
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58D5m3fAmyk
As insects, in Peterborough in May 2007
and here on myspace:
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoID=1805773380
Surprise and amuse your guests.