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Vermont Event Music


High Quality / Professional / Reliable

Providing unique, live music for special events across New England and beyond


Tropical Party Music with Caribbean Steel Drum Bands


Classical Flute


Please call 802-234-6987 or E-mail visavt@aol.com for performance prices and availability

Island Time Steel Drums

Specializing in wedding cocktail hours, rehearsal dinners, anniversaries,
birthdays, pool parties, barbecues, restaurants and Parrot Head Events!

King:

Scott Paulson and Barbara Smith deliver the islands to you with their Caribbean Steel Drums. The joy these two find in performing music comes through in their upbeat style, whether they are performing traditional Trinidadian steel pan tunes, or calypso and pop favorites.

Their show consists of Scott on lead tenor steel pan, and Barbara on double second pans. They play over background accompaniments which the pair have painstakingly recorded for this purpose. The result is a full lush sound created by only two people. This is the perfect choice when space, volume or finances are a concern. Scott and Barbara both hold B.A.'s in music and have had years of experience performing professionally.


Videos:

Jump in the Line

Party Time

Savannah Party

Playing for the Delaware Seashore Parrot Head Club

Hot Hot Hot
played with our 4 piece group at the
Beach House on the Mountain Trop Rock Festival, Stowe, Vermont


MP3 sound clips:

Yellow Bird,

I Dream of Jeannie,

Jamaica Farewell,


See many more Photos and listen to more clips on our Facebook page.

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Unsolicited praise for Island Time:

"Hi Scott, I just want to say thank you so much for helping to make our party such a success. We had several compliments on the music and everyone had a great time; and I know you and Barbara were the right choice when my daughter and her future husband said the Steel Band was the highlight of their night".
Claudia MacKenzie - Mother of the Bride
Wedding Shower - Barre, VT - 7/23/11

"Dear Scott, I cannot tell you the chill that ran through me when I walked up the driveway to my daughter's wedding and heard your music. It was fantastic. I knew that the party had started and that all would be fine. It was! Thank you so much for being a part of our fantastic weekend. You were wonderful and so accommodating and so easy to work with!"
Susan Chandler - Mother of the Bride
Wedding in Cornish, NH.

"Matt and I just wanted to thank you both for providing us with the BEST music for our cocktail hour. We have received so many compliments on your playing both during the ceremony and afterward. We could not be happier!" -
Deveney Gallant
- Stowehof wedding, Stowe, VT.

"Scott, I know that I only got a chance to see you for a brief minute as I expected, but my guests were whisked away to the Vermontropics by your music. Elizabeth was speechless in seeing that I had you guys come and set the tone for our wedding. Thank you for being a part of our special day."
Eric McCarthy
Northern Lights Cruise ship wedding on Lake Champlain, Burlington, VT.

"Just wanted to say thank you for an awesome job at out wedding! It was exactly what we were looking for. We got a lot of compliments on the originality of Steel Drums."
Matt Morrow
Chapel of the Snows, Stratton, VT.

ScottBarb: "The entertainment this past Saturday exceeded expectations! Having attended numerous events where a disc jockey wants to be the center of attention or a rock band blares so loudly that no conversation can be held, the steel drums are the answer. The guests at the birthday party enjoyed the upbeat rhythm and sound of the music you and Barbara provided and you received many compliments. If you ever need a recommendation, please feel to contact me, as I am now one of your biggest boosters. Again, thank you for a talented professional performance!"
Bob Mongan
Birthday Party on Rye Beach, NH


"Hi Scott, just a quick note to thank you for the great music at our wedding - it was so good of you to be available on such a messy driving night. Lots of our guests complimented us on your music, and I appreciated it that people could still have convesations while you were playing. Take care - we will call again someday!" - Deb Allen
- Wedding, Starry Night Cafe, Vergennes, VT.

"Island Time" was great and easy to work with. I wish I could have hear more of the steel drums (a little hard between the pictures and commotion once we got into the cocktail hour) but what I heard sounded great and people loved them!" - Pete Spencer
- Stowehof Wedding, Stowe, VT.

Shore:

Places we have performed

Quechee Inn ~ Quechee Inn at Marshland Farms ~ Stowehof Inn ~ Stoweflake Resort ~ Edson Hill Manor ~ Inn at Essex ~ Grand Isle Lake House ~ The Basin Harbor Club ~ Juniper Hill Inn ~ Chapel of the Snows, Stratton ~ Burlington Boathouse ~ Splash at the Boathouse ~ Shelburne Farms ~ Breakwater's Cafe, Burlington ~ Tilley's Island Grill, Burlington ~ Vermont Pub and Brewery, Burlington ~ Northern Lights Cruise Boat ~ Spirit of Ethan Allen III Cruise Boat ~ Three Stallion Inn, Randolph ~ Stratton Mountain Resort ~ Mountain Meadow Lodge, Killington ~ West Arlington Inn ~ Dartmouth Outing Club ~ Lyme Skiway ~ Hanover Inn ~ Woodstock Inn ~ Courtyard Marriott, Lebanon, NH ~ Occum Pond Party ~ The Equinox Hotel and Resort ~ Capital Plaza Hotel, Montpelier ~ Vermont Law School events ~ The Peavine Restaurant ~ Dartmouth College events ~ Vermont Technical College ~ Northfield Mount Hermon School ~ Dartmouth Boathouse ~ Vermont Brewers Festival ~ Burlington Chew Chew Festival ~ Strolling of the Heifers Parade ~ Quechee Balloon Festival ~ Glory Days of the Railroad ~ League of NH Craftmen's Fair ~ Covered Bridges Half Marathon ~ Woodstock Alumni Parade ~ VSO Summer Festival at the Three Stallion Inn ~ Dartmouth Medical Center ~ Shackleton Thomas Gallery ~ Woodstock 4th of July Fireworks ~ Inn at Mountain View Farm, East Burke ~ Mountain Top Resort, Chittenden ~ And MANY more!

Please call 802-234-6987 or E-mail visavt@aol.com for performance prices and availability

bk4brides:


Barbara C. Smith - Classical Flutist

Barbvem: Barbara Smith attended Bard College as a Liberace Scholar, where she received her Bachelor of Arts with a focus in Music Performance. While at Bard, she worked with Joan Tower, Luis Garcia-Renart, flutist Patricia Spencer, saxophonists Erika Lindsay, Harvey Kaiser and Howard Johnson, clarinetist Larry Guy, and performed as a solo flutist with the American Symphony Orchestra. In 1999 she toured the United States, Russia, and Central Europe as a saxophonist with the American Russian Young Artists Orchestra under the direction of Leon Botstein. In 2000 she served as a guest panelist at the New York City Flute Convention.

Currently, Barbara performs in the area with The East Bay Jazz Ensemble, various Steel Pan groups, and at a variety of functions as a solo flutist. She has also served as an adjudicator for district and state music festivals. She has also served as a chamber music coach at the Green Mountain Youth Symphony Summer camp in 2006 and 2007. She is the co-founder of Vermont Independent School of the Arts in Sharon, VT where she has a teaching studio. Many of her students participate in district, state, and regional music festivals.

To contact Barbara call her at 802-236-0349 or e-mail her at Mscwinds@aol.com


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