Covid-19: Wedding entertainers ‘falling through the cracks’

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Wedding Band Association estimates members have lost €11m during pandemic

The association has written to Minister for the Arts

“People would have been going into this year with full diaries. Now they are down to 50 per cent and that will fall further,” he said.Since the pandemic began last year, Sligo-based DJ and wedding celebranthas done three small weddings and even incorporated “hand sanitiser games” into his routine. Going by the stage name Scruffy Duffy, the entertainer is well-known in the industry for providing the whole package: “I can marry you and I can entertain you,” he said.

“I looked at guys doing stuff online and I admire people who do, but that would drive me absolutely bananas . . . The one thing unique about me is it is a very live experience,” he said. “You could stress yourself to the gills but really this is just one of those times where you cannot do much . . . All of the work I am doing on myself now is going to benefit my work when I return. When it does return I will be ready to rock and roll,” he said., frontman of the Suitcase Trio, said allowing “micro-weddings” to go ahead would be a lifeline for small wedding bands like his.

 

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