Diamond Dash- Michael C. Fina and the DLCB

We've been asked to provide the musical entertainment at this year's Diamond Dash, which is happening Saturday, Sept. 25th, beginning at 9 AM. The Diamond Dash is a wedding-themed scavenger hunt, sponsored by Michael C. Fina, in which couples compete to win prizes ranging from a free honeymoon to a $20,000.00 diamond engagement ring. Best of all, the proceeds all go to benefit the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society for Cancer Research. We'll be playing on and off during the registration and this is all happening at the Water Taxi Beach at South Street Seaport. Go to: http://www.diamonddash.com/ for more information. Hope to see you there.

pics from Princeton

The band had the honor of playing at the infamous Princeton University reunions weekend in May. Photographer, Arthur Saylor, was kind enough to share some photos he took of our performance. Princeton may be known as a one of the best schools in the country, and they were clearly smart enough to spare no expense in bringing in Whitesnake's smoke and lights show for the night. More pics on our facebook page

www.livingsocial.com

Nice blurb about the band in www.livingsocial.com's things to do in NYC section today.

Chuppahs!

A friend of ours has started a really fantastic company, Four Branches, which offers handmade, personalized chuppah's. Traci Kaye is an acclaimed fashion designer and she is now lending her great taste and attention to detail to chuppahs and wedding canopies of all kinds. Her website is http://www.four-branches.com/ and she can be contacted there.

Long Weekend...

The band just finished a whirlwind weekend of gigs. We started off Friday night playing at the fabled Princeton reunion (see this month's issue of GQ), and rocked it until well after 2 AM with a great, enthusiastic crowd.

We then flew out to Pittsburgh for a very memorable wedding that was held at the Carnegie Museum (great dinosaur exhibit). Thanks to Lara and Michael for having us and congratulations!

Finally, we returned to our home base of NYC on Monday morning and headlined the annual Memorial Day concert at South Street Seaport. Thanks to Chris Amundson and everyone at the Seaport for having us, and to everyone who came out to see the band (and stayed to dance and hang out despite the rain). There are a few pictures of that performance above.

on NPR

We were the subject of an interesting debate on NPR/WNYC today, that weighed the relative merit of hiring a band vs. a DJ for one's wedding. We vote for hiring a band, by the way.

It was on the show Soundcheck, and they start discussing the band around the 3:45 mark. Check it out here!

http://beta.wnyc.org/shows/soundcheck/2010/may/25/smackdown-live-band-or-dj/

Free concert- DLCB at South Street Seaport

We'll be playing a free outdoor show on Memorial Day (May 31st) at NYC's South Street Seaport. We'll be playing two sets, beginning at around 4 PM. The Seaport is located at Fulton & South Streets, Pier 17. Hope to see you there!

http://www.southstreetseaport.com/events/dexter-lake-club-band

Hamptons.com

The band is featured an article on www.hamptons.com about the basics of wedding planning. Check it out here:


http://www.hamptons.com/Hamptons-Style/Top-Stories/10765/Negotiating-Your-Wedding-Plans.html

Gig at the College of New Jersey (TCNJ)

We're playing with Matt & Kim, Asher Roth and Girl Talk this Thursday night at The College of New Jersey (TCNJ) in Ewing, NJ. Unfortunately, the concert isn't open to the general public, but if you know a student there, you might be able to sneak into the show.

Angel Orensanz feature...

One of our favorite places in NYC to play is the Angel Orensanz Foundation downtown. It's one of the most unique venues in town, and the staff are great people to work with as well.

We did a wedding there earlier this year, which was covered by www.stylemepretty.com and you can check out the feature and some great photos here. We were lucky to be joined on stage that night by the Felice Brothers and guitarist extraordinaire M. Ward.

http://www.stylemepretty.com/2010/04/19/chic-short-a-little-white-dress-wedding/

DLCB in GLAMOUR...

We were lucky enough to play the wedding of Sophie Simmons, a talented fashion designer and long time friend of the band, in northern Maine a while back. Glamour Weddings has just posted an article about the wedding, in which we're mentioned briefly.

DLCB on Aisle Dash, AOL's new wedding website...

AOL has just launched a new portal/website, Aisle Dash, and they asked us for our thoughts on the worst wedding songs of all time. You can read our attempt at being witty at this link.

http://www.aisledash.com/2010/03/15/songs-the-band-says-you-should-not-play/

New York Times feature on the DLCB

We were very flattered to have the New York Times do a feature on the band at the end of 2009 for the front page of the Sunday Style section. There's a small scan of it here, and you can also read the piece at:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/01/fashion/01band.html

M. Ward...

It was a real honor to share the stage with M. Ward last night at a wedding in Manhattan. An amazing guitar player, and a nice guy to boot. We played "Sleepwalk" with him for the couple's first dance and he sounded great.

Dexter Lake on Letterman!

Tim from the DLCB turned in a great performance on the Late Show with David Letterman last night, backing up a UK artist named Findlay Brown. Tim was joined by several of the horn and string players that we frequently bring in upon request when people want to supplement our standard line-up.

On Letterman, and showcase...

Happy New Year Everyone,

Some exciting stuff happening in the coming weeks:

Tim from our band will be appearing on the Late Show with David Letterman on Tuesday, January 12th, playing sax with Verve Records recording artist, Findlay Brown.

We'll be showcasing for anyone who'd like to hear the band in person in midtown NYC at 3:45 PM on January 23rd. Please email dexterlake@gmail.com for full details or to reserve a space.