A last-minute booking for a leaving do. Quite a few times over the last year we’ve been contacted by people let dwn at the last minutes by other groups. And if we’re free we always try to help. So we appeared as a string trio for tonight’s double celebration (there was a birthday party too). A nice mix of classical as the guests arrived, with Coldplay, Snow Patrol and the Verve for the younger guests.

All finished off with an invitation to partake in the curry buffet.

2012 is shaping up to be a good year!

The traditional wedding ceremony, but with an African twist. They had the church band playing for the hymns, a gospel choir. Everything. Oh, and us! We played for the entrance of the entire bridal party; bestman, groom, bridesmaids, page boys, bride. Mendelsohnn’s Wedding March for the party, and the lively section of Pachelbel for Chioma. After one of the liveliest and happiest ceremonies we’ve seen, we then played ‘Fly me to the moon’ for their exit.

A phenomenal start to 2012.

And we got biscuits and cake afterwards.

…Umm. Sorry.

Congratulations to the 70+ couples we played for in 2011 – and onwards to 2012!

The ASQ

Congratulations to Michelle and Jonathan.

We get quite a lot of reccomendatons, and part way through today’s drinks reception we spotted Emily. We’d battled the snow last year to play for Emily’s wedding party in Somerset. Today’s couple heard us there and knew they wanted us to play for their own day.

The couple had given us a special list of pieces, a mixture of jazz and pop fod their drinks reception.

Congratulations to Duncan and Julia!

No it’s not a typo, it’s two days in row at this venue. The ceremony took place in the small church down the hill with pop from us contrasting with some brilliant organ playing for the hymns.

We then hot-footed it back to the house to be playing as the couple arrived.

Congratulations to Chris and Anna!

Midweek weddings are increasingly common these days, and having had our own wedding on a Tuesday Sarah and I have a fondness for them.

The ceremony itself took place in the entrance hall with the Beach Boys for the entrance of the Bridesmaids going straight into Pachelbel for the bride. This was followed by It must be love for the registers and All you need is love for the couple’s exit. We then moved out onto the terrace for the drinks reception.

It was an absolute pleasure to play for the day as Chris had booked us a year ago for a water aid charity event and liked our style so much he wanted us for his special day. Jan enjoyed the canope sausages too…

Congratulations to Sam and Mark!

Not that we normally arrive normally at venues, but Sam had asked us to sneak up into the marquee at the back of the hotel. From our vantage point we played light jazz for the drinks reception before moving into the dining area to play for their meal. The couple had chosen the jukebox option which we always love as it keeps the guests on their toes and talking to us. Some interesting choices to go with this rugby themed wedding!

Our first trip to the lovely Breamore House, but our second trip through Salisbury in a fortnight. And on the first day of the half-term – what a traffic nightmare!

Nevertheless, we made it and what a lovely venue it is! Kim and Doug held their wedding in the church within the grounds of the house, Kim looked fantastic walking in to Pachelbel. After a hilarious sermon by Kim’s brother revolving around the gospel according to Rowan Atkinson(!), they had chosen Bach’s ‘Air on a G String’ for the registers before walking out to ‘All you need is love’.

After the service, we hot-footed it up to the house to be playing as the guests arrived for the drinks reception. A fantastic bunch of guests – we couldn’t have wished for better. And in the amazing central hall, we played a mixture of well-known classics, jazz standards and pop songs to take them up to the group photo and wedding breakfast.