Wedding at De Courcey’s, Cardiff

Congratulations to Gemma and Andrew

Another trip across the bridge for us. A little tight on space, but we managed to fit in, just. Gemma walked in to Pachelbel, and out to The Queen of Sheba. The guests absolutely loved ‘All you need is love’ for the registers – becoming quite a favourite of late that one! One couple in particular came over to us at the end of the ceremony to congratulate us on our ‘Arrival of the Queen of Sheba’ – they’d had it played on organ for their wedding, but thought it was much better with strings – and thought our version of the Beatles song was even better!

Whilst the guests and the photographers dodged the showers outside to get the group photos, we set up in the reception hall so guests inside and out could hear us. We had a few light classics and jazz, but not too many of the popular ones as Gemma and Andrew had used the jukebox cards on the tables – so as we played for their meal we were treated to a constant flow of requests from guests which always sends us of into a few unusual pieces in our folders!

It’s always satisfying to know that after 6 hours of playing, we still had at least 3 more hours of music we hadn’t played! That said, today we were treated to a great spread of food and an hour’s break during the speeches – which Jan used to catch up on the canoeing on the telly!