Vicki and Gary, One Marylebone, London. 28th August 2010
It’s a bright sunny late August bank holiday weekend morning we are stopped in yet another “On the Run” buying breakfast and batteries. No Van today as the Acoustic performance scheduled for 3.00pm will not need the 1250kgs of gear still load in the sprinter. So not so much humping unless of course we are performing upstairs.
Guess what.. ? We are upstairs…. and… at the top of a very step spiral staircase …and …then playing outside back down the spiral staircase. But wow!!
What a super venue.. One Marylebone London is a grand old Victorian Church that sits directly opposite Great Portland Tube station. It has been converted into a superb wedding venue.
The ceremony took place in a brilliant white upstairs purpose built marriage suite that was more than adequate for the 140 guests. Vicki escorted by her father entered to our version of “Somewhere Over the Rainbow”
The registrar greeted everybody, family members read poems they had written and during the signing of the register Jo Vicky’s sister sang “The way you look tonight” and “At last” accompanied by Matthew on guitar.
Vicki had asked us a few weeks earlier if it would be OK for her to sing. We of course were more than pleased to oblige. Jo had a rehearsal with Matthew before the wedding to make absolutely sure everything went smoothly. It sounded great and was a great touch well done Jo!!
With the ceremony over, Gary led Vicki back down the aisle to “What a Wonderful World”
A quick change to the outside location and we were performing a couple of hours of background music for the champagne reception in the grounds.
With a few breaks to organize guests into various photographic poses our performance ended just as the guests retired to eat and the heavens opened. We were cleared away just in time.
I must say that the setting for the Wedding Breakfast looked beautiful.
Many congrats to Gary and Vicki
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