A WONDERFUL CELEBRATION AND A PRE-RUNNER TO A HUGE PARTY IN 2022!
It sadly became obvious that Covid was not going to allow a full celebration in June. Undaunted, one of our couples decided to take their vows this year on the day that they had planned and party in 2022.
The wedding was organised round the 30 people allowed and All Seasons Marquees arrived on the Thursday to put up a beautiful “Chinese Hat” marquee to give cover for the guests. This was the perfect size. Kitty who is usually in charge of the team was missing as she was preparing for her 30th Birthday!
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The following day, the couple and their friends and relations arrived to decorate the gazebo and put the chairs in place. These had lace and hessian runners, beautifully created by the Bride, attached to the backs and were arrange in “Bubbles” to allow guests to sit with families as permitted under the current Covid rules. The bride had also twisted ropes of leaves and pink silk roses round the entrance to the gazebo.
Saturday brought the groom with their “babies”, two shih tzu dogs who were destined to bring the rings!
He checked that everything was in place and put up two beautifully painted signs on easels - one welcoming everyone to the wedding and one written in loving memory of those who could no longer be with them.
Soon it was time for the Registrars to arrive and the groom went into the dining room to see them. Paperwork finished he was quickly dispatched out of the french windows to greet his guests on the lower lawn and the scene was clear for the bride to arrive at the front door.
She looked fantastic in a dress of tulle with a white lace bodice and an amazing train that spread out behind her but sensibly clad in white trainers! Having seen the Registrars, it was time to gather, with her three adult bridesmaids dressed in pale green and her Maid of Honour in violet, ready to go down with her father, under the catalpa tree to the Gazebo.
The groom was ready and waiting as the registrar asked the guests to be upstanding for the bride and the service went off without a hitch with the shih tzus very much part of the proceedings.
After the ceremony formal photographs were taken on the lawns by Daneil Keckes from DK Wedding Photography - 07886 005943 /keckesd@yahoo.co.uk - who is based in Bournemouth. He took all the photographs not marked as in house.
With these finished, the guests departed for the reception and the bride and groom went off to have some more informal pictures taken in the gardens.
And some even more informal ones in the remains of the old railway and by the tractor in the playground!
Time now for the bride and groom to leave for their reception - if the faultless planning and fun of their rehearsal is duplicated next year, it will be an amazing celebration.
