Wednesday, 11 March 2009

My First Marquee Wedding Of The Year

A number of weeks have passed since my last Blog post. Surprisingly, this is because February has been a busier month than I had expected.

I've worked each weekend for many clients and these events range from a Valentines Night Cabaret and Disco at a local golf club through to the first marquee wedding of the year for me.

It's the marquee wedding I would like to highlight in this post.

The beginning of March is a difficult month to hold an event in a marquee. There's simply no way of knowing what the weather is going to be like and the weather can disrupt the event more than in a hotel or other venue.

I was working in a marquee in Richmond, North Yorkshire and the weather on the week leading up to the big day was dry and calm. Sadly, it didn't stay that way and on the night of the wedding the wind got rather blustery and the rain came down.
The poor weather didn't dampen the spirits of the Bride and Groom or their 200+ guests.

It was a wonderful night and I think that the Mood Lighting I installed transformed the marquee and changed the atmosphere in the room. You can see how I was able to transform the marquee from the standard white lighting that the marquee hire company installed to the subtle and effective LED Mood Lights.The first picture shows the dancefloor during the Wedding Breakfast. The other pictue shows the crowd taking in the speeches from the father of the Bride, the Groom and his Best Man.

There were three distinct sections to the marquee. There was the dancefloor with Mood Lighting, the bar and drinks reception area and finally the dining section of the marquee.

The whole event went very well and I had a full dancefloor during my performance. The Bride and Groom were very happy and personally thanked me at the end of the night. I also received some major compliments from the Bride's parents.

The family had held several other wedding receptions in a marquee on their grounds and the Bride's mother commented that I was the best DJ they had ever had. She couldn't critisise or pick fault with any part of my performance or duties.
John Forbes
Professional DJ

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