The Party DJ July Newsletter

Better late than never … it’s The Party DJ July Newsletter!

In fairness I have been busy, not always with work but there’s been plenty going on at Taylor Towers.

Looking back …
Weather-wise the Summer of 2016 has been a bit of a disappointment so far. It was hardly “Flaming June” but the weather was relatively kind for the two weddings I had at the beginning of the month. I was at The Domus, Beaulieu for Hannah and Dan’s reception on Saturday 4th June following their ceremony at Romsey Abbey. I first met Hannah and Dan at one of my “Creating Your WOW Wedding events in February 2015 and helping them to plan their wedding has been fantastic. I promise I will get around to doing a full post on this beautiful day, but for now here’s a snap I took of Hannah and Dan’s first dance.

Then, just over a week later, it was back to the stunning Audleys Wood just outside of Basingstoke for Gemma and Brian’s wedding. Audley’s Wood is one of my favourite venues, I really like the mix of the Conservatory Restaurant in the main building for the ceremony and the spacious Garden Room marquee in the grounds for the wedding breakfast and evening party. Gemma and Brian found me through a Trip Advisor review from Kat and Gareth following their wedding at Audley’s and again booked well in advance so I was very involved in helping them throughout their planning. Again, a full post will follow soon.

On a more personal note I managed to surprise my wife, Ce, with a few days in Cornwall. We stayed in Porth Wenn (Port Issac), home of TV’s Doc Martin, at The Slipway pub next to the lifeboat station and visited many of the locations used in the series including Doc’s house, the School and Mrs Tychall’s Pharmacy. If you’d like to know more about the area and our tips please get in touch – just email or call, we had a lovely time and would love to tell you more.

We also visited The Eden Project – I can’t believe we’ve never done it before. It’s a very well run attraction full of great art, good food as well as the amazing collection of plants. There is also an outdoor concert facility and Lionel Richie was there for the two previous nights, we hope to go again and it would be great to combine the visit with a show night. You can also get married at The Eden Project … I’d love to do one! If you’ve never been we totally recommend it.

We also took in a couple of concerts – typical that they were just a few days apart! We went to Brighton to see Ben Folds perform in The Dome – a venue we had never visited before. CLICK HERE to see Ben Folds performing One Angry Dwarf and 200 Solemn Faces. This was the second time we’ve seen Ben, the last time was eleven years ago on 10th June 2005.

Then, after a days break, it was off to Bath to see the legendary Art Garfunkel. One of the first concerts Ce and I went to together was Simon & Garfunkel at Wembley Stadium on Saturday 19th June 1982 (34 years ago!), so this was an opportunity not to be missed. This rare opportunity to see Art was a warm-up for the Glastonbury Festival where he was playing the next day. He did not disappoint, even at 74 years old. He performed for about 90 minutes with a set of classic songs and fascinating readings about his observations from his life – it was magical. CLICK HERE to see a video of Art performing Kathy’s Song in 2014.

The month ended with a 50th party for Angela just outside of Warminster. I was the DJ for Angela’s son’s wedding back in 2013 – CLICK HERE for my post about Kyrah and James’ wonderful Wick Barn Wedding! It was really great to see the family and their friends again. A good time was had by all and I couldn’t resist getting everyone in a “Circle of Love” ending – here’s another snap.

Looking forward …
So, to come in the next few weeks there will be plenty of new content here including more detailed posts about Hannah & Dan’s wedding at Beaulieu and Gemma and Brian’s wedding at Audleys Wood, as well as a review of our July trip to Liverpool and a quick look at how the City changed the World.

I’ve also been challenged on FaceBook by my good friend, colleague and UK Wedding DJ of the year total part in the “8 Day’s of Eighties”, and I’ll be posting more detailed entries here about the tracks I’ve picked and what they mean to me.

Plus … well you’ll have to wait and see.