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Hannah and Dan’s Beaulieuful Wedding

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Hannah and Dan were married at Romsey Abbey and had their reception at The Domus at Beaulieu.

This is the first of three posts featuring testimonials from couples and a fellow supplier in support of my nomination for The Hampshire Wedding Awards.

Here’s Hannah and Dan’s review of Hampshire Wedding DJ Paul ~ The Party DJ

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“Paul was absolutely incredible, we cannot fault the service we received, we have been recommending Paul to everyone after our wedding back in June!

We met Paul at a wedding fair at St Mary’s stadium, we had spoken to quite a few DJ’s and as soon as we met Paul, we knew he was like no other! Paul understands the effort that goes into planning a wedding, he knows that no two weddings are the same and the effort that Paul puts in shows this.

Paul invited us to his ‘WOW’ wedding event at Ampfield Golf course, which was amazing! We took our parents a long too and we were all blown away. I think what really struck us was Paul was so passionate about how people felt, having that great feeling, not just us as the bride and groom, but family and friends, which was so important to us.”

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“After this we had a meeting with Paul (we still hadn’t booked him at this point!!) which we really appreciated. Paul gave us a folder to plan all the entertainment for the whole wedding. As a bride, this felt like my Christmas’ had all come at once! An organised folder, just for the entertainment, amazing!! This put me at ease straight away, I knew Paul was extremely organised and he wouldn’t leave it to last minute to prepare our wedding entertainment.

In the lead up to the wedding we met Paul quite a few times, we discussed how we wanted the day to feel, to make it really unique for us. We really built a friendship with Paul, he a great guy and so easy to get along with and he has some amazing ideas!

Paul invited us to another one of his events however, this was just for the Bridegrooms which was such a great evening. It really put the guys at ease and allowed them to gain confidence with the speech and their role in the day. We knew we could call Paul at any time with any worry we had.

I can honestly say Paul made our wedding day special, everyone has commented on how great it was, everyone loved the grand entrances, which set the scene for the wedding breakfast perfectly. The Love story was incredible, Paul did an amazing job putting this together for us, it really touched so many people. We even had a special guest DJ…The Bride!!! No one was expecting it, such a great idea, it was just so much fun!”

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“No one left the dancefloor all night and that is down to Paul! He kept the atmosphere flowing and knew exactly what to do when, which took the pressure of us completely. We knew 100% we could trust Paul and that is what you need on your wedding day!

We would recommend Paul to anyone, nothing is too much trouble, he is always on the end of the phone. He is not just a DJ he is an expert in making weddings special. We would like to thank him with all our heart, you really did make our wedding day perfect!”

Hannah and Dan

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Thanks to Hannah and Dan for their kind words and support.

Photography by me, Entity Photographic and One Dream Photography

The Party DJ July Newsletter

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

Did you notice I hadn’t posted … probably not, but I did, so here it is a few days late.

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.