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Sue & Ashley’s First Anniversary Party

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Last Sunday I had the absolute pleasure of playing for our friends Sue and Ashley’s first anniversary party. Ashley is an excellent DJ in his own right and it was a great honour to be asked to play for them. They were married a year ago in the village in the Cotswolds where Sue was brought up and another friend of ours, Brian Mole, DJ’d their reception. Brian, along with many other DJ’s, came to the party on Sunday so I was under considerable pressure!

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The party was held at the gorgeous Tithe Barn near Petersfield where Ashley, along with Brian and my Party Hosts colleague Gary, is one of the recommended suppliers – again, no pressure! Ashley offered to let me use his amazing set up, all I had to do was plug in my controller and laptop which operate on a different system to his – it all looked fantastic. Even more so because another mutual friend of our, Mark from Storm Productions, set up some incredible moving heads lights. If you look at the first picture of the top of their topsy turvy cake (baked by Sue’s mum Lyn) you can see a fabulous effect on the wall behind – that’s Mark’s handy-work.

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There was a very tasty BBQ prepared by Wright Choice Catering and even more entertainment provided by, our friend, Magician Steve Charrett Sue and Ashley played “Getting To Know You” (the shoe game) and then we opened the dance floor. It was a great night and I have to say a special thank you to all the DJ’s in attendance who all hit the dance floor and were very kind to me.

Good times!

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Annie’s Party

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Last weekend I was delighted to travel up to Surrey to play for Annie’s birthday party. Annie and I spoke a couple of times on the phone prior to the event and talked about the music and how the evening was going to be set out.

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There is a large stage at the venue which I could have used but I was very keen to set up on the floor so that the guests could come and talk with me easily.

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Once all the guests arrived Annie made a lovely speech before cutting her very special birthday cake. She actually baked the cake herself and her friend Claire decorated it – it was delicious, Annie gave me a large piece which I enjoyed with my morning coffee the next day.

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Today I received a lovely email from Annie, here are a couple of snippets …

“I didn’t totally believe you initially about making my party unforgettable … that is an understatement … it was an awesome evening”

“…one of my brothers couldn’t believe I had only met you an hour before the party .. he thought we’d known each other sometime!! You blended into the party and were great with guests requests.”