This Sunday’s Wedding Exhibition is at Fleming Park Leisure Centre in Eastleigh. This is the first fair to be held by Wedding Daze at the venue, and there will be up to 85 local wedding suppliers, including yours truly.
The event is between 11am and 3pm this Sunday, and admission is £2.
Passfield Avenue
Eastleigh
Hampshire
SO50 9NL
Sorry I haven’t posted much in the last week, I’ve been really busy seeing couples and spending 3 days in Birmingham at various DJ events.
I’m back, and this Sunday I’ll be at The Holiday Inn in Winchester for another Wedding Fair with Stylish Events.
For more information about weddings at the Holiday Inn in Winchester CLICK HERE
Holiday Inn Winchester
Holiday Inn Hotel Winchester
Telegraph Way
Morn Hill
Winchester
SO21 1HZ
The Legacy Botleigh Grange is one of my favourite local venues. I’ve been fortunate to work in both of the main rooms this year with Chloe and Simon’s wedding and the Pretty In Pink charity ball.
The event is from 11am ’til 4pm ~ I’ll be there!
CLICK HERE for more information.
Just wanted to say thank you to everyone who said hello at yesterdays Southampton Guildhall Wedding fair. Ce, my better half, came with me and we met loads of lovely couples and some fantastic suppliers.
Among the exhibitors were three other entertainers we’d wholeheartedly recommend ~ magician Dominic Reyes who we saw at Kim and Ian’s wedding last September, singer Martin Murphy, and singer Katy from Soulstar.
The show was very well organised and attended, we’ll certainly be back for the next one.
Next up for me is the Legacy Botliegh Grange Hotel Wedding Fair this on Sunday – more details to follow.
See you there
This Sunday I’m at another PMN Wedding Fair. This time it’s at the Solent Hotel in Whitley. Here’s what PMN say on their website …
Solent Hotel
The Solent hotel was the venue for our first wedding fayre of 2011. Attracting 853 footfall and 320 brides, it was a stunning success. Sunday September 18th is the date for our next fantastic fayre at the Solent Hotel. Over 60 first class exhibitors will be on hand to help you make all the right choices. We know we can make your wedding dreams come true.
Just of junction 9 of the M27, Easy access and plenty of free parking
An established venue for wedding fayres over the past 10 years, this will be a fayre not to be missed. If you can’t wait for married life to begin – with the solent hotel you won’t want your wedding day to end…
Whether you are planning an intimate ceremony or grand celebration, our reputation for excellence and quality is second to none.You’re welcome to call in to the hotel at any time – but we do recommend you give us a call so we can make sure there’ll be one of our event specialists on hand to show you around.
Autumn Fayre….. September 18th 2011
Open: 10.30 am – 3.30 pm
See you there!
If your not watching the football, or like me out for a meeting tonight, you may be interested to know the new series of Don’t Tell The Bride starts at 9pm on BBC3.
This is the series in which the groom must choose every detail of his wedding, from venue to cake to wedding dress… seriously ladies, would you really let your man plan it all?
CLICK HERE for a link to the BBC website for more information about John & Jackie’s wedding.
There are numerous repeats (details at the bottom of the page linked above) and the show will also be available on the iPlayer.
Tomorrow (Sunday 4th September) is my first wedding fair of the Autumn season. This one is with PMN who always run excellent events and I’m really looking forward to meeting lots of new couples planning their special day.
It’s at the MacDonald Botley Park Hotel, and the doors open at 10.30am and close at 3.30pm, so there’s plenty of time to have a good look around.
Macdonald Botley Park Hotel, Golf & Spa
Winchester Road, Boorley Green, Southampton, SO32 2UA
One of the services we provide is music for the Wedding Ceremony for civil marriage services. This is something I’m really passionate about because it’s so important and sets the tone for the whole day.
If you get married in a church the organist will be playing as your guests arrive, he then plays your entrance music, the hymns, something while you are signing the register and finally your music to leave the church.
For a civil ceremony you are not permitted to use any music that mentions God, outside that restriction you can have almost anything you like. You’ll probably need about 15 minutes for the guests to enter and take their places (that’s usually 4 or 5 songs). Then a song for your entrance – we will look at the timings for the distance from the doorway to the front of the room and edit the music if required. Next, a couple of tracks to play in the background while you sign the register and the photographs are taken. Finally a piece for your exit as Husband and Wife.
All the time, we are ready to raise the volume, for example to add impact to your entrance, or lower it so that the registrar can speak to your guests. I had a chat with the two registrars officiating at Saturdays wedding and was so pleased to hear their kind words regarding the service we provided.
We were located at the back of the room with a speaker under the table cloth out of sight. You can see the venue had supplied a small system which obviously would have played whatever was required, but whoever was operating it wouldn’t have had the same control that we had with our professional equipment that you can see on the right of the table.
Keep an eye on this blog over the next few weeks as I’ll be posting some ideas for ceremony music.
CLICK HERE for the article on the Hampshire County Council website on civil marriages.
As mentioned previously I’ll be at the following Wedding Fairs this Autumn…
4th September ~ McDonald Botley Park Hotel, Boorley Green, Southampton
18th September ~ Solent Hotel, Whitely, Fareham
22nd September ~ Southampton Guildhall
25th September ~ Legacy Botleigh Grange Hotel, Botley
9th October ~ The Holiday Inn, Winchester
16th October ~ Southampton City Cruise Terminal
23rd October ~ Fleming Park Leisure Centre, Eastleigh
30th October ~ DeVere New Place, Shirrell Heath, Southampton
The Southampton Guildhall event is always a great show and I’ll be there again on the evening of Thursday 22nd September. I have a number of FREE tickets, if you like a pair please email me your postal address and I’ll send them to you – no obligation to book me, first come – first served. Email paul@thepartydj.co.uk
Alternatively you can email Tammy for 1 free voucher, full details on the poster below.
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