Who stole the sun?

Foxhills

Saturday night saw a trip to one of our favourite venues, Foxhills Golf & Spa Resort in Ottershaw. We like it because it has some lovely buildings, great grounds, nice food and attentive staff. Oh and because it’s 12 minutes from our base!

Unfortunately the weather had “turned” with the day being mostly overcast with occasional showers, but that didn’t dampen the spirits of Colin & Emma and their guests.

First dance on the night was Amazed by Lonestar and after that we were given free reign to play what we felt was best mixed in with requests from the crowd.

A good night was had by all but there were a couple of things that prompted me to write this post. Firstly, the weather. It didn’t really affect the Bride & Groom’s outlook on the day but I know from experience that many couples can really beat themselves up after an event spends so long in the planning phase only for the weather to be dull and miserable.

I think Colin & Emma adopted the right attitude in that it doesn’t matter when or even where you get married, no one can control the weather and whatever will be will be, you can’t beat yourself up about it. You can however mitigate the “damage” by having a wet weather “Plan B”, something I will expand on in a future post.

Secondly I want to talk about timings. The clients took the first time slot available to get married, Midday, with the evening reception starting at 7 PM. That leaves a significant amount of time to fill and keep your guests entertained/involved in the day, especially when the weather precludes you from spending time outside enjoying the grounds and surroundings.

By the evening reception, many of the guests were already tired from a long day and this has a direct effect on how “successful” the celebration part of the day is. It isn’t just about the music that is played, just as important is the “vibe”, the ambience, the integration of the guests, in fact there are numerous things that have an affect on how well the evening goes. Again I will expand further in a future post.

Thanks gain to Colin & Emma for letting us be part of their special day and here’s hoping for a sunny Bank Holiday Monday!