Weddings & Parties around Slimbridge Gloucestershire
Bookings in recent years include: "Forthampton Gloucester " GL19 4RE Motorcycle owners club The AF Rock/Covers Band ref: 5910 Slimbridge
Five miles from Berkeley Castle and on the Berkeley Estate is the Wildfowl
Trust, founded by Peter Scott. This has the world's largest and most varied
collection of wildfowl, in beautiful surroundings. There are more than 2500
swans, geese and ducks of 160 species, and there are six flocks of flamingoes. .
The most spectacular sight is in winter, when thousands of wild geese find
sanctuary in the Severn Estuary. From towers on the Wildfowl Trust land, the
geese can be seen feeding. "Elmore Gloucestershire GL2 3NT Wedding The PS String Duo ref: 6249 Marquee in front of Avionics House, Kingsway Business Park, Quedgeley,
Gloucester, GL2 4SN Agents Reception The SB Jazz Duo ref: 3041.1.1 Highnam Court, Highnam, Gloucester GL2 8DP two wings and three floors, the court was built in 1658 in place of a damaged
early building which suffered badly in the Civil War. It has magnificent
gardens. Appeal for village amenities The MS Flute & String Quartet ref: 2001.2 Courtyard, The Steadings Business Centre, Maisemore Court, Maisemore,
Gloucester GL2 8EY Launch of new offices The AM Jazz Duo ref: 3052 Tewkesbury An old town of timbered, black-and-white houses and good inns, where the
Severn and Avon meet. The town is steeped in history. It was the site of a
Yorkist victory in the Wars of the Roses in 1471. Parts of the bridge, which
crossed the Avon in the 13th century, are included in the present-day King
John's Bridge. Among the I3th and 14th-century inns are the Royal Hop Pole Inn,
mentioned in The Pickwick Papers, the timber-framed Bell Inn, and The Black
Bear. The 16th-century Tudor House, now a hotel, has a priest's hole (a hiding
place) in the chimney of what is now a coffee room. The town's most impressive
building is the abbey, with a magnificent 132 ft high Norman tower. Coach House, Chambers Court, Longdon, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire. GL20 6AS
Wedding The Ringerike 4 piece Ceilidh / Barn Dance Band ref: 4003.3 St Mary's Church, Longdon church and Chambers Court, Longdon, GL20 6AS
Wedding The MS Flute & String Quartet ref: 2001.2 Hilton Puckrup Hall Hotel, Tewksbury, Gloucestershire.GL20 6EL
the hotel has two parts, the original white painted and columned mansion, and
the new multiroom complex adjacent to the golf course. When playing for a
wedding at this venue, one has to be sure to know which part is being used for
your particular wedding ceremony, as there are often a number of weddings going
on at the same time. It would be bad form to play at the wrong wedding! The old
house as the best acoustics for the wedding ceremony and wedding reception, as
the acoustics are reverberant and makes the most of the music. The new part of
the hotel is best for ceilidh bands and jazz bands, is acoustically their more
attenuated by thick carpets and acoustic deadening panels, so more suitable for
amplified music where reverberation can be a problem. But in reality, any kind
of music ensemble can play in any part of this magnificent hotel. Evening Wedding Reception The Ringerike 4 piece Ceilidh / Barn Dance Band ref: 4003.3 Wedding DL Jazz Quintet ref: 3010.1 60th birthday party The SB Jazz Duo ref: 3041.1 Wedding The MS Flute & String Quartet ref: 2001.2 Wedding Evening Reception The TG Function Band ref: 6073 "Lincoln Green Lane, Tewkesbury" GL20 7DN 50th Birthday Party The RT Party Band ref: 5599 Wedding The MS Flute & String Quartet ref: 2001.2 WEDDING The MS Flute & String Quartet ref: 2001.2 Silver Wedding Anniversary The Ringerike 4 piece Ceilidh / Barn Dance Band ref: 4003.3 40TH BIRTHDAY PARTY The RR Covers Duo ref: 5888 Wedding The Ringerike 4 piece Ceilidh / Barn Dance Band ref: 4003.3 Wedding The FW Ceilidh / Barn Dance Band ref: 4739 Upton St. Leonards, GL4 8ED Wedding The MB English Barn Dance Band ref: 4315 Bowden Hall Hotel, Bondend Lane, Upton St Leonards, Gloucester GL4 8ED.
This Georgian country house hotel is set in 12 acres of parkland. Although
the large evening reception room does have a collar minute, this doesn't get in
the way of ceilidhs and barn dances. The room in which wedding ceremony is often
held factories three windows onto the railings balcony and has plenty of room
for a string quartet or harpist playing. Wedding The MS Flute & String Quartet ref: 2001.2 Wedding The MB English Barn Dance Band ref: 4315 Stroud This little town at the junction of five valleys is being modernised yearly,
and its quaint, steep streets are becoming fewer. It is an old wool town, still
famous for its West of England cloth and dye trade; but it has other more modern
industries. Above the town is Minchinhampton Common, a 6oo-acre National Trust
property giving fine views over the Golden Valley. "George Street, Stroud," GL5 1AE 10th Civil Partnership Anniversary Party The Ringerike 4 piece Ceilidh / Barn Dance Band ref: 4003.3 "Church Place, Rodborough Stroud" GL5 3NF Fund raising Ceildh for building funds The Ringerike Ceilidh / Barn Dance Band ref: 4003.2 "The Snow Mill,Bridge Road, Ebley, Stroud, GL5 4TR
Private Party The LR Barn Dance/ Ceilidh Band ref: 6218.2 The Bear of Rodborough Hotel Rodborough Common Stroud Gloucestershire GL5 5DE I remember the first time we played at this venue many years ago, the road
from the Stroud direction up onto the high ground of Rodborough common where the
hotel is, was closed for roadworks. We had to do some very fast driving to cope
with long detours, but was arrived in plenty of time to set up and perform for
the wedding. The venue dates from the 17th century and was originally a coaching
in, so although we've often played their with our string quartets it is
particularly relevant to the folk music of ceilidh and barn dances. Wedding The BS String Quartet ref: 2513 The Queens Hotel, The Promenade, Cheltenham, GL50 1NN
this huge colonnaded white hotel looks out onto the public gardens near the
centre of the town. Although it can be difficult to park in that area, they do
keep a parking place with a ceilidh band or string quartet. I recall arriving on
one occasion with a string quartet ready to set up, and there was a lady in
jeans and casual top doing the flower arrangements. We chatted for a bit, and I
was surprised when she announced that she was the bride. Shortly after she
disappeared and reappeared in beautiful wedding dress as she made her grand
entrance to our music, only 20 minutes later. Normally prides take hours to get
ready, but she wasn't having any of that. She appeared immaculate and beautiful
with none of the usual messing about. Wedding Midsummer String Quartet ref: 2001.1 Dean Close School, Shelburne Road, Cheltenham, Glos. GL51 6HE
St Patricks night Ringerike 5 piece Ceilidh / Barn Dance Band ref: 4003.1 "Hatherley Ln, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire " GL51 6PN
Wedding The TM String Quartet ref: 2907 Deerhurst Church & Harrow Farm, Elmstone Hardwicke, Nr Cheltenham Glos GL51
9TF GL51 9TF the church is Saxon, and is in the grounds of what was once a Saxon monastery
with Beryl remains dating to the seventh century. The church has some
interesting brasses and ornate carvings, and his acoustically excellent for a
string quartet at the wedding ceremony.
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