We perform at Ettington park on a regular basis and always love to play along side our band at the hotel. We were asked to provide our wedding band to do 2 sets, and also to provide our 12' x 12' black twinkle dance floor LED uplighters and of course the Wedding DJ. As the Wedding Breakfast was in the Long Gallery as well as the evening reception we only had approximatley 1 hour to install all of the equipment and do the nessecary sound checks.
The Bride and Groom were planning on finishing their Wedding Breakfast at approximatley 7pm whgich meant we had to get all of the equipment ready for an 8pm start. We got on site at around 5pm to ensure we had enough time to get all of the equipment up to the second floor before the wedding guests departed the Long Gallery and started to use the lift. The band arrived at around 6pm and gave us a hand carrying the vast amount of equipment into the venue. The wedding breakfast finish on time and we were able to set up the equipment and do all of the sound checks in just over an hour.
The bride and groom made just 2 requests, one being the first dance so it was completley down to the discretion of the DJ and the Bands knoweldge to choose the most appropriot tracks to get people danceing. There was an assortment of music played by the band from Johnny B Good to Teenage Dirtbag.
After a great ending to the night it was time to pack away, unfortunaltey the fire alarms were set off by someone smoking in an area whee they should not have been which meant the entire hotel had to be evacuated at around 12.30am. We were outside along with all the hotels guest for a good 30 - 40 minutes until the firebrigade gave the all clear. It was then time to go back in for the 2 hour dismantle of the equipment.