Venue: Holiday Inn, Surbiton
Date: Saturday, 3rd August
Showtime: 17:00
Around 180 guests gathered at the Holiday Inn in Surbiton for Amanda and Alan's wedding ceremony. There was a pretty opulent blue/lilac colour theme for the day. A last minute hitch meant that the new couple did not show up until nearly 6pm though! I was hired to play during the evening 3 course meal, and was informed I would be sharing a stage with David the DJ, who was kind enough to loan me some of his lighting rack for a bit more ambience. The set went down pretty well, although Amanda's mum said the volume was a little on the low side from the opposite corner of the room! I had prepared some business cards as Amanda had helpfully hinted there were 4-5 other brides in waiting at the ceremony. Afterwards I found they had made arrangements for me to have dinner 'on the house', which was very generous (and much needed after whipping up an appetite playing!)
The set was:
Marry You (Bruno Mars)
The Way You Look Tonight (Frank Sinatra)
L O V E (Nat King Cole)
Greatest Day (Take That)
Amazed (Lonestar)
Love Lifts Us Up (Joe Cocker/Jennifer Warnes)
Your Song (Elton John)
Canon in D (Pachelbel)
Dancing Queen (Abba)
A Moment Like This (Kelly Clarkson)
She's a Star (James)
Summer of '69 (Bryan Adams)
You Raise Me Up (Westlife)
Heartbeats (Jose Gonzalez)
What a Difference a Day Makes (Jamie Cullum)
The White Cliffs of Dover (Vera Lynn)
You've Got a Friend In Me (Randy Newman/Lyle Lovett)
A Whole New World (Alan Menken)
Ave Maria (trad)
Edelweiss (Rodgers & Hammerstein)
Chasing Cars (Snow Patrol)
Don't Stop Me Now (Queen)
Mr Brightside (The Killers)
Sit Down (James)
Pretty Woman (Roy Orbison)
Crazy Little Thing Called Love (Queen)
Can't Help Falling In Love With You (Elvis Presley)
Fields of Gold (Sting)
True Colours (Cyndi Lauper)
I Say A Little Prayer (Dusty Springfield)
Moon River (Henry Mancini)
Stand By Me (Ben E King)
Unchained Melody (Righteous Brothers)
All I Ask of You (Lloyd Webber)
Music of the Night (Lloyd Webber)
Prelude (Gliere)
Sonata in C, Op. 36 No. 3 (Clementi)
Gymnopedie I (Satie)
Le Onde (Einaudi)
Lied Ohne Worte (Mendelssohn)
Prelude 'Raindrop' Op. 28 No. 15 (Chopin)
