What is your most memorable wedding?
Doxford Hall in Northumberland
Describe your style in 5 adjectives.
Red Coat at Butlins.
What about your business are you most proud of?
Happy customers.
What is your No. 1 wedding planning tip for couples?
Don't plan in too much detail. Have an outline planned and allow the event to take its course from there.
What is your favourite personal touch you have seen at a wedding?
Nice and simple: bride dancing with her father and the father then walks with the bride to the Groom and hands her to him. I then introduce the bride and groom to the dance floor for their First dance. Nice and simple. I have also seen community halls used and outside in the gardens a wigwam is placed for people to gather around a camp fire till the early hours of the morning.
Describe your typical process with a couple.
They Phone me and tell me exactly what they wan't including the first dance. I send I create a detailed online confirmation qhich can be revisited and downloaded at any time.
What makes a romantic first dance?
To have all guests standing in a semi circle around the couple. The couple are introduced as Mr and Mrs Smith and walk into the middle of the floor and the music starts. I have already informed guests that they will need their cameras. The Wedding party can then be introduced to the dance floor either separately or all together as more photos are taken. Then the rest of the guests are encouraged to join the dance floor.
What is your number one floor-filler?
Proud Mary by Tina Turner
Which band from the past would you most like to have been part of?
Fleetwood Mac
What is the soundtrack to your life?
Applause by Lady Gaga