‘ PEOPLE ARE STILL TALKING ABOUT IT TODAY.’
From Laura-Gene’ s speech
CHARlES AND AlAN
I’ ve known Charles my entire life. I think the main two reasons we get on so well is firstly, from the moment I was old enough to handle drinking we realised we both have a similar sense of humour.( I say humour, I mean sarcasm.) And the second reason, with the obvious exception of today, is that we aren’ t huge on sharing our emotions with the world. Public declarations of love, soppiness etc would often be met with a vomit! Then he met Alan, and became the Posh boi from the Vale …
When I first met Alan, on a wet Friday night in Carmarthen – longest drive of my life – he did two things. The first was to pride himself on the amount of money he saved with his coupons, and the second was insist I call him Uncle Al.
Uncle Al, I can’ t imagine you not being part of this family. Here’ s to the many more parties and the many more occasions you’ ll fall asleep in a ridiculous position!
To finish, I’ ve borrowed a little something from my sister’ s wedding:
For every kiss, find a reason for another; For every smile, see the love in each other’ s eyes; For every moment, be thankful there is more to come; and for every single day love each other more.
A cheer to Mr and Mr Bevan-Barratt!
‘ PEOPLE ARE STILL TALKING ABOUT IT TODAY.’
Secret Song, Sparkling Diamonds, Truth – with Moulin Rouge as our top table.
We tried to think of every detail; the guests’ choices were even on the back of the menu for those who forget things! Our favours contained personalised chocolates and an acrylic coin with the Welsh dragon and our details on.
Our guests came from far and wide including Epsom, Glasgow, Manchester, Gloucester, Bristol, Bath, Norfolk, Plymouth, Devon, Cornwall, Hampshire, Brighton, and of course good old South Wales. They were bowled over by the‘ best wedding ever’, and said‘ we’ re never going to a conventional wedding again’,‘ we knew it would be special but you ' re a true showman, wow!’ and‘ we laughed about your spreadsheets and lists, but it paid off. We expected surprises but nothing like this!’
Seeing it all come together was truly special. Alan knew very little about what was planned for the day and just seeing his face and all of the guests’ reactions made it all worth it – and the fact that people are still talking about it today!
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