erica and russ’

west yorkshire

wedding, Leeds

 
I was hired way back in 2019 by Erica and Russ for their West Yorkshire wedding! They must’ve had some kind of sixth sense because they booked their wedding in 2019, for it to take place in 2022! This meant they leapfrogged the whole covid-disrupting-weddings debacle. Talk about good luck! They were literally the only couple that were unaffected by it all in my whole calendar as a wedding singer in Yorkshire!

Erica and Russ had their ceremony in a church and then moved onto the wedding venue for the rest of the day. They were married at a beautiful local church that felt full of history and had many beautiful details. Quite often at church weddings, I’ll just play as guest are seated and perhaps outside as pictures are taken. But, I had a much more central role for Erica and Russ’ ceremony.

THE CHURCH!

I entertained the guests with some fitting music as everyone filed in and was seated; then the church organist played the traditional aisle walk music. The happy couple had chosen two hymns to be part of the ceremony and I cued them up through my system. But, they also asked me to sing Ave Maria by Beyonce as part of the ceremony and I was VERY happy to do so. It’s something I’ve never done before, so it was a total pleasure. My next job was to sing during the signing of the register. They chose the tracks ‘You’ll Never Walk Alone’ and ‘Time of Your Life By Greenday.’ I wish Liverpool hadn’t adopted ‘You’ll Never Walk Alone’ as their anthem because I LOVED learning that tune. I would sing it at every wedding if I could get away with it!

Then, it was just down to the organist to play the classic church wedding exit music and we had a newly married couple! I entertained the guests as some more as pictures were taken by their photographers Alex and Janet Durasow. And then it was time for us all to head up to the wonderful Oulton Hall!