HAMPSHIRE WEDDING STRING QUARTET - 4STRINGS QUARTET

On Saturday it was the turn of our string duo to get it's wedding season underway. We were booked by Mel and Luke to provide music for their wedding ceremony and drinks reception at Castle Goring in West Sussex, the 18th century home to Lady Colin Cambell better known to some as 'Lady C' from the ITV show 'I'm a celebrity - Get Me Out Of Here.' We set up in the beautiful Ceremonial Hall for the wedding ceremony. We played for the guests for 30 minutes prior to the ceremony an

Our second string quartet wedding last weekend was on Sunday at Upwaltham Barns in West Sussex . This wedding venue has been created from a group of converted traditional Sussex flint barns and now provides a stunning wedding venue in the South Downs National Park between Chichester and Petworth. The string quartet was booked for both the civil wedding ceremony and the follow on drinks reception. The ceremony was held in the East Barn and with 130 guests seated in the Barn th

They always say you should 'save the best for last' well our last wedding for 2016 took place on Saturday at Wiston House in West Sussex. Even a dull damp December afternoon couldn't detract from the grandeur of this venue. Wiston House is a large 16th century country house owned by the Goring family but used since 1951 by the Foreign and Commonwealth office as the European Discussion Centre. Originally built in 1576 it has been extended over the years and is now a Grade 1 li

Who said 'Romance is Dead' well it's not in West Sussex. Our little adventure started with a phone call last Wednesday when Tom called me and asked if the string quartet could play 'Game of Thrones' whilst he proposed to his girlfriend. No problem I thought, then he said it will be next Tuesday!! After some frantic phone calls to the rest of the quartet I was able to confirm our availability and after several more phone calls with Tom over the next couple of days our plan to