Another beautiful sunny afternoon today which I spent at Newland Hall, a beautiful wedding venue in Roxwell, in Essex. The site dates back hundreds of years,The first reference to Newland Hall (rather than just Newland) was made in 1447. Original records exist for Manor Courts held at Newland Hall from 1448 onwards. There is strong evidence that Newland Hall was one of the places of retirement for the lascivious King Henry VIII Today’s event, adding to the venues history, was the wedding of Laura Stevens and Stuart McLuckie, who were
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Following a great afternoon entertaining at Hayley and Ryan’s wedding yesterday afternoon at the Reid Rooms, I was delighted to receive this email from the Brides mother, Hazel, who had booked me as a surprise to perform during the drinks reception Dear Kevin, Thank you so much for the super entertainment that you provided for Hayley and Ryan’s wedding yesterday. The guest where all amazed and still talking about you over breakfast this morning! You made a special day even more  memorable!   Best Regards, Hazel

A while ago I had the pleasure of meeting Hayley and her mother, Hazel, at a wedding fair, and entertained them with some close up magic which they really seemed to enjoy. Subsequently Hazel booked me to perform as a surprise for her daughters wedding. Over the past few months we  have been secretly emailing each other, with information about the guests that Hayley and Ryan were inviting, without letting the ‘cat out of the bag’. Today I met up with them all again at their wedding at the Reid
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Quite a local trip for me, just a few miles up the road to Harlow, to perform at the 40th Birthday party of Laura Higgs, a local fitness instructor. Friends and family had been invited to a Bar- B – Q in her back garden to celebrate the occasion, with a wide range of age groups to entertain. Guests were greeted with a DVD of Laura’s recent charity tandem parachute jump from god knows how many thousand feet! So mix and ‘Mingle and Magic’ was the order of the day,
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A phone call from Rick Mallett asking me to perform at his wife, Carina’s, 50th Birthday party, took me to the delightful venue of Cuddington Golf Club, set in 166 acres of beautiful Surrey downland. It was a lovely cool evening as about 80 members of family and friends gathered to celebrate with Carina, many of whom took advantage of the weather and gathered outside, enjoying the lovely views over London, the Wembley arch could be clearly seen, and that was 16 miles away. I mingled outside among the guests
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