Yet another wonderful sunny day and it was a trip down to the Abbots Barn Hotel in Canterbury for the wedding of Gemma Stillwell – Cox and Gavin Firman, to entertain their friends and relatives with some Close Up magic during the drinks reception. I had been told that Gemma’s dad was very keen to see some magic and before long he introduced himself to me and, judging by his dropped jaw and the unrepeatable words that slipped from his mouth, he rather enjoyed what I did for him: ‘baffled
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What a lovely sunny day to hold an outside wedding, which is exactly what Donna and Joe had planned for today, and the weather was very kind for them. At the Reid Rooms the place where they hold an outside ceremony, is reached by a Tractor ride with guests sitting in the trailer, and is a short distance away. I was asked to entertain the guests on their return to the courtyard, for the drinks reception and these were joined slightly later by the wedding group: the Happy Couple, Bridesmaids,
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The temperatures didn’t quite reach the highs of two days ago, where the thermometer on the centre court at Wimbledon recorded a high of 41.7 degrees – yes they were playing Tennis in that heat….. at the Reid Rooms today it was only in the middle 30′s, but somehow my bride and groom for today managed to look elegant, cool and totally unflustered by the heat. Husband Ben, a magic fan, did not know I was entertaining during the drinks reception, held outside in the venue’s courtyard, so I had
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Its always nice to hear back from couples whose weddings or event I have performed at, however, they often immediately head off on honeymoon. The other week I travelled up to the Inn on the Lake on the edge of Lake Ullswater to entertaining guests at the wedding of Andy and Mandy McGowan, and now that things have all settled down back to normal, I was over the moon to receive the following email from them today “Kev is an old friend and colleague of mine. I had heard on
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It was great to be back at the Reid Rooms, one of my favourite venues for the wedding reception of Chonnor Dowd and Faye Gibbens. Having had such lovely sunshine for the past few weeks, unfortunately it decided to turn today, and their was a little rain this afternoon, but not enough to dampen the spirits of Faye, Chonnor and their guests, some of which had flown over from Ireland. However, as the afternoon went on the weather improved and the photographer was able to take the photos outside in
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