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GEMMA MCHUGH AND DAVID MCCUSKER<br />
WEDDING DATE Friday 9 January 2009<br />
CEREMONY & RECEPTION Glenskirlie House & Castle, Stirl<strong>in</strong>gshire<br />
PHOTOGRAPHY Norma Ann Photography<br />
www.norma-ann.co.uk T: 0141 204 3388<br />
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<strong>pretty</strong> <strong>in</strong> p<strong>in</strong>k<br />
Gemma and David planned<br />
lots of little surprises for their<br />
wedd<strong>in</strong>g guests – and they<br />
were <strong>in</strong> for a few themselves…<br />
Most brides-to-be spend a fair amount of time daydream<strong>in</strong>g about<br />
their wedd<strong>in</strong>g day. Wonder<strong>in</strong>g whether they’ll get emotional dur<strong>in</strong>g<br />
the ceremony, pictur<strong>in</strong>g the scene when the groom sets eyes on her,<br />
hop<strong>in</strong>g guests will enjoy any wee surprises planned…<br />
For forensic scientist Gemma, 28, there was a very clear<br />
vision <strong>in</strong> her m<strong>in</strong>d of the k<strong>in</strong>d of day she wanted. “I loved<br />
the idea of a castle wedd<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> the w<strong>in</strong>ter,” she says. And<br />
she didn’t waste any time turn<strong>in</strong>g her idea <strong>in</strong>to a vivid p<strong>in</strong>k<br />
reality. In fact, she went to a major wedd<strong>in</strong>g fair with hubbyto-be<br />
David, 25, the very day after gett<strong>in</strong>g engaged! “My<br />
sister’s <strong>in</strong> the beauty <strong>in</strong>dustry and she had a stall there,” she<br />
expla<strong>in</strong>s. “Lots of people were try<strong>in</strong>g to get us to book but I<br />
kept th<strong>in</strong>k<strong>in</strong>g, ‘We only got engaged a m<strong>in</strong>ute ago!’”<br />
The Bishopbriggs couple had been together for three years when David<br />
popped the question, although it didn’t go exactly accord<strong>in</strong>g to plan for the<br />
groom-to-be. “One of my sisters had phoned from her holiday say<strong>in</strong>g she’d got<br />
“I don’t remember this<br />
but apparently people<br />
were say<strong>in</strong>g, ‘That was<br />
amaz<strong>in</strong>g, the bride was<br />
danc<strong>in</strong>g down the aisle!’”<br />
engaged,” Gemma recalls. “When I told Dave I thought his reaction was quite<br />
strange, and it turned out that was because he was stand<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> the jewellers<br />
with a r<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> his hand at the time! So his thunder was stolen and that k<strong>in</strong>d of<br />
put him off for a bit.”<br />
Gemma was gett<strong>in</strong>g ready for d<strong>in</strong>ner with her parents<br />
when he made his move a few weeks later. “He said he had<br />
a wee present for me. There was a gift box and then another<br />
box <strong>in</strong>side that, and <strong>in</strong>side that he’d written ‘Will you marry<br />
me?’. It was quite cute and a complete surprise; we hadn’t<br />
even looked at r<strong>in</strong>gs so you can imag<strong>in</strong>e I was th<strong>in</strong>k<strong>in</strong>g, oh<br />
my god, what’s <strong>in</strong> this box? What if I have to say I don’t like<br />
it!” Luckily and thanks to David’s good taste, she loved it.<br />
Gemma is liv<strong>in</strong>g proof that it’s easier to plan a great<br />
wedd<strong>in</strong>g if you know exactly what you’re after. For this couple, there was<br />
just no need to drive up and down the country visit<strong>in</strong>g scores of venues<br />
and potential photographers. “I’d heard of Glenskirlie and knew there was<br />
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a new castle there, so it was the first place I thought of. We made<br />
an appo<strong>in</strong>tment to see it, and booked it then and there.” Although<br />
Gemma describes Glenskirlie generally as “absolutely gorgeous”, she<br />
admits it was possibly the sumptuously decadent honeymoon suites<br />
that swung it for them: “We walked <strong>in</strong> to the suite and Dave just<br />
said, ‘Oh my god, this is it!’” Gemma laughs. It wasn’t all about the<br />
gorgeous décor though; the couple sensibly took the location and time<br />
of year <strong>in</strong>to account too. “I wanted a castle that was fairly close by <strong>in</strong><br />
case the weather was horrific <strong>in</strong> January,” she expla<strong>in</strong>s.<br />
Decid<strong>in</strong>g on a date was just as easy as f<strong>in</strong>d<strong>in</strong>g the venue itself; “The<br />
Glenskirlie had January 9th 2009 free and, be<strong>in</strong>g a girl who likes dates<br />
that match, it was perfect!”<br />
Gemma’s efficient wedd<strong>in</strong>g plann<strong>in</strong>g cont<strong>in</strong>ued when she found the<br />
ideal bridal salon, photographer and wedd<strong>in</strong>g planner <strong>in</strong> the same<br />
build<strong>in</strong>g, although the dress hunt wasn’t quite as straightforward as it<br />
might have been. “I was a nightmare with the dress,” Gemma laughs.<br />
“Me and Mum went <strong>in</strong> every s<strong>in</strong>gle bridal shop you can imag<strong>in</strong>e and<br />
tried on just about every dress. I thought, what if I’m miss<strong>in</strong>g out on<br />
someth<strong>in</strong>g here?”<br />
When she f<strong>in</strong>ally found The One, it felt right but the skirt was a bit<br />
too volum<strong>in</strong>ous (even by Gemma’s standards), so the clever ladies at<br />
Eleganza Sposa customised the gown by <strong>in</strong>corporat<strong>in</strong>g the skirt from<br />
one design and the top from another!<br />
Gemma turned to Sarah Morgan Bridal for her accessories. “They<br />
were fantastic,” Gemma enthuses. “Their veils and tiaras are amaz<strong>in</strong>g<br />
– totally outstand<strong>in</strong>g compared to all the other companies I found –<br />
and when you walk <strong>in</strong> you feel like you’re <strong>in</strong> a fairytale dress<strong>in</strong>g room!<br />
It’s a mother and daughter who run the place and they were lovely.”<br />
As Gemma wanted to wear boots rather than wedd<strong>in</strong>g shoes on the<br />
day, this made it a bit harder to f<strong>in</strong>d someth<strong>in</strong>g suitably ‘bridal’. “But<br />
I’d spotted the Westend Wedd<strong>in</strong>g Boutique at a wedd<strong>in</strong>g fair,” she<br />
says, “and knew they had a really wide range, and luckily when I went<br />
<strong>in</strong> they had just the th<strong>in</strong>g.”<br />
With her own outfit <strong>in</strong> the bag, Gemma turned her attention to<br />
kitt<strong>in</strong>g out her eight bridesmaids; best friend Roslyn, plus four of<br />
her own sisters and three of Dave’s. “Orig<strong>in</strong>ally I was th<strong>in</strong>k<strong>in</strong>g about<br />
gett<strong>in</strong>g them <strong>in</strong> puff ball skirts but all my sisters were like, are you<br />
kidd<strong>in</strong>g?” she laughs. “Then I had this th<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> my head about cerise<br />
and black, so I put my sisters <strong>in</strong> black and Dave’s <strong>in</strong> p<strong>in</strong>k. Luckily<br />
Roslyn wanted p<strong>in</strong>k so that evened it out.”<br />
Although it was slightly stressful try<strong>in</strong>g to sort out a full outfit for<br />
eight bridesmaids, on the plus side they got a free flower girl dress from<br />
Etiquette Bridal Couture for buy<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> bulk! “Etiquette Bridal were<br />
great,” Gemma remembers. “The owner Victoria was very helpful and<br />
she’s a great girl, a really good laugh. The atmosphere was very relaxed<br />
and every time we went <strong>in</strong> she made us feel really welcome, and always<br />
gave us cups of tea and biscuits!”<br />
Gemma was more excitable than stressed out as the wedd<strong>in</strong>g drew<br />
closer, bar a few m<strong>in</strong>or panics. “The paperwork for the ceremony<br />
was a nightmare because Dave [who works for an oil company] was<br />
work<strong>in</strong>g away at the time. Basically, if you’re born after a certa<strong>in</strong> date<br />
you have to supply them with your passport when you apply for<br />
a wedd<strong>in</strong>g licence. We went along to the registry office <strong>in</strong> Kilsyth<br />
assum<strong>in</strong>g that was the right one, but when we got there they told us<br />
we should have gone to the one <strong>in</strong> Denny!” Gemma giggles. “So we’d<br />
driven all that way and as it turned out Dave didn’t have his passport<br />
on him anyway. This was the Friday and he was fly<strong>in</strong>g away aga<strong>in</strong> on<br />
the Monday. What a palaver!”<br />
They managed to sort all the legalities out with seconds to spare, so<br />
thankfully the ceremony was still on. But there were a couple more<br />
sticky moments before Gemma could walk down the aisle.<br />
The wedd<strong>in</strong>g day started serenely enough, with Gemma up early<br />
after a late night (“I thought I’d better go to bed at 1am, which is way<br />
past my bedtime”) and Mum on roll and sausage duty. “Everyone was<br />
say<strong>in</strong>g how calm I was – probably because I wasn’t over-th<strong>in</strong>k<strong>in</strong>g it too<br />
much, that’s when you get yourself <strong>in</strong>to a panic isn’t it?”<br />
When the hairdresser arrived at 9am they got a production l<strong>in</strong>e<br />
go<strong>in</strong>g to get ten sets of hair and make-up completed on schedule.<br />
“The photographer Ryan was a great help,” Gemma says, “He said,<br />
‘Right, you go fourth’, so I jumped <strong>in</strong> say<strong>in</strong>g ‘OK, I’m next!’ I th<strong>in</strong>k<br />
he was sick of tak<strong>in</strong>g pictures of me with my rollers <strong>in</strong>! But he was<br />
brilliant, he was like my wee clock, tell<strong>in</strong>g me when to go and get<br />
dressed. I was glad he was there.”<br />
The excitement turned a bit nervy after a slight wardrobe<br />
malfunction; “We had a wee catastrophe when the zip came off my<br />
sister’s dress. Thankfully another sister knew a seamstress who lived<br />
nearby so they gave her a call and went over to get it fixed. But by then<br />
the cars were wait<strong>in</strong>g outside and we’d been ready for ages.”<br />
Hav<strong>in</strong>g rema<strong>in</strong>ed calm all morn<strong>in</strong>g, Gemma was suddenly extremely<br />
keen to get the marriage ball roll<strong>in</strong>g. However, she would have to wait<br />
just a little longer: “We’d hired VW camper vans for the bridesmaids<br />
and one of them broke down,” Gemma laughs <strong>in</strong>credulously. “We<br />
were nearly at Glenskirlie when I saw smoke com<strong>in</strong>g out the back;<br />
we got to a roundabout and it conked out. The driver managed to<br />
start it up but then it stopped aga<strong>in</strong>.” Eventually chief bridesmaid<br />
Roslyn jumped <strong>in</strong> the front with the bride’s father (Gemma’s dress<br />
took up the whole of the back seat) and the rest of the girls managed<br />
to squeeze <strong>in</strong> the other camper van. Gemma didn’t turn even a bit<br />
bridezilla though – she actually found it quite funny. “These th<strong>in</strong>gs<br />
happen,” she says placidly. “There was no po<strong>in</strong>t mak<strong>in</strong>g a fuss. And<br />
it’s a great story to tell,” she giggles.<br />
With the bride arriv<strong>in</strong>g a whopp<strong>in</strong>g 50 m<strong>in</strong>utes late, the poor piper<br />
had his work cut out for him, but at least the assembled party had<br />
been told what was happen<strong>in</strong>g. And the extra wait no doubt added to<br />
the sense of anticipation!<br />
Gemma remembers both her and David giggl<strong>in</strong>g their way through<br />
the Humanist ceremony. “There were no tears from us, although the<br />
celebrant, L<strong>in</strong>da Britton, did hand me a tissue when Dave’s auntie<br />
read a poem [‘On Your Wedd<strong>in</strong>g Day’]. Dave’s Mum set me off I<br />
th<strong>in</strong>k.”<br />
The ceremony mixed sentiment and humour <strong>in</strong> a way that was<br />
completely personal to the couple. “The Humanist ceremony was<br />
ideal for Dave and I as neither of us are religious. We loved that it<br />
was more like a celebration of your love. We were really happy that<br />
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Gemma knew she wanted a beautiful p<strong>in</strong>k wedd<strong>in</strong>g. “We’ve been<br />
to so many wedd<strong>in</strong>gs where you see ivory l<strong>in</strong>ens and I knew I<br />
didn’t want that. I also wanted the room decorated.” So she<br />
called on Jordana Patrick [of Jordana Event & Wedd<strong>in</strong>g Planner]<br />
to help her achieve the right look. “Jordana was a godsend!<br />
Book<strong>in</strong>g her was probably the best th<strong>in</strong>g we could have done. She<br />
decorated the whole room, which looked stunn<strong>in</strong>g, organised the<br />
favours (T-shirts, personalised newspapers and lottery tickets) and<br />
designed all the stationery too.”<br />
Although most of the ideas came from the bride herself, as she<br />
says, “you can’t always really see <strong>in</strong> your head how it’s go<strong>in</strong>g to<br />
look, so that’s where her knowledge really came <strong>in</strong> handy. For<br />
example Jordana suggested the p<strong>in</strong>k lights, and what a difference<br />
it made. I didn’t recognise the room. She did a great job, it was<br />
really p<strong>in</strong>k!”<br />
At the heart of the sea of p<strong>in</strong>k was the unusual cake creation by<br />
Michael at Special Days Cakes. “I met Michael at a few wedd<strong>in</strong>g<br />
shows and he was lovely,” Gemma says. “The cake was customised<br />
and turned out exactly the way I’d imag<strong>in</strong>ed it… and it tasted<br />
amaz<strong>in</strong>g too!”<br />
Jordana also provided the couple with unusual table centrepieces.<br />
“They looked amaz<strong>in</strong>g. Half the tables had big black candelabras<br />
with jewels hang<strong>in</strong>g from them, the other half had gel-filled vases<br />
with orchids and a light plate underneath them. Everyth<strong>in</strong>g tied<br />
<strong>in</strong> perfectly.”<br />
Even little details like the table names (based on Beatles songs as<br />
“Dave’s Beatles daft”) complemented the theme: “Jordana had<br />
written the names <strong>in</strong> p<strong>in</strong>k and then put them <strong>in</strong> silver frames. The<br />
table plan was gorgeous as well; it was a black tree with all the<br />
names hang<strong>in</strong>g off the branches.”<br />
we could make it personal, liked that it was about us and that you’re free<br />
to do <strong>pretty</strong> much whatever you want. On the day L<strong>in</strong>da was fantastic, just<br />
brilliant.”<br />
The ceremony was also a chance to give guests a bit of background about<br />
them as a couple, and <strong>in</strong>cluded a few funny stories and the tale of how they<br />
met. In case you’re wonder<strong>in</strong>g, it was through one of Dave’s friends on a night<br />
out – Dave’s first words were that Gemma was “hot”, and she thought he was<br />
cute <strong>in</strong> a Paul Weller sort of way.<br />
The service also <strong>in</strong>cluded a symbolic candle light<strong>in</strong>g ceremony; “We lit a<br />
candle each at the beg<strong>in</strong>n<strong>in</strong>g of the ceremony, then one together at the end.”<br />
After the lighthearted humour of the service, there was a less planned<br />
comedy moment when they were pronounced man and wife: “People clapped<br />
at the end, and we had confetti canons pulled as we walked back down the<br />
aisle. But Dave had forgotten about them and got a fright when they went off<br />
right <strong>in</strong> his ear,” Gemma laughs.<br />
Perhaps David was also a little unnerved by the bride’s unorthodox exit<br />
too… “I don’t remember this but apparently people were say<strong>in</strong>g, ‘That was<br />
amaz<strong>in</strong>g, the bride was danc<strong>in</strong>g down the aisle!’” she laughs. “We’ll have to<br />
wait for the DVD to check that!”<br />
And what about the groom’s reaction when he first saw the stunn<strong>in</strong>g bride?<br />
“I th<strong>in</strong>k Dave was quite relieved actually, because I’d been w<strong>in</strong>d<strong>in</strong>g him up<br />
that the dress was so big it wouldn’t fit <strong>in</strong> my car. He knows I’m a bit off the<br />
wall anyway and probably thought I’d have gone for some Jordan-esque dress<br />
and arrived <strong>in</strong> a crystal carriage,” she gr<strong>in</strong>s.<br />
As guests left the ceremony they were given a copy of a tabloid-style mockup<br />
newspaper with the happy couple’s wedd<strong>in</strong>g story splashed across the front<br />
page. “That was one of [events planner] Jordana’s suggestions,” Gemma says.<br />
“She was great for com<strong>in</strong>g up with ideas.”<br />
While the guests celebrated with canapés and post-nuptial dr<strong>in</strong>ks (p<strong>in</strong>k<br />
cocktails for the girls, Corona for the boys), David and Gemma were ushered<br />
outside before the last of the daylight disappeared. “The tim<strong>in</strong>gs worked out<br />
quite nicely really, because we managed to get some shots with the sun sett<strong>in</strong>g.<br />
The photographer was gett<strong>in</strong>g very excited!”<br />
The couple booked Norma Ann Photography quite early, “<strong>in</strong> that stage<br />
when you’re quite excited and just want to book everyth<strong>in</strong>g. The people at<br />
Glenskirlie had recommended them but I knew they were ideal as soon as I<br />
saw their portfolio, their pictures are lovely.”<br />
Before be<strong>in</strong>g piped <strong>in</strong> to d<strong>in</strong>ner, the couple had a receiv<strong>in</strong>g l<strong>in</strong>e, just a wee<br />
one with the bride and groom rather than the mammoth bridal party. “I th<strong>in</strong>k<br />
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it meant we could just relax afterwards and not worry about it,” the bride says.<br />
The Glenskirlie provided an impressive four-course w<strong>in</strong>ter menu with a<br />
choice of chicken wrapped <strong>in</strong> bacon or roast beef teriyaki for the ma<strong>in</strong> course,<br />
followed by heart-shaped blueberry cheesecake. “Because of the time of year I<br />
didn’t th<strong>in</strong>k anyone would go for the cold option, but the room was warm so<br />
lots of people did <strong>in</strong> the end.” And just when the guests thought they couldn’t<br />
possibly eat ever aga<strong>in</strong>, they discovered a personalised candy buffet (another<br />
of Jordana’s ideas) stationed outside the function suite. “I was still sitt<strong>in</strong>g at<br />
the top table and everyone was com<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> with these p<strong>in</strong>k and white bags. I<br />
thought, they’re go<strong>in</strong>g to demolish it before I’ve even seen it!”<br />
Before guests could tuck <strong>in</strong> to anyth<strong>in</strong>g, there were a few toasts to be made.<br />
“The speeches didn’t go on too long,” Gemma says. “I got up and said a few<br />
words at the end too, as I wanted to say thanks. I didn’t really plan it, I just<br />
thought if I feel like do<strong>in</strong>g it at the time I will… I didn’t want to sit there like<br />
Lady Muck lett<strong>in</strong>g everybody else do the hard work!”<br />
That wasn’t the only way the speeches defied tradition either: “Dave’s Dad<br />
got up aga<strong>in</strong> after me, then my Dad said a few more words… maybe they did<br />
go on a bit actually! Then the dads decided they were putt<strong>in</strong>g on a free bar for<br />
an hour, so that was the next announcement.”<br />
Another surprise await<strong>in</strong>g the guests came courtesy of enterta<strong>in</strong>ers for the<br />
even<strong>in</strong>g DJ Cammy and his son (collectively known as The Rejects). “Cammy’s<br />
a guy my uncle knows. The band’s great as they do a bit of disco, a few oldies<br />
and some of their own music too. But one of the reasons we chose them was<br />
that Cammy does a comedy set as well. The jokes just rolled off his tongue,<br />
everyone was <strong>in</strong> stitches. He did an Amy W<strong>in</strong>ehouse impression too… no<br />
Dave it wasn’t T<strong>in</strong>a Turner, I th<strong>in</strong>k you must have been away at the bar at that<br />
po<strong>in</strong>t!”<br />
That wasn’t the end of the even<strong>in</strong>g’s unexpected treats: “My uncle’s a <strong>pretty</strong><br />
good s<strong>in</strong>ger so he got up at one po<strong>in</strong>t and did a bit of karaoke, a few Roll<strong>in</strong>g<br />
Stones tunes. And later on we had fireworks, which were absolutely amaz<strong>in</strong>g.<br />
Before we knew it the night was over. It was like, how did that happen?”<br />
Luckily for the newlyweds, they could make the most of the fabulous bridal<br />
suite by stay<strong>in</strong>g for their first two nights as a married couple.<br />
A couple of months after the wedd<strong>in</strong>g, the memories are still fresh for<br />
Gemma, and like most brides she f<strong>in</strong>ds it hard to p<strong>in</strong>po<strong>in</strong>t the highlights. Even<br />
little mishaps like the car break<strong>in</strong>g down will be remembered positively by the<br />
couple; “The car company [Waterside Wedd<strong>in</strong>gs] were really great about it. In<br />
fact they were brilliant all the way through, not just when the van broke down.<br />
And they def<strong>in</strong>itely made up for it by driv<strong>in</strong>g us to the airport and back… <strong>in</strong> a<br />
Bentley! Dave felt just like James Bond.”<br />
Gemma put so much time and effort <strong>in</strong>to mak<strong>in</strong>g the reception excit<strong>in</strong>g<br />
and special for friends and family, but naturally it’s the unique ceremony they<br />
remember most fondly; “We were both a wee bit nervous dur<strong>in</strong>g the vows, but<br />
we really enjoyed it and just giggled at each other like we did the whole day<br />
really. People still mention the ceremony to us all the time, I don’t th<strong>in</strong>k they’d<br />
really seen anyth<strong>in</strong>g like it. And they certa<strong>in</strong>ly hadn’t seen a bride danc<strong>in</strong>g back<br />
down the aisle before!”<br />
Want to know more about Gemma & David’s wedd<strong>in</strong>g?<br />
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how we<br />
honeymooned<br />
“We went to a Sandals resort <strong>in</strong><br />
Antigua. It was amaz<strong>in</strong>g, and we<br />
had our own private pool!”<br />
Gemma & David<br />
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