FROM ABERDEEN WITH LOVE - Real Life Weddings

RLW
groom to groom
“If you can, circulate among your guests between
each course of your wedding meal. They’ll appreciate
you taking the time to mingle and you’ll then have more
time to enjoy the reception later on. Take some time out to
watch your guests enjoying the day. You won’t automatically
remember everything that happens at your wedding, so try to
make the effort to take in what’s going on around you.”
STUART & GRAEME’S Suppliers
For further details and booking contact:
University of Aberdeen
King’s College
Aberdeen
AB24 3FX
Tel: 01224-272660
Fax: 01224-276246
E-Mail: conf.events@abdn.ac.uk
Web: www.abdn.ac.uk/weddings
weren’t forgotten though, with James Bond model cars for the boys and white
pussycat soft toys for the girls. The newlyweds even arrived at the reception to
the Bond theme! Now there’s a good alternative to being piped in to dinner...
The speeches were held before the meal, and throughout them departed
loved ones were on everyone’s minds, especially as it would have been Stuart’s
Dad’s 80th birthday a couple of days before.
“We gave the best men a hard time, because our speeches were very emotional,
with both of us speaking about our late fathers, but they managed to make
everyone laugh,” he says.
Throughout the meal, magician Bill (from Aberdeen’s Fifth Dimension)
performed tricks at the tables, keeping everyone entertained. “It was a good
icebreaker for people who didn’t know each other,” Graeme says.
A good north-east tradition, known as the Grand March, kicked off the
dancing with style, as Graeme explains: “The bride and groom go up first
and walk round the edge of the dancefloor to ceilidh music, then the others
gradually go up and follow. It’s great for getting everyone on the floor. Of
course, we did the ‘Gay Gordons’ as the first dance!”
Afterwards, many of the guests commented on the sheer amount of work
that had gone into planning the wedding, but, as Graeme and Stuart say, “We
didn’t just do it for ourselves, we did it for our family and friends, so that they
would have a great day.
“It wasn’t just the big things they noticed, like the stunning venue and the
Aston Martin, but also the little details, like the playing card table decorations
and tuxedo favour boxes. Everything we arranged and produced tied in to our
theme seamlessly – even down to sending out our invitations with James Bond
postage stamps.
“And although there were a few tongue-in-cheek elements and a bit of fun
injected into the wedding, it was still a serious and emotional day.”
After the wedding, Graeme and Stuart recovered with a relaxing week at
home, then enjoyed a 12-night cruise around the Mediterranean. “Going on
a cruise wasn’t something we’d thought about before,” Graeme says, “but the
Cunard brochure was among the huge pile we’d collected and we’re glad we did
it as we’ve now been bitten by the cruise bug! It was absolutely wonderful. The
service is so good, you really get spoiled. We weren’t sure what people would
think when they learned it was our honeymoon, but everyone was fantastic,
both crew and guests.”
Stuart and Graeme say that getting married showed everyone how much they
mean to each other. “It’s nice to know someone’s always going to be there,”
Stuart says. And Graeme agrees: “I know Stuart will always be there for me,
unconditionally, and the same goes for him – I’ll always be there for him, no
questions asked.”
Want to know more about Stuart & Graeme’s wedding?
If you would like to find out more about any of the suppliers involved in this wedding
please contact us on editorial@reallifeweddings.co.uk
image courtesy of martin a. leckie photography
Nicky Walker 59/61 St Swithin Street Aberdeen AB10 6XL
01224 323254 florist@nickywalker.com
www.nickywalker.com
132 RLW winter 2008
www.reallifeweddings.co.uk www.reallifeweddings.co.uk
RLW winter 2008 133