Our thanks to Olivia and Barney at Talton House and Lodge for hosting us for a wedding celebration event on Saturday 13 June. Talton Lodge is an 18th-century converted barn and Victorian walled garden in South Warwickshire, originally used to feed the adjacent Grade II-listed Queen Anne manor, Talton House. Today, the multi-day venue combines historic country charm with a festival atmosphere, featuring tepees, yurts, and an 18th-century barn – the perfect venue in fact for a wedding celebration!

Our Silver Bough Ceilidh Band played for about 70 wedding guests who were all keen to dance and in between dances, we played some of the songs from our Gospel Bell repertoire.

After about an hour and half of outdoor dancing, the guests moved indoors to watch a Kraftwerk tribute band, who were excellent! This is a first for us, opening for an all electronic band – we think though that our exhausted dancers were ready for a more relaxing end to the evening.

Forthcoming Silver Bough and Gospel Bell dates include: St Swithan’s Church, Lower Quinton, Warwickshire (Friday 3 July 26); Wroxall, Warwickshire community Ceilidh (Saturday 4 July 26); Talton House (Private event) (Friday 10 July 26); Music in a Field, Oxfordshire (Saturday 25 July 26); St Mary’s, Cropredy Fringe (Thursday 13 August 26); St Leonard’s Banbury, (Saturday 26 July 26); Hook Norton Baptist Church (Saturday 26 September 26); Friends of Fifield Church (Sunday 31 January 27)