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Wedding Entertainment Solutions
50 Meldrum Road, Kirkcaldy, Fife, KY2 5HX, Scotland
Tel/Fax: +44 (0)1592 595730  eMail: info@scotiapipers.co.uk

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- As Guests arrive at Church/Register Office/Hotel ~ A nice welcome for your Wedding guests which helps put them in the mood for proceedings.

- Piping the Bride In and/or out of the service ~ The must among many brides.

- Up the isle ~ The Piper can play the Bride down the isle to any tune, but most commonly the Wedding March, this is a good alternative and surprise to the expected organist. Highland Cathedral is also a popular request.

- Signing of the registrar ~ Have the piper in the background creating a nice Scottish atmosphere as you sign the Wedding Registrar.

- Lighting of the unity candle ~ The Scottish Bagpiper can be used to play a hymn or air as the candle is lit, a popular tune for playing here is Amazing Grace.

- Back up the Isle ~ A rousing March or Jig as the couple walk down the isle as man and wife to huge applause from their guests

- At the church door ~ Announce your arrival to the world as man and wife to the sound of the pipes for that grand exit.

- As the happy couple leave the service by car ~ This is a very happy moment, with the couple being covered in confetti, the piper can be playing some brisk cheery marches to add to the moment.

-Welcoming guests to the reception ~ Your guests will certainly know where the doors to your reception are when they see the  piper standing at the entrance to the hotel playing a few welcoming tunes.

- Pipe newly weds to the top table - "Ladies and Gentlemen will you please be upstanding for the New Mr and Mrs (your name)" What better entrance can you have than to be accompanied to your seats by a piper, the audience will clap you to the beat of the tune all the way to your seats.

- At the cutting of the cake ~ This may happen prior to you taking your seats for the meal. The piper will pipe you to the cake, will stand still as you cut the cake and pictures are taken, then pipe you to your seats before marching out of the room.

- During the evenings entertainment ~ This is becoming more and more popular, have the bagpiper play for 10-15 mins during the buffet, this helps break your evening up and gives the band a rest. The piper will really keep your guests happy with popular and modern melodies, any tune requests would be discussed at the time of booking. A Highland Dancer can be incorporated here.

A Celtic Blessing  

A fantastic service you'll never forget. A medieval Scots ceremony to bless the union of man and women in the bond of marriage.

Set in 1320, the Celtic Blessing is a non-religious wedding ceremony with a beautiful text written to include all nationalities and with music, hand-fasting and a sworn promise of love. It is conducted by costumed actors and steeped in the history of the period.

It can be performed as a vow renewal or embellishment to a wedding day, often performed in the evening, indoors or out, to include later guests. Although not a legal service, it is played straight and many couples regard it as their 'real' wedding after the cold formality of the registrar's office.
The service includes a piper and we can go on to do a musical performance with pipes, drums and guitar with traditional Scots songs.