Wedding Bells at Lydney

Lydney Town Band are very pleased and proud to announce the wedding of their Musical Director, Thomas Dunne to the band's Solo Horn player, Samantha Ford. The couple first met at the National Youth Brass Band of Wales course in 2014 when Tom was Principal Euphonium and Samantha was First Horn. They met again, a year later, at the same course, hitting it off immediately and romance blossomed – love at first sight!
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During the wedding ceremony, held in Gloucester, the couple made the obvious choice to have the music played by a brass band and called upon their many banding friends. Players were drawn from their own band Lydney Town, and friends from a host of other bands including Tredegar, Flowers, Filton Concert, Forest of Dean Brass, Bream and Pendennis. The bride’s processional music was ‘Can’t help falling in Love’ specially arranged by the band’s conductor Gareth Trott. The music also included a world premiere of a piece entitled ‘Dau Enaid yn Un’ (Two Souls as One), which was specially composed for the wedding by a close friend Malcolm Hannaford-Waddington.

The best man and Master of Ceremonies was Sion Rhys-Jones, Tredegar Town Band's Principal Euphonium, who kept things organised with his commanding voice and jolly wit. A wonderful, enjoyable wedding day was made even more memorable by having friends from so many different bands getting together to celebrate Tom and Samantha’s special day.