This wedding was really special as it was the first African wedding we do! Shortly after finishing our soundcheck at Portland House, guests started arriving. Some family members were dressed in tradicional Nigerian clothes. Pictures we took on the night don't really make justice to their colourful dresses. The room was full of colour and smiles. Then the couple entered the room also dressed in African clothes, absolutely stunning!
After emotive speeches from Alice's father, Tobi himself and the best man, the couple did their first dance. They chose an African song and some members of their families joined them. It was such a beautiful display of joy and colour.
We played two sets with plenty of Stevie Wonder songs as the couple are big fans! Actually their second (first) dance was Knocks Me Off My Feet by Stevie. People danced to every song we played and we had great fun on stage.
There was a double buffet: homemade pizzas and tradicional Nigerian food. Everything was delicious.
Also the couple had a nice surprise when two of their friends asked us to go on stage to play a very special song: ''You'll Never Walk Alone''. Tobi is from Liverpool so it was the perfect song. Sarah our singer joined Tobi's friends on stage and everybody started singing... it was one of the greatest moments of the night.
After we finished our last song people asked for one more! So we played ''Oh, what a night''. It was the first time we played it live so we didn't really know how it was going to flow. Django started on drums and when Jose played the intro piano riff people screamed! They loved it! Such a positive suprise. Definitely will stay on our sets.
Oh, what a night! :)
See you on the next one
Soul Lotta Funk
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