On Friday, June 2nd 2023, the Gwalia singers sang at the wedding of Ian and Rebecca in St Catherine’s church, Gorseinon.  The weather was perfect, the sky was blue and cloudless and the bride and groom had, in the words of the wonderful Reverend Adrian Morgan, “scrubbed up well”. The choir performed four songs during the arrival of guests before carrying out a tricky lateral manoeuvre to clear space for the  ceremony itself. 

The bride was fashionably late, giving time for choristers time to suck on a mint or two or sit for a moment before singing ‘You Are So Beautiful’ as Rebecca walked down the aisle. She was beautiful. 

The choir then retired to the stalls to muse over their own marriages, past, present or future, as Ian and Rebecca exchanged vows. The Reverend Morgan declared them man and wife and went on to profer excellent marital advice.

The choir left the stalls to line in their appropriate sections on one side of the church to sing while the couple signed the register. With the exception of one bass, the move went without incident given that the sections were randomly mixed in the choir stalls. The Gwalia’s contribution to the wedding ended with ‘Can’t Take My Eyes Off You’ as Ian and Rebecca walked down the aisle to their new, married life. Musical Director Matthew Sims, in a post match interview, enthused that the performance had been ‘Alright’.