The Plan
God willing, this is what the wedding will look like!
Here is some further information about the events, as well as details about food/ dancing/ fun stuff.
The weekend
Elliot and Karan (Laudy’s brother) working hard to produce your reception meals!
Saturday 22nd August
Marriage service | 14:00-15:15
Holy Trinity Church
Burlington Road, West Bromwich, B70 6LF
Summer wedding so formal (think ties and cufflinks, long dresses and hats), but overheating - you’ll be allowed to take your dinner jacket off! Cultural dress encouraged!
This will be a BCP service conducted by the Ven. Stephen Taylor - Laudy’s former landlord! - with the sermon delivered by the Rev. Jules Beauchamp, Elliot’s godfather. The bride will walk down the aisle at 14:00, so guests will be seated by 13:45.
Photos & pakoras, speeches & scones | From 15:15
Holy Trinity Churchyard and vicarage gardens
Burlington Road, West Bromwich, B70 6LF
After the bride and groom process out, photographs will be taken on the steps. Speeches will be delivered back inside the main church building and there will then be time for mingling, with refreshment provided in the church hall. The vicarage garden and churchyard will be open for snacking, snapping, and socialising. There will be time and space for people to change for the reception, if they wish to do so.
Reception | From 18:00
Jewels Conference Suite
171 Rolfe Street, Smethwick, B66 2AS
Cultural dress is still encouraged!
The reception will consist of dining and dancing. There will be dancing between courses - some Scottish country dances, as well as bhangra and the songs you’ll have suggested in your RSVP form!
Sunday 23rd August
Holy Communion | 11:00
Holy Trinity Church
Burlington Road, West Bromwich, B70 6LF
Our first Communion Service as a married couple. Feel free to join us at a regular Sunday service with the Rev. Neil Robbie (i.e. Elliot’s dad) at his church!
Invite-only
If you’ve been told you’re attending the Indian pre-wedding events, please click on the link below and enter the password provided on your invitation (or message one of us if we forgot!)
Scran
The gol gappa competition scene from the Bollywood rom-com Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi (2008 - SRK’s hairstyle definitely dates it!)
The film is set in Punjab and provides context on just how good a gol gappa is. Ours won’t be as spicy!
Photos & pakoras, speeches & scones | after service
As its name would suggest, there will an assortment of snacks and drinks provided in the church hall, to include:
pakoras and samosas (veg and non-veg options)
scones with jam and cream
shortbread, Tunnocks teacakes and Tunnocks caramel wafers
masala chai, Rubicon mango, Irn-Bru, and summer punch (with and without Pimm’s!)
Reception | evening do
This will be a 3-ish course meal, with dancing between courses in Indian reception style, as well as wedding cake! This will include:
Welcome drinks and canapes at the door
Stalls: Gol Gappa/ Pani Puri, and fresh fruit
Starters: aloo tikki, channa masala, chilli paneer chicken tikka, fish pakora
Mains: daal makhani, shahi paneer, butter chicken
Accompaniments: mutter rice, tandoori naan bread, raita
Desserts: gajar halwa + ice-cream, wedding cake!
Unlimited drinks: colas, juices, water, and lemonade on the tables, Carlsberg and San Miguel on draught, and bottled Budweiser
A few bottles of red and white wines, Bacardi Blanca Carta rum, Famous Grouse scotch whisky, and Smirnoff Red vodka on tables, plus a cash bar
“Don’t stop dancin’ or you’ll fall off”
-Gregory Underwood
A very awkward and cutesy scene from the Scottish classic, Gregory’s Girl (1980), a coming-of-age rom-com and a favourite in the vicarage
Dancing | Till late…
We suggest wearing something that will allow for LOTS of movement…
The reception venue’s odd fake palm trees and excessively shiny flooring will not be noticeable once you get moving! We’re having a bit of a fusion with the dancing and will have a little bit of everything:
standard party music, both British and Punjabi tracks - think karaoke classics (The Proclaimers, Yo Yo Honey Singh etc.) and your RSVP form suggestions
traditional and contemporary Scottish cèilidh dances (Strip the Willow, Gay Gordons, Dashing White Sergeant, the Eightsome reel etc.)
traditional Punjabi ਭੰਗੜਾ bhangra dancing, plus ਗਿੱਧਾ giddha folk dancing, and Bollywood bangers
British-Asian music from the 70s to the noughties: classic Brummie bhangra beats (Alaap, Heera, Malkit Singh and Golden Star), more fusion mixes like housebhangra and bhangramuffin (Apache Indian, Bally Sagoo, Panjabi MC, and the Sahotas), and desi folk-hop and its descendants and derivatives, like Indian-inspired R&B