I arrive (with Hannah a student of mine) at 9am with instructions to 'ensure the venue has set up the table plan correctly and dress those tables and the Mandap'.
As we arrive we are shown upstairs where we meet a very angry and put-upon cleaner, his job was only half complete at the time we turned up, the table plan hadn't even been looked at let alone set up and the place was a tip.
Upon investigating it turned out there was no staff on duty in the function room let alone a manager, so we had simply an irate cleaner and a handyman to help us, it was clear we would have to work fast and alone to get this venue ready for our bridal party in just a few hours.
The morning progresses in much the same vein, there is no linen and no sign of the catering staff and time is ticking, I make some swift phonecalls and we adapt rather quickly so that we can set the entire venue up and get to the church on time!
The caterers are nearly two hours late so this too requires some quick thinking so that they are not laying tables whilst the party are arriving. We are an hour behind schedule but by 3pm we have made up time, myself and Hannah (in at the deep end somewhat) have cleaned floors, tied flowers, dressed and laid tables and cleaned up with the catering team, we have darted from venue to venue, begged borrowed and almost stolen to ensure our couples plans are carried out perfectly, we have shed many calories and gained a few grey hairs along the way. What could have gone wrong went wrong at this wedding but we coped totally ....
.... And all without the couple ever knowing a thing.
If you, or you know someone, who has ever doubted the need for a wedding co-ordinator on their wedding day, let this be proof of the need!!
(by the way, the wedding -once we got there - was amazing and so very beautiful)
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