Liswerry couple's Celtic Manor wedding saved by singing
So, what happens when the song you're supposed to walk down the aisle to stops as soon as the bride gets through the doors?
Liswerry couple Kirsty and Emmet Reeves now know that panic all too well, after their big day at the Celtic Manor.
Maid of Honour Calley Howell, 36, said: "I had managed to get down the aisle and I was the last one before Kirsty and her dad, after her four bridesmaids.
'She had walked maybe two or three steps, and the music stopped – she didn't carry on walking at all. She just froze.'
With the groom's family visiting from Ireland and an array of local family members filling the seats, the pressure was on to make sure that everything went to plan.
Calley and Kirsty's brother Jack jumped into action to try and fix the problem, trying desperately to reconnect the phone that was playing a version of Shania Twain's 'You're Still the One'. But the phone wasn't the problem – it was the loudspeaker itself.
With quite a distance to go to make it to the alter and to her groom, Kirsty was faced with a choice: walk down the aisle in silence, or stay still and hope that the music kicks back in. She had made it clear to close friends before the ceremony that she needed to walk down the aisle to the chorus, but the technology had other plans.
Before the panic could set in and Kirsty would be forced to decide, the guests would make the decision for her.
Wedding guest Sarah Pugsley would break out into her own rendition of the track Kirsty had always wanted, the rest of the room quickly following suit. Within seconds, the room would be singing acapella, and Kirsty would be able to walk down the aisle in the way she had always dreamed of.
The quick thinking of photographer Nick Murray is what allows the happy couple to see this moment again. In a ceremony where guests were urged to forgo their phones and other tech, his actions have immortalised the truly unique moment that wouldn't be out of place in a classic rom-com.
Calley said: 'It was a hiccup and obviously not how she planned to walk down the aisle, but it was a beautiful hiccup.'
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