Add Drama to Your Event by Including a Four Footed or Winged Participant
If you think children are unpredictable at an event, try adding animals. I have had dog ringbearers, horses, doves (really white pigeons) and even an errant cow or two wander through an event. However, a couple in England took things to a new level when they included a barn owl in their wedding. Yes, an owl.
The groom's hobby is falconry so, as a surprise, the bride's mother arranged with two falconers to have a barn owl deliver the wedding rings, which were attached to tassles tied to the owl's feet. At the moment in the ceremony, held in a 900 year old church in Sherston, Wilts, when the best man should hand over the rings, a falconer wearing a gauntlet appeared at the front of the church. His accomplice appeared at the back with a box containing Darcy, a barn owl. When released, Darcy took flight and, rather than going to the first falconer, headed for a rafter high up in a corner of the church where he (she?) promptly went to sleep. (Perhaps, to an owl, the old church resembled a barn.)
After an hour of coaxing (and dozing), the couple gave up and proceeded with the ceremony using a back-up set of rings. When the last guest exited the church, Darcy was finally removed from her (his?) perch with the aid of a long ladder.
For this couple and their guests they created unexpected memories never to be forgotten. Should you decide to include an animal in your special event, be sure you, too, have a back-up plan. Even the best behaved animal can be frightened by suddenly seeing a large number of people in a small area. And don't trust anything of value to an animal, least of all a bird. This couple is fortunate Darcy didn't head for the nearest tree along with their wedding rings.
The groom's hobby is falconry so, as a surprise, the bride's mother arranged with two falconers to have a barn owl deliver the wedding rings, which were attached to tassles tied to the owl's feet. At the moment in the ceremony, held in a 900 year old church in Sherston, Wilts, when the best man should hand over the rings, a falconer wearing a gauntlet appeared at the front of the church. His accomplice appeared at the back with a box containing Darcy, a barn owl. When released, Darcy took flight and, rather than going to the first falconer, headed for a rafter high up in a corner of the church where he (she?) promptly went to sleep. (Perhaps, to an owl, the old church resembled a barn.)
After an hour of coaxing (and dozing), the couple gave up and proceeded with the ceremony using a back-up set of rings. When the last guest exited the church, Darcy was finally removed from her (his?) perch with the aid of a long ladder.
For this couple and their guests they created unexpected memories never to be forgotten. Should you decide to include an animal in your special event, be sure you, too, have a back-up plan. Even the best behaved animal can be frightened by suddenly seeing a large number of people in a small area. And don't trust anything of value to an animal, least of all a bird. This couple is fortunate Darcy didn't head for the nearest tree along with their wedding rings.
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