03 July, 2026

Making Memories at St Giles House

How We Crafted Rupert & Sophie’s Perfect Wedding Soundtrack
Bride and Groom in the Garden at St Giles House Rupert and Sophie Camilla Arnhold Photography Gecko Live Entertainment

Their Vision

Every wed­ding has its own style, and for Rupert and Sophie’s Sep­tem­ber wed­ding at St Giles House, it need­ed to be per­son­al and fun. They did­n’t want a cook­ie-cut­ter wed­ding band that just turned up and played a stan­dard setlist. They want­ed their music to feel like a nat­ur­al exten­sion of them­selves, full of ener­gy, fun, and moments their guests would talk about for years.
Here is a look at how we col­lab­o­rat­ed with them to weave live music through every sin­gle chap­ter of their day.

Post-Cer­e­mo­ny Celebration

The Style: Acoustic, engag­ing, and com­plete­ly immersive

Rupert and Sophie loved the idea of a cel­e­bra­tion that nev­er felt stag­nant. So, instead of let­ting that post-cer­e­mo­ny ener­gy dip while guests fig­ured out where to go next, we met the new­ly­weds and their guests right at the church doors.

Instru­ments in hand, The Strolling Tones lead the entire wed­ding par­ty through the gar­dens and up the main dri­ve way back to St Giles House. We kept the acoustic tunes flow­ing right through the wel­come drinks, set­ting a relaxed, fun, and inter­ac­tive tone from the very first minute. It was like some­thing from Love Actually!

Roaming Band in the grounds at St Giles House Rupert and Sophie Camilla Arnhold Photography Gecko Live Entertainment
  • "We cannot speak highly enough of Matt and the band. They were such a highlight of the day, both for us and all of our guests who can't stop going on about how brilliant the music was and the huge vibe they brought to the dance floor as well as the drinks reception."
    — Sophie & Rupert - St Giles House
Negronis at St Giles House Rupert and Sophie Camilla Arnhold Photography Gecko Live Entertainment
Cocktail List at St Giles House Rupert and Sophie Camilla Arnhold Photography Gecko Live Entertainment
Espresso Martinis at St Giles House Rupert and Sophie Camilla Arnhold Photography Gecko Live Entertainment

A One-of-a-Kind First Dance & A Packed Floor

The Style: High-ener­gy, soul­ful, and deeply personal

For their first dance, Rupert and Sophie want­ed some­thing entire­ly unique to them. They asked us for a bespoke, cus­tom-arranged cov­er of Sim­ply the Best”. We went away, rehearsed, and craft­ed a ver­sion specif­i­cal­ly for them, help­ing to cre­ate a true core mem­o­ry that sur­passed all their expectations.

Right after, we plugged in the full elec­tric band, brought on stage a sax­o­phon­ist to join the band, and turned up the vol­ume. Because wed­ding sched­ules nat­u­ral­ly shift, we kept things com­plete­ly relaxed and flex­i­ble on the ground, adjust­ing our set times on the fly to accom­mo­date unex­pect­ed delays so the cou­ple did­n’t have to wor­ry about a thing. The result? A dance floor upstairs that stayed absolute­ly packed.

First Dance at St Giles House Rupert and Sophie Camilla Arnhold Photography Gecko Live Entertainment
  • "Their bespoke cover of 'Simply the Best' for our first dance was absolutely perfect and so special - a true core memory"
    — Sophie & Rupert - St Giles House
The Strolling Tones Roaming Band at St Giles House Rupert and Sophie Camilla Arnhold Photography Gecko Live Entertainment
Saxophone Player at St Giles House Rupert and Sophie Camilla Arnhold Photography Gecko Live Entertainment
Evening Party Band at St Giles House Rupert and Sophie Camilla Arnhold Photography Gecko Live Entertainment

The Secret Night­club Handoff

The Style: Unin­ter­rupt­ed dis­co energy

One of the coolest parts of St Giles House is its hid­den base­ment night­club. Mov­ing a paked dance floor down­stairs can eas­i­ly break the par­ty momen­tum, but Rupert and Sophie want­ed the ener­gy to stay high.

To make it seam­less, the band picked up their acoustic instru­ments again phys­i­cal­ly guid­ed the par­ty out of the main hall and led them down the stairs into the club. We timed our final live notes to sync per­fect­ly with the wait­ing DJ’s very first track. It was a seam­less hand­off that kept every­one danc­ing into the ear­ly hours with­out miss­ing a sin­gle beat.

Walking to the nightclub at St Giles House Rupert and Sophie Camilla Arnhold Photography Gecko Live Entertainment

Expe­ri­ences over things … ALWAYS!

A per­fect wed­ding sound­track isn’t just about play­ing the right notes on the night, it’s about the peace of mind you have lead­ing up to it. We know that you need to have com­plete faith in your spe­cial­ly cho­sen sup­pli­ers and the expe­ri­ence you received from the get go is so impor­tant to us.

Our band leader, Matt, worked close­ly with Rupert and Sophie from day one. Whether they need­ed quick reas­sur­ance over email, advice on venue sound lev­els, or ideas for the light­ing set­up, noth­ing was ever too much trou­ble. We pride our­selves on being com­plete­ly respon­sive and easy-going, so you can focus entire­ly on enjoy­ing your day.

Music and enter­tain­ment is one of, if not the most, impor­tant parts of a wed­ding day. Your guests will remem­ber whether the food was good or not, but not what they ate. And the expe­ri­ence of an incred­i­ble par­ty will stay with you and your wed­ding par­ty for­ev­er. Venue, Food, Par­ty, if you get these things right, every­thing else will fall into place!

Huge thanks to Camilla Arnhold for all of these incredible images

See more of her work here

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