Shelley Fairplay

I am always thrilled by the response to my playing as it is wonderful to hear how the music has been enjoyed. Here are a letters and recommendations of my playing from people I have worked with in the past.

As soon as we heard the sound clips on her website we were sold.  What a beautiful sound to accompany our day.   

Shelley asked us about all elements of the day; the kind of mood we wanted to create, any special music that we wanted that she may need to learn for the day.  We were filled with confidence during the build up to the day.

Our day arrived and we were right- Shelley sounded fantastic.  It created exactly the mood and atmosphere we wanted.  My only wish would be that I would have loved more time to sit and listen (being the ‘bride’ does have its draw backs).  Thanks Shelley, you definitely contributed to the perfect-ness of our day, you played beautifully.

Emma and Paul

Wedding - October 2011

Dear Shelley,

Thank you so much for a delightful day at Bath. Everyone was so happy while you were playing and I am immensely grateful to you for helping us make it a wonderful day. I hope we can meet again.
Best wishes
Christopher

Christopher Gardner-Thorpe
MD FRCP FACP, Consultant Neurologist
Editor, Journal of Medical Biography

Hi Shelley,

 

This is just a little email to say a huge thank you for playing your beautiful harp on our wedding day.  You were absolutely fantastic and all of our guests thoroughly enjoyed your playing and thought you were amazing, as did we!  We are thrilled that you were available to play on our wedding day.

 

Thanks again and best wishes,

 

 

Victoria & Jonathan Morgan

Wedding - August 2011
 

 Hi Shelley,
 
I didn’t get a chance to properly thank you on the day for playing the harp. It really was beautiful- alot of guests commented how splendid the harp playing was! The music for the signing of the register in the church and then during the drinks reception and wedding breakfast at the Glen-yr-Afon really was breathtaking! Thank you also for playing all our our requests! I will definitely be recommending you to family and friends
 
Thanks so much again.
 
Katy and Nick Cliffe

Wedding Summer 2011

Dear Shelley
Thank you for your wonderful contribution to our Silver Wedding celebration. We had a truly fabulous evening and everyone who was part of it helped to make it a memorable occasion, none more so than the magical welcome of your harp to our guests; simply splendid.

If we are ever lucky enough to have another event to celebrate in such style we certainly know who to contact!

With our many thanks and warmest wishes,

Katharine and Neil Tonkin
Anniversary - Spring 2009

Dear Shelley
You gave our wedding that little something extra and different, such that we have even had some guests writing us thank you cards and specifically mentioning the harpist and her music “from all over the world… to match the guests”.  We felt you made such a huge effort to provide some beautiful music and was amazingly able to manoeuvre the harp with ease around our venue.

Thanks for all your efforts,
Jenny
Bride  - Summer 2008

Hi Shelley,

Thank you so very much for playing at our event on Saturday - and in particular for staying the
additional few hours! Everyone agreed that the music was brilliant and really made the night extra
special.

I’m in the process of organising our events for 2009 therefore I’m sure I’ll be in touch soon to
book your services!

Thank you once again and I hope to see you soon.

With best wishes,

Ali
Development Officer - Events & Stewardship
Cardiff University
Alumni Dinner - Spring 2009

Hi Shelley,
 
It was fantastic arriving at our wedding reception seeing you playing the harp, it looked magical.  The experience was even better when we heard you playing both when we arrived and over our wedding breakfast.  All of our guests commented on how nice and different it was and that they could not believe “You’ll never walk alone” on the harp would be possible as well as the lovely Disney pieces (as requested)!  We wanted a fairytale wedding and Shelley you complimented our theme wonderfully.  We are so grateful and would definitely recommend you to others.
 
Best Wishes,
 
Matt and Amy

Bride and Groom - Summer 2008

Dear Shelley,
Once again, allow me to say a big thank you for agreeing to play your harp at the pre-conference reception for this year’s NOTA conference. 

Thanks for being so flexible - I realise that we weren’t exactly sure how the evening would pan out, but your cheery willingness to go with the flow was a significant relief to a busy organiser!  Actually, when choosing which harpist to commission for the event, and we did have a choice, it was your pleasant, optimistic and flexible approach that made the choice an easy one.  Thanks for taking on the choice of music too; I thoroughly enjoyed the mix of pieces-from classical favourites to Leonard Cohen, superb!
Finally Shelley, your playing was a real delight to the folk who attended the event - I had comments from all sides about how lovely it was to walk into the castle library to be greeted by the sound of the harp.  On behalf of NOTA - both nationally and the Wales branch - thank you for doing such an excellent job and for truly providing the icing on the cake!  I wouldn’t hesitate to strongly recommend you to anyone looking for a competent, professional, cheery and flexible musician who will deliver beautiful music with a smile - thanks Shelley!

Kind regards and best wishes for the future, Jonny.
Children’s Services Manager - Barnardo’s Taith Service, UK
MSc;  BA(Hons);  DipSW;  DipCrimCJ;  RSW;
Conference Autumn 2008

Dear Shelley.
 
Just wanted to say a ‘big thank’ you for saturday at Lower Slaughter Manor.  You played so lovely, many of our guest commented on your performance.
 
You added to our day and made it really special.  I was keeping it all together until I walked into the ceremony and heard you play, after then I was very tearful, good job Andy was on hand with his hanky!!!
 
Anyway, many many thanks again, you were wonderful.
 
Take Care, I will pass on your details to any future brides I meet.
 
Best wishes
 
Emma and Andy.