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A couple who got engaged at Glastonbury Festival two years ago will now bless their wedding on a stage there next week and have somehow managed to get 50 guests in.

The wedding celebration for Jack Watney, 32, and Sarah Adey, 31, will take place at The Croissant Neuf bandstand in the Green Fields area of the festival at 11.30am on Thursday, June 27.

They say the celebration will last around 30 minutes and will include music, sequins, and approximately 50 guests.

They added that there will be a bunting wedding aisle, some pretty incredible costumes, cake cutting, drinks, and then a procession up to the Glastonbury sign on the hill above the Park Stage.

The journey towards this incredible moment began when Jack and Sarah were studying at Plymouth University - where they got together.

Their first Glastonbury Festival

One of the first things they talked about was Glastonbury Festival and how Sarah had not been yet, something they wanted to rectify.

After living in Plymouth for a year or so after university, the couple moved to Brighton for a good five years.

Jack worked as a teacher and Sarah worked at Mooncup, an environmentally friendly producer of sanitary products.

In 2011, Sarah and Jack finally went to Glastonbury Festival together, but the weather was not kind to them.

"It was muddy, very muddy," said Jack. "There was knee-high mud.

"But despite that, she was so keen to go again and we have gone every time since."

Move to Glastonbury - the home of their beloved festival

A couple of years ago, they wanted a change of scene and moved to Glastonbury.

Jack, who has gone to nearly every edition of the festival since he was 17, used to always walk up the nearby Pennard Hill and only look at the view when he had reached the summit.

It was at this very spot back at the 2017 Glastonbury Festival that Jack proposed to Sarah.

"Doing this became a sort of ritual for me and my family," said Jack.

"I did that with Sarah when she came to the festival too.

"We would do it in the day and in the night. The view is pretty spectacular.

"We had seen another couple (bless their wedding) at the festival and back in 2017, before the festival, I hatched a plan to propose to Sarah on that hill."

Secret Glastonbury 2017 proposal

Jack kept his plan to pop the big question a secret.

He added: "It seemed like the perfect opportunity and location to do it.

"I did not tell anyone about it.

"My friends, Sarah and I walked up Pennard Hill and I asked my friends to take some photos of us at the top.

"After they took a few, and without anyone knowing, I proposed to Sarah. The photos came out great.

"Everyone was cheering and whooping. It was just incredible. The noise was deafening. People were coming up to us and saying congratulations and hugging us.

"My mum, Francis Mason, was there that year but she did not come up the hill. So we went down to find her and she was just so happy."

Glastonbury Festival security fears

Although it proved to be an unforgettable moment, Jack was a bag of nerves in the run-up to the big proposal.

"2017 was the year that they increased security at the festival.

"I was really worried that the security guards would make me take out the engagement ring and give the game away," he said.

"I was very nervous in the queue to get in but thankfully it was all okay."

Croissant Neuf bandstand to be Glastonbury wedding celebration venue

Jack and Sarah then decided to stage a wedding at the festival that they loved so much.

They chose The Croissant Neuf bandstand for the event as they had seen many of their favourite bands there in the past and they loved the look and feel of the area.

They managed to get in contact with the head honchos who run the bandstand and they were happy to allow for the wedding to go ahead and proved to be very helpful too.

But there was one potentially huge hurdle to overcome - how to get 50 guests to attend their celebration at the festival?

"Tickets are notoriously difficult to get for two people, let alone 50," said Jack.

"You can book for a block of six people in one transaction. So we had groups all over the UK, Sweden and Australia doing just that.

"Pretty much all the ones on my side got tickets but a lot of her side and her bridesmaids did not which was a nightmare.

"We got those tickets in October and we had to wait until April to find out if we got them at the second attempt.

"But, somehow, we got them all. It was a huge relief."

Excitement builds before 'unbelievable' Glastonbury 2019 wedding celebration day

With just a week or so to go until the big day, the pair cannot contain their excitement.

"It is unbelievable really. I was completely shocked when he proposed," she said.

"I think we did not even need to discuss it, we were just going to get married at Glastonbury Festival.

"But the fear of not getting tickets was crazy. It was such a big relief.

"We want to make it special for all our friends and family. There will be a massive crowd too.

"Hopefully, people will join in. I am sure it will be an unforgettable experience."

They also cannot wait to see Hot Chip, Tame Impala, Christine and the Queens and Chemical Brothers.

Somerset Live will be there to report on the wedding, so stay tuned!

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