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Waitakere weddings

‘The Trusts’ Waitakere Brass’ euphonium players Bari Thomas and Sean Whyte were married recently – but not to each other!

Bari Thomas and Sean Whyte
 

Bari Thomas married sweetheart Robyn Burrows in Rotorua on 30 November. The couple celebrated with close friends and family at a beautiful lake-front house, and then sang the night away on the karaoke machine.

Sean Whyte was married on 12 January to Waitakere Brass Tenor Horn player, Claire Bymolt, at a ceremony in the Waitakere Ranges. A quintet from the band provided ceremony music for the occasion, while the cake featured a Tenor Horn and Euphonium crafted out of sugar.

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