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In rural Ireland, country music has never been so popular.

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A host of new country stars have tempted a generation

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to turn their back on the nightclub, don their Stetsons

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and jive the night away, from Ballymena to Ballydehob.

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This week, we're guests at

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Ireland's most anticipated country music wedding.

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Yeeha!

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Dervla from family band Crystal Swing...

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They're so country and western, I love them.

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..is marrying her childhood sweetheart, farmer Tim.

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I wouldn't be as passionate as the Crystal Swing people are about music.

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Guests, including the glitterati of the country scene, have travelled

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from all over Ireland for the big event.

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I'm delighted to be here tonight for Dervla and Tim's wedding.

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But will Dervla's mum Mary try to upstage her on the big day?

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I hope I'm going to turn some heads

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when I'm walking up that aisle as well.

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-And will there even be a big day?

-If I'm looking like this,

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-I will not be going up the aisle. The wedding's off.

-Yeah!

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Welcome to the unexpected world of Irish country music.

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-My name is Mary.

-I'm Derek.

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-And I'm Dervla.

-And collectively,

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we are known as Crystal Swing.

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BOTH: # He drinks tequila, she talks dirty in Spanish... #

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Family band Crystal Swing from County Cork hit the big time in 2010

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when their song He Drinks Tequila went viral on social media.

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# They dance all night to the mariachi... #

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Such was the success of the song, Dervla, brother Derek and mum Mary

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appeared on television shows on both sides of the Atlantic,

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playing to millions of viewers.

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# They dance all night to the mariachi

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# Till there ain't nobody left standing... #

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Today, the Burke family are still touring,

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sometimes five nights a week.

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Tonight they're headlining the Ballygar Festival in County Galway,

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but all thoughts are on the upcoming wedding.

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How did it go with the fake tan?

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-Uh... Not good.

-Not good?

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-I got an allergic reaction all over my body.

-You're joking me.

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I did. So I don't know, I've to sort that out.

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The last thing now I want to be is a white ghost on the day.

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But I'll do your tan for you.

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No.

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THEY LAUGH

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Kids.

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Mothers!

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# When the music is playing, the neighbours are sleeping... #

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Guided by mother Mary, Derek and Dervla's brother-and-sister act

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is at the heart of the band's musical success.

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But does Tim realise that he's marrying Derek as well as you?

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-Because you come as a package deal, don't you?

-I come as a package deal,

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yeah, I definitely do. Myself and Derek are like that.

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'I think, you know, it'll be an emotional day for Derek,

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'seeing his sister walk up the aisle, but...'

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# He drinks tequila, she talks dirty in Spanish... #

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As well as their quirky songs, the band have become well-known

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for Derek's double-jointed dancing.

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# Hey! #

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'Dervla got the voice and I got the legs in the family.'

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I'm just naturally, I suppose, able to twist my legs any way.

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I'm double-jointed and I can do whatever I want with them.

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Crystal Swing are at the heart of the country music revival

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that's sweeping Ireland, North and South.

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# Lost my job, came home mad, got a hug and a kiss... #

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When you see, particularly up the North of Ireland,

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it's all young people, teenagers, people in their 20s, 30s,

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right up to their 80s, you know, they all love it

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and people can actually dance properly to it.

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When you compare it to going to a club that you can't do nothing more

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than just pump your fist, you know, it's just stupid.

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Myself and Dervla would have such a laugh in clubs

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cos, you know, either the hand is doing this or...

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-That's all you can do.

-Or it's just doing that, you know what I mean?

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There's nothing more you can really do, do you know,

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and you see a fella, maybe a girl

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and he's here and he's really trying his best, you know,

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and myself and Dervla would have such a laugh off it,

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compared to what we see up the North

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when people can really, really dance, you know.

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# Way up in the North in old Tyrone

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# There's a pretty little girl I call my own

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# She's the sweetest rose that Ireland's ever grown... #

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With the wedding only a matter of weeks away,

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mother Mary is determined not to be outdone in the glamour stakes.

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# Pretty little girl from Omagh in the County of Tyrone. #

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Take it away!

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Mam has got very vain since she turned 50.

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She's gone so vain on herself, she loves herself so much.

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-I wouldn't say that.

-Yes, you do!

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She spends about five hours in front of the mirror every day.

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Maybe put on five different outfits

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before she knows what she's going to wear.

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-You are the most vain person in the world.

-You're just jealous.

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She's just vain.

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Well, you see, I've assured her husband that

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this is what she's going to look like when she's 50...plus.

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-So he's quite excited about that.

-Yeah?

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# Take a look at these hard-working hands

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# They've been there and back again

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# And they will go... #

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Keep them well fed, keep them in good condition over the summer.

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A world away from the bright lights of Ireland's dance halls,

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groom-to-be Tim runs his own livestock farm.

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He understands what he's marrying into.

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On the TV screens and on the YouTube videos they might come across as

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a bit mad, and they can be a bit mad at times, all right,

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but they're just like a regular family that

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they just get on very well, like,

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and it's probably strange, people might think it's strange,

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a normal Joe Soap like myself marrying into a famous family

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like that, but I think it seems to work, anyway.

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Although Dervla has tried to convince him,

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Tim wouldn't be a country music fan.

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For him, hurling and farming take centre stage.

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I'm a real, real country boy,

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that's kind of ironically ended up with a country singer,

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but I wouldn't be as passionate as the Crystal Swing people are about music.

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I think when we started going out first, she tried to convert me

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to listening to some of it

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but I think she's given up at this stage now because...

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just wasn't working or it wasn't registering in the brain.

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# Crazy... #

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Determined to make her big day one to remember,

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Dervla has employed the services of wedding planner Fiona Forkin.

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She's charged with creating a unique country and western theme,

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and Dervla is determined to get what she wants.

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-'Hello?'

-Hiya, Dervla, it's Fiona.

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Do you know the wagon wheels that you suggested?

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I'm kind of having a hard time getting hold of them

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because wagons aren't really that popular in Ireland any more.

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Seems we have proper tractors now,

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so I'm just wondering if you had maybe any other ideas there

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that we might able to replace them with if I can't get them.

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'Again, I don't want to be awkward, Fiona, but I love the wagon wheels

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'and if you could source those and all, I would love that,

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'so do your very best if you can.'

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-All right, bye.

-'Bye, bye-bye.'

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She laid down the law there

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and she is very stuck and set on getting the cartwheels.

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I can totally understand that this is her big day

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and I will do my total utmost best

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to get her everything that she wants for her dream day.

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# Worry

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# Why do I let myself worry? #

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For a wedding planner based in Dublin,

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having to think country and western style is a totally new frontier.

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When Dervla rang to ask me to be her wedding planner

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and we went through what she actually wanted, I kind of thought,

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well, this is a bit different, and it's a bit mad and

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I've never done anything like that before, and this is not just

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a country and western themed wedding for Mary down the road.

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This is Dervla from Crystal Swing,

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so I have to make sure the hotel is ready for the guests arriving,

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and that the tractors can park outside the front of the hotel.

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Cos that's going to be great fun(!)

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The trimmings and favours aren't the only things country and western

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about Dervla's big day.

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Announce the wedding!

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BELLS JANGLE

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They've invited Father Pat Butler to say the wedding mass,

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who's no stranger to the country music scene himself.

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# Heaven knows you're a rose

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# That it's something only me and heaven knows. #

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That's all you're getting now.

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It's not really singing that Father Butler is well known for.

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Oh, God, I know lots of people in the wee North.

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Because of the country music, actually, yeah.

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His nifty footwork has graced dance floors throughout Ireland,

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earning him the nickname of the Jiving Priest.

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Oh, many people would remember me in my priestly life for many years

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for being a pretty OK jiver on the floor,

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yeah, they would, they would.

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This is it.

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As a country music aficionado,

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Father Pat is the perfect priest for Dervla and Tim's wedding.

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Country music, you see, the content of the songs can hit the soul,

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so I like the ones that make me bounce.

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They're the kind of songs I like.

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# I was born in the state of Louisiana... #

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In Cork, preparations are well under way

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for the country music wedding of the year.

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# Voice of my mamma, singing country songs... #

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When Derek's not on stage, he's busy indulging his other passion -

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tractors, or more specifically, his 1970 Ford 4000.

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# A little bit of rock

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# A little bit of roll... #

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Look, I love tractors and I love music,

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and I couldn't be doing a better thing in the sense

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that I have a bit of both.

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I could be singing three or four nights a week

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and I'd be doing this the other.

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I suppose I'm just a pure country lad at heart anyway,

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do you know, that kind of way?

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# Music, that's for me, it's kick-ass country... #

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With the western theme starting to take shape, Derek is making sure

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the country element is taken care of.

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He's planning to escort his sister to the church with

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a cavalcade of a dozen tractors.

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Oh, sure, getting there, with a few problems.

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The diesel tank fell off Val Cotter's tractor,

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so that's one small problem all right.

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One of the tractors is after breaking down, so

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we're in a bit of trouble already.

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I always say I love Fords, I love a blue tractor, but of course

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it's the green tractor's after breaking down.

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The blue ones never do. And I wouldn't mind - this tractor

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that's after breaking down isn't an old tractor, it's a new tractor,

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it's '08, and this girl here is 1970 and it keeps going forever.

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# It's hard to imagine a baby so tiny and small... #

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In Rochestown, Dervla and mum Mary are putting the finishing touches

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to the wedding dress.

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Oh, wow! Oh, my God. I absolutely love it.

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I love it, I'm so excited.

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It's just as I remembered it and I can't wait to try it on.

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I just can't wait to wear it on the big day now.

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And, to top it off, mum Mary has decided to surprise Dervla

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with the ultimate accessory for any country and western bride.

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Oh, wow!

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Turn around until I have a look at you.

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The dress is absolutely beautiful,

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but it's not the dress, it's the girl in the dress.

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But of course you get your good looks from your mammy, don't you?

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-Yeah, well, you'd like to think so anyway.

-You cheeky little divil!

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What's inside the box?

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I have brought you a pair of...

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-cowboy boots!

-Oh, my God!

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-Aren't they cute?

-They're really nice. I'm not sure

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they'll suit me, though, but I'm willing to give them a go.

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-They're different.

-How do they fit?

-They fit.

-They fit?

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-Oh, they are cool. They are fabulous.

-They're so perfect.

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They suit the whole bridal look and they're so country.

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I love them, I love them.

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All you need is a horse on the day now.

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Well, I don't think I'll be getting up on a horse anyway!

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With the perfect fitting dress,

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the right veil and now the appropriate footwear,

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Dervla's wedding is shaping up to be a country music fairytale.

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You look like a princess.

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A princess, yeah. I feel like a princess.

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I feel like a country and western princess, if there's such a thing!

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-If there is such a thing as one, I feel...

-Well, there is one now.

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There is one now, yeah.

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It's not every day a wedding planner from Dublin is asked to

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provide wagon wheels and hay bales for a bride's big day.

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So Fiona has taken to the back roads of Ireland

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in search of raw materials.

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-These, these are absolutely brilliant.

-Oh, they are perfect.

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So they're totally antique and vintage and everything.

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Slightly larger ones.

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These would do the job for you.

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Having discovered what she's looking for,

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Fiona is finding country inspiration in all corners of the yard.

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Absolutely perfect, sure, they're vintage as well.

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-They're like little old tractor seats.

-Yeah.

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What do you think of that one?

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-That's fantastic.

-Yeah?

-Yeah, brilliant.

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That will fit in perfectly.

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After getting the cartwheels, not only just two cartwheels,

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they got me eight or nine cartwheels, so absolutely amazing,

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all different sizes, so they're going to work everywhere

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where I need them to work,

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and to top it all off, to make my day even better,

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they got me red tractor seats,

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which I know are going to go down a treat down in Cork.

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Back in Cork, groom Tim and his best men have arrived at the village hall

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for a crash course in the joys of country music dancing.

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He thinks the sight of him line dancing at the reception

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will be the perfect wedding day gift.

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Not really known for the dancing

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and I suppose as all Dervla's family are good at the dancing,

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this is my big romantic gesture for Dervla, and I hope she likes it

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-because I don't think we'll be doing it again in a...

-Oh, my God, no!

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Billy!

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We're going to put...

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This is cowboys. You're a best man.

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Tim has enlisted his future brother-in-law Derek to teach him

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how to hucklebuck, a dance that has regained popularity,

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particularly in the North.

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Right, there's three dances to the hucklebuck, right?

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There's my dance, which everybody knows -

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the in, the out, the in, the out, in the legs,

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then you have, of course, the original '60s dance,

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which is all like the twist and the rock and roll of it,

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and then there's the new Northern Ireland dance of it,

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and that's what we're really going to emphasise on today

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is the Northern Ireland dance, OK?

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It's probably one of the most popular jiving dances

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and there isn't even such much things, like,

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there isn't much even nightclubs up the North any more

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because everybody on a Saturday night, Sunday night, Monday night,

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even in midweek, it's all the same, everybody goes dancing.

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There is no such thing as nightclubs, really.

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Everybody goes and does this. OK, one, two, three, go.

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One, two,

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three, four.

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One, two, three, four.

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But for a man with two left feet, there's safety in numbers.

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He's roped in 40 guests for his surprise hucklebuck flashdance.

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# I'm the boy for a girl like you and you can set me free... #

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There's a few times all right we stood on each other's feet.

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I always knew that him had two left feet but that proves it anyway.

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One, two, three, four...

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After a day of intense training,

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it seems Tim may have cracked the moves, but it hasn't been easy.

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Everyone else in perfect lines and we were...

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LAUGHTER

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18 months of planning have gone into the biggest

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country and western themed wedding Ireland has ever seen.

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And it's the morning of the big day.

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# You don't like the sound of the truth... #

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At the hotel in Middleton, Fiona's wagon wheels are in place,

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the logs are on the table and the menus have a certain rustic charm.

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So this is Dervla's bouquet.

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-Oh, smells...

-The mint.

-It smells like I can eat it.

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Yeah, but you can eat it, you see!

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Every single flower, stalk, petal is edible.

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City girl Fiona has pulled off Dervla's unique demands,

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right down to the very tractor seats.

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It's shaping up to be the perfect country and western themed wedding.

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# Well, swing me... #

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But perhaps bride-to-be Dervla should have let mum Mary sort her fake tan.

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-You should have let mammy do it.

-Oh, don't even start.

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Will you be able to sort out Dervla's tan?

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-We can, of course we can.

-Yeah.

-We'll fix that up.

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I was feeling awful this morning, as you know, I woke up...

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-Crying.

-I woke up crying like a baby

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but I just want to look perfect today, you know?

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It's my wedding day, but, look, we'll sort it out.

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This morning you said you wouldn't walk up the aisle

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if the tan wasn't right.

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Oh, no, I will stand to that. If I'm looking like this,

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I will not be going up the aisle. The wedding's off.

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THEY LAUGH

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And I'm not joking! I am not joking when I say that.

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Who's more important, Tim or the tan?

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The tan! The tan!

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Tim is getting his tan the old-fashioned way.

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It's one more feed for the sheep before he throws on his suit.

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So, just tidying up the last few of the jobs.

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This is getting very close now,

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so just doing the last few bits around the farm before I take

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a few days off for the wedding.

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The normally laid-back Tim is getting some last-minute nerves,

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but it's not about saying, "I do."

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I must admit I'm a small bit more nervous about this hucklebuck dance

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Derek is after roping me into.

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In fairness, he did give us a lesson all right up in the hall one day,

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but I'm after forgetting it all already,

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so I'll have to get a crash course just before it, I think.

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Come on, you poser.

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Frank!

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Good boy.

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# Her eyes were blue, her hair was auburn

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# Her smile was like an angel fair... #

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A convoy of whistle-clean tractors will escort Dervla to the chapel,

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and Derek is sprucing up his 1974 Ford 4000,

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which will lead his sister's cavalcade.

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I was kind of thinking, what would I do for her?

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And I knew she would like something like this because,

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look, everybody, I suppose,

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they do the whole maybe having three or four wedding cars

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sort of thing, but they don't do that, like.

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I'll just get a whole load of tractors to come along on the day

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and most fellas want to be away cutting corn at this time of year

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but no, I get them to go coming to a wedding instead.

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Outside the family home, guests are starting to arrive.

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I said I'd be very surprised if there aren't a host of tractors

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going down that road at Lisgoold to the chapel.

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Nobody like you. And are these all the drivers?

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They're all drivers now, yes, exactly.

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Have you a tractor for me, lads?

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I could do with an oul' Massey Ferguson as well!

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# I picked her up in my pick-up truck

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# And she broke this heart of mine. #

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Inside, mother Mary has a confession to make.

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Dervla literally goes ballistic when I say I want to be 21 again,

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so she keeps reminding me that, "You're getting old, Mam!"

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So today, secretly, I want to outshine my beautiful princess

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because I have a wow dress as well

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and I hope I'm going to turn some heads when I'm walking up that aisle

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as well. It's crazy!

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Ladies, hang on to your husbands!

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# One night I took a ride... #

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I'm going to put these over here and then I'm finished.

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# I picked her up in my pick-up truck

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# And she broke this heart of mine

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# Her mamma said no, she's my only daughter... #

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No, it bends, whatever you do.

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Oh, they look fab!

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-Yeah. Oh, my God.

-I'm ready to have a little dance in these later now,

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-so let's do this, let's get hitched.

-Let's get...

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# Going to the chapel and we're

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# Gonna get married... #

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OK, OK, OK, OK! Enough of that now.

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-Right, let's go.

-I must be the craziest mam on earth.

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# Because we're going to the chapel

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# And we're going to get married

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# Going to the chapel and we're going to get married

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# Gee, I really love you... #

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With her cowboy boots zipped,

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daughter and mother are ready to wow the assembled guests.

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# Going to the chapel of love. #

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One more time for the sun!

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# Because we're going to the chapel and we're... #

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12 spruced-up tractors escort Dervla to the chapel

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to marry her childhood sweetheart Tim.

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# Going to the chapel and we're going to get married

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# Gee, I really love you and we're going to get married

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# Going to the chapel... #

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Ireland's finest jiving priest, Father Butler,

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is keen to book the first jive with the new bride.

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Dervla, stunning.

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Can I swing with you later?

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OK, thank you!

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"I, Tim, take you, Dervla, as my wife."

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I, Tim, take you, Dervla, as my wife.

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"For better, for worse."

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For better, for worse.

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"For richer, for poorer."

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For richer, for poorer.

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-"In sickness and in health."

-In sickness and in health.

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-"Till death do us part."

-Till death do us part.

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Father Pat has some relationship advice for the new couple.

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Dervla, how are you going to make your man happy?

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LAUGHTER

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Love him, feed him, sleep with him,

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leave him in peace, give him a bit of space, and honour him.

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Tim...

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LAUGHTER

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Be a friend to her, be a companion,

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be a lover, be a father,

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be a master chef, be an electrician,

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be a carpenter, a plumber,

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a mechanic, a decorator, a stylist...

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# All I can do, all I can say

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# You know, I've got to make you understand... #

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-Yee-ha!

-Yee-ha!

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Whoo!

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Have you got any legs there, Tim?

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No, I have bad knees.

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This particular group of people will live on the dance floor.

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It's going to be a great night of country music.

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HORNS BEEP

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# Longed for the day you take my hand

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# I asked again last night, your love so divine... #

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As the bride and groom arrive at the reception,

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it's the moment of truth for wedding planner Fiona.

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-WEARILY:

-Yee-ha!

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SHE LAUGHS

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Oh, my God!

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And the bar staff, they're so cool!

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-I apologise.

-Yes!

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LAUGHTER

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Oh, my God. It's fab. I don't even know what to say.

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-No, no crying.

-No!

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Once I saw her walking down the aisle and she looked

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absolutely stunning, I couldn't be happier, then sure,

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I was more than happy then to do the vows and do everything like that,

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so it was all worth it in the end.

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Do you know what, now, we're looking forward to the band starting,

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getting this veil off, getting out on that floor and just having a dance and enjoying ourselves.

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Now, I want to hear you singing this bit for Dervla, everybody,

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come on, let's sing with me.

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# Cos she's a good-hearted woman in love with her good-timin' man... #

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County Antrim's finest, Johnny Brady, is one of Irish country's biggest stars,

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and tonight he's the man responsible for getting people up to jive.

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# But she don't understand... #

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I'm delighted to be here tonight for Dervla and Tim's wedding.

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It's a country themed wedding, we're a country band, you know,

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I know that she's a huge country fan, like myself,

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and probably a lot of the guests that are here tonight,

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so I think it's a great idea, and as I say, it's kind of an original.

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# Cos she's a good-hearted woman in love with her good-timin' man. #

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Do you know the words of this one?

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'I've played a lot of weddings and never had to do so much country

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'at weddings cos people want to come out, they want to dance,

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'there's jiving lessons,'

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the list goes on and on but country is alive and well

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and it's great to be part of it all, you know.

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# He parties all over

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# She welcomes him back home... #

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That's one, two, three...

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While Johnny Brady entertains the guests, Tim is getting

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some last-minute line dance tips from Derek.

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Two, right leg. Three, four, and a one and a two!

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That's it, boys. Hey!

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All right! Here we go!

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As the wedding celebrations ramp up, it's time for Tim's surprise,

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a specially rehearsed hucklebuck flashdance.

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# Hey! #

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Dervla seems to be impressed with her new husband's country moves.

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# Do the hucklebuck Do the hucklebuck... #

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The husband with two left feet certainly didn't have two left feet.

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He's been brilliant. He's been pulling me out on the dance floor

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dancing all night.

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# You got to know when to hold them

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# Know when to fold them

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# Know when to walk away, know when to run... #

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People have been very complimentary,

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everybody said they loved my gown tonight

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but everybody said that Dervla was the star of the day.

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She was stunning, you know, so I let her win today. Had to!

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# Know when to fold them... #

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But the star of the dance floor is the jiving priest, Father Pat.

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Even though my shoes are made for walking, they're finished tonight.

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The dancing has really...

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I'm almost a nervous wreck but a great day, a super, super day.

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Country music is good for your soul.

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# Keep giving all the love you can

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# Stand by your man. #

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CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

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