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The Wedding

Episode 6 of 6

Series charting Northern Ireland's country music scene. Following Crystal Swing singer Dervla Burke in the run-up to her country-themed wedding.

As the popularity of country music takes root, many a budding bride is putting a country theme at the heart of her big day. In this episode, we join Crystal Swing's Dervla Burke in the build-up to her very own country-themed wedding.

Family band Crystal Swing from County Cork hit the big time in 2010 when their song He Drinks Tequila went viral on social media, and such was their success, they appeared on chat shows on both sides of the Atlantic, playing to millions of viewers.

Dervla and brother Derek are at the heart of the band's success and are very much part of the country music revival in Ireland. Derek's famous double-jointed dancing has thrilled audiences across Ireland - kick-starting a hucklebuck craze, which is now all the rage on the country music dance floors.

We get to know Crystal Swing in the tense weeks before the wedding, when Dervla sets her heart on a country music-themed wedding and engages the services of Kildare's own Fiona Forkan in making this fairytale come true.

We meet Derek at home in Lisgoold, where he indulges his love for vintage tractors and plans a tractor surprise for his sister's wedding procession to the church. We meet the nervous bridegroom Tim, a quiet farmer with no interest in country music or dancing. We see how he gets on when Derek teaches him some dance moves to impress Dervla on the big day.

And we meet the 'Jiving Priest' Fr Pat Butler from Co Tipperary, a country music fanatic with a very simple philosophy: 'Country music is good for the soul!'.

29 minutes

Last on

Wed 7 Sep 2016 22:45

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Producer Niamh O'Donnell
Producer Deirdre Donnelly
Series Producer Des Henderson
Executive Producer Ed Stobart
Executive Producer Justin Binding

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