The celebrant making dreams come true at Download

An alternative celebrant has said she will be completing a bucket list dream by officiating four wedding ceremonies at this year's Download festival.

Rachel Clark, from Leicestershire, is a regular at the Donington Park metal gathering, but this year, for the first time, she will be mixing work with play.

The 36-year-old said she will be making her "dreams come true" by officiating ceremonies over the weekend, which starts on 10 June.

One of the couples set to take part is Toni Rose and Danny Fox, from Lincoln, who will be wearing their battle jackets featuring patches of bands they have seen live.

Couples cannot legally wed at the festival - their nearest option is a local hotel - but Clark, who has been a celebrant for three years, has made herself available for couples wanting a ceremony at the heart of the rock action.

She said: "As a wedding celebrant, because we don't do the legal side of it, we aren't restricted to a time or location. We can do it wherever they want."

"I love Download," she added. "It's something that runs in my veins.

"It's the community, the music, the atmosphere, it's just something you can't bottle.

"It [the wedding service] has been very popular.

"I've had to rein it in a bit so I could enjoy some of the music too."

Toni Rose, 31, and Danny Fox, 50, are one of the four couples set to say "I do" in front of their friends and families at the festival.

"I don't know how to put it into words, what Download means to us," Fox said. "It's just such a big part of our lives.

"It's this yearly coming together of everybody who has the same music taste, the same outlook on life. It's a big party, it's a home away from home."

Rose said the wedding will be the "perfect" way for the couple, who will be wearing their well-travelled battle jackets, to celebrate their relationship.

The couple also plan to head straight to the main stage for their first dance.

"Black Veil Brides are playing right after it happens, so our first dance will be whatever they're singing," she said.

Clark said she was delighted to be asked to be involved in the couple's "once in a lifetime" wedding.

"You can't quite put it into words how special it is," she said.

"It's a dream come true for me, and I'm very much sure it's a dream come true for them.

"It's going to be very unique and special and I feel really very privileged that the soon-to-be-weds that I'm working with have chosen me to do their ceremonies as well."

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