On Sunday 17 March, “Majesty Queen Tribute Band” performed their fantastic show at the Warners Resort - Gunton Hall Coastal Village. Their second performance in Lowestoft was on Friday 24 May at Warners Resort - Corton Coastal Village
Warner Leisure Hotels specialises in UK activity breaks just for grown-ups.
Both resorts are located at a relaxing seaside destination, just 2.5 miles away from Lowestoft town centre.
GUNTON HALL - 17 March 2019
Majesty Queen Tribute Band’s first performance in Lowestoft was at Gunton Hall Coastal Resort.
Gunton Hall is set within the Suffolk woodland giving the resort a rural feel, with gardens, a picturesque lake and a pitch and putt course.
Lyn and I live in Great Yarmouth, which is just a ten minute drive from Gunton Hall, so this presented us with a perfect opportunity to see “Majesty Queen Tribute Band” perform.
Neither of us have ever been to a Warners Resort before, therefore we enquired first to see if we would be able to see the entertainment that they provide in their package deals. Thankfully they do, so we also decided to book a table at their restaurant, offering a three course meal for just £22.50 each.
After we had our meal, we headed to the bar within the main entertainment area and met up with a couple of friends (Julie and Pete) who decided to stay at Gunton Hall for the 70’s weekend to celebrate Julie’s birthday. This would be their first time seeing “Majesty Queen Tribute Band”.
The evening’s entertainment was kicked off by a DJ playing songs from the 70’s, with the TV monitors showing the music video of what was currently being played. After about an hour, it was Majesty’s turn to entertain the audience, with their first 45 minute set, kicking the show off with “One Vision”. Within this set, Majesty dedicated “Fat Bottomed Girls” to Lyn, her favourite Queen song!
For the interval, It was back to the DJ for some more 70’s hits to entertain us, also giving us plenty of time to top up our drinks etc. After about 15 minutes, it was time for Majesty’s second set, which included a section where Seth (Freddie) took the opportunity to check their Facebook page for any requests. Once these were completed, the show concluded with “We Are The Champions”
Requests Received
On Majesty’s Facebook Page, the following comments were received for audience song requests:
Banger Barnes to Queen Tribute Band - Majesty
“Brighton rock ..... Warners gunton hall”
Queen Tribute Band - Majesty
“Now that’s a challenge!! X”
Lyn Macdonald to Queen Tribute Band - Majesty
“We are having a fab night. Please can you say Happy birthday to Julie, she's sat near the bar with me, Dale and her husband Pete. Any song to her will be lovely, thanks guys x”
Queen Tribute Band - Majesty
“Of course dear xx”
Lyn Macdonald
“Thank you😘”
Audience Feedback
On Majesty’s Facebook Page, the following feedback comments were received:
Clare Hardy to Queen Tribute Band - Majesty
“Awesome evening at Gunton Hall tonight! Made the weekend 👍”
Queen Tribute Band - Majesty
“Thank you dear. The best is yet to come! X”
Georgie Gray to Queen Tribute Band - Majesty
Lyn Macdonald
“My fav song. And I was the lady they dedicated it to x”
Georgie Gray to Queen Tribute Band - Majesty
Stefan Hardy to Queen Tribute Band - Majesty
“We are watching your show at Gunton hall
Love it 👍”
Dale Tatnell to Queen Tribute Band - Majesty
“Having a great time at Gunton Hall. Enjoyed the first half, looking forward to more.”
Banger Barnes to Queen Tribute Band - Majesty
“Brilliant night @ gunton hall..... best queen tribute I’ve seen ..... very well done 👍
Should have been main act Saturday night , not Sunday”
Barbara McIntyre to Queen Tribute Band - Majesty
“Great band,very like Queen.Loved seeing you.”
Lyn Macdonald to Queen Tribute Band - Majesty
“Thank you Guys for a fantastic night. Was nice seeing you all. Nice spending time with your after, hope you all enjoyed your drink that we got for you. See you in Ipswich x”
Barbara McIntyre recommends Queen Tribute Band - Majesty.
“Fantastic tribute band,so like the original band”
Banger Barnes recommends Queen Tribute Band - Majesty.
“Just seen them at Warners gunton hall....
BRILLIANT!!!!
Definitely recommend..”
Majesty’s Thoughts On The Show
Seth Daniels
"I always love performing at Warner Hotels; you never know who's going to be watching as there are many reasons people come and stay at these wonderful hotels. So we get a chance to sometimes win over a whole generation of people who may have never really listened to Queen all that much, but whether you're 19 or 90, Queen's music has the power to move people and that's what I love most about it.
The audience at tonight’s show were very attentive. We treat these very much like a theatre show because often people want to sit and watch - probably to see how long I can sustain running up and down until I collapse of exhaustion - (I never do however ha ha).
But by the end they had their hands in the air singing along to the hits and that's all we can hope for. As always I'm overwhelmed by the wonderful feedback from the staff and the audience. Love you all. x"
CORTON - 24 May 2019
Majesty Queen Tribute Band’s second performance in Lowestoft was at Corton Coastal Village.
Corton Coastal Village overlooks the coast line and offers the traditional seafront comfort of deckchairs in the gardens alongside activities such as archery, crazy golf, and a games lawn.
Unfortunately, as the performance was on the Friday evening of the 80’s weekend, Lyn was away, so could not attend. However, her mum Marilyn (who had to miss out on the Gunton Hall and Ipswich shows due to ill health) and I arranged to attend.
This time, we decided to just go and watch the show and arranged to meet up with Julie and Pete in the bar area. Julie and Pete were staying at Corton for the 80’s weekend of entertainment.
Unlike Gunton Hall, the entertainment area doubles up as the main restaurant area, which meant that once we took our seat, we had quite a wait before any entertainment started. However, like Gunton Hall, the entertainment commenced with a DJ playing hits from the 80’s, again with TV monitors showing the music video to what was currently being played. After about an hour, it was Majesty’s turn to entertain the audience, with their first 45 minute set, kicking the show off with “One Vision”. Within this set, Majesty dedicated “Who Wants To Live Forever” to Marilyn.
For the interval, It was back to the DJ for more 80’s hits to entertain us, also giving us plenty of time to top up our drinks etc. After about 15 minutes, it was time for Majesty’s second set.
During this set, the dance floor was crowded throughout, with people singing and dancing away to all the hits. I was very impressed with the Day-Os!
Unfortunately, there was a slight confusion near the end of the evening, resulting in the audience requests and the final song “We Are The Champions” being missed out.
That aside, it was certainly a great night of entertainment; judging by the packed dance floor and the comments I overheard, Majesty were well received and we hope to see them return next year.
Requests Received
On Majesty’s Facebook Page, they posted the following:
Queen Tribute Band - Majesty
LIVE IN #CORTON
We’re all set up and ready to #rock at the beautiful Corton Coastal Village.
These were the responses:
Lyn Macdonald
“Have a fantastic time tonight in Corton. Mum and Dale are looking forward to seeing you guys tonight. I will hopefully see you next month in Stowmarket🤞😘”
Lyn Macdonald
“Have a fantastic night Guys. I know Mum, Dale, Pete and Julie are all looking forward to seeing you. I'll see you all soon 😘”
Kyrie Gemma Baldwin
“Hope you have a wonderful, fun filled and rocking night. Wish I could be there hope to see you soon. Sending lots of good wishes and love from Greenwich you gents are the best rockstars I know 😘💖”
Marilyn Macdonald
“Am so looking forward to seeing you guys again. x”
Gail Paul
“As always.....have a great night!!!x”
Dave Gay
“Great tribute would be only the good die young”
Michelle Penny Lea
“Have a great show boys xxx”
Anne Adams
“Wish l was there amazing xxxx”
Dale Tatnell
“Julie, Pete, Marilyn and I are looking forward to the evening. Request for Flash for Julie and Seven Seas for me please consider 😀”
Lyn Macdonald to Queen Tribute Band - Majesty
"Have a fantastic time tonight in Corton. Mum and Dale are looking forward to seeing you guys tonight. I will hopefully see you next month in Stowmarket🤞😘"
Heather Allan
"Have a good time. Xx"
Jennie Taylor
"Have fun. Wish it was me 😂"
Lorraine Olive
“We're at Corton and I would love to hear Love of my Life. x”
Queen Tribute Band - Majesty
“Lovely song ❤️”
Audience Feedback
Stephanie Ann Leibbrandt to Queen Tribute Band - Majesty
“Just seen you guys rock, fabulous musicianship, fabulous capture of the era, fabulous fun, can’t wait to see more!”
Queen Tribute Band - Majesty
“Thanks Stephanie. You guys rocked 🤘🤘🤘”
Marilyn Macdonald to Queen Tribute Band - Majesty
“Have a great night at Ahallows tonight. I really enjoyed seeing you in Corton last night, as always you guys were amazing, I can't wait to see you again very soon I hope. x”
Lyn Macdonald
“So pleased you were able to go and you had a fantastic night. After how unwell you have been the last few months it was lovely to know you were out having a fantastic night and what a great way to spend your night seeing this Amazing band. I can't wait to see them soon 😘”
Majesty’s Thoughts On The Show
Peter Southern
“Many thanks to the guests and staff at Warners Corton on Friday night. It was a long trip, but worth it to play for you all.”
Seth Daniels
“Even though we have been performing at Warner for many years now, the last time we played Corton was about 6 years ago, so it was lovely to be invited back again.
As always, the audience at Warner’s we’re so courteous and watched intently through the first half, which can be daunting when performing Queen as you rely heavily on feedback from your audience, but having played at different Warner Resorts, you learn how to read the signs that people are enjoying themselves.
By the second half they were up on their feet, and from that point everyone just lets their hair down and has a great time.
It’s such a honour hearing people’s feedback after the show, I still get surprised with some of the comments, you feel like you’re trying your best on stage but to get it right for people is an amazing feeling. We can’t wait to return next year.”
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