I hope everyone who went had fun,look forward to reading your reviews and comments

I also look forward to seeing any piccies if you took any

Just home from Potters Leisure Resort.  Thoroughly enjoyable meal at the Black Rock Restaurant, very different way of eating! And totally enjoyed Rays swing set. He did about 30 minutes with a bit of chat between songs, which included Fly Me to the Moon, Aint that a Kick in the Head, My Way and Mac the Knife. Ray seemed totally relaxed and said he loved being back singing on stage.  He was in strong fine voice and looked very smart in jacket and tie!

He got a great reception from the audience and was available afterwards for autographs and photos - there was quite a long queue but he said it was lovely to meet everyone. He mentioned going into Dirty Dancing and said he would be doing a bit of hip grinding and also mentioned the pantomime in Northampton which he was looking forward to doing with his girlfriend. Hope everyone else who went had as enjoyable a time as I did!

Hi everyone! Had an awesome time listening to Ray sing swing! He was great. Great vocals and backing tracks.  As Alfie said he seemed so relaxed on stage and enjoyed his patter between songs. Very slick and professional.Loved his whole repertoire.  He came on quite late and didn't finish til I guess about 11.15 and then said he would be around for about 30 minutes for photos etc. We got out quickly fortunately as the queue became quite long,  (I imagine he was there for longer than 30 minutes!) but we were able to congratulate him on the performance and wish him every success in Dirty Dancing. He was so friendly chatty and polite to everyone. He was so well received by the audience and he had quite a few up dancing for his encore, which was Mac the Knife. Such a versatile and talented guy!

Thanks Alfie and Sakose for the reviews. Sounds like it was a great night. Would have loved to have been there. Glad you got to meet Ray afterwards. He is such a lovely lad. Were you allowed to take pictures while he was singing or only afterwards. Look forward to seeing them if you were.:D

Glad you both had a great time Alfie and Sakose :).I was really upset I couldn't be there

:(.Did anyone get any pictures from the show,if so i'd love to see them

Thanks Alfie and Sakose for the reviews, xx

just home from potters. Had a fantastic time Ray was brilliant and very friendly making sure everyone got a picture and autograph! We were first in line can't stop smiling i LOVE my piccy!!!:)

Tah 4 the reviews,wish i cud have been there but its just 2 darn expensive&far away.:(

@Megan welcome 2 the forum,have added u as a friend&left a comment on your profile.:)

Congratulations to Ray on a superb professional show last night.  Great rapport with the audience in a more intimate setting and lovely to see him singing the music he loves. A thoroughly enjoyable evening!

Welcome to the forum Megan, love your profile pic. Is that from last night.

Glad you all had a great time, can't wait to see your pic's.

thanks sue ,

the piccy is from last night  have some more close up pictures but i dont know how to put them on can any one help?

Have you got a Photobucket account, if so load them up there and then use the direct link to post in this box using the little picture sign. Or send them to Amanda and she will post them for you. She should be home from work in a couple of hrs. If you can't wait send them to me and i'll post them for you. My email is on my profile page. Good luck.

Megan x at June 20, 2010 at 6:14 AM

just home from potters. Had a fantastic time Ray was brilliant and very friendly making sure everyone got a picture and autograph! We were first in line can't stop smiling i LOVE my piccy!!!:)

Hiya Megan

Glad you had a good time :).Fab pic,if you want me to put your pics up for you,that's fine,just post them to amanda@rayquinnworld.co.uk or if you have a photobucket account,just upload them to that and press the pic icon in the reply box,and paste the direct link code from photobucket into the box,and your piccie will appear,if you would like your piccie with Ray in the fans album,just let me know

Glad you had a fab time Megan and Dancingles :).,Ray is fab singing swing numbers,I loved his set at Butlins a few years back,I'd love him to do another tour at some point in the future,so everyone who never made it to his last tour could see Ray's full lenght show,he's such a great performer

rayquinnworld at June 20, 2010 at 9:13 AM

Glad you had a fab time Megan and Dancingles :).,Ray is fab singing swing numbers,I loved his set at Butlins a few years back,I'd love him to do another tour at some point in the future,so everyone who never made it to his last tour could see Ray's full lenght show,he's such a great performer

Hello everyone, just got back from Potters - it was a 5 hour drive but worth every mile to see Ray. Just a quick word about Potters which is a fabulous holiday complex and  much better than I was expecting. I can understand why Ray would choose to perform there, as they have some good acts on and it's a classy place.  

I know a few people have already done reviews but make no apologies for doing another!!.

 Ray came on to the stage at about 10.45 after there had been a bit of banter from the resident announcer about this height and Ray joked about this when he first came on the stage. He had on a pale blue jacket, brown jeans and a white shirt.  What was so lovely about this performance was that Ray was very chatty. He told us about watching the England match with his dad - even though he isn't a football fan - and then went on to talk about the X factor. He said it had been brilliant to do and had led to the most wonderful 4 years and he was proud of himself and so was his mum - which got loads of "ahhs" from the audience! He then said about going into Dirty Dancing and about appearing in pantomine with his lovely girlfriend. He was really modest about it all.. He said it was months since he had done a show like this - but you couldn't tell that from his performance

 I was so overcome at actually being there and being in the front row that I can't remember what he sang first, but his second song was "ain't that a kick in the head"  He then did "Smile" which I adore (all songs were ones he did on X factor) He then introduced My way by saying that "this was the song where Simon dropped the phone" He sang it really well. When he went off they got him back for an encore and he did "Mack the Knife" which for me was the performance of the night- fantastic.

I then made a mad dash to get in the queue to speak to him, - and honestly  I know from the TV that Ray  is nice looking but it was only seeing him so close that I realised he is GORGEOUS- all that lovely dark  hair  and the blue jacket really suited him. He honestly looked like a film star!

When it was my turn I told him about my son's stepdaughter who goes to the Chiltern Dance School in Liverpool and that she would soon be appearing in the school's show at the Empire "like you used to" - to which he replied "yeah that's right" and gave me a big grin and said  "tell me her name" I told him and he wrote her name and put "love Ray x" which she will be so thrilled to get.

I had mislaid my husband somewhere  in the theatre and had no one to take a photo so Ray asked one of the security guys to take it.  As it was being taken I told him he had been fantastic and would be brilliant in Dirty Dancing!!

I couldn't get over how fabulous he was to everyone, there were loads of people in the queue and he was lovely to them all.

The other fab thing was how people respond to Ray - the audience loved him and the whole vibe in the room was lovely.

I can't wait to see him in Dirty Dancing.

I got quite a lot of photos so will get my son to tell me how to get them on to the website.

Thanks for a lovely review Anne. Glad you got to meet him, he is such a lovely lad sorry it should be man now..haha. Hope your son can upload them to the website . I'm sure we vwould all love to see them.:D

Glad you had a good  on time Anne,thanks for the review,if you want you can send me the pics and I'll put them up for you,or if you have a photobucket account you put them on the forum

Thank you so much for the lovely reviews guys :), I love your picture of you and Ray from last night Megan, Ray is looking absolutely wonderful, as do you, of course, Megan:)

Im so gutted that I could not make it last night, it sounds like everyone had a really great night and Im so pleased that Ray was enjoying himself. Really looking forward to seeing everyones pictures. 

Ah wonderful review Anne.:)Sounds like a lovely evening.Yr so lucky 2 have gone.;)