The Lion Quays Hotel and Spa Wedding Venue North Wales - UK Wedding Singer - Matt Johnson

The Lion Quays Hotel and Spa Wedding Venue North Wales UK Wedding Singer - Matt Johnson

Dawn and Christopher had chosen to marry at The Lion Quays Waterside Resort Hotel in North Wales. They had booked me for my ‘Gold Package’, which includes both evening live entertainment and full evening disco.

The Lion Quays Hotel and Spa Wedding Venue - UK Wedding Singer - Matt Johnson

The Lion Quays Hotel and Spa Wedding Venue - UK Wedding Singer - Matt Johnson

The Lion Quays Hotel and Spa Wedding Venue - UK Wedding Singer - Matt Johnson

The Lion Quays Hotel and Spa Wedding Venue - UK Wedding Singer - Matt Johnson

The Lion Quays is actually around 30 minutes travel time for me so it was a real treat to be so close to home! I set off nice and early, the wedding breakfast was scheduled to finish at 6:30pm allowing a 1-hour turn around time for the venue and for me to get my equipment set to hopefully start the night at 7:30pm.

I arrived at the venue at 6pm, they were just finishing their deserts and were going to start their speeches shortly. The venue had estimated around 45minutes for the speeches but I think it usually takes a good 1-hour. My timings were correct and the guests and bride and groom vacated the wedding breakfast at just after 7:15pm. There is a great large bar area at the venue so it didn’t matter that the guests had to wait for the room to be amended. I spoke with Dawn and Chris and advised that we would try and be as quick as possible, hopefully be ready to invite guests back into the room for 8pm.

The Lion Quays Hotel and Spa Wedding Venue - UK Wedding Singer - Matt Johnson

The Lion Quays Hotel and Spa Wedding Venue - UK Wedding Singer - Matt Johnson

The Lion Quays Hotel and Spa Wedding Venue - UK Wedding Singer - Matt Johnson

The Lion Quays Hotel and Spa Wedding Venue - UK Wedding Singer - Matt Johnson

The Lion Quays Hotel and Spa Wedding Venue - UK Wedding Singer - Matt Johnson

The Lion Quays Hotel and Spa Wedding Venue - UK Wedding Singer - Matt Johnson

The evening reception room was large; there was a large dance floor area. The staff at the venue were extremely helpful and moved the tables blocking the area I needed to set-up in first so as I could get on with setting up my equipment. You wouldn’t believe the amount of venues I visit where they clear away all the other tables first it really frustrates me!

I set-up my equipment and as you can see from the pictures the room looked great, they couple had chosen to have ‘Rest of My Life’ by Bruno Mars for their first dance, they had originally heard my version on YouTube so it was really nice for me to perform it live for the couple.

The Lion Quays Hotel and Spa Wedding Venue - UK Wedding Singer - Matt Johnson

The Lion Quays Hotel and Spa Wedding Venue - UK Wedding Singer - Matt Johnson

The Lion Quays Hotel and Spa Wedding Venue - UK Wedding Singer - Matt Johnson

The Lion Quays Hotel and Spa Wedding Venue - UK Wedding Singer - Matt Johnson

Originally they had scheduled their first dance for 8:20pm but as guests were still filtering through from the bar area it just wasn’t the best time for it. I spoke with the bride and groom and the wedding coordinator, they decided to delay the buffet for 30minutes and we would do the first dance/cake cutting at 8:45pm. I agreed this would be a good idea, it allowed people to get a seat and a drink, guests were still arriving so it allowed the bride and groom some time to greet their guests and have a relax.

The Lion Quays Hotel and Spa Wedding Venue - UK Wedding Singer - Matt Johnson

The Lion Quays Hotel and Spa Wedding Venue - UK Wedding Singer - Matt Johnson

After the first dance, Dawn had chosen to dance with her dad to Heartland’s ‘I Loved her first’, I sang this live for them and it was a lovely moment. I then carried on singing up until the evening buffet. Both the bride and groom were great; they enjoyed dancing and getting involved as you can tell from the pictures! During the first half we had a dance for all the girls with the bride and also one with the groom and all his friends! Usually the men need a few drinks but not tonight!

After the buffet the guests were raring to get back on the dance-floor so I didn’t wait long before starting my second set. As you can see from the video and pictures the guests all had a great time and everybody danced all night.

I had a picture with the bride and groom at the end of the night, they were a lovely couple and I wish them the very best for the future.

The Lion Quays Waterside Resort Hotel is both a wedding venue and hotel/country club. The venue offers a wide range of services; including gym membership, corporate function event meetings and wedding fayres.
For more information visit their website for further details
http://www.lionquays.co.uk
The Lion Quays Waterside Resort,
Moreton Hall, Weston Rhyn,
Oswestry, Shropshire
SY11 3EW
Tel: 01691 684300

This review is by Matt Johnson.
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