QUEEN..A tribute
By ARM
@responsiveme (22926)
India
January 18, 2019 9:17pm CST
The flyer in the morning paper decided our program for the day. A local band were setting up a live tribute to Freddie Mercury ,a mixture of songs and documentary.
The setting was the bandstand near the sea and a natural amphitheatre of an old fort with greenery aplenty.
The band had 4 vocalists who did solos in their individual styles.A person they called Boss Lady was amazing on piano and keyboards. The guitarists also jammed along.
It was a part of a winter festival. The place was packed with people both young and old. All dancing and singing along with the music.
The compere did a good job of holding the show together with snippets of information which included Freddie's love for his cats.
Entry was free . At the end there were youngsters holding up donation boxes for contribution to shelters for strays.
I enjoyed myself very much.
Photo....The flyer
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@DianneN (247186)
• United States
19 Jan 19
@responsiveme It sounds like a beautiful place, too. Glad you enjoyed it all!
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
19 Jan 19
@DianneN It was ,an old fort in the background,sea breeze and lots of greenery.
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
19 Jan 19
It was a very enjoyable event. The ambience very relaxed
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
19 Jan 19
It really was. Every body enjoyed the old and the young alike
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@Courage7 (19633)
• United States
19 Jan 19
@responsiveme I bet they did. I know I would have too.
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@LadyDuck (471968)
• Switzerland
19 Jan 19
@responsiveme I know very little about the Queen and Freddy Mercury. I know that his recording studios were in Switzerland and that there is a statue of him on the Lake Geneva.
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
19 Jan 19
@LadyDuck he was born to Indian parents .A Parsi. So there were many people of that community at the concert
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
19 Jan 19
Yes, he did. He even wrote a song for his cat
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@Happy2BeMe (99380)
• Canada
20 Jan 19
@responsiveme they had so many great songs
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@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
19 Jan 19
Great way to spend some time! So you had a Seaside Rendezvous. 
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@allknowing (137546)
• India
19 Jan 19
A free show is quite rare thee days and good they collected money for stray cats. I like that picture with the cat on his shoulder.
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
20 Jan 19
Really, but festivals are quite common here
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@Hate2Iron (15727)
• Canada
19 Jan 19
You can guess what Queen came to mind lol... then I realized that I had the wrong one lol!!
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@sofssu (23662)
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21 Jan 19
@responsiveme I bet it was. I Freddy Mercury will always be on my top list of musicians.
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
21 Jan 19
@sofssu the ambience was great ...Old and young and people who were using walking sticks too.
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@GreatMartin (23672)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
20 Jan 19
Are they cashing in on Queen or the Bohemian Rhapsody movie?? I just feel very uncomfortable with things like that!
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
20 Jan 19
They aren't really, they are a talented band. And people do play covers.
@MarshaMusselman (38865)
• Midland, Michigan
19 Jan 19
That sounds like fun, I bet @Arthurchappell would have loved that too.
It's rare these things are done for free, but it's good all the people that attended.
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
19 Jan 19
It may have been sponsored by some company, part of a winter festival.in that area. We rang up the number and asked about tickets but were told it was free.
They were a talented band and the next concert will be a paid ticket one
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@acelawrites (19272)
• Philippines
19 Jan 19
It is a good project with the proceeds for shelter for stray animals. Such a nice tribute to Freddie Mercury, a great singer.
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