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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nDonna has established herself as the embodiment of the Queen of Country but it was a dream that came true by chance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI started performing as Dolly in 2011,\u201d said Donna. \u201cIt was just meant to be for one night at a friend\u2019s birthday, but this led to a stream of bookings.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After a busy summer show in Belfast, Donna is revved up and ready to go again with a series of dates that have seen standing ovations and rave reviews from audiences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cEventually I realised I couldn\u2019t be without Dolly in my life any longer so thanks to my wonderful husband Niall Toman and the rest of the Dolly show crew Anne McAteer, Chantelle McAteer, Chris Logan, Tom Savage and Kenneth McClure, we\u2019re back and bigger than ever before. It\u2019s very much a team effort.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cLet\u2019s face it one of the best things I get to do is to dress up as Dolly.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And, as always Donna and her team chose their tracks carefully.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe show aims to emulate country icon Dolly Parton at her 80\u2019s best right up until now, we also play songs from classic country, we aim to please everyone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe carefully chose the greatest hits that people love and remember and even if you\u2019re not a die-hard Dolly fan you\u2019ll certainly catch yourself toe tapping and singing along at some point throughout the night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHaving spent many years in musical theatre both as a director and producer and a performer we make sure to include the pizazz and vibrancy of a West End show no matter how big or small the venue we play in,\u201d explained Donna.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the new fun, floor-filling show Dolly & Friends provide an energetic unforgettable night. Donna is a stickler for attention to detail and has studied dolly\u2019s voice and performances since the 1980s \u2013 even the intonation of Dolly\u2019s voice she uses to introduce songs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
During this show Donna plays custom made Dolly replica guitars & banjo, whilst wearing reproduction costumes made and updated in coordination with Dolly and with real hair wigs styled by the best hair stylists Northern Ireland has to offer \u2013 it literally takes thousands to be Dolly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Donna Stewart will perform as Dolly Parton with the Dolly\u2019s Jukebox show at:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/strong>The Market Place Theatre and Arts Centre, Armagh, Saturday 9th<\/sup> November<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The Belfast Barge, Belfast, Friday 15th<\/sup> November<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Belmont Hotel, Banbridge, Saturday 28th<\/sup> November<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n For tickets and information please visit: <\/em><\/strong>https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DollysJukeboxBand\/<\/a><\/em><\/strong> Venues across Northern Ireland are set to be rocked with the songs and stage show of the Queen of County as the ultimate Dolly Parton tribute is back in the shape of performer extraordinaire, Donna Stewart. The Autumn Tour will see the Belfast singer perform a packed show of fan favourites to audiences in Belfast, … Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17765"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17765"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17765\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17768,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17765\/revisions\/17768"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17765"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17765"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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