Thanks Orchestrator, thought I was losing it for a while there! Nice to know someone shares my views. I'm only expressing my honest opinion as a heartfelt theatre-lover.

I apologise for the tying last night there wasn't much I could do about it, my keyboard's broken, but I am using a different compuer now!

abalafae, do you ever read your own posts either before you send them or after? It would be much easier for us if you proofread them before posting. Thanks.

I apologise if you find my typing offencive, but strangely enough, I thought this was a board about the theatre, not english grammar!

Just read through your post and add the missing letters and spaces before clicking on Add Reply. I don't find it offensive but it would be polite to take some care. How much do you wish to be understood?

Does anyone have any idea what Connie is doing now? Tour, concerts, recordings??? have completely lost track of her!

She's doing a concert on Nov 7 in Truro Cathedral, directed by Sir Tim Rice. Also featuring John Barrowman, Rick Wakeman and the Truro Cathedral singers.

Plus she is doing a special concert http://shop.prestige-promotions.co.uk/prod...atno100809.html

An Evening with Connie Fisher - Sunday 9th November Great Fosters, Egham, Surrey
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Your black tie evening of gastronomy and live performances will include: Champagne reception Three course dinner with wine and coffee Between courses entertainment from Connie Fisher, including songs from her new compilation and duets with Glyn Kerslake Parkinson style interview with Connie A souvenir signed copy of Connie's new compilation - to be forwarded on to you Event Managers to ensure you have a wonderful time Connie's 'My Favourite Things' will also be available on the night The Price £169 + vat per person – dinner and entertainment as above £254 + vat per person - including overnight stay and English breakfast at Great Fosters on the Saturday or Sunday night (based on 2 people sharing). Extra nights are available at £170 + vat per room – on a shared basis.

If anyone is interested. Please let me know. And If you join Connies Official Forum you get 10 % off the ticket price.

Link - To more news of a cancelled tour - http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/artic...rd-surgery.html


Is this a desperate vocal problem or spin on ANOTHER 'personal issue' to get her out of yet another 'dissapointing' ticket sales, for her now cancelled tour? The second cancelled tour I have booked to see her on . . .

The Daily Mail often have it in for her . . . but I'm loosing patience after the second cancelled tour date, and feel perhaps the thinly vailed suggestions of a cop out to save face are true . . . however much she might 'need' this operation, with the timing, this sounds like 'spin' to me . . . . if not, get well soon . . .

Yep, have to agree, it sounds like spin, (or nasty reporting lol) - "The condition leaves part of the mouth joined together. Despite having it since birth, her career has not been affected until now".

hehe, the world is such a cynical place . . . . hope it works out for you Connie!

Just wanted to let you know that posts 159, 160 and 161 all come from the same source.

The one thing I would say is that if you look back through her career as Maria and beyond, she has had many issues with her voice and throat, perhaps a result of this condition. I've been in Connie's position (with a different illness) and know how hard it must be for her to hear that she may never sing again. My heart and prayers go out to her and I hope she recovers and comes back better that ever!

I'm not particularly a fan of Connie, but feel very sorry for her. Get Well Soon Connie!!!

Well hopefully, what the papers are saying is through, it is a bit suspicious that she has cancelled before her tour and the ticket sales are very poor.

No there is nothing suspicious here , if she carried on with the tour it really would of been the end of her singing career . So its nothing to do with poor ticket sales . We all hope she pulls through this and wish her a speedy recovery .

A little bit of coincidence!

The Mail has always had a grouch about Connie. She obviously is quite ill, and the mention of poor ticket sales in connection with this cancellation, is imo, bad taste. Sales might have been slow, but her illness takes precedence over that and, although I have never been a fan, I wish Connie a full and rapid recovery. I also feel for Will Martin,the young NZ singer, who was to have been support for the tour - it leaves him high and dry unfortunately. (Personally I would rather have heard him than Connie, but that's just me)

I agree theatrefan. It was incredibly bad taste to mention it! Considering I haven't seen any promotion for the tour the ticket sales are fine! A shame for Will Martin too.

In adition top that- I haven't seen ANY publicity and had no idea she was touring till I heard about her being ill!

Yes, very cynical of the Daily Mail to also remind us that the tickets sales were poor is some venues which contrary to some of the above posts suggest that lack of publicity may also be to blame - sorry but Connie has more than done the publicity rounds in promoting both her second album and the tour of the same name. I would not wish her ill health but part of me feels that the Maria tag is the only tag the public are willing to buy into.

I haven't seen any publicity either!! it is odd, so i dont get it is the whole tour cancelled or are they just going to find a new maria?

it is all a bit odd!

That's not just cynical and in poor taste for the Daily Mail, it's simply irresponsible journalism. It sounds like the kind of tiresome, kneejerk bitchiness you see all over the internet, wherever idiots and trolls are given free rein. Pathetic.

Not a Connie fan particularly, but I do wish her the best of luck with this operation. It must be a terribly frightening situation for her.

As far as I'm aware, her album tour is the one that has been cancelled. Whether she has to pull out of the Sound of Music tour remains to be seen. I guess it depends how well the surgery goes.

In a way I hope it does mean she has to pull out of teh SOM tour. I think it's high time that she really starts to move aaway from the SOM and start to cave out a proper career for herself... I mean the London run gave her nme a boost, maybe it's time she used it!

I hope it doesn't mean that she pulls out of it as I want to see her again in the role!

As much as I think she should get something else I really am looking forward to seeing her again as Maria!

I work at one of the venues that SOM is coming too and this is what we've been told to tell customers!

"The producers of The Sound of Music understand Connie has had some treatment for a vocal chord issue she has had since birth and we wish her all the very best and look forward to her opening in The Sound of Music in Cardiff as planned"

Apparently some newspaper has reported that she has pulled out but obviously the producers are saying different!

I am Connie Fisher fan having travelled from Europe on many occasions to see her in SOM London . I have two set of tickets for Cardiff, and I really hope she makes it. I am dissapointed her career since leaving SOM has not taken off more, but I dont agree that she should not continue in SOM. She contributed a huge amount to the success of the musical and is fantastic in the part, and one should not deprive her or her fans of that.

Summer Strallen never really lived up to the part in many peoples views, and I just hope the producers have the sence to look in Aofie Mulhollands direction if the unfortune occurs of Connie not being recovered in time for the start of the tour.

Apparently some newspaper has reported that she has pulled out but obviously the producers are saying different!
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As far as I know Connie has not pulled out of the SOM tour she has only pulled out of her concert tour.

She was singing on a television show in Wales early this month with John Owen Jones (Shan Cothi?), are my time scales right or was it wrong of me to presume that she would therefore be doing the SoM tour, thinking about it maybe it was a pre recorded segment.

It's a pre record Connie recorded the Shan Cothi show 17th February. She has not done any performing/filming since she has had the surgery.

Did anyone else just see the very unfunny SOM sketch she just did on The Omid Djalili Show?

Yeah. Pretty dire. Interesting to see she didn't hit that high note at the end of "good-bye" but went an octave (or so!) lower. Was this recorded pre-surgery?

I admit it was pretty dire but Connie just went along with the script . And was happy to do the show .

Again this is a pre- record it was filmed last November when Connie started to suffer with her vocals .

But she is on the mend And she will bounce back!