Mohegan Sun Show!

[Moonstruck4Cher]

Just wanted to say have a great time to those going to the Mohegan Sun show tonight!!!! We'll be waiting to hear the reviews!!! [raising a Sunny-D to ya'll!!!!]

[DEE]

Have to agree, Everyone have a "Cher-rific" time!!! Have to admit i am envious but my traveling days are over for a while, have to wait for a Detroit show to pop up! DEE

[joanne]

wish i could be there too!!!

[mjf2001]

I CAN'T BELIEVE IT!!!

I wasn't going to this show.... was going just to the Providence one w/Ericka... but 2 days ago I got a phone call from my two favorite aunties... the ones who bought me my first Sonny and Cher album when I was 3... they wanted to know if I wanted to go with them to see Cher at Mohegan Sun as their guest!!!!!!

The funny thing is, I had had conversations with Ericka and others about this, and made a solemn vow... if I can't sit in the first 10 rows, I wasn't going to any Cher show to sit in the balcony again, NO WAY. Well, these aunties of mine are not the seasoned concert goers/spoiled brats that we are, and they got whatever tickets they could get, and they are thrilled beyond words to be going to see Cher in ANY seat. So guess where we're sitting??? SIDE BALCONY!!! Where I said I would NEVER sit again!!!

I guess the lesson is: sometimes the seat isn't as important as the sentiment. To be there with the family members that turned me on to Cher in the first place, with whom I've shared my Cher addiction through the years, my two favorite aunties... so what if I can't see? Though it won't be the best vantage point, it will certainly be one of the most poignant shows I've attended, thanks to the awesome family that made it possible.

This balcony show, of course, is made more palatable by the fact that two days later, in Providence, Ericka and I will be able to see up Cher's NOSTRILS, we'll be so damm close!

My 14th and 15th Cher shows, respectively, are right around the corner!!!!

cherluv,
mjf

Yvette, Alexandria, LOOK OUT!! I'm watching for you!!!!

[Alexandria]

TODAY IS THE DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AHH!!!!!!! I haven't seen her in over a year!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am getting mail at Yvette's house now apparently because my new WARHOL shirt just came in, so I will have that on!!! LOL might as well move in!!!!!

MICHAEL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I AM SO HAPPY YOU ARE GOING!!! ERICKA GOT A TICKET TOO!! SHE IS COMING WITH US, WE ARE WAITING FOR HER TO GET HERE AS WE SPEAK!!!!!!!!!! I will be watching for you! I haven't seen you in sooo long!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It hasn't sunk in yet that I am going to see her just a few hours from now.... ohhh god someone get the d**n tissues out LOL.. I have some numbers in my phone to give some Cher connections so everyone get there phones ready LOL and if your number isnt in my phone, well you better get in touch with me and get it in there so I can give everyone a CHER CONNECTION lmao..

WHOOOOOOOOOOOO MOHEGAN HERE WE COME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Cherkicksass]

My daughter's excited, can you tell?!!!!!!! ;D
She's been counting down the weeks, days, hours and it's finally here. Ericka just arrived and she's looking thru Jan's BIG album that she sent Alexandria. We'll be heading down to Mohegan shortly - after I go to the liquor store and make sure we have plenty of Smirnoff Ice and SunnyD !!!!!!!
Let the parking garage tailgate party begin!!!
Yvette

'Dance and sing and raise your glass, and drink to the GOOD TIMES, and hope, my friends, that they last'

[bkri1977]

well, yvette and alexandria just left for the liquor store, and left me here at her apartment to finish getting ready. I got my ticket for this show around noon today. I called twice, and everytime i went to buy a crappy seat, the operator would tell me that someone had just purchased it. so then she clicks on something on her computer, and gets sec 14, row 4! so i'm directly on the side of the stage, 4 rows from cher. and 4 rows away from yvette and alexandria, too!!!!! its hitting me now, I'M SEEING CHER AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

this weekend will be shows 20 and 21 for me. I have been so lucky. so many of us have been. we are all so blessed to see her, be with her, whether its once or 100 times. and i'll be with my very best friends. what's better than that??

so i gotta sign off now, before they get home. (who am i kidding? yvette in a liquor store? we MIGHT make the concert......) i know i don't post on here very much, but i keep an eye and an ear to the goings-on. there is no other place for me to share my joy in cher! ;D

have a good day everyone!!!!!

love ericka

[BostonQ]

Michael, Alexandria, Yvette, and Ericka: HAVE A GREAT TIME!!!! I'm so glad that you are all going tonight, and Michael, you have the coolest aunts in the world!!!!!!

Have fun, and I can't wait to hear all the details!

[DEE]

Darn my kids!!!
By the time i got to get on this darn computer because of my kids on all day, it is too late for me to get a hold of you Alex. I would have LOVED a Cher connection!!!! Oh, well, what ya going to do. I watched Faithful earlier and Tea With Musolinni was on this morning so I watched that also, but it just is not the same as a Cher concert!!
Anyway, Yvette, Alex, Ericka, and Michael, hope you all have a fantastic time at the concert!!! Drink a little sunny D for me and Party the night away Take "Cher" and hope to talk with you all soon, DEE

[Lisa]

I just was on the phone with Jan, MJF called her from Mohegan with her fav song ALL OR NOTHING!!!!!!!! ;D ;D
She was sooooooooooo happy, it made her nite, she said it was soooo wonderful and crystal clear sound!!!!! ;D ;D ;D

[bkri1977]

omg guys!!!! it was the best!!!!! my 4th row ticket actually was a 2nd row ticket! and there was no one in the front row, so i had unrestricted view for the whole show. man, i am soo lucky. someone loves me somewhere. if you had told me yesterday i'd be 10 feet from her tonight, i'd never have believed it. let go and let god, as they say.

anyway, she was so perfect, and beautiful. i hadn't seen her since the halloween show, and my life has been turned upside down since then, so seeing her tonight was like one huge band aid. she just made it all right again.

alexandria is falling asleep on the couch, and yvette is cleaning out ('preparing') her flask for monday's show.

oh, and what's on the big marquee inside the arena?? an announcement for ANOTHER cher concert at mohegan on dec 8th. tix go on sale oct 22. god bless her.

i'll let everyone else tell their stories. i'm so burnt on details. they are all there, i'm just trying to absorb them.

thanks for listening. hope everyone has a good night!

[Susanelizabeth28]

Glad you had a super time! Another show? Cool! Get some rest! Can't wait to hear more about the show!
Susan:)

[Jan]

Yvette Michael Alex Ericka....I am sooooooooo sorry I had to miss this one too:( Sorry Sorry..again Bad summer! I know how much Felicia and Bert wanted to go to this too!...Just could not do it! But WOW thanks for the MEGA Cher connection Michael! Could NOT believe how CRYSTAL clear it was! Hope my step daughter behaved herself! LOL...See u guys tomorrow nite..goin dead or alive!!!!!!!!!! Screw the doctors..their treatment not helping ..time for Dr Cherilyn prescription now! Jan

[Jan]

Just bumping this baby back to the front of Cher connection cos wanna hear everyone's reviews of show..! PS: MICHAEL..I ADORE your banner!

[mjf2001]

Jan, I am so psyched the Cher Connection came out well! Must have been a miracle, because when I was listening to your outgoing message on my phone it was breaking up, so I decided to give it a go and hope for the best! I can't wait to see you tomorrow in Providence, OMG!

It was sooo good to see Cher again! I was, of course, left wanting so much more. The show clocked in at about 80 minutes, very fast!

ISHFWILF
All or Nothing
I Found Someone
AIRWD/70's Medley
Take Me Home
After All
Walking in Memphis
Shoop Shoop
Strong Enough
IICTBT
Believe

...and just like that, it was over, with the announcement that she's coming back in December.

This was me during After All... It just hit me so hard being there with the coolest aunties in the world. The words never rang truer! It's been a 40-year ride with this lady, and it ain't EVER gonna be over as far as I'm concerned. I don't know about going back to the Mohegan tho'... could someone pull a fire alarm next time and see if THAT gets some people moving??? Holy crap!!! I was gonna start checking for pulses in my row just for kicks!

For all my pissing and moaning about side balcony, the seats were actually not bad! It's not a big arena, and we were right on the side of the stage, overlooking Ericka, Alex and Yvette... I saw her point to Yvette's sign!!! and I saw her wave to Ericka!!! At the end of the night during IICTBT, I was holding my pennant up and she looked up into the balcony, threw some fists, pointed at the pennant and went with her arms up, like she was holding an imaginary sign, pumping it up and down, like "lift it higher!" It could all be a figment of my imagination, too, who knows?? A "Cherlucination"!!! It's all good.

Wait till Monday, you guys... will I be able to sleep tonight?

cherluv,
mjf

[Alexandria]

Well It's the morning after and I am still in everything I had on last night.. I must of passed right out when I got back to Yvette's...Ericka- you didn't even say goodbye LOL.. I hope your having fun playing with your XFILES!!!

First off I have to apologize to everyone who I was supposed to give a Cher connection to.. my phone had absolutely NO service at Mohegan Sun.. NONE.. I got out my phone to start my connections, and it said I had no service..I felt awful =( I am going to try again Monday night!!!!!! so everyone hang in there! LOL.. and Dee, I already had your cell number in my phone to give you a connection..=)

Now..onto the show, LOL.. It was so nice being able to get together with my cher buds again!! It's because of Cher we are all together, and she brought us together stronger then ever- again last night! (ok that was cheesy haha)... It hadn't hit me that I was going to see her, everything was sort of calm, up until Tommy Drake was over and I walked into the arena, and looked at that same stage I haven't seen in over a year!!!! (Last time I saw her was July 19, 2003). ..then I lost it.. I sat down on my seat and looked at the stage and BAM, thats right BAM the tears started from there LOL.. couldn't believe I was sitting there getting ready to see her again.. I mean of course we never think she is going to say farewell, but I still get shocked knowing I am going to see her again.. So then it starts, now I'm really freaking out... LOL.. the montage on the screen, my d**n heart is pounding, Im finally sitting next to Yvette, I got Ericka a few rows in front of me, wow it just cant get any better... BAM she comes out LOL.. I thought I was going to tumble down the stairs. I hadn't seen her in so long and that feeling I get when seeing her live was back, and I hadn't felt it in a while, and whooooooooooooooooo was I on cloud 9!!! I wish she didn't cut out Song for the lonely....it was cool that she did Walking in Memphis though.. Bubba saw Yvette's sign and blew her two kisses for it!!! I didn't get a wave from Ms. Cher (Only got a wave from her once, when I had my front row, lol...during Gypsies Tramps and Thieves...not like I remember the song or anything LOL), but Stacey was pointing and waving at me because the crowd was totally DEAD and I was jumping doing the ILU sign, and she was pointing and jumping and laughing with me.. gotta love those cheeky monkeys!!!!!!!!!!
Besides the trouble we had with the lady behind me... who decide's that when Cher first came out, she wasn't even off the chandeler yet, to tell me to sit down (i was only being nice, she had a swear in that too), haha.. that lady is a story in its own and if I talk about it, I will get heated again and go and try to find this woman for ruining my first song... but lets just say things got out of control and she finally GOT KICKED OUT. The show was wonderful.. slightly predictable, but yet, AWESOME BECAUSE IT WAS CHER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and yes, she is coming back to Mohegan!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Dec. 8. MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! maybe by then, she'll realize that Alexandria's favorite song by her is Angel's Running, and if she doesn't forget the words by now, SHELL SING IT!!!! LOL .. fat chance...

MONDAY HERE WE COME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! JAN CANT WAIT TO SEE YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! sorry you missed last night!!! so glad to hear Michael's phone was working so you got a connection!!!!!

WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO ONE DOWN.... ONE TO GO.. FOR NOW!!

"I said this tour was going to end... I never said when..."~Cher

[Alexandria]

ooh and one more thing!!! Dee, I had your bracelets waving proudly last night !!!!!!!!!! Yvette and I showed everyone we talked to!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

and Michael.. DONT FORGET TO CHANGE YOUR TIRE TODAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

=)

[Alexandria]

Ya know, my brain is so scattered this weekend I forgot to mention, ..of course everytime she sings AFTER ALL live.. EVERYYYYYY TIMEEEE.. of course I always cry and last night I thought.. nope Alexandria, your doing good.. your not gonna cry, come on.. focus...focus...and I got to see her on the side before she came out.. oh THATS ALL IT TOOK..I repeat, THATS ALL IT TOOK.. haha.. then came the tears again.. man, im such a softy.. LOL

[DEE]

Alex,
Thanks so much for thinking of me!!! Glad to hear that you and Yvette had such a great time and don't feel bad about crying; I have cried too, and Matt just doesn't get it! Must be a Cher thing!! I am glad that you liked the bracelets and that they worked out ok for you! I will have to keep my cell phone on for a connection, I think that you probably have my home phone instead of my cell (if I remember right from Steph call in NYC< LOL). I will e-mail Yvette with both numbers my cell and home, but best to call cell. I AM SOOO EXCITED I HAVE NEVER HAD A CHER CONNECTION BEFORE!!!
Glad to hear that Jan will be joining you. Tell her I said hi and hope you all have a great time Monday! Maybe I can join you all in December at Mohegan sun, if you all go again.
Sounds like the lady in front of you needed an attitude adjustment. I hate people who get so upset because people stand. I can understand if they are old or unable to stand but otherwise I just do not get it.
Well, Pat is bugging me big time to get off so he can use it for a while so guess i should. It is 11:14 am and I am still in my pj;s and been on this thing since 8:00! LOL
Guess I best be trucking off now, so everyone take "
Cher" dee

[Debelieves]

Sorry I wasn't able to wish everybody a good time before Friday night, but it sounds like it was a blast! Thanks for the reviews, too, I really needed that!

To everybody making the trip tomorrow - sing, dance, laugh, and have a wonderful time!

Debbie

[IryokuAtae]

OK I also was at the Mohegan and I havd a EXCELLENT time lol. My friend and I had sidestage seating and it was amazing.. a really good view of Cher at all times. We even got to see her be brought on stage, saw Patty and Stacy wave at us and make us clap out hands while they were setting up Cher, saw Cher enter for After All, saw Tommy Drake do his own intro HAHAH I thought that part was hilarious.. was growled at by some really lazy man who didnt stand up once at the show not even at the end.. he told me to sit and kept tapping me so I turned around and gave him that ticked off look and told him to F*** off and to leave me alone because I paid over 100 bucks for my ticket and I was going to get my money's worth and not sit through a excellent show.. I really dont know what else to type... OH the woman sitting next to me and my friend were excorted out of the venue... dont know why though... umm... was blinded a few times by her 10 million watt lights on the opposite side of the stage hahahah and that's it for now I guess.. other than the fact that I was frisked.. I felt soo violated...hahah

[frankiedj10]

Well to the gang that went to Mohegan-- glad you had fun. Shame me and Jan weren't up to going, could it be true no Love Hurts or Taxi Taxi on the set list last night? Hmmm-- sounds short. December 8th she's coming back? This woman has the energy to make a 19 year old cry. Wonder if she's hitting the NY area... Very interesting!

Frank

[Cherkicksass]

I had finally gotten a chance to use my computer after Ericka left and Alexandria was sleeping -
last nite around 2:30, I had a long post here - and somehow it disappeared!!! So I'm trying again - this time gonna do the copy & paste thing to be on the safe side!!!

We all drove down to Mohegan and met up with Michael, Scott, Betsey and Rosemary. It was great to all be together again! Gathered around the merchandise tables...........LOL
Had a little 'tailgate party' in the parking garage - I even got away with carrying around my blue plastic cup of SunnyD around the casino without being stopped!!!

The show started - OMG - I still get thrills when I hear the wind and she starts to sing ISHFWILF. This show was special cuz I got to sit with Alexandria - Finally!!!! ;D The mother/daughter Cher Team, together!!! The highlight was when Bubba spotted his "BUBBA ROCKS" sign - from then on he knew where we were and kept looking over, we blew kisses during Shoop Shoop and Believe. He is such a hottie!!!

I couldn't believe how 'dead' this crowd was - AAARRRGGGHHH - I hate Mohegan for that reason!!! The only way I'll go back in December is if there's no other shows in the area. This crowd was on their high toned a$$e$ all thru the show. We had an extreme Psycho B*tch sitting behind Alexandria, screaming and swearing at everyone to 'sit the f^^k down' - I pity the poor guy with her!!! She had thrown popcorn at a girl in front of her, a few rows back saw her and was so peeved they threw water on her!!! She was the wicked Witch of the West, but she DIDN'T melt!!! The ENTIRE section cheered when she was forced to leave by security. ;D

This show was really cut down - only 11 songs - it goes by so fast when you know the show by heart!!! After seeing Prince put on a 2 1/2 hour show and Cyndi do a 2 hour show, this show seemed really short. Why do I keep going? I guess it's a 'cult' thing........just walk towards the light.........it'll be alright........

Hope the Providence show has a better crowd - Ericka is here again and we're waiting for the New Yorkers to arrive!!!

Yvette

WE'RE NOT HERE FOR A LONG TIME
WE'RE HERE FOR A GOOD TIME

[mjf2001]

OK the tire is replaced,
the hats are bought
and decorated!! PHEW!!
Are ya proud of me now, Ms. Ericka?
I think my bursitis is back in my elbow after those damm hats!! LOL
Batten down the hatches, Providence!!!!!
Here comes Cher and the New England Cher Crew!!!!!
Just gotta dress the doll and I'm all set.
NO SHOES, JAN.


xx mjf