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Heather- I'll reply later and just read it. :yahoo

                                    SUNNY YOU PARTY ANIMAL :roflmao :roflmao

Congrats on 13,000 posts

Le't get this show started! http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v363/CLAYTIME/thwoohoo.gif

Now, that's a party animal!

                           yep he is doing good lets just pray he stays this way.ITS ALL THE PRAYERS HE'S RECEIVED

                           yep he is doing good lets just pray he stays this way.ITS ALL THE PRAYERS HE'S RECEIVED

Hi Tiffany


Glory,  I haven't been here much today (the boss seems to think I should work) but I'm happy to read that Miller is doing better.

                                 AWE THANK YOU ALL NOW WHAT DO I DO ABOUT HIS NAME. I WAS MILLER BEFORE I MARRIED A MILLER AND NOW HAVE A BABY MILLER TO MANY MILLERS :bduh :bduh :bduh

Clay's Christmas special is on at 9 tonight on Bravo is anyone is interested in seeing it again.

Who's Miller and why should I pray for him?

Even though that is not my favorite thing he has done (too much going on and not enough of Clay singing) I'll probably watch it on the little TV here where the computer is.  I sure don't want to miss the cellcert.

We really have a big problem--so much Clay on TV tonight and tomorrow that  there just won't be any time left for sleeping, Christmas preparations or much else.  Oh well, there'll be time for that later. :lol     :lol

Miller is Glory's brand-new grandson. He has a heart problem and has been in the hospital.

Oh Heather. I got your card yesterday. THanks  :hugg

                                      NOT MY FAVORITE THING HE HAS DONE EITHER SO I AM STAYING CLOSE TO MY COMPUTER. :lol :lol :lol

I also think that Clay on Tyra is being shown again tonight at midnight EST on Oxygen.  

That is such a great show I'll probably try to watch it again even though that will mean I don't go to bed until 1:00 am.

Not my favorite either, but I have the dvd so I can watch it anytime.  I liked his AI Christmas performance much better, especially when he sang DSIAFCD and did that leg kick while holding that glory note :thud  Tonight's performance  and cellcert is a top priority. (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v363/CLAYTIME/thjumping_woot.gif)

I also think that Clay on Tyra is being shown again tonight at midnight EST on Oxygen.  

That is such a great show I'll probably try to watch it again even though that will mean I don't go to bed until 1:00 am.

That's awesome they are rerunning that again a few times. It's the best interview. He'll preform on Tyra Monday like it was taped on Regis and Kelly.

Barbara- I've been taping his appearances since he promoted the CD and I have 6 hours one tape and a few hours so far on another.  :bigsmile

He'll be also on Megan Mullally next Friday dueting with her.

I'm doing the same thing.   Thanks for the heads up on Megan next week.  I don't know how we are supposed to get anything done but. since he wasn't around most of the year, I'm not going to miss a minute if I can help it.

I haven't seen that special but seen that preformance. Amazing

Clay is on the Discovery Channel right now.  They are reshowing the special on the Dilley septuplets.

Barbara- I've been taping his appearances since he promoted the CD and I have 6 hours on one tape and a few hours so far on another.  :bigsmile

He'll be also on Megan Mullally next Friday dueting with her.

Then the 26th he'll be on Days.  :bouncy

I wish he did a New Years Eve show. Chris is doing Rockin Eve.

I'm remembering that awesome New Years Eve 2003 show where Clay sang Invisible and The Way.  Gosh, I feel so nostalgic tonight. :sigh

I THINK EVERYONE FELL ASLEEP 

NOT ANYMORE :bouncy :bouncy :bouncy :bouncy :bouncy :bouncy :bouncy :bouncy

Checking in - 5 present wrapped, only a few more to go - I think this Christams special was two years ago, wasn't it? he has changed so much (for the better, I think!) - doesn't look like the same person at all! (But that wonderful voice is the same!  :bouncy )

Mimicking the New York accent now.

NOT ANYMORE :bouncy :bouncy :bouncy :bouncy :bouncy :bouncy :bouncy :bouncy

Lorraine - Maybe his eyes swelled when he saw the Hussies with binoculars!  :bigsmile  :hugg

                        FRANKIE YEAH THAT WAS 2004 HARD TO BELEIVE I AM TWO YEARS OLDER TO. I LOVE HIS LOOK NOW SO SEXY.

Oh, I want to hear this. Yo! :lol

OMG.  VERTIGO IS A HORRIBLE THING.  I HOPE HE IS OK.  HOW CAN HE SING?

It doesn't affect his throat?

                                HOPE HE IS OK AND DID NOT FIND ANY NUTS

It doesn't affect his throat?

GLORY - DANG IT.  WE ARE TWO YEARS YOUNGER.  CLAY MAKES US YOUNGER. :bouncy :bouncy :bouncy :bouncy :bouncy

Does this mean that I can be his little girl?! :bouncy :lol :wink

HONEST I DID HAVE SOME NUTS AT THE CONCERT BUT I DID NOT TOUCH CLAY.  HONEST I DIDN'T. 

With vertigo, the dizziness often increases when you move your head. There is medicine to help it, but often it doesn't go away quickly. I don't know how he can be on the stage. I hope he can get through the show!

He is a trooper!  :hugg

With vertigo, the dizziness often increases when you move your head. There is medicine to help it, but often it doesn't go away quickly. I don't know how he can be on the stage. I hope he can get through the show!

He is a trooper!  :hugg

                                       I THINK WE NEED A GROUP PRAYER.

MCWL on the show. Loved this preformance.

                                       I THINK WE NEED A GROUP PRAYER.

                                       I THINK WE NEED A GROUP PRAYER.

Philly,

He's got vertigo, and he's having trouble keeping his balance.

I'M WITH YOU.  IF HE CAN FEEL OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS MAYBE THEY WILL HELP.

Oh mah goodness, I hope he can't feel our thoughts. :blush

                                OK IS NOBODY GONNA ASK WHAT SORT OF NURSE I AM I THOUGHT YA'LL WOULD JUMP ON THAT. :bigsmile

This was my favorite song from this show.  :thud

LOOK AT THOSE DARN EYELASHES :thud :thud :thud :thud :thud :thud :thud :thud :thud :thud :thud

HEATHER - THANKS FOR KEEPING US INFORMED ON HOW HE IS DOING.  I THINK WE ARE ALL CONCERNED ABOUT HIM AND HOPING HE MAKES IT THROUGH THE SHOW AND THAT HE FEELS BETTER TOMORROW.

                                    WHERE IS THE ZIT. I ASK YOU. :para

                                   I AM SURE HE WILL BE FINE.

Thanks! That's too bad. Sorry about that. Guess a limo took him to where he was staying. Jerome should had said something.

Next time Rainy you'll see him.  :hugg

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Awwww on the little girl.

                                   I AM SURE HE WILL BE FINE.

Clay always seems to find a way to pull though these difficult times when he's not feeling well with such grace and determination.  I'm sure Glory knows the proper way to nurse him back to health.  :smile :wink

:wave

You go, Clay! :purpbana

Wow, he sounds so strong on this tonight!

The "oh baby, that's a fact" was good tonight!!

He just wails on this song and we aren't even to the end yet!

Even sick he nails a glory note like no other!

The crowd just went crazy and rightfully so!  Wow!

He even pulled the mic to the side to sing the end even while sitting on the stool!

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:wave  Jerome helped Clay off and stage and back on.

:wave  Jerome helped Clay off and stage and back on.

From NYCityClayFan at CB


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Jesse Vargas is the one that came out several times to the buses to give us updates - first saying if Clay did come out it would be a while and then later on - after we were there for quite a bit and most people had given up - he told us that Clay was "being taken care of" and that he was doing better, but he would NOT be out at all and he wanted us to know that because he knew we were waiting. He said he wasn't sure about tomorrow but being that Clay performed tonight he didn't foresee the show tomorrow being cancelled, his words, not mine.

I can have this magnanimous change of heart, because they had a BAF raffle for 2 front row seats at the Tilles party, and nicegurrrrl won the tickets. EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!! Y'all may be aware that I have been to a concert or three, but I have never, ever, ever before been in the first row. It was amazing.

Plus, most everyone we encountered had better seats than we did in the 7th row, so I tried an old favorite. I went up to the top of the balcony, to the 2nd to last row, and found a mom and her daughter (somewhere between 8 & 10 we think). I told them how I came to have new seats, and invited them to take mine. They followed me all the way down to the front orchestra, and nearly fell apart when they saw where the seats were. At the end of the show they came up to hug nicegurrrrl and I. The mom, Jennifer, had tears in her eyes as she thanked us, and Abigail was so excited. She loved Clay and had never been able to see him before. She said it was the very best night of her whole life. That would have been enough to make my night.

19 years ago, my whole family stayed in a cabin where we were bit by ticks. We all got relapsing tick fever. Each of us got a nasty residual from it. Mine was catastrophic vestibular failure. Clay probably has labyrinthitis, which is generally short-lived, thank heavens, but mine was more severe, and it took months for my brain to pick up the slack. I still have problems if I'm in a crowd, in the dark, walking on an uneven surface, or if my sinuses act up.

Tonight I watched Clay seemingly "saunter" out to the mike, arriving a bit late for the first few words of CW and then sit squarely on the stool. After a few moments, I watched him grab for the side of the stool and hang on, and I said to myself OMG, he's got vertigo. Wow. What a moment of deja vu. I used to sing in a huge choral group, and I had to get permission to sit on a stool for the concerts, but it had to have a back and arms. It wasn't enough to just have a seat. Otherwise, I was going to fall off the risers, and I usually had to hold on to the person next to me with one hand from time to time.

Here's a little medical aside (hey...medicine is my life!). We know our position in space because our brain integrates signals from our inner ears, what we are seeing, and where our body is touching something solid. Because Clay was on a stool with no back, and because he closes his eyes so much when he sings, and has a spotlight in his eyes when they're open, he was truly working without a net tonight.

If you haven't had vertigo yourself, it is impossible to describe what it is like. Can you just imagine how hard it was for Mr. Control Freak to discover that no matter how hard he concentrated, or how strongly he willed it, he absolutely could not walk in a straight line, or stand without being in danger of falling? There are no words to describe it.

Just so you know, in general, it is not a painful condition. Except of course for the falling, staggering, frequently extremely nauseous thing. That's not fun.

There is no way for me to describe to you all the unbelievable amount of awe, admiration and respect I have tonight for that stubborn, gallant, big-hearted, professional, beautiful man. From my wonderful front row seats, I watched him hang on to that stool with one hand, the other hand, two hands, grip the microphone like death, and try to keep from turning very much in order to keep his precarious seat. That has been me, and I cannot possibly tell you how hard it was for him to do that.

The tremendous effort wore him out, but you couldn't see it until he tried to walk offstage, and then return for the encore. He was so pale, and he looked like he was fighting really losing it and getting sick as the song drew to a close. Several deep breaths and then he had to gesture for Jamie to come and get him. He couldn't let go of the stool.

Tears were standing in my eyes, as I watched that gorgeous, determined man as he attempted to navigate a stage that must have suddenly seemed to him like the deck of a ship in a storm (more deja vu). Wow. This whole evening was delivered from the gut level. No words.

So, did his "medical affliction" (tm Clay) mean that the audience got short-changed tonight?

No. Oh no. No, Mr. Titanium was chattier than ever. He was funny and witty and quick...as much so or more than any other concert night. He sang beautiful versions of every song. Very tender, nuanced, yet with power and glory when called for. He didn't prowl the stage. And he didn't lean out over the audience to chat. Otherwise, it was a spectacular show. If you hadn't seen him before, you wouldn't know the difference. And he explained the problem in a humourous way throughout the night for those who had seen the show before and DID know the difference.

I am so honored to be a fan of this man. I feel so honored to have been one of the fans there for him tonight. Mr. Webcat is right. The lady next to me and I were chanting our prayers for him out loud as he struggled to finish that last song. On any audio version, no one would ever know what it cost him to perform it. Sheer determination and a will of iron. Unbelievable.

I took approximately a kabillion pictures tonight. Clay was really gorgeous, dizzy or not. However, I don't have any of Clay being helped on or off the stage. He was not happy to have had to ask for that help.

Plus, I was too busy applauding and yelling out "Thank You Clay!!!" Thank you for that magnificent effort. Thank you for a beautiful evening in every way.

BTW, I talked to Jesse Vargas after the concert. I told him that I worked in the medical field, and that I had had the exact same problem as Clay in the past, including being on stage.

I told him that Clay's problem got worse as the concert progressed, partially because he keeps closing his eyes. It's difficult not to try to minimize the spinning, but it makes it worse. I told him it would help Clay a great deal if they could give him a focal point. Keeping that focus diminishes the spinning. I told him a stool with a back, and if possible arms, would help as well.

At that point (gathering music onstage) Jesse said Clay was getting treatment right away. That he didn't see how Clay was going to be able to do that (Tilles) show, but that Clay felt sure he could pull it off. However, Jesse wasn't sure how he could do that again, since Clay was obviously in trouble at the end.

However, it seems that by the time the bus crowd heard from him, the word was that Clay was getting treatment, and that it couldn't be any worse tomorrow night, and would most likely be better.

If that's the case, then I'll probably be able to see that amazing, professional, gutsy entertainer again in West Point. If not, we'll plan other activities and hope to see him Saturday at Red Bank. He already gave us more than 200% tonight. If he doesn't have enough left for tomorrow, we'll more than understand.