improvman Posted August 12, 2012 #1 Share Posted August 12, 2012 What does Princess do if one of their two singers onboard get sick? I doubt they have understudies on board. Do they have a dancer fill in and lip sync? Just curious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Essiesmom Posted August 12, 2012 #2 Share Posted August 12, 2012 Many of the dancers are also talented singers...each cruise line has it's own plan for sick entertainers. EM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chipq Posted August 12, 2012 #3 Share Posted August 12, 2012 I am sure each show has a plan B because over the course of a 6 to 8 month contract a brief illness is bound to happen from time to time. Maybe one of the dancers is also the backup singer or possibly they change the routine such to eliminate the ill singer all together, who knows. To the best of my knowledge I have not seen a show affected by a missing, ill singer although I have had a show cancelled due to rough seas. http://luv2cruise.blogspot.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cboyle Posted August 12, 2012 #4 Share Posted August 12, 2012 On several of our Princess cruises, shows have been rescheduled if one of the the main singers was ill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coo359a2 Posted August 12, 2012 #5 Share Posted August 12, 2012 Hi Carolyn. We have also been on cruises where the productions shows have been rescheduled due to the lead singer being sick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pam in CA Posted August 12, 2012 #6 Share Posted August 12, 2012 I was on a HAL cruise a few years ago and one of the lead singers got sick and had to be sent back to the US. A replacement was flown in for our cruise and he was excellent... but the costumes were about three sizes too small. He was a trooper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Waynetor Posted August 12, 2012 #7 Share Posted August 12, 2012 We were on a 20 day crusie last fall on the Ocean Princess and the female lead singer (the only real female singer on the small ships) and they changed around the shows without a problem. We have also been on cruises where a guest entertainer missed the connecton and satisfactory changes were made. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boomer 123 Posted August 12, 2012 #8 Share Posted August 12, 2012 Like any other live performance they always have a backup plan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare geoherb Posted August 13, 2012 #9 Share Posted August 13, 2012 On the Sapphire Princess last week, they rescheduled the show from one night to the next and substituted one of the guest entertainers a night earlier. They said that two of the cast members were ill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare PescadoAmarillo Posted August 13, 2012 #10 Share Posted August 13, 2012 The entire performance is on tape. If a singer can't sing, but can perform, he'll lip sync to the recorded performance (just his part). If he can't perform at all, they usually re-schedule. We went from the first instance (on the Sun Princess) to the second in the course of a cruise. The lead male singer was spending time sleeping on deck in the sun trying to shake influenza. We were sitting in the front and DH spotted it right away, but we didn't say anything, and then the next performance was cancelled due to his illness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nebr.cruiser Posted August 13, 2012 #11 Share Posted August 13, 2012 On the Coral Princess last year, several of the performers were sick at various times. One show was rescheduled until one of the main singers recovered--moved ahead one night, I think, with another entertainment taking it's place. A couple of other shows it was easy to spot missing singers/dancers, but it didn't affect the show too much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LARGIN Posted August 13, 2012 #12 Share Posted August 13, 2012 If none of the above does not work, they ask if "There is a singer in the house", bring them up on stage, give them a cheat sheet of the words to the songs and the show goes on.. :D:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jasperdo Posted August 13, 2012 #13 Share Posted August 13, 2012 This happened to us on the Coral a few months ago. Just before the show began there was an announcement that Ms. XXX was unable to perform tonight and will be replaced by Ms. YYY. When the show began there was one less female dancer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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