  In this paper we consider connection formulae for orthogonal polynomials in
the context of Christoffel transformations for the case where a weight
function, not necessarily even, is multiplied by an even function
$c_{2k}(x),k\in \mathbb{N}_0$. When $p_n$ is orthogonal with respect to a
weight $w(x)$ and $g_{n-m}$ is orthogonal with respect to the weight
$c_{2k}(x)w(x)$, we show that $k\in\{0,1,\dots,m\}$ is a necessary and
sufficient condition for existence of a connection formula involving a
polynomial $G_{m-1}$ of degree $(m-1)$, such that the $(n-1)$ zeros of
$G_{m-1}g_{n-m}$ and the $n$ zeros of $p_n$ interlace. We apply our result to
investigate Stieltjes interlacing and bounds for the zeros of Meixner-Pollaczek
and Pseudo-Jacobi polynomials.
