The whole reason for being in Utah was to attend these two concerts. I applied in the ticket lottery with about half a million other people (including my son and some dear friends who applied on my behalf) to get tickets for either show in the Conference Center which seats 21,000 people. Imagine my elation when I discovered that I had won four tickets for BOTH nights!
It was very touch and go whether I would be able to make it, but I am so glad that I did. I gave a ticket for both nights to my friend Donna and Brent sacrificed his ticket (hhmmm, not so sure it was a sacrifice!?!) so that I could give two to Mike and Lesley who we were staying with and also two to her parents.
On Friday night I thought the sound was a little off, but by Saturday, it was just perfect. The Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra were superb, but the show was, for me, purely about the Osmonds. It was so weird to see them singing hits like Down By The Lazy River, Yo-Yo, Puppy Love, etc in the Conference Center. HELLO, this was the Conference Center!!! The Prophet was in attendance on Friday night. I wonder what he thought about all that?
Both nights, but particularly Saturday, were very emotional. All of the fans knew that this was the culmination of their world tour celebrating their 50 years in show business and that the likelihood of seeing all seven of them (actually nine) again was going to be pretty much non existant. The Osmonds themselves seemed to reflect this emotion and all of them were seen with tears in their eyes at different points in the program. They recieved several standing ovations and I've never clapped so much in my entire life.
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