The Osmonds 50th Anniversary Tour and they get to meet me!!
The Osmonds, all of them, arrive in the UK next week to start their sell out 50th Anniversary Tour and my darling fiancee bought me the most wonderful Christmas present, one of the VIP packages to the Cardiff Tour Date on Wednesday 28th May - which includes among other things, access to the Sound Check, Question & Answer session and Meet and Greet.. so The Osmonds finally get to meet me, sure hope they are as excited about that as I am!! LOL
Actually as you can see below I have been very lucky in recent years to fulfill my teenage dream of one day meeting Donny - yep I am one of his “Puppy Lovers” as he affectionately calls us and that means, if it’s not obvious, any fan of his from the 70’s - I saw The Osmonds twice in concert back in those teeney bopper days but was never lucky enough to meet any of them, let alone Donny (who of course, like a gazzillion other girls, I was going to marry but you know what, he never asked me, what was that all about LOL).
I first met Donny in 2004 and chose to subject the poor guy to my “statue” impression, yep, couldn’t move or talk, could barely breath! since then I have met him lots of other times and now I can actually form sentences when around him, really!
I have now found though that as you get to know Donny for the lovely down to earth bloke he is, you stop putting him up on that pedestal and you can start being human again when your around him.
Now for the rest of the family, I have been up close to Jay and Jimmy but not to chat to. Merrill, now with our dear ‘Bear’ a few years ago, I decided that as I was not allowed to go hanging around airports, hotels and stage doors in the 70’s by my parents (I was so held back, no fair) anywho, that now as an adult, I needed to experience what that was like and headed on over to Heathrow on one of Merrill’s trips here and got some lovely pictures, a chat and a “walk with me” arm over my shoulder kind of hug.
So that leaves Wayne, Alan and Marie.
Marie, have not seen her since the 70’s - loved her on “Dancing with the Stars” recently as I love to dance as well, so I cannot wait to meet her (and she is just 4 months older than me).
Wayne is such a joker so I understand and an absolute sweetheart, cant wait to meet him.
And Alan again, never met him, so want to.
I was lucky enough to go to The Osmonds concert and Londons Hammersmith Apollo in March of 2006 (line up was Jay, Merrill, Wayne and Jimmy) and we were told that if Alan was well enough, he may put in a guest appearance (Alan suffers with MS and has not been able to perform with his brothers for some time). Well he did, I had a front row seat - not that you use your seat at an Osmond Concert - and when he walked onto the stage to the resounding chorus of the entire venue shouting “We Want the Osmonds” and then you stamp with your feet and repeat, over and over, well his face was an absolute picture. I think the idea was that Jimmy would introduce him and then - allow a bit of applause then got on with one or two songs if Alan could cope - now remember Alan had not performed for years and the last time he would have seen a reaction like he got was back in the 70’s.
Well they did not get to do that, we fans had other ideas and everyone there seemed to know that WE were going to treat Alan to reliving a memory and the stomping and chanting went on for at least five minutes - yep, the Apollo full of 40 somethings women and you were transformed back to the 70’s.
Alan just stood there and took it all in and you saw the tears roll down his cheeks, I have chills now just thinking about it, I am so very proud to have been a part of that moment, of giving Alan that memory back and I so want to tell him as well and give him a hug, hopefully I will now get to do it.
The picture below is one from that concert in 2006 and we got more than one song with Alan. That concert was not like a concert, it was like some huge family reunion.. so now with all of them, together for this 50th Anniversary Tour I simply cannot imagine what the atmosphere is going to be like.
The picture shows from left to right, Jay, Alan, Merrill and just a little bit of Wayne.
And this picture shows that an Osmond concert is the same as it was in the 70’s, just look at all those adoring hands all wanting to touch an Osmond, this is Jay running along the front of the stage and grabbing as many as he can, yep I got a quick hand hold. I don’t know who enjoyed that concert more, us or The Osmonds LOL
Now as this blog has got very long, I had better get to my other point of it.
I have decided that I will be blogging about the whole experience of the 28th May, with photos and so if that would interest you, then please do register (top left under my photo) to receive blog updates via newsletter - then you won’t miss anything and for those of you who do, IF I manage to take any good photos then I will select a few to send to you. You don’t need to accept the current free download gift that goes with subscription to “Sue’s Digest” but what you will need to do is, go to my contact page, either before or after subscribing, and send me a quick email with OSMOND in the subject, then I can put you in a separate list from my other subscribers and make sure you get a photo.
Now lastly, I would love to know what any of you would want to “Ask an Osmond” at a question and answer session, so please do leave me a comment and tell me what you would ask.. and perhaps let me know via comments if you would like me to blog and show some other photos from all the recent Donny tours I have been on?
Nutter Sue!! This blog just came in on my Donny Google alert!! LOL I can hardly wait to hear about your Cardiff adventure! I will always cherish our 2004 & 2005 UK Donny adventures - what fun memories! And as long as you don’t have to drive to Glasgow ever again to see Donny, you should be okay! Still considering therapy over that…
Hugs, Nutter Darlene
May 9th, 2008 at 5:18 pmI can’t wait to hear and “see” what happens when ALL of the Osmonds are together again. Wanted to go to Vegas but couldn’t due to financial difficultes. Thank you so much for helping we Osmond nuts experience the concert with you!
Cathy (in Pennsylvania)
May 9th, 2008 at 5:51 pmDarlene,
I still am in therapy over that drive round and round and round Glasgow!!! I break out in a cold sweat whenever I go near a bridge LOL
I too cherish those memories Darlene and glad you like the idea of blogging this experience of meeting all of them.
Cathy, you are so welcome - don’t forget to check back in a few weeks then
Thanks guys
May 9th, 2008 at 8:54 pmSue
Don’t forget to tell us all about it.. on AdlandPro, Can’t wait..
May 9th, 2008 at 10:04 pmGreetings Sue, its Thomas from ALP, i couldnt help but notice how cool you look with Donnie, wow 50 years, good write up. God_bless you Sue~!
May 9th, 2008 at 10:37 pmOK Paula, perhaps subscribe so you won’t miss anything. Thanks for your comments Paula
Well thank you very much Thomas, yeah Donny is great fun to be around.
Have a good weekend all,
May 10th, 2008 at 9:56 amSue
Creative Birthday Gifts…
I found your site on technorati and read a few of your other posts. Keep up the good work. I just added your RSS feed to my Google News Reader. Looking forward to reading more from you….
May 10th, 2008 at 8:39 pmMeeting Donny Osmond is a dream I have had for over 30 years…When I was visiting Utah, I was hoping! Have a great time. I first saw the Osmonds for my 15th birthday. It’s Mother’s Day today and that is one of those moments with my mom that I will never forget! She took me. That was 33 years ago.
May 11th, 2008 at 5:29 pmWell thanks so much “Creative Birthday Cards”, very kind of you to say so.
Mary,
I hope you will come back and read the posts after the tour then and never give up on meeting Donny, I never thought it would happen, but it did.
Thanks
May 11th, 2008 at 5:52 pmSue
Hello!I work with Doug Osmond so was surprised to see your post/email. He is actually a consultan with our company- Goyin. He is the oldest singing brother’s son and sings very well himself. Even have his # in my phone book. I can send you more info and if you go to goyinpros.com, library, webmeeting- you can hear him doing a presentation. Have Fun!
May 12th, 2008 at 4:45 amVickie
Hi Vickie
Well glad I surprised you LOL
I will have fun and thanks for the extra info on Doug Osmond.
Sue
May 12th, 2008 at 7:19 amWow, you must be so excited, Vickie. I worked with Donny Osmond when I was a young actress on a kids TV show a few years ago. As a huge fan of his when I was a kid I was soooooooo excited to meet him and he didn’t disappoint. A really nice guy
Have a wonderful time
Best wishes
Paula Brett
May 15th, 2008 at 4:05 pmhttp://www.Paula-Brett.com/blog
Hi Paula,
Certainly am excited.. this is when this ‘40 something’ lady gets to go out for the day, relive being a teenager with no cares and woes or responsibilities and just be me, I just know lots of women will understand how therapeutic that is - and perhaps lots of men too, who for instance, love to go and watch their fav football team play.
Thanks for the comments Paula, I will have to grill you some time or perhaps a little interview for my new site I have in mind.
What fun to have worked with Donny, I have met him lots of times and he is such a fin and down to earth person..
Thanks
May 15th, 2008 at 4:42 pmSue
Hi Sue. So how on earth have you managed to meet the Osmonds so many times? I have been waiting to meet them once for 36 years and I am still waiting! However, my lifetime dream is about to be fulfilled as I too have a platinum VIP ticket for Saturday at Wembley. It will be so worth the hassle travelling down from Edinburgh. I saw them from the front row in Glasgow last Tuesday an I couldn’t bear the thought that it might be the last time I would ever see them. I just stumbled across these VIP tickets on the net so my feelings at this moment in time are indescribable! I feel I am about to achieve what I had thought until now to be an impossible dream! It has taught me to never give up on my dreams as one day, they just might come true! I shall re-live my experience with you as soon as I come back down to earth which may take me some time! Love, Susan x
May 26th, 2008 at 11:24 amHi Susan
Well to answer how so many times just quickly, it was through putting myself in the right place at the right time and then not giving up when nothing happened, as you say, don’t give up, positive action will bring what you want. I also had lots of help from other Donny.commers (www.donny.com) so if you have not joined Donny’s website fan club, you need to LOL
Also, please do go and visit my new Osmond website called “Osmonds Galore” www.osmondsgalore.co.uk because I would love to hear about your first time visit and publish it on my blog there
Thanks and enjoy
May 26th, 2008 at 11:36 amSue
I promise I will, unless I run off with the Osmonds on tour never to return………ha ha! xxx
May 26th, 2008 at 11:45 amPs. I would be grateful for any tips on how to keep myself calm on meeting them. I don’t want to make a fool of myself or spoil my moment! I am scared I will be stuck for words or burst into tears. How embarrassing would that be? My sister will be with me to hopefully keep me on track, though she is apt to be a tad over emotional just like me! Oh well. As long as we have plenty tissues……….. xxx
May 26th, 2008 at 1:28 pmSusan
I have emailed you about this but basically for you and anyone else meeting The Osmonds for the first time.. they are lovely and will put you at your ease so try and relax and enjoy the moment (I know hard to do).
Sue
May 26th, 2008 at 8:14 pm