This trip was to CELEBRATE Donny & Marie’s 11 YEARS at the Flamingo Las Vegas Hotel. They are ending their Shows in November so Helen & I planned a trip before that happens ! VERY EXCITING !๐
๐บ๐FOUND THIS ON THE WALL IN THE FOYER !๐๐บ
CONGRATULATIONS DONNY & MARIE XX๐๐บ Missed seeing ceremony by a week !!IF ONLY Iโd PICKED THIS WEEK FOR TRIP !!BREAKFAST WITH THE FLAMINGOS
Had to wear my ‘Osmond & Co’ T-shirt in Vegas ! ๐๐บ THEN THERE WERE THREE AT MADAME TUSSAUDS ! ๐บ๐WHAT CAN I SAY !๐บ๐บ DONNY, YOU WERE A BIT WOBBLY !!๐๐บ ENJOYED TIME WITH DONNY & MARIE !! ๐บ๐๐๐บA ‘VERY SPECIAL PLACE’๐
๐บ๐ป๐๐ปOCTOBER 16th 2019๐บ๐ป๐๐ป
Inside the lovely Showroom & our seating to the left of second photo from my seat, wonderful & close, soooo close I touched HIS hand !!
Pleasure seeing Olivia Newton John that evening x๐ฉท
ย ย ย ย ๐บ๐ Let the Show BEGIN !….๐๐บ๐๐บ๐
DONNY & MARIE EVERYWHERE, which is how it should be.ย Never ‘bumped’ into Donny or MSeeing them everywhere for a whole week was extra special !ย ย WOW, What a BRILLIANT Time I had XX
ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ๐บ๐HAD TO BE SAID ON TWITTER AFTER A FANTASTIC PERFORMANCE XX๐บ๐
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Donny’s ‘Dancing With The Stars’ Outfit with the Winning Trophy, Well Done Donny
MARIE’S ‘DANCING WITH THE STARS’ OUTFIT, REACHING 3rd PLACE, WELL DONE MARIE WAITING AT THE AIRPORT & ‘DEEP PURPLE’ WAS PLAYED, NOW WE KNOW YOU LOVE THIS ONE DONNY !!
BYE BYE DONNY & MARIE, LOVED IT ALL !! XX LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR NEW PROJECTS.
What a complete surprise sprung on me this weekend by my lovely girls X ๐They treated me to a lovely lunch in Oxford & then announced that right opposite the restaurant was โThe New Theatreโ & they have tickets to watch โTHE OSMONDSโ MUSICALโ after lunch ๐๐๐๐ What a wonderful surprise, had no idea. I had seen an Interview recently with Jay talking about the Musical which he has written & watched a performance by the โOsmondsโ which was pretty cool & knew they were touring the UK at the moment and seen mentions on Twitter every now & then but that was it !๐๐ฅฐ๐ค๐ผ๐ท๐ธ***I had wondered what would it be like to watch a performance when itโs not the actual Osmonds,BUT after that Show which was amazing, all those memories, what an afternoon that was, thank you girls xx***๐ฅฐ
OUTSIDE & READY TO GO IN ๐MY BEAUTIFUL GIRLSโฆ.BIRTHDAY TREAT X๐ฅฐ๐HERE GOES ๐ผ๐ธ๐คYOUNG OSMONDS, so cute ๐ค๐ผLOOK AT THOSE OUTFITSโฆ.AMAZING ๐๐WONDERFUL PERFORMANCE BY โMARIEโ๐๐
END OF THE SHOW๐๐๐ผ๐ค๐ธMY TREAT ! ๐๐๐
ANNOUNCED BY ALAN 9/07/2025: โ I have missed some book signings on due to my health. So, in keeping my verbal commitment to Desert Book in Cedar City and St. George, Utah, I will be announcing and visiting these book stores sometime early in September for my final autograph and book signing of my books: โOne Way Ticketโ and โTwice Upon A Time Talesโ childrenโs book.
UPDATE ANNOUNCED BY ALAN TODAY 25/08/2025:-
It has been a wonderful life that I not only wrote about and published with Richard Paul Evans and co-wrote with Debbie Rasmussen, and I recorded my voice as an audiobook also that so many of you have purchased. For that, I am truly thankful.
If you can make it to St. George Cedar city when these happen, it would be great to see you for one more time. Here is where you can get these books and audio book:โ
alanosmondbook.com
CHRISTMAS IS COMING ๐๐คถxx๐So looking forward to reading about all sorts of family adventures, will be a great read, have downloaded to my Kindle !๐ So make sure you download or buy your copy SOON !
Playing my Osmond Vinyls was ok but the bass not sounding good, was it the overall performance of the record player, was it the speakers, was it the cartridge needle ? ๐ต So recently bought a unit that a record player could be out on display & use my vinyls, wow what a difference, the overall sound quality is amazing, guess I’ll be busy remembering all those songs once more ! I counted my Osmond LPโs & there are lots of them, so let’s go !! ๐ถ It’s amazing how you remember most of the words, did I really play them a lot when younger, the answer is a big YES !!๐บ๐ป๐๐ป
The reason for headline ‘Deep Purpleโ vinyl LP was the reason I’m blogging again, I came across a letter I think dated around 1976 in the sleeve of this vinyl, about a competition I was a runner-up in ‘Osmonds’ World’ Magazine, to be honest I’ve tried to remember what the competition was about, letter mentions results were published inthe magazine but all these years on I do not remember ! ๐ I did buy all the copies but no longer with me ! Anyone out there have copies still of the magazine around โ76, would you be able to check what was published ? Would be a great help X๐บ๐ป๐๐ป๐
๐ฅณCompetition letter received, very exciting !
๐ถ Remembering those songs ๐ถ
๐ตTo all of you who still have their Osmond Vinyls, keep playing & enjoying them !๐ต
WOW what an honour, hope heโs not too nervous ! X ๐โน๏ธ GOOD LUCK DONNY ๐
Asked AI & this is what happened – ‘Donny’s performance of the USA National Anthem was a moment filled with pride and emotion. His powerful voice resonates through the stadium, capturing the essence of unity and patriotism. With each note, he flawlessly delivers the lyrics, instilling a sense of national pride in the hearts of all who listen. The audience is captivated by his talent, and his rendition becomes an unforgettable highlight of any event. Donny’s rendition of the USA National Anthem is truly a testament to his brilliance as a performer’.
โฑStrange times happening World Wide at the moment…..adding another Blog but this time about a very recent fantastic fortnight holiday we’ve had in the wonderful Maldives. Luckily ( or unlucky !) we arrived back home before this virus took over one of the Islands & put it into lock down. Our journey took us from Heathrow, through Sri Lanka & onto Male Maldives, then seaplane to Meedhupparu Island. We’ve been to this Island a couple of times before so knew what to expect, but the biggest change was the shape of the Island…..depending on the winds & tide it shifts the sand around, wearing it away on one side of the Island and pushing it around to another part of the Island, changing the shape all the time. Having a conversation with a Manager he told us that December was a very windy month, so this did not help the change. We had the same room we had before but the beach in front of us had completely gone, leaving the palm trees creating shade & no beach directly in front all gone ! On previous visit there was a wall around part of the Island helping to save the beach but that has now been replaced with a huge barrier in the water, the wall has been dropped into the sea. This part of the Island has a massive beach area at the moment, I suppose depending on the time of year you visit, the beach would again be changed ! I certainly feel at the moment I would like to be back there but not to be stranded even on an Island ! โฑ๐๐
๐๐๐DONNY ANNOUNCED TODAY ๐๐๐COOL FRONT PAGE ๐GREAT VIDEO BUT SHOULD BUY VEGAS TICKETS TO SEE DONNY โLIVEโ ๐ค๐โPERSONALISED BIRTHDAY CARDโ is a FAB SURPRISE TO RECEIVE ๐๐ง๐ฐ
Have a lookโฆ.โDONNY ALL IN ONE PLACEโ suits me !! ๐คฃ๐๐
When this news came through last night -20th August – I will say I was totally confused! How could Donny be performing here at The London Palladium in December in โPantoLandโ AND be performing in VEGAS from end August ! How could he possibly be doing it ALL ? ๐ณ๐บ๐ป BUT HE ISโฆโฆโฆ..!! ๐๐ณ
๐๐บ๐ป๐๐บ๐ปEXCITING TIMES COMING ๐๐๐บ๐ป๐๐บ๐ป
Starting Saturday 4th December for 5 weeks through to 9th January 2022 ๐๐๐๐๐๐