We went to the Friday night performance of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir Pioneer Day Commemoration Concert with their special guests, The Osmond Family. It was a great concert, and Pres. Monson was there!
The choir sang several songs, then the Osmonds came onstage and sang some of their hits. Then Marie sang "How Great Thou Art". The choir then sang some more songs, and soon the Osmonds were back onstage. They sang more of their hits, and then Donny sang a beautiful song titled "Whenever You're In Trouble". He told a story about his son being on a mission and needing his help, then how his parents were always there for him, and how the Savior is always there for us. Next they sang "Through the Years" and they were all crying by the end of the song. The televised broadcast of it live on Saturday showed even more emotions as they realized it was their last performance of their 50th anniversary tour. When they sang "Are You Up There/I Believe", they brought older brothers Tom and Virl up onstage to sign the songs. The family joined the choir at the end of the show singing "Come, Come Ye Saints" which has special meaning to those of the LDS faith about the Pioneers who came to the Salt Lake Valley. Be sure to catch this concert on the BYU channel when it is rebroadcast.
After the performance, as we were leaving, we stopped at the corner to wait for the signal. Merrill was in a car that turned the corner, so we were able to wave and say hi. It brought back a lot of fun memories.
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