Coming Back Down to Earth

I realise that this has been one of the longest breaks I took from recording down my thoughts in my blog. Ya..a little melodramatic, but I actually got into the habit of writing something on a daily basis. But work is taking me away from what I like to do.

Wait a minute...Work? Isn't it supposed to be the holidays?
Technically, it is the holidays, but no. I have been clocking the same hours I do on a regular school day, and now with the concert coming up, I am high strung again. But fortunately, the concert is coming along, and I am glad that my younger colleages are really learning the ropes about how things are run...and seeing the need to really keep calm when feathers are being ruffled, and egos are bruised.

Sigh...maybe in a way, I am suffering from Osmonds withdrawals. You know, the excitment had really built up to such a height, that I wonder if it was really me doing all those crazy stunts.

Do you know that for the past two nights, I have been trying to jot down my thoughts about the Osmonds concert, but really found it so hard to do so? How do I explain this?

I guess I will be grateful that I got to meet them all in persons, and because of them, got reconnected with a lot of my old friends. At the concert itself, while the ladies were going crazy when Donny came down to the audience, I was calm in my seat. Hehehe...nice to hear that according to Glen Ong on 95FM that his mother and mother-in-law got to grope...er...hug Donny. Perhaps the only time when there was a tinge of envy creeping in was when he serenaded Mrs Nathan with "Are you lonesome tonight"

But I am so glad that the show was more about the brothers...Alan (who at one point threw his cane and started dancing),Wayne with his crinkly smile, Merrill (the ever handsome silver fox) and Jay....Hey for a 53-year old guy, his drum solo was OUT OF THIS WORLD! Go Jay go! (I wish they had included " turn the beat around...got to hear percussions..turn it upside down...got to feel it...got to feel it..."

The waves of nostalgia washed over me. I was a teenager again, buoyed by their rhythmic beats. And even when they sang the selection of songs which they claimed never made it as #1 singles...I realised how the lyrics were unleashed in my head...from "I, I , I ...to the sweet melody of "At the Rainbow's End." I loved every moment of it...from"The Proud One, Love Me for a Reason, Let Me In...to songs from "The Plan" album.

Did I groove?hehehehehe...
I must say that our audience is still very sedate...We still were self-conscious and clapped politely at the end of each performance. The first few who went to the barrier (well, we had to protect the President right?), were shooed back. It really took Donny's walk among the audience to get the 'aunties' (and some uncles) into a screaming frenzy.

The nostalgia is tinged with sadness. It struck me that the 50th Anniversary concert is their way of saying goodbye to their friends. I am glad that for this leg of the concert, the spotlight was more on the older brothers...and Merrill got back his spot as the lead singer.

They were really giving it all to their fans...and it was an evening that I would not forget so easily.
Goodbye Osmond Brothers...thank you for being part of my growing up memories. Your music will always be special to me.