Donny looks like he's partying it up with a glass of apple juice in his hand. On the left hand side, Marie is doing her imitation of a "Marie Osmond Doll".

A couple of days ago, my wife and I saw them at the "Four Seasons Theatre" in Toronto. It was a good show, but an expensive one. There were empty seats in the balcony sections. These seats should have been offered at half price on the day of the performance.

Until recently, I've never been a fan of Donny and Marie. I've got only one song by Donny on my Ipod and it's from the musical "Joseph and The Technicolour Dream Coat".  This is a great Andrew Lloyd Webber tune and Donny does it very well.

Donny has always done other singers' music well. Look at the cover hits he produced from Frankie Avalon's "Why", Steve Lawrence's "Go Away Little Girl", Paul Anka's "Puppy Love", and Nat King Cole's "Too Young".

I preferred the original version of these songs and that's why I wasn't a big Osmond fan.

At the concert, Donny introduced four backup dancers as Michael Jackson's brothers. This was the best laugh of the night.

They, then went into an original Osmond number called "Yo-Yo". They danced on stage just like in the YouTube video. It was very funny and very good. Justin Beiber eat your heart out.

He also did an Osmond heavy techno rock number called "Crazy Horses". This couldn't have been done better by Lady Gaga. 

Maria Osmond did her own cover versions of Anti Bryant's hit, "Paper Roses" and the Andrew sisters' hit, "The Boogie-Woogie  Bugle Boy of Company B". The bugle boy tune was especially entertaining because of the dance and horn solos weaved into the song.

The fact that many of these covers hit the million mark in sales is a testimony to the endurance of good music through time with different generations.

When a singer or listener makes a song a personal favourite, it stays with him/her forever. Thank you, Maria and Donny for teaching us again about the timelessness of youthful music. Four Stars!!!