How to go
What: Kettering Medical Center Foundation’s Heart to Heart Concert with Marie Osmond and David Osmond
Where: Schuster Center, Second and Main streets, Dayton
When: 8:30 p.m. Sunday
Cost: $62
More info: 937-228-3630 or www.ticketcenterstage.com
Artist info: www.marieosmond.com
Even if you haven’t followed Marie Osmond’s five-decade career, you should know who she is.
The singer — headlining Kettering Medical Center Foundation’s upcoming Heart to Heart Concert at the Schuster Center in Dayton on Sunday — is a member of the multigenerational performing family, the Osmonds.
She and her brother Donny, who hosted a popular television variety show in the 1970s, have presented their own live variety show at the Flamingo Hotel in Las Vegas since 2008. She has hosted her own talk show, competed on “Dancing With the Stars,” has her own line of dolls and is a pitchwoman for Nutrisystem.
Osmond was in the television studios of QVC recently when she submitted to a telephone Q&A during a break in production.
Q: Donny dropped out of the Heart to Heart Concert because of a polyp on his vocal cords. How’s he doing?
A: "He's having surgery next week. Everything is looking good. He has a fantastic doctor. We should be back at the Flamingo at the end of September. It's unfortunate Donny can't make it, but this will be a really fun show. My nephew David Osmond is with me. He's a phenomenal entertainer and is perfect for this concert, since it's a benefit for Kettering Medical Center Foundation."
Q: How so?
A: "David has the most remarkable story. He has MS (multiple sclerosis) and was in a wheelchair and then he had this incredible miracle happen to him. The fact he's able to be on stage and sing makes him a perfect fit for this show. He will move this audience. They'll love him."
Q: What can the audience expect from this concert?
A: "My solo show goes from country to rock to pop to Broadway to opera. It's really fun. Of course, we have some production, and I'm bringing in some dancers and our band, which was voted best band in Vegas. I'll be doing some of my earlier hits and some new songs like 'Music Is Medicine' from my upcoming album."
Q: What does “Music Is Medicine” mean to you?
A: "Music really has been my medicine through my life. Instead of getting high on other things, I got high on music. I don't care what kind of music you like, music is a wonderful way to say what is difficult to say when you're going through something. Whether it's losing a child, going through a dark time with divorce or whatever it might be, music has been a wonderful thing for me in my life."
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