Donny.com - Day #2

(Donny giving everyone a pep talk before we started ... look how happy Diane is to be near him.)



(This is Donny's son Brandon.  He was taking video all weekend ... so cute.)

On the second day of the Get Together Donny and Marie performed a matinee of their show at the Flamingo just for the Donny.com crowd. They are both really great entertainers and the show was awesome.  I can't believe they are both around my age and can get up and perform like they do show after show.

I mean, for heaven's sake.  Diane sent me a link from youtube of Donny doing a dance routine for "Yo Yo."  That was the song he wanted everyone to learn for his flash mob dance at the Forum Shops at Ceaser's Palace.  The second night of the event was when it was happening.  They closed down the mall, filed all of the Donny crowd across the street from the Flamingo, and away it went. Filming started around midnight.

Diane had been practicing the dance for about a month and I had about a week ... there was no way I was going to get this routine down.  Chloe (bless her little heart) said, "Mom, I will help you learn it.  We can work on it every night together.  This is a once in a lifetime opportunity and you have to do it so I can live vicariously through you!"  (Now being a part of a flash mob dance would really be super cool - if you are familiar with a flash mob dance.  If you aren't, click here for one of my favorites. This, however, ended up being a MOB of people dancing along with Donny ... not so flash "mobbish" afterall.)

I did try.  And I tried a few more times in the hotel room once we got there, but it just wasn't happening.  I am old ... I haven't danced in 100 years so I told Diane that I would be happy to just document the event for her.  And that is what I did.  (I am telling you ...me and the paparazzi ... same.  I walked into that Forum Shop mall, noticed Donny's wife and son sitting in a roped off area and planted myself right there.)

Good stuff happening over in that little area:

(Donny with his wife, Debbie and their son, Josh.)

(Donny surveying the scene ... a daughter in law with her kids.)

(This is my favorite photo of the entire weekend!!!)

(Three different news anchors were there for an interview.)

(Uh oh. Pretty sure Donny noticed me ... since I was everywhere.)

AND THEN THE PARTY STARTED .....

It really was a blast to be a part of this.  Donny said he wants to do it every year and get bigger and bigger until his crowd fills Las Vegas Blvd.  Who's in?!??!?