This is just for a tribute to Chris and his decision to go on an LDS mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He just turned in his papers to find out where the Lord would have him go... and we're all awaiting the news of when and where he will be serving. I know that he will do a great job and I know that God will bless him for his efforts. Here is a taste of what he will teach. Good Luck Bro and I know that you'll do a great job.
I know this was a while ago but this is the first time I got to sit down and search for online and talk about it. So a couple of months ago I got to do this shoot for my Uncle Jay and I just thought Id share it with you.
It was fun we had the drumsticks hanging from the ceiling and green screened the whole shoot. Thanks for a fun shoot Uncle Jay!
So I've been getting more and more emails and messages about the family photo that I did for my family because supposedly there are a lot of people that didn't get to see that coverage on the insider. So here is the photo of my great family (at least I think there great)... The photo is small because the blogger template column is not very wide and the picture is pretty panoramic so I'm sorry about that.
The story of this picture is that my family wanted to do a new picture now that we have two new additions to the family, Shelby and Emery. So we went to this field and I saw these weeds and I thought "this is perfect!" but I think that my family thought I was a bit crazy. We got out and I put the camera on a tripod but I forgot my remote to get the camera to take the picture so I had to run back and forth for the 10 different shots we took like this. I'm sure it was kind of funny to see if you didn't know what was happening. Despite the embarrassment of running back and forth it turned out great and it even had airtime on the insider.
Left to Right
Me (Brandon), my HOT wife (Shelby, The best addition to the family by a long shot), Don, Dad (Donny because you dont know him as dad only I do haha), Mom (Debbie...ditto), Josh, Chris, Emery, Melisa, Jeremy, Dylan
Brandon Osmond came out the winner last night at the Mormon Times Showcase concert at the Covey Arts Center. Congratulations, Brandon!
A special Thank You to photographer Jeremy Hall who is allowing us to use his photo. To find out more about Jeremy and his photography, please visit his website: www.whatsgottastay.com
Brandon made it to the finals for the Showcase competition of the Mormon Times competition. The finalists will perform this Thursday at 7:30 at the Covey Center in Provo, Utah. Click on the link below to purchase tickets.
Mormon Times presents The Showcase Concert
Sponsored by Zions Bank
March 19 7:30 p.m. $10 regular $8 students/seniors/groups of 20 or more
Join us as we honor six of the greatest rising musicians!
The Final Six have fought their way to the top of a 3-month-long competition for the chance to win the grand prize of $5,000. The second place winner will receive $2,000, and third place will receive $1,000.
All six finalists will perform at this concert, and the winner will be announced!
His older brother Don has asked us to let everyone know that Brandon has made it into the Semi-Finals round at the Mormon Times competition and needs everyone to vote for him during the next two weeks: Feb 16 through Mar 2.
This is a place for singers/songwriters to share their music. Brandon was chosen as one of the top four semi-finalists out of more than 30 contestnats in round one.
Don shares these instructions:
"If you don't all ready have an account with Mormon Times, you'll need to get one set up. CLICK HERE! (Don't worry. You don't need to be a Mormon to sign up, and they will not send missionaries to your home. Everyone I've talked to has said they have never received any unsolicited information or spam from the Web site -- I was worried about that, too!)
After you've signed up and logged in, go to this link -- CLICK HERE!
Everyone gets one vote per day, so make sure you go back as often as you remember and vote for him.
Shaun Barrowes, Due West, Brandon Osmond and Amy Van Wagenen have emerged as the first four semifinalists in MormonTimes.com's "Showcase," the free online music video contest.
They were the top four in the voting that began Nov. 15 and ended at midnight Monday.
"The talent is incredible," said Bob Wood, Mormon Times' marketing director. He said there were 52 entries in "Showcase," and 108 artists have uploaded music to the site so far.
Barrowes, of Spanish Fork, made it to the final 48 in the seventh season of "American Idol" and has released a jazz/pop CD titled "Big Bang Theory."
Due West, a country trio, is made up of Matt Lopez of Wyoming, Tim Gates of Utah and Brad Hull of Arizona. They have been part of the Nashville club scene since 2004.
Brandon Osmond, of Orem, is the son of Donny Osmond and has been writing songs since high school, He served an LDS mission to Scotland.
Amy Van Wagenen, of Salt Lake City, is the mother of four children and just recently returned to making music now that her children are older.
Their videos will be on the Showcase Web site through the next rounds of voting.
The second round of voting, which began Tuesday, will run through Jan. 15, and the third round will run from Jan. 16 through Feb. 15. The four semifinalists from those rounds will join Barrowes, Due West, Osmond and Van Wagenen for the final voting, which will run Feb. 16 through March 1.
Musicians who have the top six videos at the end of final voting will be featured at a live concert in March 19 at 7:30 at the Covey Center for the Arts in Provo. The top vote-getter, who will win a $5,000 first prize, will be announced at the concert. Second prize will be $2,000 and third prize will be $1,000.
Wood said musicians can enter the contest at any time and that the interpretation of a music video is lenient. It can be a full-fledged video or photos and music, he said.
Videos may be of any musical genre -- not limited to spiritual -- but must be five minutes or fewer and conform to standards of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in both lyrics and appearance.
There is no cost to enter, and musicians who don't want to compete in "Showcase" may upload their music as well.
Voters must register as users on the site, Wood said, but it's an easy process. Once registered, people can vote once a day.
For more information on entering or voting, visit MormonTimes.com and click on "Showcase." MORMON TIMES
We ran across this on the blogosphere and thought we'd pass the link along. (see bottom of the page to visit the original post and read it all.)
Brandon and Shelby got married on Wednesday and their reception was Friday night. "The whole setting was gorgeous, even though the torrential downpour at the beginning left all of us soaking wet and ducking for cover. Shelby's dress was gorgeous and she looked like an angel. Brandon was handsome as ever and they both looked so incredibly happy."
"LDC sang two numbers for them, Gentle Voice and When Love Came Down. . . Donny was running around getting the whole thing on video and the photographer who was shooting pictures at 40 beats a minute!"
"Donny was thrown in the pool while wearing his tux! . . . He proceeded to get out and throw his son's girlfriend in as well. She was such a good sport, climbing out in her black cocktail dress and high heels. "
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