Hard Candy: Working for Marie Osmond at Roy Clark Celebrity theater

 Hard Candy: Working for Marie Osmond at Roy Clark Celebrtiy theater

That first year at Roy’s was crazy, I got to meet a ton of stars I’d only been able to see on television, and some influenced me to play the guitar. And pursue understanding music. One star I did some side work for, was Marie Osmond, and it was a very odd request in deed. She wanted me to go to the grocery store and buy candy and bring it back and have her throw it out to the audience. The only problem was she wanted hard candy. I go to the store and bring back $30 in Candy that she gave me cash to buy, and tipped me with the change. 

     Upon first meeting her, she was as gorgeous as they had always said. But she definitely was stand offish. She had been singing for a few years on the Osmond show and her brothers would soon be playing down the street. Where they would later put an ice rink in as well. So I went backstage to grab some money to make the trip, and got to visit with her for a second. And I could believe how nice and professional she was. And dressed to the nines she was. We talked for a second and off I went into the winter cold, with y big jacket on and everything. I was just a kid and she let  me know that. 

     When I arrive back with the candy, Marie is getting ready to go out, and isn’t nervous at all. She was just starting her career and beginning to separate from the bro’s. But she wasn’t nervous in the least. Just gorgeous! So I set all the bags down and went out to see the show, and these missiles started flying from the stage. As it was the hard rock style candy she had me buy. IT was all old folks in the audience that night, as tourists at that time loved to collect show sightings like artificial tiffany china. Marie was hitting them with the hard candy. Which painted quite a disconnect for me and everyone else with her fans. 

     After the show I went through to clean the theater and picked all that candy up the old folks had left, and filled three bags worth. The next night she had me do it all over again, and paid me very well of course.