Osmonds will join the Mormon Tabernacle Choir this week for the first time in a pair of concerts celebrating Pioneer Day.

Free tickets for the concerts (at 7:30 p.m. July 25 and 26 at the LDS Church's Conference Center on Temple Square) have already been distributed, but there is a chance - albeit small - to get in. A standby line will form at the North Gate on Temple Square at 6 both evenings.

KBYU-11 will air the concert Saturday at 7:30 p.m. - and offer it live via the Internet at www.byutv.org/streaming.

The concerts will feature a retrospective on the Osmonds' musical legacy, and video passages from past performances, according to a release from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.     Mack Wilberg will direct the concerts.

The Osmonds participating include the Osmond Brothers (Wayne, Merrill and Jay), and Donny, Marie and Jimmy. The singers recently returned from a European tour celebrating the family's 50th anniversary in show business.

Before the Osmonds left for Europe, Merrill Osmond told The Salt Lake Tribune: "Our mother really wanted us to do this. The family got together to look at our priorities. This has been in the works for several years."

The Osmonds' matriarch, Olive, died in 2004.
- David Burger