Odyssey Dance Theatre’s “Christmas Spectacular Spectacular!” had everything you could want in a Christmas show: the Grinch, ugly Christmas sweaters, Santas doing hip-hop moves and Donny Osmond’s nephew.

The performance featured David Osmond, the son of Alan Osmond, singing multiple songs, including “Silent Night” and “Go Tell It On The Mountain.”

Osmond wasn’t the only singer in the show in the spotlight. Cassandra Marie Murphy performed a few solos of her own, as well as a duet of “Allelulah” with Osmond.

Odyssey Dance Theatre’s show is split into two acts. The first half of the show was more upbeat and exciting, while the second half slowed down a bit with songs that were a bit more heartfelt and emotional.

Many of the performances were based on popular Christmas movies such as “Elf,” “It’s A Wonderful Life” and “A Christmas Story.”

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Ebenezer Scrooge made multiple appearances throughout the show, entertaining the crowd as the dancers prepared for the next number.

Towards the end of the performance, Scrooge — played by Eymard Cabling — had his own musical number. He sang the song “Unredeemable.”

The Grinch and Cindy Lou Who, from “How The Grinch Stole Christmas,” played by dancers Carson Oliver and Athena Rogers, also made an appearance.

Both characters performed their own solos. In his, the Grinch did hip-hop moves then popped balloons and took back presents Cindy Lou Who had given to members of the audience.

The two then performed a duet together — the song “Where Are You Christmas?”

Two of the numbers took the performers into the air are they performed aerial arts. Those were some of the most beautiful numbers of the show as the performers did impressive choreography floating in the air.

The aerial performances were done by Jayden Boyce, Hailey Olsen and Alan Brinkerhoff.

Member’s of Odyssey Dance Theatre’s company recreated The Rockettes’ “Parade of The Wooden Soldiers,” complete with the iconic Wooden Soldier Fall.

There were many styles of dance covered throughout the show with a few ballroom numbers, two tap numbers and even an Irish dance.

It was impressive to see many of the same dancers do a variety of styles of dances that are all very different from each other, yet each dance was very well done.

One of the more unique numbers in the show was titled “Breaktime at Macy’s,” which featured members of the company as Santas and elves on break.

The hip-hop performance featured a medley of well-known songs. Most notably, it included “Sweet Caroline” and “Into The Unknown” from “Frozen 2.”

The show included a performance of “Winter Wonderland,” which featured younger students from a different studio each night.

There were a number of other classic Christmas songs included in the show such as “Sleigh Ride” and “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.”

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At the end of the first act, members of the company performed “The Snow Scene” from the “Redux Nut-Cracker,” a contemporary reimagining of the classic ballet.

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It featured Justice Roberts and Pieter ten Bosch from the Chrysalis Ballet Company as the Snow Queen and Snow King.

Each number throughout the performance was unique and it was always exciting to see what would be happening on stage next.

The final performance of the night involved the entire company wearing all of the costumes that were seen throughout the night, along with the singers and the other guest artists.

The Christmas Spectacular runs through Dec. 23 at the Grand Theatre at Salt Lake Community College.

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