I've decided that if you ever want to 'happen' to run into any Mormon celebrities
in you life, come live at the Jerusalem Center for a few months. Cause
everybody wants to visit the holy land and the JC is the
only LDS
church meeting around. So I was sitting in a lovely fast and testimony meeting
only to discover that Jon Schmidt was sitting there with us! Who knew! So I'm
not exactly sure how it came about but he had a concert in the Augustus
Victoria church for free:D Well I certainly wasn't going to pass that one up so
we got permission to leave after dark and all the JC students walked over to
hear the infamous Jon Schmidt play the piano. I found it ironic that all this
most beautiful and elaborate church had by way of pianos was a dusty little
upright, but when you play like this guy apparently it doesn't matter what kind
of piano your using because it was spectacular! The acoustics in that church
are amazing and added a whole level of awesomeness to the performance. I love
his music. He's pretty much a hero in my eyes, gives me something to aspire to
:D Mostly what’s inspirational about his playing is that you can tell that he
just absolutely loves doing it. His joy and passion are contagious!
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