By TLDR: we got a standing ovation for our performance of Nine Twelve and it was an overwhelmingly cool moment.
It took a long time for me to get to that stage. A lot of failed attempts at finding my voice that I guess weren’t really failures but rather steps I had to take to get to this point of the journey.
Despite it being the largest crowd that I’ve performed for, I wasn’t nervous. Faith and fear can’t be present in the same heart at the same time so I tried to choose faith. But really I just felt like that was where I was supposed to be on that night, in a beautiful symphony hall sharing a message I felt inspired and passionate about, and just having an amazing experience with the audience, the Ensign Symphony & Chorus, and Jennifer Thomas.
This won’t be the last such moment, but it will be treasured as a first.
I also performed a mashup of my poem “Fighters” with Jennifer’s new song “Ascension”. We’re planning to release some videos of the concert soon.
And took some time to explore Seattle and the Olympic Peninsula:
