Peter planned a surprise for our date for my birthday! He took me to see the Piano Guys in St. George! Steven Sharp Nelson was supposed to be there, but actually wasn't able to be there because on his way to St. George, his wife called and said she was having her baby! So, unfortunately, we didn't get to see Steven in person, but he contacted us via video adn let us see him play his cello for his new baby girl for the very first time! It was awesome! For the songs that Steven was supposed to play, they simply played the audio or the video recording of him playing it, and Jon Schmidt played the piano along with the recording. In spite of Steven's absence, or maybe because of it, the concert was like tailored for me. Jon was able to play a lot of songs himself, which I love, being a pianist. He even threw in Jessica's Theme from Man from Snowy River, which he doesn't normally play. At the ends, we got him to play two encore's: the first was Dumb Song, which was really fun--he put on a bright red wig and danced crazily. But he said if he was going to play Dumb Song as the encore, he had to play one more song after that. So then he played Can't Help Falling in Love, which is another of my favorite pieces! It was sooo awesome. Then, he came out to the lobby after the show, and we were able to get his autograph and a picture with him. It was totally fun! Peter did such a good job with our date!
