I was talking to my father the other day, about his mission to Brazil. I am a musician myself and was interested in his musical endeavours there, and asked him if he had played with anyone else (he played piano/keyboards) while he was there. He mentioned a few names, including an Elder Card who played guitar. This interested me, because I knew from reading one of your introductions or conclusions to a book that you went to Brazil on your mission (I think it was Speaker). I was wondering, if you don't mind sharing, what years you were in Brazil for your mission.
Posted by smc42190 (Member # 7933) on :
It could very possibly be him. His brother, Arlen, as I'm sure you know, is a pretty prominent musician.
Posted by Hebedee (Member # 2110) on :
I did not know that, but Google tells me it is so.
Posted by Orson Scott Card (Member # 209) on :
I was in Brazil from 1971 to 1973 (Dec. 71 to Oct 73, to be more precise) in the Brazil Central/North Central Mission (state of Sao Paulo).
I played keyboard, actually, with a wishful thinking band for a couple of weeks, more as a lark than anything else. I do play guitar, and did when I had a guitar in my hands, but that was rare in Brazil.
Posted by Hebedee (Member # 2110) on :
Looks like you and my father overlapped by a couple of months. His last name is Cahoon. He owned a guitar in the last months of his mission, which he enjoyed playing. However, as he lived in Utah, the guitar exploded (read: cracked heavily) on arrival because of the humidity difference between Brazil and Salt Lake City.
[ May 04, 2005, 11:33 AM: Message edited by: Hebedee ]
Posted by Orson Scott Card (Member # 209) on :
The humidity difference is only slightly less than the difference between the moon and 200 meters down in the Arctic Ocean (which, as is widely known, is the wettest of Earth's bodies of water).