Harpalicious

Some of you know that Emmy has played the harp for over a year now. She is so proud of it and begs to give a personal recital to whoever comes to our door. I am amazed at how fast she is picking things up and I also love having this cute little harp as a piece of furniture in our home. To me, it's all about music and opportunity and culture and all that jazz.

Speaking of jazz Emmy's teacher highly recommended we go to a concert of a lady, Deborah Henson-Conant and promised we would be greatly entertained. Ayson, Emmy and I went. It was at the Triple Door Theater in Seattle which serves dinner while you watch the show. The girls thought it was so fancy. It was also a BLAST! Oh my word, this woman is known for playing the harp blues style. She calls the harp a naked piano or says that the piano is a harp in armor. She plays the harp like it's a guitar. She is so unique and fun. If you ever see this woman in your town performing, even if you don't play the harp you will still love her. She is a supremo entertainer. As I watched her play I was so envious because I could feel that she was LOVING what she was doing. She was amazingly good at what she was doing and she loved doing it and she got paid for doing it. What a gift. Emmy and Ady begged to buy one of all the CDs and DVDs that she's done only so we could take home a little of what we saw and share with the rest of the family. (just for the record we only bought 1 CD). They loved it too. I loved showing the girls what fun you can have with music...with your talents. That the show was a reflection of hours and hours of practicing and working and lessons and money. A mom's job is all about planting seeds...they agreed that it was worth it all.

This is a clip of the opening number she did for us. It just got better and better as the night progressed.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjKMz-3M9dM