A Very Special 15th Birthday

We had the special blessing of playing our harps for our dear friend, Juliana's 15th birthday. It was not a typical birthday celebration unless you are from Mexico. The day started late morning with a High Tea for just the ladies and young girls. Almost 50 ladies attended an outdoor tea to celebrate the special day as we played our harps. Everyone received a special tea cup to take home. This was followed by a gala dinner at a local mexican restaurant where Heavenly Harps played throughout the meal. The celebration was highlighted by Juliana's first dance with her Father to celebrate her coming into womanhood. Heavenly Harps played Canon in D in duet. It was beautiful! Can't wait to play for your wedding, Juliana!

Harps Through History

Heavenly Harps had the unique opportunity to don their Victorian dresses for a presention at Medical Manor. Mallory, Morgan, Marisa, and even Mom brought historic music to life for a very attentive group of senior citizens who actually lived through some of it! We love to wear our long dresses my Mom made for our trip to Jamestown. Everyone enjoyed our costumes and our music!

Orland Park Fine Arts Festival

It was our pleasure to take the center stage at the Orland Park Fine Arts Festival. Today it was duet harps accompanied by a misty rain! We were thankful for the sunshine that broke through for the hour that we played. We had a wonderful crowd! We were asked to play for a Victorian Christmas program in December 2009. This is a dream come true for us -- we love the Victorian period and already have the costumes!

Open House Gala at Lexington

Heavenly Harps was thrilled to be asked to play for the Open House Gala at Lexingtion for their new unit. We had a chance to see many of the physicians that we play our harps for at their various dinner receptions.

The Blushing Bride

Every bride is so beautiful! The stunning wedding gowns and gorgeous bouquets leave every young girl breathless. We again had the pleasure of playing our harps for a fabulous wedding and reception. A beautiful sunny day with a picture perfect wedding party accompanied by of course, Heavenly Harps!

Tea for Two and Two for Tea

It was our great pleasure to once again play our harp for the annual Spring Tea at the Children's Farm. The flowers at each table were a dainty arrangement of bleeding hearts, tea roses, and baby's breath. The tea dainties were scrumptious arrangements of homemade delights. We took our spot by the great fire place in the main hall. What a beautiful way to spend the afternoon on this spring day -- tea for two!

The Thrills of Blueberry Hill

Heavenly Harps is becoming a regular at Blueberry Hill in LaGrange. We are thankful for the opportunity to play our harps for the breakfast and lunch crowds at Blueberry Hill restaurant. There is never an empty table and we know why! The pancakes are the best in town. We are thankful for Mr. Chris, the owner, who delights us with wonderful, fluffy warm pancakes when we play our harps twice a month. Pass the syrup!

Heavenly Harps at the Gala

Could there be a more fitting evening than to be a child born in Oak Lawn and playing a harp for a Gala event to raise funds for the Children's Museum? With 250 generous guests, the Oak Lawn Children's Museum is in good hands to reach goals to complete the Children's Museum by December 2008. Mallory and Morgan of Heavenly Harps were honored to bring beautiful music to the Gala dinner.

Valentine Harps at The Center

What a wonderful way to celebrate Valentine's Day -- at The Center! Some of our favorite people and some of our favorite animals. We were not in our farm clothes today. It was our long formals with sparkly hot pink! Despite the snow, almost 40 listeners relaxed to sonnets of love and beautiful harp music. But never fear . . . we'll be back to work on the farm on Thursday! Who ever said that harps and goats don't mix?!

And a Partridge in a Pear Tree!

Heavenly Harps had a grand Christmas Season of music at many events. Let's see if we can put this to music: 6 local restaurants, 5 dinner parties, 4 Christmas receptions, 3 bank lobbies, 2 joyful weddings, and harp playing angels at a floral shop! We just love the Christmas season!

Heavenly Harps at House Walk

Wow! Beautiful houses from the greater Orland Park area were on display to hundreds of local residents. We had the opportunity to provide Classical and Christmas music for this event. Heavenly Harps was noted with picture in Elite magazine.

Heavenly Harps in Florida

Today we left for 2 weeks in Florida. We are going down for a family wedding, mini-cruise, time on the beach, a few days in Disney World, and on to the Creation Museum. Music always sounds better on a beach!

Harps in History

Today, the entire family joined together in our rendition of "Harps in History." All four Ms (Mallory, Morgan, Marisa, and Mia) loaded the van with 3 harps, 2 violins, and a flute for a local senior's luncheon. Grandma even came along to assist in driving a few of us over to the luncheon since we couldn't all fit in the van. We wore our 1700's dresses that we made for Jamestown. It was so much fun to include the whole family in this historical presentation. Our Mom made it a point to include the history of chocolate since Hershey Kisses were celebrating their 100th year. She always finds a way to talk about her favorite food!

A Diamond Studded Harp Extravaganza

Today we had the opportunity to play for the gala celebration of a large jewelry gallery. We had so much fun during those three hours! The jewelry was beautiful! Several limousines brought interested (and wealthy!) buyers to the event. We were dazzled by one brilliant necklace that we discovered later fetched a whopping $750,000! Thankfully, we are not "jewelry people " although everything was quite sparkly and gorgeous.

Mother's Day Celebration

This afternoon we had the wonderful opportunity to play our harps for a Mother's Day Tea in South Holland. We had so much fun meeting everyone. We had one little family who came early and stayed late . . . they clapped for every song we played. They were such an encouragement!

Harps in the Capital

Today was a test of faith . . . Mallory removed the ski boot keeping her ankle in place and wrapped her ankle in a tight ace wrap so that she could play the harp. We played in the Howlett Auditorium in Springfield. Very picturesque! It was fun to have many homeschool friends there in the audience. Everything went very well and we had so much fun playing the harp. Afterwards, we did a little sightseeing at Lincoln's tomb. A great day in Springfield!

A Broken Chord Isn't Always a Good Thing

Today was a little discouraging . . . Mallory jumped over a play toy in the backyard and landed on her foot wrong. A trip to the doctor and an x-ray revealed torn ligaments and a bone chip. Not good the day before a harp performance! You need your feet (and ankles) to press the harp pedals for key changes. I Thessalonians encourages us with "that which He calls us to, He is faithful to do it!" This was our prayer to the Lord for the next day . . . we were going to play our harps for Legislative Day in Springfield.

Tea for Two!

What a beautiful afternoon . . . the sun was shining, fluffy clouds, and a lodge nesteled in the woods! This was the setting for the harp and afternoon tea for the two of us. We were blessed with the opportunity to share our harp music with over 150 ladies brought together for High Tea at the Center. We met so many interesting ladies with hats of all types: the red hats, Irish hats, Dutch hats, and just plain beautiful "afternoon tea hats." Tea for two . . . and two for tea . . . just listen to the harmony!

Harps at the Kids Expo!

Today we played the harp for the Family Time Magazine's Kids Expo. Wow! We have never seen so many kids in one place. Over 3000 kids and their parents came through the Tinley Park Convention Center in the first hour! Another 2000 people after that! We started playing the harp at 8:30 a.m. by the fountain in the lobby. We didn't stop playing until 11:30 a.m. -- no breaks! We had many children and parents stop and listen to the harp music as well as ask about how we got started. It was fun. We played several Disney classics for the kids as well as many classics. What a great morning!

The Cross

Today we were up early to take our trusty harp to play for a Lenten Breakfast at a church in Chicago. The theme was "The Cross." We played all the hymns that had in the title "The Cross." A few of them were: "The Old Rugged Cross," "Down at The Cross," "In the Cross of Christ I Glory," "When I Survey the Wondrous Cross," "At the Cross," "Beneath the Cross," and "Near the Cross." We told the stories behind each hymn writer as we played the harp. We were joined by our long-time pastor, Pastor Clem. He actually wrote the program for us. He has a gift for music and great theme presentations. He has written several other programs for us. We so enjoy presenting with him! There were 80 people in attendance from various churches. We made special book marks that had our theme verse on it, Galatians 6:14. They were very pretty with light purple organza ribbon tied at the bottom. We hope that those there were able to catch a greater glimpse of our Lord, Jesus Christ.