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.