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.

February 17, 2007 More Snow!

Today was another winter storm warning and guess what . . . we were scheduled to play the harp again at a dinner celebration for 200! We knew that this wouldn't be cancelled. Again . . . Harps to the rescue! Out in the snow and ice we went with our monstrous harp! Carefully and lovingly we transported it to the Orland Chateau. What a great time of playing the harp!

February 13, 2007 A Valentine's Blizzard!

What a day we had! We awoke to a winter storm warning and a thick blanket of blowing snow coming down. This is great if you don't need to leave your house. BUT we had a scheduled Valentine luncheon to play for at The Center in Palos Park. We thought perhaps they would cancel, but the event was as planned. NEVER FEAR . . . HARPS ARE HERE! Through the wintery blizzard conditions we dragged our harp from the car into the lodge with our red velvet dresses and red ballet slippers in tow. We went from Nanuck of the North to Valentines Day harpists in a half hour! Our program was an arrangement of lovely poetry accompanied by harp music. We took turns reading the beautiful selections to the wonderful sounds of harp by the warm, stone fireplace. We even gave the history behind chocolate and gave everyone beautiful little chocolate bouquets we had made prior to the luncheon. What a wonderful way to spend a snowy afternoon!

December 30, 2006 A Not So Heavenly Day

Today was not one of our best days. Three out of four of "the girls" were sick with the flu. We are thankful that we didn't have anything scheduled to play for. The only person who feels well in our house is Mia, our 3 year old sister. She received a bike with training wheels for Christmas and she continually rides it back and forth in the house. This is not a good thing when you feel sick! We are hoping to feel better in the morning!