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Summer’s coming

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Summer’s coming July 29 to August 10, 2024

This is the time of year when I start to run down the summer happenings that I’m looking forward to, hopefully in enough time that you can also plan to come along too!  The great thing about summer events is that they offer an opportunity to learn and do in ways that don’t happen as much throughout the rest of the year.  They are built on the break summer seems to bring to our “every day” world.  And better still summer events have great opportunities to learn and grow…and have a little fun!

This summer we will have our first Harp the Highlands and Islands trip that starts in Ireland (don’t worry, we make it to Scotland too)! We’ll travel with the amazing Alexandra who is not only a teacher but also a historian (by dint of education and enthusiasm!). She has planned a compelling itinerary and we’ve layered harp events on an unending array of beautiful and interesting stuff. 

Things we changed – we starting in Ireland and will see parts that aren’t as well traveled (which leaves us open to exploring more than the usual stuff). Things we haven’t changed – we still have a small band of travelers (no more than 8!) that ensures you have an intimate and tailored visit. We’ll meet local people and learn tunes and have an incredible time doing it!  And just when we’re fit to burst from Ireland, we’ll head over to Scotland and do it some more!

You know that having music in each travel day will make it all the more fun – and since we’re not just listening to it, we’ll be even tighter with itinerary informing the tunes we learn.  We’ll start in Shannon and then travel north to enjoy some time on the Wild Atlantic Way, visit castles, holiday towns, and meet some of the locals. We’ll also check out the stunning Kylemore Abbey! Then we’ll continue north towards Belfast and discover what makes the Northern coast so enchanting. We’ll cross over to Scotland in style on the ferry then round out our adventure in Glasgow and Edinburgh.  Here’s what’s coming:

Day 1 – Welcome to the Emerald Isle! We start at Shannon International, shake off that jet lag and head north on the Wild Atlantic Way.  First stop – Galway and then we’ll make our way to Westport. From here we’ll set out to explore this amazing corner of the world.

Day 2 – We’ll launch out today to explore the Connemara National Park. Nestled into the lakeside, Kylemore Abbey waits for us to enjoy. We’ll take a tour of the main house as well as the chapel, and gardens where the famous Kylemore ponies wait to greet us! We’ll head back to Westport for the evening our daily harp workshop.

Day 3 – Deep in County Mayo, we’ll visit the famous Ashford Castle grounds as we participate in a Hawk Walk with the National School of Falconry. Here, you’ll meet the local residents and get to know why this sport became such an important part of Ireland’s history. After, we’ll sit down for a lovely lunch at the Ashford cottage complex before heading back to Westport and our daily harp workshop.

Day 4 – We’ll head north to meet a phenomenal athlete, Moe, the sheepdog! Moe will teach us all about how amazing she is and why the relationship between shepherd and dog is so vital to this industry. After a quick lunch, we’ll saddle up and take in the splendor of the Irish coast on the iconic beaches of Donegal. We’ll arrive back in Westport for our daily harp workshop and an evening in this charming vacation town.

Day 5 – We’ll say so long to Westport and head into Northern Ireland. Along the way we’ll pull over and enjoy some of the hidden secrets in the small towns that dot the area. We’ll head to the northern coast of Ireland where we’ll learn a little about the distilling process at the world famous Bushmills Whiskey Distillery! We’ll enjoy the seaside town of Portrush and check in with our daily harp workshop.

Day 6 – Today, we’ll take in the splendor of the iconic Giant’s Causeway. We’ll learn the scientific reason why the causeway exists and maybe check in on the reason the locals think it sits here on the northern coast. After, we’ll enjoy an evening consisting of our daily harp workshop and dinner along the scenic coast.

Day 7 – We’ll make our way into Belfast where we’ll learn about the Titanic and its connection to Ireland. Our daily harp workshops continue and dinner will be a short distance away in our city center.

Day 8 – We’ll spend the morning learning about the history of Belfast’s most infamous story, “The Troubles”. This part of Belfast history is best told in the murals that dot the neighborhoods in the west of town. After, we’ll say goodbye to Ireland and take the Stenna Line Ferry across the Irish Sea and arrive in Cairnryan Scotland. We’ll head north for Glasgow to start our Scottish adventure!

Day 9 – Our Glasgow adventure continues as we take in some of the local sites and enjoy noting the differences between each side of the Irish Sea. We’ll spend the day enjoying all things Scottish then settle in for our workshop time and dinner just a walk away from our hotel.

Day 10 – We are off to our final destination! Edinburgh awaits us with plenty to see and to do! We’ll arrive in style by train and pull into Waverly Station. from here, we are just a short distance to our hotel. Just off the Royal Mile, we’ll set out to enjoy the local area and enjoy our workshop as well as dinner.

Day 11 – Edinburgh continues to delight and today we will take in one of the marquee events! After enjoying Rosslyn chapel to the south of town, we’ll have an early afternoon workshop before heading to the world famous Military Tattoo at the Castle. This spectacular show never disappoints and promises to entertain and delight.

Day 12 – We’ll round out our time in Edinburgh with a few optional tours and destinations and complete our workshop series today. There will be plenty to choose from depending on your interests. From The Whiskey Experience to Holyrood Palace, we’ll get you started in the right direction to enjoy all Edinburgh has to offer. We’ll end the day with our signature farewell dinner then give everyone a little time to pack up before our airport transfers tomorrow.

Departure Day – We know that this experience will have you falling in love with both sides of the Irish Sea! As we say goodbye to you here, know that both Ireland and Scotland fondly await your return!

As always, we’ll get to know you so that we will be able to find those little corners of Ireland and Scotland that delight and enchant. From magical bookstores, fabled artworks, and secret passageways, we’ll share with you those little things that make this the experience of a lifetime.

Our estimated price for the 2024 season is $4700.00 plus airfare.  What’s Included?

  • Breakfast at our hotels and dinners at unique locations daily.
  • Balance between scheduled experiences and unscheduled time to explore further or relax as you choose.
  • Plenty of downtime to enjoy unscheduled moments any way you please.
  • All attraction tickets and passes for experiences and guided tours (always with local experts).
  • All transportation including airport transfers upon arrival and departure.
  • Daily music workshop time to develop those crucial skills (and a small harp – no traveling with your harp!).
  • A dedicated opportunity to refresh your bags during our travels.

So you’re interested, right? Let us know so we can keep you in the loop! Details and fine print here on the website.  Have questions?  I’m happy to answer any you have. 

Are you coming?  Let me know in the comments!

Join Celtic Journeys in 2024

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Join Celtic Journeys in 2024

We have visited Scotland on the Harp the Highlands and Islands trips since 2010, so I was understandably sad when my dear friend David shared that he was ready to move along, fully retire, and enjoy more time with his lovely wife, Heather.  They both had done so much to share their country with harpers and harp appreciators that I couldn’t even imagine that I would be able to continue sharing the music of my favorite place on earth with other harpers (and their fans)!

But, honestly, I didn’t want to be done, and I didn’t have a solution, which made me sad.  Curiously, life in my world is always interesting, and another opportunity sprang up.

It’s a wonderful alignment with a travel company that specializes in small group travel experiences – much like what David had crafted.  I am so excited to join with Babcia and Yiayia who get what I wanted to share with you!  I think you’ll enjoy the B&Y approach too!

The focus is on creating a thoughtfully curated package of experiences that includes site seeing, interacting with people, and enjoying history, culture, food, and events, as well as incorporating a harp events where you learn and grow!  As before, the harp will be there for you (no schleping your own!).  And we know that not everyone necessarily plays the harp so harp appreciators are welcome to join us!   Play another small trad instrument? Also welcome!

Over the years, you had said that you’d like to see Ireland as well as Scotland and I heard you!  This year we have a completely new itinerary – on this trip we will travel for nearly two weeks, starting in Ireland and ending in Scotland!  The 13 day/12 night trip will include highlights of the north of Ireland and Northern Ireland with stops in Galway, Connemara, Antrim, and Belfast to see hawks, sheepdogs, giants, and glorious scenery.  Then we’ll travel to Scotland to see the sites of Glasgow and Edinburgh including the Royal Mile and the Edinburgh Tattoo!

The trip will be 29 July – 10 August and there are details here on the trip page.  If you have questions, ask away!   I am looking forward to seeing all these fantastic things with you!

Another great trip!

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Well, I’m home again but have one more set of photos to share.  We had a wonderful time, lots of fun and laughs and tunes!  Last week we were nearly done but not quite, so here’s a little more:  Then it was time to come home.

The funky Edinburgh wall paper from my last night’s hotel, I never miss the beach! Another landscape, and the ultimate Edinburgh view – the Castle

David wasn’t finished! We went to Ballindalloch Castle, seat of the Laird of the Grant.  We shared tunes in the beautiful dining room, toured the house, the gardens, and the tea shop!  We (finally) got a group shot – happy harpers and harp appreciators!  Here I mixed in some other photos from before I left – a glorious sunset, the Queen’s Jubilee display from the Princes Street Gardens in Edinburgh, that breathtaking sky.  And another tiny sink – this one in the hotel I stayed in before my flight home.

You already know I love the sky in Scotland, so another look.  The tiny sink from St. Andrews. A shot of the port of Stonehaven.  Nearby is Dunottar Castle ruin.  We spent a lot of time going places, so the road deserves a shot!

It really was a fantastic trip with good company – I can’t wait to go again.  But this week is a turn around – because next week we’re at Ohio Scottish Games and Ohio Scottish Arts School!  I’ll be teaching so I will probably be back to my usual forgetting to take photos but I’ll try!

Scotland through Strings

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We met up as a group just after last week’s post and I’ve been posting to facebook but I know that not everyone is on that platform so I promised more here.  This week, just a collection of photos I’ve taking.  We’ve played harp every day and had a great time. We’re not done yet, so I’ll be posting a few more, but for now…

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We were in Perth and went to the very interesting Black Watch Museum – where I found sheet music and heard some tunes I know and some I didn’t!

Gratuitous waterfall and mountains as well as Wade’s Bridge which I always love seeing!

I found historical harps in Fort William’s small but mighty museum after watching the magical viaduct for approaching trains and a couple of gratuitous nature shots.

While in Skye we were intrepid travelers, even in the face of pelting rain and gusty winds – which lead to beautiful rapids. We got enough clear to see Portree and the Tongadale Hotel – that was reel-y fun to see.

On Skye, the weather made us all want to sing sea shanties about being caught in a storm! But it lead to great views, including the Old Man of Storr who was hiding in a cloud. and my impression of a sheep…

Back to the (much drier) mainland for Fort George, some wildlife, an amazing sunset and another harp!

Since we’re not done yet, there could be more – I’d love to hear which photos you liked and what you’d like to hear more about!

And so we prepare

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I’m really excited to be in Scotland!  David will get us started on our trip soon but until then, I’ve been visiting friends and seeing the sites that have always seemed not quite important enough to have fitted in before.  Boy was that dumb!

So this week (and next) rather than my usual wordy posts about practicing or playing or theory or technique – mostly photos of lovely days out!  The weather has been exceptionally hospitable since I’ve arrived (although I’m expecting more “authentic” weather soon – you know, “fine, soft days”).  And to be fair, up to this point, I’ve not had a harp in hand, so I’ll get caught up on that soon – for now, I’ve been indulging in other pleasures!  Hope you enjoy these as much I as I enjoyed experiencing them!

Clockwise from top left: entry to the Scottish National Museum of Modern Art; Dean Village and the Water of Leith Walkway; yummy hot chocolate (no cocoa for me!); a lovely day for a walk; and an interesting restaurant sign that could be considered enticing…maybe!

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Clockwise from top left: Whale in Dundee; V&A and it’s facade meant to recall the cliffs of Arbroath; part of a work by Barbara Hepworth;;sometimes the best art is a mashup of nature and nurture, proto-whisky (barley in a field); and although I’m not really interested in flowers, these poppies really caught my attention

I’ll do my best to occasionally stop gawking at the wonder around me and take photos – and I’ll post them on facebook throughout the week – so keep an eye out there if you’re of a mind to. I’ll also post some more here next week. 

Until then, I’m itching to play – how about you?

Happy Anniversary! Our 10th year

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It’s amazing to realize that I started writing this blog 10 years ago this week!  The time has flown by.  I started to blog to get the word out about the Harp the Highlands and Islands trips.  And here we are, so much later, talking not only about the trips but also about becoming better harpers and learning stuff! 

Have you ever wondered how the trips came about?  Through serendipity of course!

My first trip to Scotland was to St. Andrews.  I didn’t even play the harp then.  The weather was horrible – grey, drizzly, much colder that I expected.  And then – it snowed.  And it was windy and the water looked angry and the beach was bleak – and I l-o-v-e-d it!!

Over time, I went back to visit, getting a better appreciation for the varied areas.  And the people, the geography, the history, and the sky – the breathtakingly, achingly beautiful sky!  I had a favorite hotel, a favorite B&B, lovely friends to visit, etc.  My favorite place was anywhere within 70 miles of the ocean*.

Then I began to play the harp, and after a few desultory attempts at celtoid music, my wonderful teacher gave me a gentle nudge that introduced me to Scottish music.  And I found that it was quite possible that I loved the music even more than I loved the sky!

While at the Ohio Scottish Arts School one summer, it hit me (finally) that nearly all the tune names referred to real places, real people, real events.  I had just seen Killiecrankie Leap – and was possessed with the need to play the tune Killiecrankie.  It was while walking to a meal in Oberlin, Ohio that I was struck by how cool it would be to sit on that rock where the great leap occurred and play that tune!

I wanted to go to all the places and play all the tunes!!

That thought simmered for a few years.  I had no idea how would I drag my harp along all those rivers, braes, burns, battlefields, towns’ streets, and through all those castles and stately homes!

In January 2009 I was invited by my dear friend David to play a Burns Supper.  It was an incredible event and I thoroughly enjoyed myself.  At the end of the trip, on the way to the airport as we chitchatted as friends do as their time together draws to an end and I shared my crazy idea to “play the harp at all the places” with him. 

Well, he took those wisps of thoughts and crafted a trip that landed in some great spots by getting off the beaten track to show people Scotland unpackaged – the place I had come to love and not just some glossy brochure “Outlander” paper doll cut out!  And he scheduled in time to play the harp – every day!  I put together arrangements of tunes that fit the itinerary (and a few extras, just in case) and the trip was born!

We focused on very small groups in a highly curated approach to travel (and we still do).  David is an amazing host.  I got to meet harpers I would not know otherwise and share tunes I love in locales I adore.

In 2020, we’ll celebrate our 10th year of sharing with you!  Perhaps the highest complement is how many people have come back to travel with us repeatedly.  In the digital age, I know I should have more photos, but I’m usually too busy being in the moment, sharing with new friends, or making music to take too many photos, but others have done a great job.  In addition, our 2020 trip is sold out already!  Thank you for joining us!

We’ll keep at it as long as we’re having fun.  If you’ve missed us for our 10th year but you want to come along, leave me a comment and I’ll add you to my contact list for the next trip.  And lift your metaphorical glass – to our anniversary!

* FYI, no part of Scotland is 70 miles from the ocean!

Scotland is calling! Be an Early Bird

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Scotland is Calling Harp the Highlands and IslandsI am already excited about our next trip to Scotland…and it’s still eight months away!!  I know that you’re so excited about the prospect of going too since I have talked to you and some have already taken advantage of the Early Bird pricing and booked your spot.

I know that some of you are still thinking about it.  So, I wanted to encourage you to get in on the Early Bird pricing.

I talked with David this week and I have a new urgency to share with you – lots of other people want to go then too.  All those other interested people translate to accommodations booking up.

Since so many of you said you’d love to go to Skye (or as some said, go to Skye “again and again and again!”), David’s been planning an itinerary around that.   Even those of you who have come with us before have only seen a small fraction of all the breathtaking beauty of Skye.  But if there are no accommodations available, we’ll have to reroute (after all – we need to have a place to sleep!).

Now, that’s not a problem…unless you want to see Skye.

If we were a big bus tour, it wouldn’t be an issue – we’d just take the reservation…and at the last minute, let go of the rooms we don’t need.  But we’re not, and that’s not how we roll.  Besides, we need to get the right room for each of you – and to do that we need to know how many singles, doubles, or twins!

Our trip will be 9 – 16 September 2020.  The Early Bird booking closes 1 October.  While we cannot take more than six people and we do need at least four.  We are getting there – but we’re missing you.

So, I’d like to encourage you to make your final decisions and book soon.  Get the Early Bird price!  We’ll take reservations first come/first served and your deposit holds your place.

The early bird price is $3200 per person.  Concerned you might have to pay the $350 single supplement?  Sometimes others are willing to share – so don’t let that stop you!

As always – if you have questions, ask away.  I’m always happy to talk about our trip and how you can get the most from it.  You can email me or leave a comment and I’ll get back to you.

Looking forward to sharing some of my favorite tunes – and seeing new things with you in just eight months!

Travel is Broadening

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You already know that all of us are back from the Harpa Scotland 2019 Retreat. If the photos, videos, comments, and smiles are any indication – it was another brilliant success. Harpa is so much fun because it has a simple formula:

HARPA = 

amazing musicians + fantastic tour guide + incredible roadie = 

sharing music joy + enjoying each other + adventure!

You’ve heard the maxim that travel is broadening – and not just from delicious cakes and scones! As you travel with your harp, you develop or hone many sterling qualities including forbearance, faith and patience! Whether you like it or not, you must let go, trust the Fates, and be patient (outside the “Oversize Luggage” belt mostly!).

Most of us are control freaks (especially about our harps). Many of us do not know this about ourselves (or if we do, we underestimate).  Few things will test your mettle like traveling with your instrument and entrusting it to the TSA. And while American (airline) may hate guitars, I’m pretty sure it’s the TSA that hates harps. Or at least, hates harp cases. I qualify this, though, to say that although I have gotten my harp back partially latched or completely unlatched, it has always weathered the journey (Forbearance?  Faith?  Probably both).

But more than that, traveling with your harp opens doors you might not even know were there otherwise. We have been places we likely would have gone right by – simply because those places opened themselves up to the possibility of us playing there! We have never played anywhere dull. This openness on their parts helps us to be more open on our part – to see new things or to see familiar things differently (including toilets, refrigerators, and door locks!). And once we are opened, adventures appear around every bend.

Our trips are always small – this time we had seven. This allows us to go places often overlooked or bypassed. It also ensures we don’t travel as a band of tourists – simply observing, never venturing outside our comfort. But it also generates a community and engenders sharing with one another – we gel in ways that big groups never get. We become a traveling family, if ever so briefly. We share our experiences – and our cookies! And that sharing is part of the fun. And the more fun we have together, the more fun we find. And so it grows!

But perhaps the best bit is that we meet other people – in restaurants and cafes, at attractions, in our accommodations. We were invited along to a stramash by someone we met at one of our concerts. See how that works?! At the time we weren’t sure we knew what a stramash is, but we kinda thought we did, and we went along to it. It was a blast! We got to play tunes with local musicians, we heard some new ones, played some shared favs and heard some lovely singing. We got to share the joy of making music – in a fun, organic, very Scottish way! (Just to confirm, a stramash is a seisiun).  We met a delightful couple at a fish and chips restaurant…because they photo bombed one of our group selfies! It is these brief interactions punctuating the trip that not only make great memories, but really define good travels. While chatting with an audience member we learned of a museum that none of our research had unearthed. And later, once there, we met and chatted with more lovely locals and learned more than just looking at some displays would ever have wrought.

All that leads to learning more about yourself. You learn where your unknown assumptions and ignorances lie and have the opportunity to examine them. These assumptions and ignorances are not good or bad, but examining them means you can rethink their utility. I’m not talking about bigotry but rather biases like what we select for our concert program, how we introduce ourselves and our music to the audience, and how we meet them where they are when we perform (and appreciating when they’re not where we thought they’d be!). A small group also learns to accept more – the morning person must be patient while the not-morning person strives to not be cranky at the start of the day (and vice versa at the end of the day).  We help one another – with luggage, and art supplies, and fingering, and leftovers, and making tea (and more tea, and yet more tea!).

And best of all – each trip is different. The harp attracts all kinds – players and appreciators and audiences. We make lifelong friends and brief – but enriching acquaintances. Even if we return to a place, it is new, and we grow in it. And being invited back is a pleasure and a privilege.

So Harpa 2019 is in the books – an unqualified success. We’re all home, laundry cycled (mostly), gifts given, postcards received (mostly). And we look forward to the next time!

Once we sleep off our jetlag, we will start planning the next Harpa outing!

But we’re also finalizing plans for the 2020 Harp the Highlands and Islands trip – details coming soon. Would you like to be broadened (by travel and cakes)?  Want to be part of the action and first to know the details? Leave me a comment to that effect below!

PS: Photo credit for this week and last go to the Harpaniks and especially Donna Bennett, Therese Honey, and Robin Pettit.

Harpa 2019 wraps

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Harpa 2019 is drawing to a close and with that comes the big jumble of emotions – so much joy and discovery and laughter…and cookies!  And just a touch of sadness – another lovely vacation trip with new and old friends is in the books.  Memories to share and cherish, plans to mature for the next time and the gap of quiet once we have departed each other.

Harpa may not be what you think it is. It is likely so much more!  Yes, it is a vacation with friends and harps.  Yes, we tour and visit and chill.  We perform to help raise money for local charities, but mostly we perform because we love to!

But Harpa is also a spirit, a way of being, a way of life.  Harpaniks (as we affectionately refer to ourselves) seem to use our harps to frame our view.  We spend time looking at the world from many perspectives.  From behind the harp we see where we can touch the world, to delight an audience, to help a charity, to draw a smile or a tear.  From beside our harps we introduce people to our instruments and our amazing music.  With our harps we meet new people- at concerts but also at the local stromach (session) or in a fish and chips shop.  And from under our harps as we carry them from the airport, to and from venues, and everywhere in between, we see the kindnesses of strangers (sometimes after they gawp at us!) who have helped us get through airports and train stations, into and out of taxis and elevators.  And through all of this, in between times we share with each other – playing tunes, rehearsing, showing off.

All because we aren’t just people who play an instrument.  We love it!

Harpa is more than a vacation – it’s a way of seeing and being.  And we have looked and we have seen!  Of course, there is so much more to look at!

 

We are privileged to have helped others and by extension have made our lives a little better. We are grateful for the opportunity and we just had fun doing it!

 

 

And in our down time, we made art together, ate a lot and laughed a lot, from titters at lame jokes to the guffaws of funny stories and separate yet shared experiences.

Through it all we missed our founder, but she’ll be healed up and ready to go for the next time.  And we’re already thinking about what next time is going to look like.  Watch this space for updates.  And visit our Facebook page for more photos and videos.

Harpa is a concept and a state of mind – travel, friends, new things, old ties, and the music that binds us all… I cannot wait for the next one!  Want to join us? Leave me a message to learn more.

 

 

 

 

Harpa Retreat 2019 has begun!

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Harpa 2019 has started! We have all arrived in Scotland and are already having a blast. We are seven this time – five harpers and two appreciators, as well as David our intrepid guide and Heather, our harp-playing roadie. We are significantly missing our lead Harpanik. Beth Kolle, who founded Harpa, is home recovering from a demonstration of gravity and we are missing her terribly. But we press on, carrying the Harpa flag!

This year we decided that we would benefit from a “vacation from our vacation” type trip and began developing the Harpa Retreat concept. We came to Scotland because – well, Scotland!! We have two concerts for different charities scheduled. And we’re planning on more down time so we can really savor our time here, make art, jam and really enjoy each other musically, and just breathe. Because that can be the problem of a vacation – you go somewhere interesting, that you want to see and soak up, and share with friends, and really experience, and you spend some short but manageable time there. But you’ve spent a lot of money to get there and you want to see it all! And you really do try, but you can’t succeed and you get very tired trying! And worst of all, in all that trying, it’s easy to miss the very thing you went there for. So this year, we are trying to take it a little slower, to chill a little. So far it’s been a great idea!

We have just started yesterday and we have an amazing group. Our performers are Sue Richards, Therese Honey, Martha Hill, Donna Bennett, and me. Sue, Therese and I started a little early in Glasgow so we could meet some of the members of the Glasgow Branch of the Clarsach Society and share a workshop (which was just an incredible day – thanks to Gillian Fleetwood for making that happen!), see some great museums, and ride trains with harps.

We took a Preparatory photo to help explain to taxi people what we were looking to get into the cab . It didn’t help the planning, but was fun to take. Photo by Therese Honey – who is a much better photographer than I!

Why yes, you c-a-n get two harps into a cab, onto a train, still have fun and enjoy the ride! Another Therese photo – she’s good about taking them!

We all met up in Endinburgh and yesterday we set off on another adventure.

And yet another photo from Therese – she finds the best photos – just the way she looks at the world is amazing!  We had the easy job. David and Heather had to figure out how to get the harps into the vehicle – puzzle for the day.

We have been posting photos on Facebook here and on the FB Harpa group. Wish you were here! More later, we’re busy having fun!  Wish you could see Scotland through a harp?  Leave a comment and let me know!

 

PS – just like if you have more than one harp, you have a favorite, I have a favorite computing device…and I chose to travel with the other one, so please forgive any errors.  I’m blaming them on the #%~*^ ipad!