Today’s post is dedicated to all those things your friends send you that have harps on (or in)…
Rarely stylish, sometimes hideous, often strange, occasionally downright weird, if you are a harpist you can guarantee that at least one person you love thinks you need more things with harps on.
And maybe you like that, and that’s great.
What I do really love is when there’s a harp on TV and people message me to tell me about it. I really like that they think of me when I see a harp, even if I get the same message more than once.
Here are just a few of the things that have popped up in my email or on my Facebook in recent years.
I’ve kept to YouTube videos so as not to offend, after all one person’s trash is another’s treasure and if anyone wants to send me gifts then I am always delighted to receive them.
Harps and animals are of course always an excellent combination. These are a couple of my favourites:
This one is really quite bizarre - if you’re a runner or dog walker who is frightened of cows, I would skip it, but if you like cows, and I really do, then you will love the curious expression on their faces and the truly unique nature of this video.
I can’t remember who sent me this one - one of the most common requests at background gigs or wedding shows is for something metal, as people think they are being original and/or funny because they think you can’t play it on a harp, which of course you can.
But this is another favourite because it’s such a cool sound out of not many strings played by someone who I am guessing is not a harpist. I also love the expression on the guy’s face as you don’t tend to see angry harp faces! I’d love to shriek and wail as I’m performing (it often happens during practice)…. I might try it.
This one was sent to me by another harpist years ago and it remains one of my favourites. It probably wouldn’t make sense to non-harpists unless they live with a harpist, but it’s so good.