911 Gig

"March of the Fairies" (a piece I composed and played at today's "9/11" service)

Today was my first real gig...playing for a 9/11 memorial service at the hospital. I can't believe it's been 10 years since that day.

I'd like to thank my harp teacher and mentor for helping me get this opportunity and preparing for it properly! It's interesting that I have met certain people at exact times when I needed help, for example, my badge didn't work to open the door this morning and the right person came at the right time to help me get the harp so I could play at the service (I brought my therapy harp just in case this might happen!)

I'd also like to thank my husband for taking the video footage and helping haul around all my stuff. And with the recommendation of my harp teacher, he took "helping me practice with distraction" to the next level. He may or may not have used such methods like blowing a can of air in my face or a brief, subtle, mooning.

Regardless, the distraction practice helped me stay focused while a photographer went around taking pictures of me with the flash on. And by flash, I mean the camera...she didn't actually take it upon herself to moon me. But hey, I was prepared for anything!

Stay tuned for more videos!