On February 14, I performed at the Golden Anniversary Party of Don and Noreen in the Fellowship Hall of Mount Tabor United Methodist Church in Madison. They were married on February 13, 1959. I had so much fun performing at this special event, and talking with guests about the harp. It was truly a beautiful celebration, and I wish Don and Noreen many more happy years together! After the party, I traveled to the Cardinal Golf & Country Club in Greensboro to perform at their Valentine’s Day Dinner. The guests enjoyed a fabulous candlelight dinner in their ballroom. The manger of the club is also a Converse College alumna. She was a vocal performance major in the Petrie School of Music, and I had fun talking with her about our student days at Converse. I had so much fun being a part of these special Valentine’s events and had a WONDERFUL Valentine’s Day!
On Sunday, February 15, I performed at the 8:00am and 10:30am services at Mount Pisgah Lutheran Church in Hickory. I performed for the prelude, special music, offertory, communion, and led the children’s sermon. I am always delighted when Pastor Mike asks me to lead the children’s sermon. This Sunday, I talked to the children about talents and using our talents (whether is be singing, dancing, drawing, playing games, etc) to help other people and shared the biblical story of David soothing King Saul’s headaches with harp music. I then gave the children an opportunity to play the harp like David. I let each of them strum on the harp, which delighted the children and congregation! During the service, I performed with vocalist, Meredith Presley. I have had the opportunity to accompany Meredith on several occasions, and I am always delighted to able to perform with her!
Also, I wanted to share with you a performance engagement that I had in January that I have yet to write about. On Tuesday, January 13, I performed for the Art Club at Thornton Elementary School in Newton. The group consists of 4, 5, and 6 graders that love the visual and performing arts. I was so excited to have the opportunity to teach the students about the harp. I performed several songs for them, talked about the harp, and led a rhythm game to demonstrate that rhythm creates music. I had so much fun facilitating this program for them! The students were so excited, attentive, and asked excellent questions! I’d like to thank Lana Lineberger for inviting me to be their special guest artist!
I hope that you enjoyed this update. I'm looking forward to performing at many more exciting events planned in the upcoming months!
