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Sylvia Woods'
"15 Reasons [for Harpists] to
Have 'Invention & Alchemy" DVD & CD"

Sylvia Woods is a pioneer of the folk harp in the U.S. After single-handedly popularizing this instrument in the US, she created videos, books and eventually the most comprehensive folk harp showroom in North America, all to help others learn and enjoy the instrument that changed her life. We took the following description from her website. You can link to it directly at: Sylvia Woods Harp Center Website, where you can find CDs, DVDs, books, music and hundreds of handy supplies and gifts. Some of Deborah's favorite purchases at Sylvia Woods' Harp Center are:
• Note Cards
• Little Band-y things to put on your levers so you can find the C's and F's easily
• Harpsicle Harps! (Very cool for getting on-the-fence would-be harpers started!)

Also check out the list of concerts and workshops at the Sylvia Woods Harp Center and photos of a Christmas Harp Parade (Deborah LOVES these photos!)

From: Sylvia Woods Harp Center Website 

The Top 15.8 Reasons Why You Should Have Deborah Henson-Conant's "Invention & Alchemy" DVD

Deborah Henson-Conant is the most dynamic harpist on today's harp scene. In her new DVD, Invention & Alchemy, Deborah leads you on a tour through her madcap imagination, telling the tallest of truthful tales. With her solid-body electric lever harp and her electric pedal harp, Deborah wails the blues, sways to a sweet song, and jives to flamenco. See our "Top Reasons" below for more detailed (and fun) information about this amazing DVD.

A CD version of this concert is also available. See the "Related Items" section below.

This DVD includes the following titles, orchestrated by Henson-Conant and performed live by Deborah with the Grand Rapids Symphony Orchestra featuring conductor cellist David Lockington:
• Baroque Flamenco
• The Nightingale
• Danger Zone
• Catcher in the Rye
• Merceditas
• The Garbageman
• Way You Are Blues
• 996
• Congratulations, You Made it This Far
• Cosita Latina
• The Minstrel & the Wild Harp
• Nataliana

The Top 15 Reasons Why You Should Have Deborah Henson-Conant's "Invention & Alchemy" DVD
• You've been searching for a DVD of a live harp performance. Well, here it is! And it's the best 97-minute live harp performance to emerge in a long time -- if ever! With all the extras, you'll have 145 minutes of pure entertaining enjoyment

• You can't get enough of Deborah! Now you've got her! Anytime!

• Play lever harp? So does she! The first half features her electric lever harp. But wait . . . you play pedal? So does she! The second half highlights her electric pedal harp.

• A "One-Woman Show with a Cast of 80." Not only is Deborah featured in this entertaining DVD, but you also get the Grand Rapids Symphony, as well! This show includes talented orchestra members the way a movie includes actors. A symphony orchestra dressed in lab coats!? You have just to see it!

• This is no homemade video made by a guy standing in the corner holding a cam-corder. It is a highly professional, exquisitely lighted, filmed, and edited masterpiece. Directed by Emmy Award-winner Bob Comiskey, this live concert DVD was shot in high-def video with 9 cameras. The audio was recorded in 5.1 surround sound by Grammy Award-winning engineer Tom Bates.

• Many of Deborah's beautiful melodies are included. You can learn these pieces yourself from some of Deborah's published sheet music, like Nataliana and The Nightingale.

• There's Deborah's great birthday song that you can sing for your friends -- and even for yourself!

• Cool extras! Follow the "white rabbit" icon down numerous video portals and peek behind the scenes.

• More cool extras! Besides the live show, there's an 18-minute "behind-the-scenes" film with interviews, rehearsal takes, and musical excerpts.

• What a great way to introduce someone to the harp! We GUARANTEE that people will say "I never knew the harp could do that!"

• Up-Close And Personal Hair! See Deborah's bevy of braided baubles swing and sway.

• The conductor is really cute and has a dreamy English accent.

• Use parts of the DVD as a Screen Saver! Choose your favorite scene and download it as a screen saver on your computer. Change it weekly, hourly, by the minute!

• Deborah's new DVD will make you laugh, it will make you cry. You'll be singing along. It's romantic. It's moving. It's bigger than life. It's intimate. It's silly. (O.K., so technically, this is 8 more reasons...).

• Finally, This DVD is downright FUN for young, old, and everyone in-between.

The Only Reason We Can Think of NOT to Buy This DVD
You don't have a DVD player, and you don't know anyone on the planet who has a DVD player, and you never plan to ever see a DVD, ever, ever, ever -- for the rest of your life.
ever...

The CD Version of "Invention & Alchemy"

The CD version (including audio but no video) includes almost all of the DVD concert program, presented in a slightly different order. It has the feel of an old-fashioned radio show with a full orchestra, songs, music, humor, and stories. And the harp is the hero! This CD is great to listen to during that long 77:02 minute drive. Just close your eyes (unless you're driving), and you'll be transported to the performance.

This CD includes the following titles:
• Baroque Flamenco
• The Nightingale
• Danger Zone
• Catcher in the Rye
• Merceditas
• The Garbageman
• Way You Are Blues
• 996
• Congratulations, You Made it This Far

The following pieces from the DVD are NOT on this CD.
• Cosita Latina
• The Minstrel & the Wild Harp
• Nataliana